Alanah Ellen Brand (she/her) (b. 1991, Australia) is a contemporary portrait painter 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, Kennedy Prize, the 12th Prospect Portrait Prize, The Bluethumb Art Prize, The Tatiara Art Prize, The Percivals and a Semi-Finalist in The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Brand has attended Art schools/workshops with renowned painters David Kassan, Shana Levenson, Robin Eley, Jessica Le Clec and Solomon Kammer who became Brand’s mentor and the subject of her 2023 Archibald Prize entry.