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Winner of the 2006 Archibald Prize announced

24 March 2006

The Art Gallery of NSW has announced the winners of the 2006 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes:

WINNER OF THE 2006 ARCHIBALD PRIZE
Marcus Wills The Paul Juraszek monolith (after Marcus Gheeraerts)

The Trustees commend the work by
Jenny Sages for her portrait of Hossein Valamanesh


WINNER OF THE 2006 PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE
Vanila Netto The magnanimous beige wrap - part 1 (contraption)

The Judges made special mention of the works by
Keziah Littlemore Adela Parramatta
Hossein Valamanesh Nesting


WINNER OF THE 2006 SULMAN PRIZE
Jiawei Shen Peking treaty 1901
The Judge was Janet Lawrence


WINNER OF THE 2006 WYNNE PRIZE
John Beard The Gap

The Trustees Watercolour Prize
Graham Fransella Landscape

For more information see the Art Gallery of New South Wales website.

Website: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au