The exhibition opens to the public on 21 June at the National Portrait Gallery in London - until 23 September after which it will tour the UK - with exhibitions in Edinburgh and Exeter
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| Mr Kitazawa's Noodle Bar, Tokyo by Carl Randall, 2012 © Carl Randall |
| Artist: | Title of work: | Country: |
| Peter Wegner | Jack | Australia |
| Erik Olsen | The Skateboarder | Canada |
| Lesley McCubbin | Robin | Canada |
| Agata Wojcieszkiewicz | Anita and her studio | England |
| Alan Coulson | Richie Culver SHORTLISTED | England |
| Alex Hanna | Alex side view | England |
| Anastasia Pollard | Tim | England |
| Ben Ashton | Lindsay Lohan | England |
| Benjamin Sullivan | Head Porter | England |
| Carl Randall | Mr.Kitazawa's Noodle Bar, Tokyo | England |
| Edward Sutcliffe | Trying to be something else | England |
| Eileen Hogan | Paul Ruddock | England |
| Elizabeth Thayer | Tony | England |
| Emma Wesley | Nick in Tartan Trousers | England |
| Frances Bell | Postman | England |
| Isabella Watling | The Importance of being Glen | England |
| Ismail Acar | Pasha Triptych | England |
| James Stewart | Sam Waley-Cohen and Irilut | England |
| Jamie Routley | Tony Lewis SHORTLISTED | England |
| Jean Paul Tibbles | Self-portrait | England |
| Leo Holloway | Jane | England |
| Louise Pragnell | Tom | England |
| Mary Jane Ansell | Jonathan (Dad) | England |
| Miriam Escofet | John Godfrey CBE, 2010 High Sheriff | England |
| Nancy Fletcher | The Portrait Painter | England |
| Nathalie Beauvillain Scott | Bruised | England |
| Nathan Ford | Joachim | England |
| Paul Moyse | Rasputin always wins | England |
| Ray Richardson | Irish Frank | England |
| Rupert Alexander | Rob Fahey on Court | England |
| Ruth Murray | Tessa and the clay heads | England |
| Tim Benson | 92 Years | England |
| Timothy Gatenby | Mary waiting to go rollercasting | England |
| Toby Mulligan | About Time | England |
| Tony Noble | The Twins: Portrait of my wife Jackie and her sister Christine. | England |
| Vanessa Lubach | Rosie and Pumpkin | England |
| Antonios Titakis | Silent Eyes | Greece |
| Claire Kerr | Self-portrait as an Unknown Gentleman | Ireland |
| Roni Taharlev | Self-portrait | Israel |
| Gianluca Capaldo | What I See in Her . (Quello che vedo in lei | Italy |
| Ian Cumberland | Today You Were Far Away | Northern Ireland |
| Szekely Kiraly Bogdan Ioan | The Spoken Truth | Romania |
| Alexandra Gardner | Swallow | Scotland |
| Graeme Wilcox | Ian (with prop) | Scotland |
| Peter Goodfellow | All dressed up for mam and dad | Scotland |
| Antonio Barahona | Fatima | Spain |
| Aurelio Rodriguez Lopez | Mr Lascelle Barrow | Spain |
| Ignacio Estudillo | El abuelo (Augusta Estudillo) SHORTLISTED | Spain |
| Ivan Franco Fraga | LE ( SALMACIS Num.3 ) | Spain |
| Aleah Chapin | Auntie SHORTLISTED | USA |
| David Eichenberg | Devan | USA |
| Erin Wozniak | Wes's Dream | USA |
| Alan Salisbury | Self-portrait with self portraits with reference to 'Boy with a basket of fruit' by Caravagio | Wales |
| Colin Davidson | The Dialects Of Silence (Portrait of Michael Longley) | Irish living in Wales |
| Tom Dewhurst | Tim | Wales |
You can see the shortlisted artists here BP Portrait Award 2012 - The Shortlist. They are eligible for the cash award of £25,000 for the painting judged to be best portrait in the competition.
I recognise a number of names - but my current thinking is that this exhibition includes a lot of artists who are new to the BP Portrait Award exhibition.
This is a chart of the selected artists by country
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| Due to rounding: 2% = 1 artist; 4% = 2 artists; 5% = 3 artists 7% = 4 artists |
- a small increase in the number selected from the UK (73%),
- a small decrease in those selected from European countries outside the UK (16%),
- the North Americans remain just below 10% of the overall selected artists and
- an Australian artist (a former winner of the 2006 Doug Moran Portrait Prize) has submitted work and been selected
| 2011 | 2,012 | |
| UK | 70% | 73% |
| Europe (ex. UK) | 21% | 16% |
| North America | 9% | 9% |
| Other | 0% | 2% |
Thanks to all at the NPG Press Office for their assistance with this post.
You can find
- links to all my past posts about the BP Portrait Award on my website Portraiture - Resources for Artists - plus links to
- more information about the award in Portrait Competitions in the UK - BP Portrait Award
- past prizewinners - BP Portrait Award Winners 1990-2011
- More about the 2012 BP Portrait Award open competition in Call for Entries: BP Portrait Award 2012
Note: The reason for choosing a group portrait for the image for this post is I would really like to see a prize for those who produce portraits of more than one person. I think it's such a pity that this challenging aspect of portraiture is not yet recognised with a major prize. I thought Mr Kitazawa's Noodle Bar, Tokyo by Carl Randall is really great!
