Congratulations to Jane Guthleben who is a finalist in the 2025 Portia Geach Memorial Award with her self-portrait ‘I see myself in you’.
Her seventh recognition in this award speaks to her remarkable talent and strength of her ongoing practice.
Her 2025 finalist work is a self-portrait inspired by the fantastical still-life portraits of 16th-century artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, whose works she saw for the first time during a visit to Vienna earlier this year.
First awarded in 1965, the $30,000 non-acquisitive Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia’s most significant portrait prize for women artists, established by Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, Portia Geach. The prize is awarded annually for the best portrait painted from life of a man or woman distinguished in art, letters, or the sciences.
The 2025 finalists’ exhibition will be on view at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney until 2 November 2025.
IMAGE:
JANE GUTHLEBEN
‘I See Myself in You’ 2025
oil on linen
50 x 50cm