First Prize £25,000
Deadline: February 13, 2012
Application Fee: £34
The Portrait Award, now in its thirty-third year at the National Portrait Gallery and twenty-third year of sponsorship by BP, is an annual competition aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work.
The BP Portrait Award 2012 exhibition will run at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 21 June to 23 September 2012.
http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/bp-portrait-award-2012/the-exhibition.php
The competition is open to everyone aged 18 and over in recognition of the outstanding and innovative work currently being produced by artists of all ages working in portraiture.
First Prize: A cash award of £25,000
plus, at the judges’ discretion, a commission worth £4,000.
Second Prize: £8,000
Third Prize: £6,000
BP Travel Award 2010: £5,000
BP Young Artist Award: £5,000
Contact us
For further information please contact:
BP Portrait Award 2012
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin’s Place
London WC2H 0HE
020 7321 6699
[email protected]
