Winners for 1989
Bryan WestwoodPortrait of Elwyn Lynn
Winner: Archibald Prize 1989
Vladas MeskenasDonald Friend 1989
Winner: People's Choice 1989
Finalists for 1989
- Robert Campbell Junior - My Brother Mac Silva
- Graham Cheney - Self Portrait with Bronwyn & Cat, Saturday 10 am
- John Dent - Portrait of Doc Hartley
- Ken Done - Meeting Michael Jagamara Nelson
- Brian Dunlop - Justin O'Brien and Jeffrey Smart
- Kris Harriman - Jennifer Drummond B.A. LL.B. (Mrs Michael Hershon)
- Tim Harris - The Doug Anthony Allstars with the Risen Elvis
- Bill Hay - The Poet Robert Harris
- Bernd Heinrich - Thomas Keneally
- Bill Leak - Sir Donald Bradman
- Kerrie Lester - Trent Nathan
- Mathew Lynn - Albertina Vegas [sic]
- Vladas Meskenas - Donald Friend 1989
- John Olsen - Donde Voy? Self Portrait in the Moments of Doubt
- William Robinson - Self Portrait with Goose Feathers
- Aileen Rogers - Ruth Faerber
- Jenny Sands - Alex Karpin
- Andrew Sibley - Myself and Other Animals
- Imants Tillers - My Wife as an Apparition
- Wesley Walters - Fred Schepisi
- Bryan Westwood - Portrait of Elwyn Lynn
- Brett Whiteley - Portrait of Francis Bacon 1989
- Wolfgang Widmoser - Sheila Florance
- Anna Wojak - Dancer (Janet Vernon)