This is a list of finalists for the 2011 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title).
Abdul Abdullah – Waleed Aly Giles Alexander – Space or bust (portrait of Sam Leach) Del Kathryn Barton – Mother (a portrait of Cate) Jason Benjamin – It's not all Henry bloody Lawson (portrait of musician Gareth Liddiard) Kate Beynon – Painting shirt (self-portrait) Natasha Bieniek – October (self-portrait) Deidre But-Husaim – Roy Ananda (chin support) Marcus Callum – Portrait of a seated woman (portrait of Vanessa Callum) Adam Chang – John Coetzee (Winner of the 2011 People's Choice Award) Zhong Chen – Self-portrait on a horse Adam Cullen – Charlie (portrait of barrister Charles Waterstreet) Lucy Culliton – Ray in Paris (portrait of art dealer Ray Hughes) Susanne de Berenger – Ted Robinson Ken Done – Me, March 2011 (self-portrait) Matt Doust – White Cocoon (portrait of actress Gemma Ward) Geoffrey Dyer – The collector, David Walsh Vincent Fantauzzo – Matt Moran (Winner of the 2011 Packing Room Prize) Nicholas Harding – Hugo at home (portrait of actor Hugo Weaving) Jeremy Kibel – Portrait of Robert Jacks AO Sonia Kretschmar – The heart of things (portrait of Cassandra Golds) Michael Lindeman – Portrait of Wilfred (portrait of actor Jason Gann) Song Ling – My name is Fartunate – self-portrait Fiona Lowry – Portrait of Tim Silver Tom Macbeth – Jessica (portrait of sailor Jessica Watson) Amanda Marburg – DA (portrait of writer David Astle) Angus McDonald – Dr Ann Lewis AO Alexander McKenzie – Richard Roxburgh Christopher McVinish – Portrait of Robyn Nevin Andrew Mezei – Professor Penny Sackett, astronomer and physicist Lewis Miller – Small self-portrait Rodney Pople – Artist and family (after Caravaggio) (portrait of artist, his wife Felicity Fenner and their two sons) Ben Quilty – Margaret Olley (Winner of the Archibald Prize) Craig Ruddy – Cathy Freeman Jenny Sages – My Jack (portrait of artist's husband, Jack Sages) Jiawei Shen – Self-portrait as Quong Tart's contemporary (after John Thomson), 2010 Xenia Stefanescu – Woven in tapestry of life (self-portrait) Tim Storrier – Moon boy (self-portrait as a young man) Pam Tippett – Self-portrait (for a change) Barbara Tyson – The country's woman: Her Excellency, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of Australia Peter Wegner – Richard Morecroft Apple Xiu Yin – Hearing • Meditation (portrait of operatic soprano Cheryl Barker)
See also Previous year: List of Archibald Prize 2010 finalists Next year: List of Archibald Prize 2012 finalists List of Archibald Prize winners
External links Archibald Prize 2011 finalists, official website, Art Gallery of NSW