This is a list of finalists for the 1993 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title).

Prize winners

The 1993 Archibald Prize winners were:^[1]

• Garry Shead – Tom Thompson (Winner of the Archibald Prize)
• Angelika Erbsland – Colin Hayes OBE and friend (Winner of the Packing Room Prize) (Note that the 1993 winner of the Packing Room Prize was not a finalist.)
• Jennifer Little – Victor Sellu (Winner of The People's Choice Award)

Finalists

The finalists were:^[1]

• Davida Allen – Dressing for Dinner – (Governor-general Bill Hayden)
• Kevin Connor – Self Portrait
• Fred Cress – Philip Cox
• Ken Done – Glen Murcutt 92
• Brian Dunlop – David Dridan
• Geoffrey Dyer – Dr Bob Brown (Environmentalist)
• Francis Giacco – Portrait of Lee-Lin Chin
• George Gittoes – Portrait of Ronaldo Cameron
• Robert Hannaford – Peter van Rood
• Robert Hannaford – Max Harris
• Bill Leak – The Late Prof. Brin Newton-John
• Kerrie Lester – Fred Hollows
• Jennifer Little – Victor Sellu (Winner of The People's Choice Award)
• Keith Looby – A.D. Hope
• Vladas Meskenas – Professor Fred Hollows
• Lewis Miller – Gareth Sansom Painting
• Josonia Palaitis – James Morrison
• Gretel Pinniger – Andrew Stevenson, Lawyer
• William Robinson – Professor John Robinson and Brother William
• Aileen Rogers – Tim Schultz
• Paul Ryan – Chris Haywood
• Jenny Sages – Keith Bain (Everyone is Doing the Farandole)
• Jenny Sands – Professor Alice Tay
• Garry Shead – Tom Thompson (Winner of the Archibald Prize) (Image)^[2]
• Jiawei Shen – PhD John Clark in black kimono (Image)^[3]
• Bryan Westwood – Margaret Olley