46 artists shortlisted from 20 counties across the island of Ireland 

Exhibitions run from 9 November 2024 – 9 March 2025
Winners of the Prizes will be announced at a ceremony on 27 November 2024

From hundreds of entries, the shortlists of this year’s AIB Portrait Prize and AIB Young Portrait Prize have been announced by the National Gallery of Ireland. 26 artists, working across a variety of media, have made it through to the final stage of the AIB Portrait Prize, while 20 young artists aged three to eighteen years old have been shortlisted for the AIB Young Portrait Prize.

The AIB Portrait Prize shortlist includes painting, drawing, sculpture, video and photography demonstrating the breadth of contemporary Irish art. The winner of the AIB Portrait Prize 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. Judges for the AIB Portrait Prize are: Hughie O’Donoghue, artist, painter and writer. Emer McGarry, Director of The Model, Sligo and Simon O’Connor, Director of the Museum of Literature Ireland.

The AIB Young Portrait Prize returns for its sixth year in 2024 as a showcase for the artistic talent of young people from across the island of Ireland. Five winners (one from each respective age category and an overall winner) will be selected from a shortlist of hundreds of entries from young people aged three to eighteen. Winners will receive a bespoke art box and a cash prize. The overall competition winner will be awarded a personalised wooden box of high-quality art materials and a cash prize of €500. All twenty shortlisted entrants will have their artwork professionally framed/prepared. This year’s AIB Young Portrait Prize judges are: Ashwin Chacko, author-illustrator and motivational speaker, Emmalene Blake, a visual street artist, renowned for their large-scale portraits and Sheena Barrett, Head of Research and Learning at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Exhibitions of the shortlisted works in both competitions run at the National Gallery of Ireland from 9 November 2024 – 9 March 2025. The winners of the Prizes will be announced at a ceremony held in the National Gallery of Ireland on 27 November 2024. 

Shortlisted artists for the AIB Portrait Prize 2024 at the National Gallery of Ireland:

Caolán Barron (Wexford), Isabella Gerbola, Circus Gerbola, Tramore, 2023, photograph
Harriet Casey (Meath), Are You Sitting Comfortably?, oil on canvas
Shane Coughlan (Dublin), Róisín Dubh, photograph on photo rag paper
David Creedon (Cork), Miss Evans in her Sweetshop, photograph
Philip Thomas Crean (Dublin), 64, photograph
Lorraine Dunne (Westmeath), Aoife on Dollymount, oil on canvas
Amanda Dunsmore (Clare), Lydia, Dr Lydia Foy, 2022, filmed video portrait, silent, 18 mins
Ellius Grace (Dublin), Shane MacGowan At Home, 2021, photograph
David Hamilton (Armagh), The Family Bowles and The Fiscal Black Hole, acrylic on canvas
Neil-Jack (Alphonsus) Hamilton (Donegal), Jennifer McShane, oil on canvas
Gearóid Arthur Hayes (Limerick), Kwena Chokoe, oil on board
Beverley Healy (Antrim), Sibling Travellers, mixed media (egg tempera, oil and acrylic) on panel
Markela Iacovou (Dublin), 10.07.1980, photograph edited in photoshop and illustrator, digital printing on canvas and manual work with hagiography pigments and caustic liquid
Robert Jackson (Dublin), Beth in Low Light, oil on roughened brass plate
Joy Kavanagh (Cork), Self-subject; In bloom, acrylic on wooden boards
Martin Maguire (Louth), GameBoy, oil on canvas
Arann McCormack (Wicklow), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, photograph
Emily McGardle (Monaghan), The Pox, coloured pencil and pen on paper
Laurence J McMahon (Dublin), Mary Lou McDonald President of Sinn Féin, photograph
Conor O’Connell (Roscommon), Ómra, oil on copper panel
Darragh O’Connell (Wexford), John and Fionnán, oil on canvas
Mick O’Dea (Clare), Fergus Martin, oil on canvas
Cara Rose (Dublin), Ailbhe and Michelle, coloured pencil on mounted paper
Kevin Sharkey (Dublin), Robyn, photograph
Robert Stothard (Leitrim), Carl in the Box Room, photograph
Michael Wann (Sligo), Camille, charcoal on paper

Shortlisted artists for the AIB Young Portrait Prize 2024 at the National Gallery of Ireland:

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
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
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
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

Dr Caroline Campbell, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, said, “We are proud to be working with AIB on the annual AIB Portrait Prize and AIB Young Portrait Prize. With the two Prizes, we showcase the work of Irish portrait artists of all ages and encourage an interest in contemporary portraiture across the island of Ireland. The artists shortlisted for the 2024 prize demonstrate an incredible breadth of Irish artistic talent. We are looking forward to the opening of the exhibitions on the 9th of November and announcing this year’s winners on the 27th November.”

Colin Hunt, Chief Executive Officer of AIB, said, “We are delighted to share the shortlist for the 2024 AIB Portrait Prize and AIB Young Portrait Prize. The portraits selected demonstrate the wonderful creativity and expertise of Ireland’s portrait artists of all ages. We are proud to be associated with such a strong and diverse selection of portraits, and very proud to sponsor these inspiring competitions.”

Find out more at www.nationalgallery.ie

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Media Contact: 

Fiona Sexton, Communications National Gallery of Ireland: [email protected]

Notes to Editor:

• Images are available to download via the following links. Alternatively, or is there are any issues, please email [email protected]
• AIB Portrait Prize: https://we.tl/t-3xlfMPOeXf
• AIB Young Portrait Prize: https://we.tl/t-ztMbe6283l
• Artists are available for interview.

Exhibition listing:

The AIB Portrait Prize and AIB Young Portrait Prize exhibitions will be on display in Room 23, Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Ireland:  9th November 2024 – 9th March 2025. The winners of the Prizes will be announced at a ceremony held in the National Gallery of Ireland on 27 November 2024. 

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Na gearrliostaí do Dhuais Phortráidíochta AIB agus do Dhuais Phortráidíochta AIB na nÓg fógartha ag Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann agus AIB 

46 ealaíontóir gearrliostailte ó 20 contae ar fud oileán na hÉireann
Beidh na taispeántais ar siúl ón 9 Samhain 2024 – 9 Márta 2025
Fógrófar buaiteoirí na nDuaiseanna ag searmanas an 27 Samhain 2024

As na céadta iontráil, d’fhógair Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann gearrliostaí Dhuais Portráidíochta AIB agus Dhuais Portráidíochta AIB na nÓg na bliana seo. D'éirigh le 26 ealaíontóir, a oibríonn le meáin éagsúla, an chéim deiridh de Dhuais Phortráidíochta AIB a bhaint amach, agus tá 20 ealaíontóir óg idir trí agus ocht mbliana déag d’aois ar an ngearrliosta do Dhuais Portráidíochta AIB na nÓg.

I measc shaothair ghearrliosta Dhuais Phortráidíochta AIB tá péinteáil, líníocht, dealbhóireacht, físeáin agus grianghrafadóireacht rud a léiríonn fairsinge ealaín chomhaimseartha na hÉireann. Gheobhaidh buaiteoir Duais Phortráidíochta AIB duais airgid €15,000 agus déanfar é/í a choimisiúnú chun saothar a chruthú do bhailiúchán náisiúnta na bportráidí, agus €5,000 sa bhreis bronnta air/uirthi as sin. Bronnfar dhá dhámhachtain bhreise de €1,500 ar shaothair ardmholta. Is iad moltóirí Dhuais Portráidíochta AIB: Hughie O’Donoghue, ealaíontóir, péintéir agus scríbhneoir, Emer McGarry, Stiúrthóir The Model, Sligeach agus Simon O’Connor, Stiúrthóir Músaem Litríochta na Éireann.

Reáchtálfar Duais Phortráidíochta AIB na nÓg arís dá séú bliain in 2024 mar sheóthaispeántas de thallann ealaíonta daoine óga ar fud oileán na hÉireann. Roghnófar cúigear buaiteoirí (duine amháin as gach catagóir aoise faoi seach agus mórbhuaiteoir) ó ghearrliosta de na céadta iontráil ó dhaoine óga idir ceithre agus ocht mbliana déag d’aois. Gheobhaidh na buaiteoirí bosca d'ábhair ealaíne saincheaptha agus duais airgid. Bronnfar bosca adhmaid pearsantaithe d’ábhar ealaíne ar ardchaighdeáin agus duais airgid €500 ar mhórbhuaiteoir an chomórtais. Beidh saothar ealaíne gach iarrthóra gearrliostaithe frámaithe/ullmhaithe go proifisiúnta. Is iad moltóirí Dhuais Phortráidíochta AIB na nÓg i mbliana: Ashwin Chahacko, údar-maisitheoir agus cainteoir spreagúil, Emmalene Blake, físealaíontóir sráide a bhfuil cáil uirthi as a gcuid portráidí mórscála agus Sheena Barrett, Ceann Taighde agus Foghlama Aras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann.

Beidh taispeántais de na saothair atá gearrliostaithe sa dá chomórtas ar siúl i nGailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann ón 9 Samhain 2024 – 9 Márta 2025. Fógrófar buaiteoirí na nDuaiseanna ag searmanas a i nGailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann an 27 Samhain 2024.

Ealaíontóirí gearrliostaithe do Dhuais Portráidíochta AIB 2024 ag Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann:

Caolán Barron (Loch Garman), Isabella Gerbola, Circus Gerbola, Tramore, 2023, grianghraf
Harriet Casey (An Mhí), Are You Sitting Comfortably?, ola ar chanbhás
Shane Coughlan (Áth Cliath), Róisín Dubh, grianghraf ar pháipéar ceirte fótagrafach
David Creedon (Corcaigh), Miss Evans in her Sweetshop, grianghraf
Philip Thomas Crean (Áth Cliath), 64, grianghraf
Lorraine Dunne (Westmeath), Aoife on Dollymount, ola ar chanbhás
Amanda Dunsmore (An Clár), Lydia, Dr Lydia Foy, 2022, físphortráid scannánaithe, ciúin, 18 nóim.

Ellius Grace (Áth Cliath), Shane MacGowan At Home, 2021, grianghraf
David Hamilton (Ard Mhacha), The Family Bowles and The Fiscal Black Hole, aicrileach ar chanbhás
Neil-Jack (Alphonsus) Hamilton (Dún na nGall), Jennifer McShane, ola ar chanbhás
Gearóid Arthur Hayes (Luimneach), Kwena Chokoe, ola ar chlár
Beverley Healy (Aontroim), Sibling Travellers, meáin mheasctha (teampara uibhe, ola agus aicrileach) ar an phainéal
Markela Lacovou (Áth Cliath), 10.07.1980, grianghraf curtha in eagar in photoshop and illustrator, priontáil dhigiteach ar chanbhás agus obair láimhe le líocha naomhsheanchais agus leacht loiscneach 
Robert Jackson (Baile Átha Cliath), Beth in Low Light, ola ar phláta práis garbhaithe
Joy Kavanagh (Corcaigh), Self-subject; In bloom, aicrileach ar chlár adhmaid
Martin Maguire (An Lú), GameBoy, ola ar chanbhás
Arann McCormack (Cill Mhantáin), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, grianghraf
Emily McGardle (Muineachán), The Pox, peann luaidhe daite agus peann ar pháipéar
Laurence J McMahon (Áth Cliath), Mary Lou McDonald President of Sinn Féin, grianghraf
Conor O’Connell (Ros Comáin), Ómra, oil ar phainéal copair
Darragh O’Connell (Loch Garman), John and Fionnán, ola ar chanbhás
Mick O’Dea (An Clár), Fergus Martin, ola ar chanbhás
Cara Rose (Áth Cliath), Ailbhe and Michelle, peann luaidhe daite ar pháipéar gléasta
Kevin Sharkey (Dún na nGall), Robyn, grianghraf
Robert Stothard (Liatroim), Carl in the Box Room, grianghraf
Michael Wann (Sligeach), Camille, gualach ar pháipéar

Ealaíontóirí gearrliostaithe do Dhuais Portráidíochta na nÓg AIB 2024 ag Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann:

Phelim McEvoy, Aois 3 (Ceatharlach), Self Portrait of my Future Self, peann luaidhe ar pháipéar
Rosie Dwyer, Aois 4 (Cill Mhantáin), My Hair at the end of the Day, péint, marcóirí agus pinn luaidhe ar pháipéar
Allanah McDonald Brown, Aois 5 (Cill Mhantáin), Allanah The Mermaid, meáin mheasctha
Hugo Cashell, Aois 5 (An Mhí), Gill in the garden and the sun is setting, dúch aicrileach ar pháipéar
Victoria Yan-Rock, Aois 6 (Áth Cliath), Father’s Day, pastal ola ar pháipéar
Adam Wiercioch Chinatamunnee, Aois 8 (Cavan), My Mother, pastal ola ar pháipéar
Roman Petrova, Aois 9 (Luimneach), Vivid Impressions, peann luaidhe daite ar pháipéar
Guorui Sui, Aois 10 (Áth Cliath), My Little Sister, ola ar chanbhás
Conor Mooney, Aois 11 (Áth Cliath), My Best Friend, peann luaidhe agus pastal ola ar chanbhás
Junxi Yi, Aois 11 (An Mhí), Me in Chinese Traditional Dress, pastal ola, vearnais ingne agus greamáin seoide ar chanbhás
Sarah Leyden, Aois 14 (Áth Cliath), Park Life, ola ar chanbhás
Avni Mittal, Aois 14 (Corcaigh), Inner Reflection, aicrileach ar chanbhás
Zihan He, Aois 15 (Áth Cliath), My Mum, aicrileach ar chanbhás
Aoibhe O’Connor, Aois 15 (Port Láirge), Breakthrough, aicrileach ar chanbhás
Evan Ward, Aois 15 (Áth Cliath), Family Unit Joe, cré
Aoibhe Devereux, Aois 16 (Port Láirge), Tumtha, aicrileach ar chanbhás board
Kate Glanville, Aois 16 (Áth Cliath), One World, peann luaidhe agus péint ar pháipéar
Darragh Granahan, Aois 16 (Gaillimh), My Younger Self, aicrileach ar chanbhás
Julia Kardas, Aois 18 (An Clár), Dawn in Molten Blue, aicrileach agus pastal ar pháipéar
Taibat Rasheed, Aois 18 (Áth Cliath), Spring, graifít ar pháipéar

Dúirt an Dr Caroline Campbell, Stiúrthóir Ghailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann, “Táimid bródúil as a bheith ag obair le AIB ar Dhuais Phortráidíochta bhliantúil AIB agus ar Dhuais Phortráidíochta AIB na nÓg. Tríd an dá Dhuais, léirímid saothar ealaíontóirí portráide Éireannacha de gach aois agus spreagaimid suim sa phortráidíocht chomhaimseartha ar fud oileán na hÉireann. Léiríonn na healaíontóirí atá ar an ngearrliosta do dhuais 2024 raon dochreidte de thallann ealaíonta na hÉireann. Táimid ag súil go mór le hoscailt na dtaispeántas an 9 Samhain agus le buaiteoirí na bliana seo a fhógairt an 27 Samhain.” 

Dúirt Colin Hunt, Príomhoifigeach Feidhmiúcháin AIB, “Tá lúcháir orainn an gearrliosta do Dhuais Phortráidíochta AIB 2024 agus do Dhuais Phortráidíochta AIB na nÓg a roinnt. Léiríonn na portráidí a roghnaíodh cruthaitheacht agus saineolas iontach ealaíontóirí portráide na hÉireann de gach aois. Táimid bródúil as a bheith bainteach le rogha portráidí atá chomh láidir agus chomh héagsúil, agus táimid an-bhródúil as urraíocht a dhéanamh ar na comórtais spreagúla seo.” 
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Teagmháil ó na meáin:

Fiona Sexton, Cumarsáid Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann: [email protected] 

Nótaí do Eagarthóirí:

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Liostáil an  Taispeántais:

Beidh taispeántais Dhuais Phortráidíochta AIB agus Dhuais Phortráidíochta AIB na nÓg ar taispeáint i Seomra 23, Gailearaí na bPortráidí, Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann: 9 Samhain 2024 – 9 Márta 2025. Fógrófar buaiteoirí na nDuaiseanna ag searmanas i nGailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann an 27 Samhain 2024.

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