Melbourne based, New Zealand born Todd Simpson is a contemporary realist artist. Todd studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and practices in the fields of sculpture, portraiture and painting. He has been a finalist in numerous Australian and New Zealand Art awards for his work including the Glover Prize, Darling Portrait Prize, Black Swan Portrait Prize, Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award (2018 People's Choice Winner), Kennedy Art Prize, Bluethumb Art Prize (2020 People's Choice Award) and the Adam Portraiture Award (2020 Highly Commended Award).