40th BP Portrait Award (2019) Shortlist
The shortlist for the BP Portrait Portrait Award 2019 was announced last week. I'd been inspecting my inboxes for an email from the National Portrait Gallery and checking the NPG website on an almost daily basis for all of April to no avail.
I knew if I went away it would be announced - and so it came to pass!!
So - one week late - here's the Making A Mark analysis of this year's shortlisted portraits - and the artists who created them.
This year's open and international entry comprised 2,538 digital entries (minus 129 entries) from 84 countries (minus 4 countries).
Only 44 portraits have been selected. This is a very significant reduction on the number (50+) which have been selected in the past.
If you want a small image of your portrait included in my post please send me an image.
The Judges were:
The winner of the £35,000 BP Portrait Award and other award winners will be announced on 10th June 2019 at the National Portrait Gallery, London at the Awards Ceremony.
The exhibition will be held at:
Below you can find profiles for each of the shortlisted artists
READ MORE......>>
I knew if I went away it would be announced - and so it came to pass!!
So - one week late - here's the Making A Mark analysis of this year's shortlisted portraits - and the artists who created them.
Four portraits shortlisted for 40th BP Portrait Award
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| The portraits shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award 2019 |
- Sophie and Carla (1520mm x 920mm, oil on polyester) by Emma Hopkins
- Quo vadis? (900mm x 600mm, oil on aluminium) by Massimiliano Pironti
- The Crown (500mm x 400mm, oil on linen) by Carl-Martin Sandvold
- Imara in her Winter Coat (1200mm x 900mm, oil on canvas) by Charlie Schaffer
- a completely new set of artists producing shortlisted portraits
- three of the artists entered for the first time this year
- four portraits all use a portrait format
- there are two small and two large portraits
- ALL artists painted in oil
- four different supports were used for the shortlisted portraits
Below there is a brief summary about the competition and then information about each of the artists
The BP Portrait Award 2019
The Open Entry
This year's open and international entry comprised 2,538 digital entries (minus 129 entries) from 84 countries (minus 4 countries).
Selected Artists
Only 44 portraits have been selected. This is a very significant reduction on the number (50+) which have been selected in the past.
- 20 from the UK
- 24 from international artists
If you want a small image of your portrait included in my post please send me an image.
The Judges were:
- Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director, National Portrait Gallery (Chair)
- Gaylene Gould - Head of Cinemas and Events at the BFI Southbank + Cultural Ambassador for London appointed by the Mayor
- GaryHume - artist (member of the YBAs and a painter but not known as a portrait artist)
- Dr. Alison Smith - Chief Curator of the National Portrait Gallery
- Des Violaris - Director, UK Arts & Culture, BP and
- Zoé Whitley - Senior Curator of the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London.
Exhibition and Awards
The winner of the £35,000 BP Portrait Award and other award winners will be announced on 10th June 2019 at the National Portrait Gallery, London at the Awards Ceremony.
- First prize: £35,000 + a commission worth £7,000 (agreed between the National Portrait Gallery and the artist).
- Second Prize: £12,000 and
- Third Prize of £10,000 is also awarded.
- The BP Young Artist Award, with a prize of £9,000 goes to one selected artist aged between 18 and 30.
The exhibition will be held at:
- National Portrait Gallery - 13 June to 20 October 2019
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh - 7 December 2019 to 22 March 2020; and
- Ulster Museum, Belfast - March to June 2020.
Artists shortlisted for BP Portrait Award 2019
Below you can find profiles for each of the shortlisted artists
READ MORE......>>
