June 20, 2024
I recently had a chance to visit the Archibald/Wynne/Sulman and as always was mighitly impressed with the hang. The AGNSW really puts on a good show. One thing I noticed had changed from previous years - the picture labels now included prior exhibition history with the Archibald. They weren't consistent in providing this information, or explicit. They just wove mention of it into the narrative, which is fine. But I'm able to give an explicit count in the table below.
The number of artists who have been selected two or more times in the Wynne is 38.8% - somewhat lower than for the Archibald.
We're going to do two things here - first let's compile a list of the 2024 finalists and see how many times they have been selected in the Wynne Prize. And then we'll take a look at the top multi-finalists for all time. In both instances I've let the nerds in the lab go over the numbers so let's hope they got it right.
Starting with the percentage of finalists that have been in a prior finalist exhibition for the Wynne:
2023 Total Finalists: 41 Re-Entries: 20 Re-Entry Rate: Approximately 48.8%
2024 Total Finalists: 40 Re-Entries: 14 Re-Entry Rate: Approximately 35%
The overall figure for all years the years (we don't go back beyond 1990) is 38.8%.
2024 Finalists
Artist |
Year |
Previous Entries Count |
Previous Years |
Billy Bain |
2024 |
2 |
2023, 2024 |
Natasha Bieniek |
2024 |
4 |
2020, 2019, 2015, 2024 |
Leon Russell (Cameron) Black |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Polly Borland |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Armando Chant |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Matthew Clarke |
2024 |
2 |
2023, 2024 |
George Cooley |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Sean Cordeiro |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Craig Elliott |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Nic Fern |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Zaachariaha Fielding |
2024 |
2 |
2023, 2024 |
Robert Fielding |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Juan Ford |
2024 |
5 |
2022, 2020, 2012, 2010, 2024 |
Julia Gutman |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Claire Healy |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Sophia Hewson |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Simon Hogan |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Timo Hogan |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Janet Koongotema |
2024 |
2 |
2023, 2024 |
Muna Kulyuru |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Noel McKenna |
2024 |
11 |
2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2010, 2005, 1997, 1990, 2024 |
Juanita McLauchlan |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Barayuwa Munungurr |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Vincent Namatjira |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Sassy Park |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Thea Anamara Perkins |
2024 |
2 |
2022, 2024 |
Jason Phu |
2024 |
2 |
2023, 2024 |
Jude Rae |
2024 |
2 |
2022, 2024 |
Adrian Robertson |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Joan Ross |
2024 |
2 |
2023, 2024 |
Luke Sciberras |
2024 |
5 |
2021, 2020, 2016, 2015, 2024 |
EJ Son |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Rene Sundown |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Robyn Anne Sweaney |
2024 |
5 |
2023, 2019, 2017, 2011, 2024 |
Bobby West Tjupurrula |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
John West Tjupurrula |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Tiger Yaltangki |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Frank Young |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
Christopher Zanko |
2024 |
2 |
2019, 2024 |
Louise Zhang |
2024 |
1 |
2024 |
All time multi-finalists
By Martin Shub
July 2024