Alanah Ellen Brand

Alanah Ellen Brand (she/her) (b. 1991, Australia) is a contemporary portrait painter whose practice explores the stories of women. Through portraiture she examines lived experience, identity and personal agency. Working on Dja Dja Wurrung country (Bendigo, Victoria), Brand obtained her Masters in Visual Art (2019) from Latrobe University Bendigo.  Brand has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize, Salon des Refusés, Kennedy Prize, the Prospect Portrait Prize, The Bluethumb Art Prize, The Tatiara Art Prize, The Percivals, The Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award and a Semi-Finalist in The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.