{{Short description|Australian painter}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Yvette Coppersmith<!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name --> | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- use the image's pagename; do not include the "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and do not use brackets--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different than name --> | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}<!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living artists, {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for dead. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age|YYYY}} or a similar option. --> | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | residence = | education = Victorian College of the Arts | known_for = Portraiture and still life painting | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | awards = {{awards|Archibald Prize|2018|Self-portrait, after George Lambert|Artist}}<!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = {{URL|https://www.yvettecoppersmith.com}}<!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | module = }} '''Yvette Coppersmith''' (born 1980) is an Australian painter; she specialises in portraiture and still life.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2017/29828/|title=Archibald Prize Archibald 2017 finalist: Professor Gillian Triggs by Yvette Coppersmith|website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref> In 2018 she won the Archibald Prize with a self-portrait, in the style of George Lambert.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/11/archibald-prize-2018-yvette-coppersmith-wins-10000-prize-with-self-portrait|title=Archibald prize 2018: Yvette Coppersmith wins $100,000 prize with self-portrait|last=Zhou|first=Naaman|last2=Harmon|first2=Steph|date=2018-05-11|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-05-12}}</ref>
Coppersmith studied at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia. In 2003 she was the inaugural winner of the Metro 5 Art Prize and she has been a finalist a further four times (in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2021). She has been a finalist four times (in 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2016) in the Portia Geach Memorial Award.<ref name=":1" /> She has been a finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize four times (in 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2016). She was a finalist in the Archibald Prize four times (in 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017) before winning in 2018 .<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://thiswildsong.com.au/yvette-coppersmith/|title=Yvette Coppersmith {{!}} Portrait by Ilona Nelson - This Wild Song|date=2017-10-23|work=This Wild Song|access-date=2018-05-12|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2018 Coppersmith approached New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to sit for a portrait with her, however Ardern was unavailable. Coppersmith instead painted a self-portrait inspired by Ardern, which won the competition. Her other portraits have included paintings of Rupert Myer, Rosemary Balmford, Gillian Triggs and John Safran.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
Coppersmith's works are held in several public and private collections, including the Jewish Museum of Australia; Benalla Art Gallery; the Supreme Court of Victoria; Trinity College, The University of Melbourne and the University of Technology Sydney. Coppersmith also teaches drawing and painting and has held workshops at the National Gallery of Victoria, Geelong Grammar School, and The Art Room.<ref name=":2" />
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