Winner for 1985
Guy WarrenFlugelman with Wingman
Winner: Archibald Prize 1985
Finalists for 1985
- David Aspden - Portrait of the Artist as an Old Dog
- Charles William Bush - Self Portrait - 1985
- John Caldwell - Desiderius Orban
- Fred Cress - Patrick McCaughey
- Brian Dunlop - Dr Lynn Strahan
- Robert Eadie - Portrait of Royston Harpur
- David Fairbairn - 2 heads - Lynda
- Sali Herman - George
- Christine Hiller - Homage to Zola. Self Portrait with Two Peasants
- Keith Looby - Bill Hayden
- Stuart Maxwell - S.M. Contemplates Guy Warren, Rainforest Enthusiast, Teacher, Artist
- Vladas Meskenas - Donald Friend
- David Preston - Wendy Hughes
- Clifton Pugh - Professor Manning Clark, AC
- Clifton Pugh - John Perceval
- Susan Rothwell - Peter Weir
- Arthur Schmidt - Ray Hughes in his Gallery
- Garry Shead - Portrait of Bruce Petty
- Andrew Sibley - Albert Tucker, AO
- Eric Smith - Self Portrait
- Eric Smith - Hector Gilliland
- Joshua Smith - Self Portrait - Eighty
- Anne Wanstall - Portrait of a Fellow Artist (Michael Farrell)
- Guy Warren - Flugelman with Wingman
- Bryan Westwood - Portrait of James Fairfax