2025 Archibald ANZ People's Choice awardee Loribelle Spirovski is from a Filipino-Serbian-Macedonian background. Too shy to ask, Spirovski asked her husband, Simon Tedeschi a concert pianist, to ask William Barton if he could sit for a portrait for this year's Archibald. Credit: Loribelle Spirovski
Filipina-Serbian-Macedonian Loribelle Spirovski was awarded the Archibald ANZ People's Choice Award 2025 for her portrait of First Nations musician-artist William Barton.
Filipina-Serbian-Macedonian Loribelle Spirovski was awarded the Archibald ANZ People's Choice Award 2025 for her portrait of First Nations musician-artist William Barton.
Key Points
Loribelle Spirovski used the finger painting technique for William Barton's portrait.
This is the artist's fourth entry to the Archibald.
Loribelle moved to Australia from Catanduanes in the Philiippines just before she turned nine years old.
Loribelle moved to NSW in 1998 with her Filipina Mother. A few years later, they moved to Western Sydney, where she was exposed to different cultural backgrounds. 'I was around a lot of Vietnamese, Samoans, Serbians, but I was still the only Filipino there. Growing up in the area, I saw similarities with our Filipino culture, or sometimes I'd say you look like my Filipino cousin.' (In photo, Loribelle with her parents.) Credit: Loribelle Spirovski
