This is a list of finalists for the 2000 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title).
Finalists
As well as the usual Archibald with its set criteria, there was a Sporting Archibald which had a focus on sport due to the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Chris Antico – The Captain: Mark Taylor (cricket captain) Michael Bell – The Sandman (comedian Steve Abbott) Simon Benz – Anna Wilson (cyclist) Melissa Beowulf – Ken Done (painter) David Bromley – Strongest man of the games (Dean Lukin, weightlifter) Tom Carment – Presbyterian self-portrait Tom Carment – Don Idle, footballer Adam Cullen – Portrait of David Wenham (Winner: Archibald Prize 2000) Adam Cullen – Portrait of Mark Occhilupo (surfer) Max Cullen – Geoffrey Rush (actor) Elisabeth Cummings – May Barrie Geoffrey Dyer – Christopher Koch (author) Esther Erlich – Never been better David Fairbairn – Portrait of Victoria Hahn Nic Fern – Vicki Wilson (netball player) Julie Fragar – Self-portrait with the artist: Julie Fragar, Chuck Close and security Nicholas Harding – Portrait of John Bell Juliet Holmes a Court – Portrait of George (George Gregan, rugby player) Colin Husband – Paul Bennett Glenda Jones – Nova Peris-Kneebone (Gold Medalist with Australian Hockey Team) Robin Lawrence – Andrea Durbach Bill Leak – 'Are you with me''': portrait of Sir Les Patterson Kerrie Lester – Susie Maroney, True Blue Sue (swimmer) Barbara Licha – Smile Keith Looby – Anne Summers (journalist) Mathew Lynn – Dr John Yu Lewis Miller – Ronald Dale Barassi (AFL footballer) Lewis Miller – Self-portrait Ann Morton – Edwin Carr 'Old Gold' (athletics) Henry Mulholland – Padriac P. McGuinness David Naseby – Kostya Tszyu (boxer) Paul Newton – Portrait of David Campese (rugby player) Evert Ploeg – Louise Sauvage (wheelchair athlete) Jenny Sages – Each morning when I wake up I put on my mother's face Garry Shead – Sasha Grishin (art critic) Andrew Sibley – Marilyn Peddell (lawnbowls) Ian Smith – Ray Hughes getting his desserts Michael Snape – Stephen Mori Kim Spooner – 'blue' (Kerry O'Brien) Anne Spudvilas – Leigh Hobbs Ann Thomson – Portrait of the artist as a painting Branca Uzur – Paul Byrnes John R Walker – William Wright Peter Wegner – Portrait of Professor Graeme Clark Peter Wegner – Portrait of Darren Gauci (jockey) Jan Williamson – Tom Carroll (surfer) Louise Wood – Determination – Michael Klim (swimmer) Huihai Xie – Johnny Raper – A living legend'' (rugby league player)