Premium Content Subscriber only A great irony of Behrouz Boochani’s story is the fact his image has become so recognised in a country he has never been allowed to enter. A portrait by Lennox Head artist and filmmaker Angus McDonald depicting Mr Boochani certainly resonated enough with the public to be awarded the People’s Choice in the 2020 Archibald Prize. Mr Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian journalist and writer, reached Australia by boat in 2013 and was detained on Manus Island until he was able to leave for New Zealand in 2019. There, he was ultimately granted asylum. Mr McDonald’s work, Behrouz Boochani, has been his sixth work to be an Archibald finalist.