The Percivals

Key Dates

• Entry forms close: 5pm, 20 January 2026 (AEST)
• Artists advised of selection: 5pm, 20 February 2026 (AEST)
• Delivery of Artwork: 5 to 7 May 202
• Winners notified by email: 22 May 2026
• Winners publicly announced and exhibition launch: 23 May 2026
• Exhibition term: 23 May to 30 August 2026
• Exhibition expiry: 30 August 2026
• Collection of artwork: 7 to 8 September 2026

Terms and Conditions

Participation in the competition confirms acceptance of these terms and conditions by the artist.

Entry is open to all local, interstate and international artists, of all ages.

Download your copy of the terms and conditions (T&Cs):

• Percival Portrait Painting Prize 2026 T&Cs (PDF)
• Percival Photographic Portrait Prize 2026 T&Cs (PDF)
• Percival Animal Portrait Prize 2026 T&Cs (PDF)

Prizes

• Major Acquisitive Percival Portrait Painting Prize: $40,000
• Major Acquisitive Percival Photographic Portrait Prize: $10,000
• Percival Animal Portrait Prize: $1,000

Finalists

Percival Portrait Painting Prize

Linda Armstrong, Still Life
Christine Baker, Self portrait as a shape shifter
Monica Batiste, The Young Musician
Donna Beningfield, Warria
David Bongiorno, Built This Way (Portrait of Karl S Williams)
Scott Breton, Two Mirrors' Worth of Doubt (Self Portrait)
Barbara Cheshire, Safe in my Arms
Elena Churilova, Bubble Time – Time Bubble
Elena Churilova, Smartphonization, or Gateway to Inner Reality
Anne Copeland, What a Surprise!
Katherine Cornwall, Washing Teddy in Annandale
Denise Leigh Cross, Renewed Beginnings
Jennifer D’Arcy, Mark the Midwife
Josh Deane, Uncle Darren, from the Darkness to Light
Thomas Delohery, On the way up. Actor Ryan Corr.
Leanne Emmitt, In Your Image
Esther Erlich, HALT
Anthony Fitzsimmons, The Framer
Cutler Footway, Person With Painting #1 - Robin Forster
Sophie Freshwater, 1:22 AM
Ben Fuog, Gilded Pearl
Donna Gibb, The Old Man and the Sea
Samantha Groenestyn, Eggs (Saint Agatha)
Baby Guerrilla, The poetry of the Earth is never dead' - KeatsManuel, Hard to Gather Spilled Water
Sophie Hann, James in the ranges
Emily Hill, Self Portrait in Watercolour
Carole Howlett, The Mirrored Manoeuvre
Adam Ernest Jauczius, ‘Ko Terati toku ingoa’ (My name is Terati)
Dylan Jones, Side By Side
Andrew Linklater, Tony. The listener
Peter Livingston, Heading Home (Ode to Homer)
Hanbing Lu, Derek and Derek
Penny MacLaren, A Passionate man, Tim Jarvis AM Environmental scientist
Andrew Matthews, Angus MacSween
Guy Morgan, Fiona Morgan, portrait of the artist's wife in the gallery (Two Flappers)
Dave Morrissey, My Brother, the cellist
Elizabeth Nelson, Portrait of Artist Mark Dober
Liam Nunan, The Insomniac
Liam Nunan, Self portrait with airpod
Nick Offer, Frank
Lori Pensini, The Conversation - Secrets
Tilly-belle Robinson, Self Portrait at 24
Jennifer Rosnell, Captain Garry
Vicki Sullivan, Navigating Hope
Michelle Weaver, Trivia Night
David Wells, Studio Portrait
Mark Willems, Into the Abyss - Scars and all. (Self portrait)
Geordie Gem Williamson, White Noise - OCD With Yasmin Arkinstall
Hamish Wilson, Thawing Dawn
Rachel Wolfe, Threads of Memory
Christine Wrest-Smith, Self Portrait with Pink Scarf
Kayo Yokoyama, All sons to the country
Aiko Yuen, Multilateral

Percival Photographic Portrait Prize

Karenne Ann, She the Ophioligist
Dane Beesley, Glimmer of an Unrealised Dream
Wayne Budge, Wally
Brett Canet-Gibson, After Iceland - Artist Ross Potter
Brett Canet-Gibson, Riverson Robbins
Brian Cassey, Millionaire Castaway - David Glasheen
Brian Cassey, Unsculpted - Australian Artist Tony Clark
Michael Christofas, Pillars of Megisti
Jamie Cole, Between Sittings
Travis Conroy, Just be, Mum
Kerrie Di Cataldo, Chaos
Kerrie Di Cataldo, Pegasus
Hayley Ferguson, Happy Place
Gema Gabriela Fernandez Cabezas, La cosa está difícil
Jim Filmer, Aunty Rhonda - Stolen, Strong, Resilient
Cerise Gollogly, Dame
Carla Gottgens, The last gig
Christine Hall, Clare Llewelyn Sculptor
Christine Hall, Imprints of Memory
Isaac Hoddle, Pool
Amy Jewell, After Attunement
Kellie Leczinksa, Merryn and the Wally Birds - Merryn Schriever Director Bonhams Australia
Anne Levitch, darkness in the absence of colour
Anne Levitch, Out in the wash
Orlando Luminere, A Question of Achievement
Charmaine Lyons, dancing with the infinite
Chrissy Maguire, Ebony Sound check for album launch-Hearts get Started
Michael Marzik, Then/Now - Portraits of Ed Koumans
Raymond Mather, Taken
Cassandra McMahon, Empty Vessel
Tracy Mortimer, The Shape of What Remains
Glen O'Malley, My dentist
Emma Perry, Iris and Magpie the goldfish
Alan Leparq Potokar, THE BAN
Danish Quapoor, Noah at Night II
Pippa Samaya, 11 years
Chelsea Shotton, Sacred Reverence
Raoul Slater, Warrior
Braden Smith, William
Marcus Stark, After the Last Song
Tszar, Smiike
Ann Vardanega, David in Conversation
Sonia Warrell, Alyssandra
Sonia Warrell, Blue Monsoon
Steve Womersley, Chris Womersley

Percival Animal Portrait Prize

Tania Babic, Adoration
Jamie Cole, Lulu in the Sky with Cane Toads
Denise Leigh Cross, Caught Off Guard: The Cat Cafe
Claire B Cusack, Nico
Anna Davi, Vinnie
Sophie Freshwater, Percy
Sienna Prideaux Frewen-Lord, Marshmallow
Finn Gorman, My Dog, Sky
Jodie Handley, Spinifex Spectre
Naomi Hatt, Home
Haelwen-Sian, OFF DUTY
Lorraine Lowe, Salty
Christopher Glenn Maloney, Rickdiculously Cold
Jason Rickert, Double Trouble
Cassie Robinson, Jake
Enrico Roche, Contemplation
Elissa Sampson, Waiting
Elly Stalenberg, Frankie and me
Catherine Stewart, Eye on the Weather
Schuyler Tin, The Hunt
Linda Weedon, Happy at Half Mast
Hayley Wellins, Portrait of Bindi
Katrina Wheaton, Portrait of Lara

Previous Percivals

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Exquisite Portraits

Exquisite Portraits have been part of The Percivals since the 2020 exhibition and all years of Exquisite Portraits have been combined for our Exquisite Portraits page. Swap the head, torso, and legs, creating your own exquisite portrait for each block!