AIB Young Portrait Prize

9 November 2024  - 9 March 2025
Portrait Gallery | Admission free

The Gallery’s annual AIB Portrait Prize exhibition features the shortlist of works chosen from hundreds of entries each year. Running in tandem, the AIB Young Portrait Prize is an inclusive art competition for young people of all abilities which aims to support creativity, originality and self-expression. The AIB Portrait Prize and AIB Young Portrait Prize run from 9 November 2024 to 9 March 2025 in the Portrait Gallery. The winners will be announced at a ceremony held in the Gallery on 27 November 2024.

Shortlist announced!

Ages 6 and under

• Phelim McEvoy, Age 3 (Carlow), Self Portrait of my Future Self, pencil on paper
• Rosie Dwyer, Age 4 (Wicklow), My Hair at the end of the Day, paint, markers and pencils on paper
• Allanah McDonald Brown, Age 5 (Wicklow), Allanah The Mermaid, mixed media
• Hugo Cashell, Age 5 (Meath), Gill in the garden and the sun is setting, acrylic ink on paper 
• Victoria Yan-Rock, Age 6 (Dublin), Father’s Day, oil pastel on paper

Ages 7-11

• Adam Wiercioch Chinatamunnee, Age 8 (Cavan), My Mother, oil pastel on paper
• Roman Petrov, Age 9 (Limerick), Vivid Impressions, coloured pencil on paper
• Guorui Sui, Age 10 (Dublin), My Little Sister, oil on canvas
• Conor Mooney, Age 11 (Dublin), My Best Friend, pencil and oil pastel on canvas
• Junxi Yi, Age 11 (Meath), Me in Chinese Traditional Dress, oil pastel, nail polish and gem stickers on canvas

Ages 12-15

• Sarah Leyden, Age 14 (Dublin), Park Life, oil on canvas
• Avni Mittal, Age 14 (Cork), Inner Reflection, acrylic on canvas
• Zihan He, Age 15 (Dublin), My Mum, acrylic on canvas
• Aoibhe O’Connor, Age 15 (Waterford), Breakthrough, acrylic on canvas
• Evan Ward, Age 15 (Dublin), Family Unit Joe, clay

Ages 16-18

• Aoibhe Devereux, Age 16 (Waterford), Tumtha, acrylic on canvas board
• Kate Glanville, Age 16 (Dublin), One World, pencil and paint on paper
• Darragh Granahan, Age 16 (Galway), My Younger Self, acrylic on canvas
• Julia Kardas, Age 18 (Clare), Dawn in Molten Blue, acrylic and pastel on paper
• Taibat Rasheed, Age 18 (Dublin), Spring, graphite on paper