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Justine Clarke by Jasmine Lancaster Merton

Portrait Artist of the Year

Daily from Monday 5 October 2026 until Monday 29 March 2027
Justine Clarke, 2026 Jasmine Lancaster Merton
1 Justine Clarke, 2026 Jasmine Lancaster Merton. Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for Portrait Artist of the Year season 2. Courtesy of the artist.

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Congratulations to Jasmine Lancaster Merton who won season 2 of Portrait Artist of the Year!

Judged by three Australian art experts – Director of the National Portrait Gallery Bree Pickering, award-winning multidisciplinary artist Abdul Abdullah, and Associate Professor of Art History at the Australian National University Robert Wellington – Lancaster Merton, the youngest competitor in the show, made it through the heats and finals to be crowned the winner.

Her major prize was the opportunity to paint a career-changing commission to hang at the National Portrait Gallery. Lancaster Merton’s portrait of actor, singer and children’s entertainer Justine Clarke was completed at her home studio following a sitting at Rushcutters Bay Park, Sydney.

See the portrait at the Gallery until March 2027.

Missed the show? Portrait Artist of the Year is available to stream now on ABC iview.

Jasmine Lancaster Merton and Justine Clarke at the unveiling
Justine Clarke, 2026 Jasmine Lancaster Merton
1 Jasmine Lancaster Merton and Justine Clarke at the unveiling. 2 Justine Clarke, 2026 Jasmine Lancaster Merton. Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for Portrait Artist of the Year season 2 Courtesy of the artist.
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