Brand New!! Major Fine Art Competitions Inwards The Uk 2012

This is my annual post listing all the Major Art Competitions inwards the U.K. inwards 2012. It includes an overview of what each contest is well-nigh plus cardinal dates - including the deadline for entry where known.

This is a very long post - in addition to then best to instruct a hot drink, a comfy chair in addition to a pen in addition to newspaper earlier y'all start out reading!

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Updates inwards 2012

I volition every bit good live updating data - every bit data becomes available - to include:

• Call for Entries
• Announcement of selected artists 
• Shortlists for Prizes
• Exhibition reviews 

More data in addition to updates of links to official websites are provided inwards the TWO sites detailed below - these volition both live constantly updated during 2012 in addition to then take away your bookmark!

1. Major U.K. Art Competitions 2012 - this is a static page at the transcend of this weblog (click the link only nether the championship of this weblog to access this page) 
2. My website Art Competitions inwards the UK  This every bit good includes full general in addition to specific tips relating to entering fine art competitions:

• Tips well-nigh entering Juried Art Competitions
• Art competitions - challenges in addition to complications
• Art Competitions - The Artist's Statement

If y'all desire to live kept informed well-nigh updates:

• you tin subscribe to this weblog (see correct mitt column).  Note that a subscription way y'all volition either instruct an electronic mail or notification inwards your feed reader well-nigh every post I issue - in addition to they're non all well-nigh fine art competitions, although y'all may good detect them interesting!  
• Alternatively bookmark i of the 2 sites listed above.  
• Or do both!

Please banker's complaint that this post EXCLUDES:

• art competitions based inwards the U.K. which bring a kickoff prize of less than £10,000 (unless they are the major accolade for that type of fine art eg Jerwood Drawing Prize)
• the major opened upwards exhibitions yesteryear national fine art societies which I covered inwards Key Dates for U.K. National Art Society Exhibitions inwards 2012 (first published 28 Oct 2011)

Exhibitions inwards London inwards 2012

Bear inwards take away heed that inwards 2012, London is going to bring huge numbers of additional visitors from both the U.K. in addition to other countries during the summertime months because of the Olympics.  Exhibitions may good instruct fifty-fifty busier than common - in addition to if your locomote is selected it volition live seen yesteryear fifty-fifty to a greater extent than people than usual!

Now for the listing......

Major Art Competitions inwards the U.K. inwards 2012

The Turner Prize 2012

This is a contest but it's non an Open Competition in addition to then naught to do! Nominations are invited.  The exhibition was held exterior London for the kickoff fourth dimension inwards 2011.

John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize 2012

The John Moore Painting Prize 2012: Call For Entries


John Moores Prize 2012 - Key dates:

• Registration: Deadline Fri twenty Jan 2012
• Stage1: Deadline 3 Feb 2012
• Stage 2: Deadline 27 Apr 2012
• Exhibition at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool:  15 September 2012 until 6 Jan 2013

BP Portrait 2011:
i of in conclusion year's selected works

BP Portrait Award 2012

Last twelvemonth 2,372 artists submitted their locomote in addition to the exhibition, which featured fifty-five paintings, was seen yesteryear over 341,000 people at the National Portrait Gallery.

The Call for Entries: BP Portrait Award 2012 11 December 2011

BP Portrait Award 2012 - Summary of Call for Entries (highlights):

• website: http://www.npg.org.uk/index.php?id=9112
• Prize: kickoff prize of £25,000, diverse smaller prizes
• Exhibition: National Portrait Gallery June to September 2012 followed yesteryear national tour (2 venues)
• Registration / submission
• online entry shape / the rules of entry - run across telephone telephone for entries
• deadline for registration: 13 February 2012
• artwork receiving days: March 2012 - run across telephone telephone for entries for details
• Links to Past exhibitions tin live found on Portraiture - Resources for Artists

The locomote entered should live a ikon based on a sitting or report from life in addition to the human figure must predominate.

Important note: You demand to bring met the sitter - the entry shape includes a box which requires y'all to tick to tell y'all bring met the sitter.  As I indicated in conclusion twelvemonth given that the hyper-realistic "photographic" portrait has been rampant inwards the yesteryear few years it's rattling in all likelihood that the Award is trying to emphasise its basic presumption that this a contest for "proper" portrait artists ie people who tin locomote from life for at to the lowest degree business office of the painting.  In other words, inwards my personal opinion, this is code pregnant "do not embarrass us in addition to discover that y'all are totally incapable of task a committee in addition to working from life if y'all win".


In the time to come I volition issue on this blog:

• a reminder well-nigh the deadline for entries
• the listing of artists selected for the exhibition (eg run across the post for 2010 - BP Portrait Award 2010: List of Exhibitors in addition to Brian Sewell and 
• the listing of shortlisted artists (see BP Portrait Award 2011 Shortlist 18 Apr 2011)
• an article well-nigh the awards ceremony
• features well-nigh the prizewinning artists (see those relating to accolade winners inwards 2010:
• Daphne Todd wins BP Portrait Award 2010
• Two American Artists win BP Portrait Prizes
• BP Portrait Award: Michael Gaskell's unparalled record
• a video of the exhibition (for 2010 run across Video - BP Portrait Exhibition 2010 opens today )
• an statement of the people's favourite plus an analysis of relevant statistics (eg see BP Portrait Award 2011: People's Favourite & Statistics

The Royal Academy of Art - Summer Exhibition 2012

This is the largest annual exhibition inwards the U.K. which lasts several weeks during the summertime at the Royal Academy of Art.  Any creative mortal may locomote into locomote for alternative - over 12,000 industrial plant are submitted for consideration every twelvemonth in addition to around 1200 are exhibited. Information well-nigh adjacent year’s exhibition volition live available from early on January.

Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark post: to live published adjacent calendar week when online shape becomes available


RA Summer Exhibition 2012 - Summary of Call for Entries (highlights)

• website: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/summerexhibition/
• Prize: £25,000 (The Royal Academy of Arts Charles Wollaston Award) plus diverse smaller prizes
• Exhibition: Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts 4 June - 12 August 2012
• Registration / submission:
• Download the 2011 Open Submission Leaflet  - available Jan 2012
• Download the 2011 Terms in addition to Conditions - available Jan 2012
• FAQ: Download the listing of frequently asked questions 
• Deadline to obtain entry form: March 2012
• Registration of an entry closes nine March 2012
• receiving days: latter one-half of March 2012
• 2011 - my weblog posts:
• Call for Entries - Call for Entries: RA Summer Exhibition 2011

The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2012

This twelvemonth (2011) the contest attracted over 6,000 submissions from 2,506 photographers ranging from gifted amateurs in addition to talented immature students to established professionals.

Website (2011): http://www.npg.org.uk:8080/photoprize/site11/index.php

Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Review: Review: Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011 10 Nov 2011  I idea it was excellent

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2012 - Summary of Call for Entries (highlights)

• website:  to live published
• The Call for Entries for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2012 volition opened upwards inwards May 2012.  You tin pre-register your involvement inwards entering

The JOLOMO Bank of Scotland Award For Scottish Landscape Painting 2013

The Jolomo Awards for Scottish Landscape Painting are made every 2 years. See my post over on The Art of the Landscape -Scottish Landscape Painting in addition to a £25,000 prize.

The Jolomo Awards for Scottish Landscape Painting 2013 - Summary of Call for Entries (highlights)

• Subject to terminal confirmation, the adjacent Awards volition live launched inwards September of 2012 in addition to prizes awarded inwards June 2013. 
• As such, the kickoff telephone telephone for entries volition live inwards September 2012.  I'll live publishing a post i time plans bring been finalised.

Winner of the Threadneedle Prize 2011

The Threadneedle Prize for Painting in addition to Sculpture 2012

The Threadneedle Prize is the UK's leading showcase for paintings in addition to sculptures that promote the practise of representational art, but challenge its linguistic communication in addition to assumptions.

This is Major Prize for contemporary figurative in addition to representational fine art tin live entered yesteryear artists living and/or working inwards the UK.  This prize lost its master copy USP inwards 2010 when the major prize was awarded yesteryear the selectors rather than via a world vote.  However inwards 2011, for the kickoff fourth dimension Earth visiting the exhibition determined who won the Visitors Choice Award valued at £10,000 - in addition to could take away from any of the industrial plant which were selected for the terminal exhibition.  Pre-selection yesteryear digital paradigm was every bit good introduced in addition to volition drib dead along inwards 2012.

Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark post re formal Call For Entries: will live posted c. March 2012 when registration opens

Threadneedle Prize for Painting in addition to Sculpture 2012 - Summary of Call for Entries (highlights)

• website: http://www.threadneedleprize.com
• Prize: kickoff prize of £25,000, diverse smaller prizes
• Exhibition: Mall Galleries, The Mall London - dates to live confirmed
• Eligible artists: Artists of all nationalities aged xviii or over (on 1 Jan 2012), living or working inwards the U.K. in addition to Continental Europe 
• Eligible work: paintings, sculptures, master copy prints in addition to drawings, mixed media constructions, reliefs in addition to other figurative installations.
• No. of works: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 maximum of 3 industrial plant may live submitted, completed afterwards 1 Jan 2011. Works must non bring been exhibited inwards whatever other prize or competition.
• Registration / submission:
• Registration opens: 1 March 2012 
• Dates in addition to details on submission volition follow.
• Links to Past exhibitions (2008-2011) can live found on Art Competitions inwards the UK
• 2011 posts:
• Shortlist for Threadneedle Prize 2011 dominatedby women artists ...08 Sep 2011
• Review: Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2011 22 Sep 2011
• Threadneedle Prize: The Making a Mark Selection 26 Sep 2011
• Henriette Simson wins Threadneedle Prize 201106 Oct 2011

Winner of the Lynn Painter Stainer Prize 2010

Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2012

Now inwards its 7th twelvemonth of competition, the role of the Lynn Painter Stainers Prize is to encourage creative representational ikon in addition to promote the science of draughtsmanship. This annual exhibition (which missed a twelvemonth inwards 2011) is opened upwards to all U.K. artists who create representational artwork

Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark post:  Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2012: Call For Entries 15 Nov 2011

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2012 - Summary of Call for Entries (highlights)

• website: principal website existence overhauled at present; Parker Harris render details
• Prize: The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize - £15,000 plus an engraved Gold Medal
• Exhibition:
• Mall Galleries, London SW1 from 28 March – 5 Apr 2012 - this allows for a much bigger exhibition
• WH Patterson Gallery, London W1 from sixteen – twenty Apr 2012. 
• Eligible artists / work: this is a ikon contest for U.K. artists who arrive at representational work.
• Registration / Submission:
• Call for Entries Leaflet (pdf file) | Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2012
• Entry shape (pdf file) | Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2012
• Deadline for entries: xviii Feb 2012.
• Previous Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark posts (with images): run across Art Competitions inwards the UK - Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2012

Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2012

Sunday Times Prizewinners 2011
photo yesteryear Katherine Tyrrell

website: http://www.parkerharris.co.uk/artists/awards/index.php?ArticleID=218
Prize: First Prize of £10,000, a Second Prize of £6,000 in addition to the Smith & Williamson Cityscape Prize of £1,500
Exhibition: Mall Galleries, The Mall London
Eligible Artists:
Registration / submission: to live announced

winner of the BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2011

Wildlife Artist of the Year

There are 2 fine art competitions inwards the U.K. for the Wildlife Artist of the Year. These are:

• David Shepherd’s Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012
(DS WAY)

• BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012
(BBC WAY)

Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark post Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012 - Call for Entries (x2) 16 December 2011

David Shepherd’s Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012

• website: David Shepherd’s Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012
• Prize: £10,000 cash prize
• Exhibition:  Mall Galleries (dates to live announced)
• Eligible Artists:  
• Registration / submission:
• 5 categories
• deadline for entries twenty Jan 2012

BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012

• website: http://www.discoverwildlife.com/webform/wildlife-artist-year-competition-2012-call-entries
• Prize: a 10-day ikon safari amongst Pip McGarry inwards Republic of Botswana inwards Oct 2012
• Exhibition: Marwell International Wildlife Art Society exhibition inwards August.
• Eligible work: 
• Eligible Artists: International submissions are allowed
• Registration / submission:
• deadline for entries 29 Feb 2012
• International - digital submission only

ING Discerning Eye

The ING Discerning Eye aims to arrive at a present of pocket-sized industrial plant independently selected yesteryear 6 prominent figures from unlike areas of the fine art world: 2 artist, 2 collectors in addition to 2 critics. Work is selected from opened upwards submission in addition to amongst industrial plant yesteryear artists invited yesteryear the private selectors. 

ING Discerning Eye 2011

Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark - Call for Entries: post to live written when Call for Entries is published

• website:  http://www.discerningeye.org/
• Prize:  The ING Purchase Prize is £5,000 plus in that place are a multifariousness of other prizes.
• Exhibition:  Mall Galleries - to a greater extent than often than non inwards November (dates to live confirmed)
• Eligible Artists: 
• Registration / submission: run across Parker Harris website for details when published
• 2011:
• 2011 exhibition online
• ING Discerning Eye 2011 - Call for Entries 26 May 2011 
• ING Discerning Eye 2011 - Selected Artists 12 Sep 2011
• Review: ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2011 12 Nov 2011

Jerwood Drawing Prize

The Jerwood Drawing Prize (£6,000) is the country’s leading accolade inwards drawing, in addition to is the largest in addition to longest running annual opened upwards exhibition dedicated to drawing inwards the UK. , the Prize aims to recognise in addition to back upwards both established in addition to emerging artists. Each twelvemonth betwixt lx in addition to lxx artists are selected for the exhibition

Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark post:  post well-nigh Call for Entries to live published when announced

• website: http://jerwoodcharitablefoundation.org/page/jerwood-drawing-prize
• Prize: first prize of £6,000, a minute prize of £3,000 in addition to 2 educatee awards of £1,000 each
• Exhibition:  usually Jerwood Space
• Eligible Artists: Open to artists resident or domiciled inside the UK
• Registration / submission: 
• http://www.parkerharris.co.uk/artists/awards/index.php?ArticleID=277
• Registration opens on the Jerwood Visual Arts - Artists Opportunities website on to live announced (In 2011 - opened 1 Apr 2011; unopen 7 June 2011)
• submission: Registered artists are invited to submit locomote through i of the regional collection centres: London, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Cornwall, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Liverpool in addition to Norwich

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