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Jaq Grantford specialises in fine art and portraiture. She has won numerous prizes, most notably the Darling Portrait Prize ( National Portrait Gallery of Australia) in 2022 and the Archibald Prize People’s Choice in 2023.

Her work is held in the MEAM Museum (European Museum of Modern Art), the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria and many other collections.

Since she was a child, Jaq has been passionate about portraying the human form, and that love has persisted throughout her life. To capture the essence of a person is one of her greatest joys. She loves to tell stories through visual imagery: the influences, the environment, the cultural background, the joys and heartbreaks, and so much more. 

(She also loves cats.)

·       Archibald People’s Choice 2023

• Winner of the National Portrait Gallery’s Darling Portrait Prize in 2022
• Archibald People’s Choice 2023
• Art was transported in a time capsule to the moon as a copy on a nanofiche. This was transported on the Odysseus lunar lander, the first successful commercial excursion to land on the moon on February 22nd, 2023 (www.lunarcodex.com).
• Best in Show, American Art Awards in 2022
• First Australian painter in the inaugural auction of Contemporary Realism at Sotheby’s New York
• Winner of the Kennedy Art Prize in 2019
• People’s Choice in numerous art prizes – Shirley Hannon Portrait Prize, Lester Prize (twice), Archibald Prize, Black Swan Heritage Prize, Kennedy Art Prize
• Honourable Mention International Fikva Award for Painters