Australian Portrait Artist of the Year
I can now officially announce I was a contestant on the first Australian Portrait Artist of the Year 2025!
Portrait Artist of the Year (PAOTY) is a televised portrait painting competition in which Australian artists (both amateurs and professionals) have 4 hours to paint an Australian celebrity. It is a wonderful show that gives a rare glimpse into different artists’ painting process. I was so honoured to be a contestant on it.
The show is hosted by actors Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor. The portraits are judged by Bree Pickering , Director of the National Portrait Gallery, Robert Wellington, Associate Professor of Art History at the Australian National University and Abdul Abdullah, award-winning Australian artist.
In my heat, I was privileged to paint revered critic Margaret Pomeranz alongside fellow artists Jamie Priesz, Katrina Okoronkwo, Seabastion Toast, Dean Rankine, Emily Handlin, Tierney Leigh, Daniel Wang and Steph Martei.
