Historical information

Marcus WILLS (1972 - )
Born Kaniva, Victoria

Marcus Wills is a figurative realist painter who completed 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). He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1995, winning the second Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in 1999.

In 2006 Marcus Wills won the Archibald Prize for his painting of 'The Paul Juraszek Monolith', based on an engraving by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.

In 2015 and 2016 Marcus Wills has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize.

Physical description

Abstract painting with figures