2 December 2023 - 10 March 2024
Room 23 | Admission free
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 €15,000 and will be commissioned to create a work for the National Portrait Collection, for which they will be awarded a further €5,000. Two additional awards of €1,500 will be given to highly commended works.
This exhibition will feature the shortlist of portraits chosen by the 2023 judging panel.
This year's judges are Dorothy Cross RHA, artist, Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director, National Portrait Gallery, London, and Anne Stewart, Senior Curator of Art, National Museums Northern Ireland.
An exhibition sponsored by Zurich Insurance plc, organised by the National Gallery of Ireland.
Courtney, Living on a Bus, 2021
Infinite Self, 2021
Sheik Mikailu Bah, 2022
Self-portrait, 2020
Sea (Urchin), 2023
Patrick, Back from the Shops, 2023
Chloe McCarthy, 2023
Before and After, 2023
Self-portrait - Light Through the Window, 2022
Sinéad O'Connor in Her Garden, 2021
Wall (Self-portrait), 2022
Orpen-minded, 2023
Seán Hillen, 2023
Waiting for Inspiration, 2023
Annie Murphy, 2023
Life's a Drag, 2023
Wide Awake, 2023
Jyellowl, 2021
Lara, 2022
Jim, 2023
Jerry Saltz as Michelangelo's 'David', 2023
Manou, 2023