This is a list of finalists for the 2009 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title).
Anthony Bennett – self-portrait in the bathroom discussing beauty, bukowski and brett whiteley with my ex, now a stripper, who likes to dress as wonder woman Ann Cape – Lucy & friend Adam Chang – Spirit of an ancient culture Mike Chavez – Portrait of a bad muthaf***a Jun Chen – Ray Hughes and five other moods Zhansui Kordelya Chi – Good morning, this is Neil Mitchell Yvette Coppersmith – John Safran Sam Cranstoun – Gyton Leeanne Crisp – Considering Persephone. Portrait of Gay Bilson Ngaire Devenport – Ken Done Vincent Fantauzzo – Brandon (Brandon Walters) (Winner of the People's Choice Award) Hong Fu – Dame Elisabeth Murdoch David Griggs – Zoloft nation (self-portrait) Peter Hanley – Remembering Titian Robert Hannaford – Self-portrait Nicholas Harding – Margaret Whitlam Cherry Hood – David Helfgott Paul Jackson – Flacco's chariot (Paul Livingston) (Winner of the Packing Room Prize) Jasper Knight – Jasper Knight Richard Larter – Portrait of Nell Sam Leach – Marcia Langton Mathew Lynn – Heiress Abbey McCulloch – Nell Angus McDonald – Beyond Alexander McKenzie – Richard Clapton Guy Maestri – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (Winner of the Archibald Prize) Nick Mourtzakis – A portrait of Alex Wodak Richard Onn – Coupe SX010F David Paulson & Michael Nelson Tjakamarra – Michael Nelson Jagamarra & singing rain story James Powditch – Peter Powditch is a dead man smoking Ben Quilty – Jimmy Barnes – there but for the grace of God no. 2 Megan Roodenrys – Waiting for the day Paul Ryan – Mountain of Tom Jenny Sages – Heidi & Sarah-Jane ‘parallel lives’ Megan Seres – The rest is silence (Brendan Cowell as Hamlet) Garry Shead & Adrienne Levenson – Soffritto di Lucio Mark Thompson – Greta Scacchi as Queen Elizabeth in Mary Stuart Jan Williamson – Nancy Kunoth Petyarr Michael Zavros – Ars longa, vita brevis