10 May – 27 July
The Salon des Refusés was initiated by the S.H. Ervin Gallery in 1992 in response to the large number of works entered into the Archibald Prize which were not selected for display in the official exhibition. The Archibald Prize is one of Australia’s most high profile and respected awards which attracts hundreds of entries each year and the S.H. Ervin Gallery’s ‘alternative’ selection has become a much anticipated feature of the Sydney scene.
Each year our panel is invited to go behind the scenes of the judging process for the annual Archibald Prize for portraiture and Wynne Prize for landscape painting and figure sculpture at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, to select an exhibition from the many hundreds of works entered in both prizes but not chosen for the official award exhibition.
The Salon des Refusés exhibition at the S.H. Ervin Gallery has established an excellent reputation that rivals the selections in the ‘official’ exhibition, with works selected for quality, diversity, humour and experimentation, and which examine contemporary art practices, different approaches to portraiture and responses to the landscape.
MEDIA
Linda Morris –The powerful portraits that didn’t make the Archibald Prize cut – The Sydney Morning Herald 6 May 2025
John McDonald – Salon des Refusés 2025
SUNDAY AFTERNOONS @ THE GALLERY
Sunday 15 June, 3pm
Join artists Wendy Sharpe and Sasha Hart as they discuss their portraits in the Salon des Refusés.
Sunday 22 June, 3pm
Hear from exhibiting artists Tony Costa, Robert Malherbe and Christopher Zanko, as they discuss their landscape works in the Salon.
Sunday 29 June, 3pm
Listen to painters Gina Bruce, Tom Carment and Nicole Kelly on their approach to painting a landscape.
* Programs are subject to change without notice
Salon Archibald Selection
DAVID BEAUMONT Seven Underlying Principles: Portrait of Alan Kohler oil & pastel linen 152 x 122cm
PHOEBE BELL A Room of One’s Own (Self-portrait) acrylic on canvas 182 x 122cm
KATE BEYNON Rali & the Spirits acrylic on wood 91 X 91cm
SHARON BILLINGE Carole Ann King (Founder & President at Luncheon Club AIDS Support Group Inc) oil on wood panel 40 x 15cm
JON CAMPBELL Pain Hope Work Sing (Yhonnie Scarce & Lisa Radford, artists) acrylic & collage on linen 200 x 150cm
ANN CAPE An Unusual Obsession (Michael Esson, artist) oil on canvas 122 x 91cm
TOM CARMENT If truth be told – Professor Stephen Muecke oil on linen 34 x 27.5cm
SINEAD DAVIES The Neurologist (Professor Bruce James Brew) oil on canvas, 148 x 148cm
GRAEME DRENDEL Portrait of Stuart (Stuart Purves, director, Australian Galleries) oil on canvas29 x 20cm
ISABELLA FENTON Death joins me for a cup of tea during night shift (Self-portrait) acrylic on canvas 35 x 45cm
SAMANTHA GROENESTYN Eggs (Saint Agatha) (Self-portrait) oil on linen 97 x 38cm
SASHA HART Crochet Bandit (Ella Davison, art student) oil on board 100 x 120cm
JACQUELINE HENNESSY Les (The end is only a beginning) (Leslie Rice, artist) oil on linen 102 x 102cm
ROB HOWE Self-portrait (Monday) oil on board 31 x 27cm
BRIDGETTE McNAB Jordyn and Peanut (Jordyn Smith, unionist, fashion designer & activist) oil and synthetic polymer paint on board 31 x 27cm
LEWIS MILLER Self-Portrait oil on Belgian linen 25.5 x 20.5cm
ELIZABETH NELSON Portrait of artist Mark Dober (Mark Dober, artist) oil on canvas 92 x 81.5cm
LORI PENSINI Weary Woman (After Freud) (Self-portrait) oil on linen 33 x 30cm
RODNEY POPLE Jesus (Self-portrait) oil on linen 27 x 96cm
JENNY RODGERSON The open door. Self portrait oil on linen
EVAN SALMON Self-Portrait in the studio oil on linen 183x 142cm
LYNN SAVERY Tim Draxl oil on canvas 168 x 168cm
WENDY SHARPE Self-Portrait with Monsters oil & acrylic on canvas 137 x 122cm
LIZ STUTE Melbourne’s Old Rattler (Self-portrait) oil on canvas 111 x 86cm
ANDREW SULLIVAN To come upon reflection (Self-portrait) oil & mixed media on canvas 65 x 62cm
NOEL THURGATE Jan King and Paul Hopmeier; Life in the Round (Jan King and Paul Hopmeier, artists) oil, acrylic and mixed media on board 180 diameter
MARTIN TIGHE Greg Weight (Greg Weight, photographer) acrylic on linen on board 22 x 22cm
PAM TIPPETT Still here, still painting (Self-portrait) oil on board 45 x 30cm
MICHAEL VALE L J Spruyt and J P Shilo L J Spruyt (photographer, performer) & J P Shilo (musician) oil on linen 183 x 152cm
OLIVER WATTS I love this Country. My place – Nguny moort kura kura budja (Clothilde Bullen, curator) acrylic on canvas 215 x 152cm
JOSHUA YELDHAM Melody for an Owl (Self-portrait) acrylic, cane and instrument on board 200 x 200cm
MICHELLE ZUCCOLO Synthesis (Self-portrait) oil on Italian canvas 40 x 60cm
Salon Wynne Selection
GINA BRUCE Desert Day (The Palace Hotel Broken Hill) oil on canvas 104.5 x 66.5cm
KATJARRA BUTLER Korrmankuntja acrylic on canvas 101.5 x 76.2 cm
TOM CARMENT Clovelly watercolour on paper 84 x 80cm
TONY COSTA Portrait of a gum oil on canvas 182 x 152cm
GREG CREEK Ha Ha (Wall) oil, acrylic on cut linen 198.5 x 198.5cm
KATIE DANIELS All this fleeting time oil on canvas board 63.96 x 53.8cm
AIMEE FITZGERALD King Street Kingdom (after Magritte) oil on canvas 40 x 51cm
PETER GARDINER Pencil Pine, Snug Tiers oil on canvas 150 x 120 cm
CHRISTOPHER HODGES Bluff synthetic polymer on polyester 185 x 280cm
NICOLE KELLY Waterhole Gums oil on polyester 167.5 x 198 cm
GUIDO MAESTRI Bring the sun back oil on linen 213 x 259cm
ROBERT MALHERBE Lithgow Landscape oil on linen 110 x 110cm
CHRISTOPHER McVINISH Grandstand oil on linen 122 x 152cm
DHAMBIT RUYPU MUNUNGURR Fire under the sea natural pigment on bark 169 x 72cm
LUKE SCIBERRAS Along the Clays, Wilcannia oil on plywood 160 x 240cm
ZOE SERNACK Standing Tall acrylic on birch panel 30.5cm x 30.5cm
PETER STEVENS Yuraygir Green oil on board 123 x 163cm
MARY TONKIN Turmoil, Kalorama oil on linen 183 x 214cm
LIBBY WAKEFIELD First Light, Rainfall on the Wingecarribee oil on board 33cm x 63cm
KIM WESTCOTT Forest of Light I acrylic on aluminium panels 180 x 240cm
LANI WESTERMAN Crack an egg acrylic on timber 30 x 25cm
CHRISTOPHER ZANKO Below the escarpment (Rhododendron garden) acrylic on wood relief carving 121 x 96cm
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