Finalists Exhibition

The Brisbane Portrait Prize celebrates the stories and lives of the people of Meanjin/Brisbane. The exhibition showcases the talent of Brisbane’s artists and the breadth of Brisbane life.

Each year, the Prize invites artists to look closely at the people around them and consider the faces and personalities that make up our city, from the familiar to the extraordinary.

Questions of identity, sovereignty, belonging and visibility run alongside more intimate inquiries — what it means to be truly seen in an age of rapidly developing technology and what we carry from those who came before us.

As you move through the exhibition, look past the physical likeness and experience a deeper connection. We invite you to take a moment to stare into the Soul of Brisbane.