Alanah Ellen Brand

About

Alanah Ellen Brand (she/her) (b. 1991, Australia) is a contemporary portrait painter working on Dja Dja Wurrung country (Bendigo, Victoria). Brand obtained her Masters in Visual Art (2019) from Latrobe University Bendigo and is currently a finalist in the 2023 Archibald Prize.Brand draws on her own experiences to create portrait paintings that celebrate the people she admires; presenting stories that unpack the human condition in the process. Brand has attended Art schools/workshops with renown painters Robin Eley, Jessica Le Clec and Solomon Kammer who later became Brand’s mentor and the subject of her 2023 Archibald Prize entry.Alongside being a finalist in the Archibald Prize, Brand has also been a finalist in the 12th Prospect Portrait Prize, The Bluethumb Art Prize, The Tatiara Art Prize, The Percivals and a Semi Finalist in The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.