Justin Pearson is an Australian artist who received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Byam Shaw School of Art in the UK in 1988. He has a passion for opera which led him to paint a portrait of baritone Warwick Fyfe for the 2019 Archibald Prize. His major exhibitions include solo shows at DBAS Gallery in 2013 and Maunsell Wicks Galleries in 2012. He won the 2016 John Copes Portrait Prize in Southern Highlands NSW and has been a finalist for other portrait awards. One of his shows was at Gallery Bodalla from January to February 2018 where his landscapes, figurative paintings and sculptures were praised for their movement, beauty and use of color.