ANNUAL EXHIBITION

£3,000 for the most outstanding portrait by an artist aged 35 years or under, plus four Highly Commended awards of £500 each.

 

2026 Winner: Ruth Fitton ROI, ‘What in the World?’

 

Highly Commended: Hillary Butterworth, ‘Aimee’

Highly Commended: Emily Hughes, ‘Portrait in Lausanne’

Highly Commended: Celia Liberace, ‘Arnold in Blue’

Highly Commended: Ada Weng, ‘A Friend’

 

 

View winning portraits from previous years below.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

 

2025 Winner: Jacob Skinnard, ‘Familiar Faces’

2024 winner: Stefano Curti , ‘Lukas Sheehan’

2023 Phoebe-Louise Stewart Carter

2022 Laura Hope

2021 Marco Bizzari

2020 Nneka Uzoigwe winner

2019 – Joshua Waterhouse

2018 – Emma Hopkins

2017 – Jamie Routley
2016 – Stephanie Kullberg
2015 – Lorna May Wadsworth
2014 – Flora Watson
2013- Kelvin Okafor
2012 – David Sargerson
2011 – Martha Zmpounou
2010 – Norman Long

2009 – Emma Wesley
2008 – Ruth Murray
2007 – Patrick Bremer
2006 – Frances Bell
2005 – Emma Wesley
2004 – Brendan Kelly