Marcus Wills

Marcus Wills (born 1972) is an Australian painter, winner of the 2006 Archibald Prize and finalist in many other art competitions.

[1] 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's Horsham Campus).

[1] He was the winner of the 2006 Archibald Prize for his painting of The Paul Juraszek Monolith, which was based on an engraving by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.

[5] He was a finalist of the Archibald Prize in 2015 with El cabeceo,[6] 2016 with The ersatz (James Batchelor).,[5] 2018 and 2020 with Requiem (JR) (Portrait of Jack Riley).

[1] He was a finalist for the 2024 Archibald Prize with a portrait of ballet dancer Callum Linnane.