This is a list of finalists for the 2023 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed as Artist – Title). Of the 949 entries received for the Archibald Prize, 57 artworks were selected as finalists. As the images are copyrighted, a link to each image is available through its reference.

  • Abdul Abdullah – Self-portrait after MD 2
  • Matt Adnate – Echoes of a teenage superstar
  • Jill Ansell – Looking east
  • Natasha Bieniek – Self-portrait, after Nora Heysen
  • Alanah Ellen Brand – Solomon Kammer: never enough
  • Angela Brennan – Portrait of Erik Jensen
  • Keith Burt – Sam Leach in his studio chair
  • Mitch Cairns – Elizabeth Pulie
  • Melissa Clements – In the driveway, 40°
  • Yvette Coppersmith – Lady Primrose Potter AC
  • Luke Cornish – Barrambiyarra (Awaken) (Yvonne Weldon)
  • Emily Crockford – Jeff’s pink daisy eyelash clash
  • Cameron Dimopoulos – Limbo
  • Anh Do – Seeing Ruby (Archie Roach)
  • David Fenoglio – Christopher Bassi
  • Eliza Gosse – Breakfast at ours
  • Jaq Grantford – Through the window (Noni Hazlehurst) (Winner: People's Choice Award 2023)
  • David Griggs – The melanoma and the stitches
  • Julia Gutman – Head in the sky, feet on the ground (Winner: Archibald Prize 2023)
  • Tsering Hannaford – Nanna Mara
  • Katherine Hattam – The nightingale and the kookaburra – portrait of Drusilla Modjeska
  • John Hillier – There’s something about Harry (Harry Garside)
  • Michelle Hiscock – The songwriter
  • Andrea Huelin – Clown jewels (Cal Wilson) (Winner: Packing Room Prize 2023)
  • Laura Jones – Claudia (the GOAT) (Claudia Karvan)
  • Jason Jowett – Alex Greenwich
  • Daniel Kim – Self-portrait, holding memories, my mentor Greg Warburton
  • Kim Leutwyler – Zoe (Zoe Terakes)
  • Sarah McCloskey – Social distancing
  • Catherine McGuiness – Lucky (Kylie Kwong)
  • William Mackinnon – Rich Lewer, friend and rival in sport and art
  • Marie Mansfield – Ronni Kahn AO (founder OzHarvest)
  • Danie Mellor – A portrait of intimacy (Gene Sherman)
  • Lewis Miller – Self-portrait
  • Charles Mouyat – As below, so above (ut infra, sic supra) (Michelle Simmons)
  • Paul Newton – Portrait of John Symond
  • Jason Phu – cameras are the best, cameras are the worst
  • James Powditch – Sam I Am (Sam Neill)
  • Ryan Presley – Blood money – infinite dollar note – Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson
  • Thom Roberts – In the future there might be new tall buildings built by Bert (Farhad Haidari)
  • Charlotte Ruth – Painting with toothbrush
  • Sally Ryan – Year of the Rabbit (Claudia Chan Shaw)
  • Marikit Santiago – Hallowed Be Thy Name (collaboration with Maella Santiago, Santi Mateo Santiago and Sarita Santiago)
  • Kirthana Selvaraj – Ramesh and the blue figure with snake
  • Oliver Shepherd – Maestro (portrait of Jessica Cottis)
  • Michael Simms – Zaachariaha Fielding
  • Judith Sinnamon – Katharine Murphy
  • Randall Sinnamon – Portrait of Joseph Tawadros
  • Clare Thackway – Lottie
  • Natasha Walsh – Dear Ben, ‘The scream’ (after Pope Innocent X)
  • Oliver Watts – Heidi May, Elle Charalambu and the artist at Redleaf Pool
  • Kaylene Whiskey – Cooking my famous Indulkana soup
  • Marcus Wills – Jack and Nikki
  • Patrice Wills – No place like home
  • Shevaun Wright, Sophia Hewson (aka Dirty talk) – Atong (Atong Atem)
  • Tiger Yaltangki – Ngayulu munu papa kutjara (Me with two dogs)
  • Zoe Young – Latrell and Winmarra (Latrell Mitchell)