The Lester Prize for Portraiture 2025

Portraiture is the most accessible form of visual art. No matter the style in which it is rendered, the human likeness is something we can all relate to. It’s the one form of art we have all created at some point in our lives—there is something elemental in human nature that drives us to draw or paint the likenesses of people.

We don’t have to be experts to enjoy portraiture and we are proud to provide Western Australia with the opportunity to engage with the best of the artform each year in a format that puts the artists and community front-and-centre.

The Lester Prize Main Awards exhibition will be held at the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip.

See the pre-selection and judging panel here.

Bundy Bannerman (SA) • Elizabeth Barden (QLD) • Daniel Butterworth (VIC) • Doreen Chapman (WA) • Isabelle Chouinard (VIC) • Melissa Clements (WA) • Mark Dober (VIC) • Sue Eva (WA) • Chelinay Gates (WA) • Marta Gola (VIC) • David Griffith (VIC) • Chelsea Gustafsson (VIC) • Amy Hamilton (SA) • Sophie Hann (SA) • Gene Hart-Smith (NSW) • Corinna Howell (TAS) • Christopher Inwood (QLD) • Jessica Logan (WA) • Sarah McBride (WA) • Anne McCaughey (WA) • Fiona McMonagle (VIC) • Philip James Mylecharane (TAS) • Liam Nunan (NSW) • Sid Pattni (VIC) • Lori Pensini (WA) • Joan Peters (WA) • Jenna Pickering (WA) • Mica Pillemer (VIC) • Jon Potter (NSW) • Ross Potter (WA) • Jason Roberts (VIC) • Jenny Rodgerson (VIC) • Ignacio Rojas (SA) • Loribelle Spirovski (NSW) • Morgan Stokes (NSW) • Vicki Sullivan (VIC) • David Wells (QLD) • Sylvia Wilson (WA) • Tym Yee (NSW) • Micca Young (VIC)

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