Zurich Portrait Prize 2023
The annual competition showcasing contemporary portraiture is open to artists from across the island of Ireland, and Irish artists living abroad. The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of 鈧�15,000 and will be commissioned to create a work for the National Portrait Collection, for which they will be awarded a further 鈧�5,000. Two additional awards of 鈧�1,500 will be given to highly commended works.
This exhibition will feature the shortlist of portraits chosen by the 2023 judging panel: Dorothy Cross RHA, artist, Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director, National Portrait Gallery, London, and Anne Stewart, Senior Curator of Art, National Museums Northern Ireland.
We are delighted to reveal the shortlist for this year's Zurich Portrait Prize. 25 artists, working across a variety of media, have made it through to the final stage of the competition.
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The annual competition showcasing contemporary portraiture is open to artists from across the island of Ireland, and Irish artists living abroad. The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of 鈧�15,000 and will be commissioned to create a work for the National Portrait Collection, for which they will be awarded a further 鈧�5,000. Two additional awards of 鈧�1,500 will be given to highly commended works.
This exhibition will feature the shortlist of portraits chosen by the 2023 judging panel: Dorothy Cross RHA, artist, Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director, National Portrait Gallery, London, and Anne Stewart, Senior Curator of Art, National Museums Northern Ireland.
We are delighted to reveal the shortlist for this year's Zurich Portrait Prize. 25 artists, working across a variety of media, have made it through to the final stage of the competition.
Artists on show
- Adrian Wojtas
- Aisling Dunne
- Ana Colomer
- Bob Tait
- Comhghall Casey
- Darragh Shanahan
- David Sexton
- David Stephenson
- Ellius Grace
- Gerry Blake
- Jana Bulochova
- Jonathan Daczkowski
- Kit French
- Lee Welch
- Leo Byrne
- Lynn Kennedy
- Mantas Poderys
- Marie Le Men
- Marie Smith
- Paul MacCormaic
- Ryan O鈥橲ullivan
- Sarah Liddane
- Shane Coughlan
- Sorcha Frances Ryder
- Vanessa Jones
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