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Video Interview Amongst Winner Of The Bp Portrait Accolade 2015

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Matan Ben Cnaan, the Winner of the First Prize inward the at the BP Portrait Exhibition 2015 kindly gave me a video interview end week.



Judging yesteryear the coverage of the exhibition that I've establish via Google, this interview is the solely 1 amongst the creative individual where at that spot is anything novel to tell beyond what was produced yesteryear the National Portrait Gallery as purpose of their press release.

We talked about:
  • how he came to motility into the BP Portrait Award
  • how the procedure worked for him
  • the departure made yesteryear the fact the commencement circular is instantly 100% digital entry
  • what it was similar existence without the paradigm - until he saw it 1 time to a greater extent than inward the gallery 

It likewise includes an interesting comment on looking at the paradigm together with looking at a photograph of the painting!  That's 1 which I promise a few people volition ponder on!


Matak Ben Cnaan amongst his visually arresting portrait of 
"Annabelle together with Guy" 
which won the £30,000 First Prize in
the BP Portrait Award 2915

About Matan Ben Cnaan


Matan lives together with plant inward Emek-Jezreel inward the due north of State of Israel together with he is the commencement Israeli creative individual to win the award. (I cause got to apologise to Matan for the fact I got the cite of the valley he lives inward incorrect inward my video!)

He initially trained as an fine art teacher. In 2007, he graduated amongst a B.Ed degree in Fine Arts together with Educational Sciences from Oranim Academic College. He together with thus went on to practice a Masters Degree inward Fine fine art at Haifa University.

Pn his website he talks virtually his work....
I am a contemporary Israeli painter. In my run I written report together with capture the local Israeli amongst a non-romantic nonetheless sentimental view. The province together with its people partake as inward my reckon of today’s Israel.... Politics as good as Historical together with Biblical themes are for me similar the mythological together with religious inspirations for the Old Masters creations. 
This is:
You tin read to a greater extent than virtually the paradigm inward my previous 2 posts:

More videos virtually the BP Portrait


You tin discovery my interviews amongst previous BP Portrait Award Winners on Making H5N1 Mark - the Video Channel on YouTube. This is my Portrait together with Travel Awards Playlist

These include other Winners of the First Prize:
Plus other winners of the minute together with tertiary prizes - including this year's minute house prizewinner - Michael Gaskell - BP Portrait Award 2015 (2nd Prize)

The Exhibition


You tin run across the 2015 BP Portrait Award Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

More virtually the BP Portrait 2015


BP Portrait Award - previous years


I've been roofing the BP Portrait Award for some years together with cause got an extensive archive of posts relating to previous competitions which I know are much studied yesteryear those contemplating an entry!

BP Portrait Award - Shortlisted artists on Making H5N1 Mark:

BP Portrait accolade 2014

BP Portrait Award 2013

BP Portrait Award 2012

BP Portrait Award 2011

BP Portrait Award 2010

BP Portrait Award 2009

BP Portrait Award 2008


BP Portrait Award 2007

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