# Marcus Wills > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marcus_Wills > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marcus_Wills.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wills > Source revision: 1227870087 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian painter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} [[File:Gheerhaets Allegory iconoclasm.jpg|thumb|His Archibald Prize winning painting was based on this print by [Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder](/source/Marcus_Gheeraerts_the_Elder)]] '''Marcus Wills''' (born 1972) is an Australian painter, winner of the 2006 [Archibald Prize](/source/Archibald_Prize) and finalist in many other art competitions. ==Early life and education== Wills was born in [Kaniva, Victoria](/source/Kaniva%2C_Victoria) in 1972. He studied for an Advanced Certificate of Art and Design between 1989 and 1991 at the Wimmera Community College of TAFE (now [Federation University Australia](/source/Federation_University_Australia)'s Horsham Campus). He graduated from the [Victorian College of the Arts](/source/Victorian_College_of_the_Arts) in 1995.{{cite web | title=Marcus Wills (1972-) | website=Federation University Australia | date=17 July 2013 | url=https://federation.edu.au/about-us/our-university/history/geoffrey-blainey-research-centre/honour-roll/w/marcus-wills-1972- | access-date=21 April 2020}} ==Career== His work has been displayed in a number of exhibitions, and he has held solo exhibitions in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) since 1992. He paints in the style which mixes [figurative](/source/Figurative_art) and [realist](/source/Realism_(arts)) styles. ==Awards== He was the winner of the 2006 [Archibald Prize](/source/Archibald_Prize) for his painting of ''The Paul Juraszek Monolith'', which was based on an engraving by [Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder](/source/Marcus_Gheeraerts_the_Elder).{{cite web|website=Henry Thornton |first=Fiona |last=Prior|url=http://www.henrythornton.com/article.asp?article_id=3925 |title=2006 Archibald Prize Winner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711163421/http://www.henrythornton.com/article.asp?article_id=3925 |archive-date=11 July 2011|date=24 March 2006}} In 2000, he won the second [Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship](/source/Brett_Whiteley_Travelling_Art_Scholarship).{{cite web|url=http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media/archives_2000/brett_whiteley_travelling_scholarship_wi |website=Art Gallery of New South Wales|title=Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship Winner 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203001807/http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media/archives_2000/brett_whiteley_travelling_scholarship_wi |archive-date=3 December 2008 |date=Sep 2000}} He has been a finalist in the [Sir John Sulman Prize](/source/Sir_John_Sulman_Prize) (2003, 2010 and 2013) and [Wynne Prize](/source/Wynne_Prize) (2010). He was a finalist of the [Archibald Prize](/source/Archibald_Prize) in [2015](/source/List_of_Archibald_Prize_2015_finalists) with ''El cabeceo'',{{cite web | title=Archibald Prize Archibald 2015 finalist: El cabeceo by Marcus Wills | website=Art Gallery of New South Wales | url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2015/29619/ | access-date=21 April 2020}} [2016](/source/List_of_Archibald_Prize_2016_finalists) with ''The ersatz (James Batchelor)''.,{{cite web | title=Archibald Prize Archibald 2016 finalist: The ersatz (James Batchelor) by Marcus Wills | website=Art Gallery of New South Wales | url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2016/29730/ | access-date=21 April 2020}} [2018](/source/List_of_Archibald_Prize_2018_finalists) and [2020](/source/List_of_Archibald_Prize_2020_finalists) with ''Requiem (JR)'' (Portrait of Jack Riley). In [2017](/source/List_of_Archibald_Prize_2017_finalists) he was again a finalist in the Archibald, with a portrait of filmmaker [Thomas M. Wright](/source/Thomas_M._Wright) called ''Antagonist, Protagonist (Thomas M. Wright)''. Wills set up the scene to look like a crime drama, with Wright as [protagonist](/source/protagonist).{{cite web | title=Archibald Prize Archibald 2017 finalist: Protagonist, antagonist (Thomas M Wright) by Marcus Wills | website=Art Gallery of New South Wales | url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2017/29858/ | access-date=21 April 2020}} He was a finalist for the [2024 Archibald Prize](/source/List_of_Archibald_Prize_2024_finalists) with a portrait of ballet dancer Callum Linnane.{{Cite web |title=Archibald Prize Archibald 2024 work: Callum by Marcus Wills |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2024/30682/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Art Gallery of New South Wales |language=en}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{s-bef|before=[John Olsen](/source/John_Olsen_(Australian_artist))}} {{s-ttl|title=[Archibald Prize](/source/Archibald_Prize)|years=2006
for ''The Paul Juraszek Monolith''}} {{s-aft|after=[John Beard](/source/John_Beard_(artist))}} {{s-end}} {{authority control}} \ {{DEFAULTSORT:Wills, Marcus}} Category:Australian painters Category:Archibald Prize winners Category:Living people Category:1972 births Category:Victorian College of the Arts alumni Category:Federation University Australia alumni Category:Archibald Prize finalists Category:Wynne Prize --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Marcus Wills](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wills) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wills?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.