Past Winners and Judges

2020

Judge - Karen Quinlan AM, Director, National Portrait Gallery
Winner - Cameron Richards, 'Miss Priya Premkumar'

2018

Judge - Dr Andrew Frost, Guardian Australia art critic, lecturer and broadcaster
Winner - Marcus Callum, 'Meg'

2016

Judge - Dr Christopher Chapman, Senior Curator at the National Portrait Gallery
Winner - Sally Robinson, 'Portrait of Ella Rubeli'

2014

Judge - Sarah Engledow, Senior Curator and Historian, National Portrait Gallery
Winner - Shaun Gladwell, 'Portrait of Meyne Wyatt/Black Digger'

2012

Judge - Michael Desmond, Deputy Director, National Portrait Gallery
Winner - Neil Moore, 'Portrait of Claudio'

2010

Judge - John McDonald, Author and Art Critic, Sydney Morning Herald
Winner - Mathew Lynn, 'Pierre Ryckmans'

2008

Judge - Paul Ashton Delprat, Principal, Julian Ashton Art School
Winner - Andrew Forsythe, 'Amelda'

2006

Judge - Nafisa Naomi, Portrait Artist
Winner - Raelene Sharp, 'A Woman's Lot'

2005

Judge - Barbara August, Artist
Winner - Evert Ploeg, 'Mariella Everett'

2004

Judge - Nafisa Naomi, Portrait Artist
Winner - Susan Cesarini, 'Senator Kerry Nettle - Something to Say'

2003

Judge - Paul Newton, Portrait Artist
Winner - Robert Hannaford, 'Gil Jones'

2002

Judge - Paul Ashton Delprat, Principal, Julian Ashton Art School
Winner - Fu Hong, 'Portrait of Daisy with Vase'