Tresor Murace

Trésor Tuscany Murace

︎ Born in 2001, Trésor Murace is a Sydney-based artist working primarily with airbrush techniques. Her practice draws from a deep admiration for popular culture and the aesthetics it produces, exploring how celebrity figures, online imagery, and systems of visibility shape identity, influence self-perception, and contribute to the construction of personality within contemporary digital culture.

︎ Murace is a finalist in the 2026 Archibald Prize and, at 24, is the youngest artist in the 2026 exhibition and one of the youngest finalists in the history of the prize. Her portrait of acclaimed Australian artist Fiona Lowry marked a significant turning point in her practice, leading her to further develop a highly stylised visual language through directing and producing her own photoshoots as reference imagery for her paintings. These constructed images have become central to her practice, allowing her to explore glamour, performance, spectacle, and emotional projection through luminous colour and glowing surfaces.

Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Mim Stirling & Seung Rok Baek.

︎ Alongside her studio practice, Murace has been working with the Arts Matter mentorship program, further developing her professional practice and industry connections. She has exhibited widely, presenting her own solo exhibition at an artist-run space in 2024, participating in numerous group exhibitions, and being named a winner of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2025. In recognition of her practice, Murace was also awarded the Eloise Morton Financial Aid Scholarship from the National Art School. Her works are held in the National Art School Archive and in private collections internationally.