BP Portrait Award 2012

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     Category:  Illustration
     Deadline:  February 13, 2012  (expired!)
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    The Portrait Award, now in its thirty-third year at the National Portrait Gallery, is an annual competition aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work.

    The competition is judged, on an equal and anonymous basis, from original paintings. An exhibition is then created from a selection of the entries. Last year 2,372 artists submitted their work and the exhibition, which featured fifty-five paintings, was seen by over 341,000 people at the National Portrait Gallery.

    Many artists who have had their work exhibited have gained commissions as a result of the considerable interest in the BP Portrait Award and the resulting exhibition.

    The BP Portrait Award 2012 exhibition will run at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 21 June to 23 September 2012.

    The work entered must be predominantly painted in oil, tempera or acrylic and must be on a stretcher or board, preferably framed and unglazed. No watercolours, works on paper or pastels will be considered. The competition is limited to one entry per artist. The entry fee is £34 (approx. 50 USD).

    Eligibility


    The BP Portrait Award competition is open to all artists from around the world. Artists must be aged 18 years of age or over on 1 January 2012.

    Prize


    • First Prize: A cash award of £25,000 (approx 40,000 USD), plus, at the judges’ discretion, a commission worth £4,000, to be agreed between the National Portrait Gallery and the artist.

    • Second Prize: £8,000 (approx 12,500 USD)

    • Third Prize: £6,000 (approx 9,300 USD)

    • BP Travel Award 2010: £5,000 (approx. 7,800 USD)

    • BP Young Artist Award: £5,000

    All entrants aged between 18 and 30 will automatically be considered for both the BP Young Artist Award and the BP Portrait Award, but an individual cannot win both.