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Major Fine Art Competitions Inward The Uk 2012

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

This is a very long post - then best to larn a hot drink, a comfy chair in addition to a pen in addition to newspaper earlier yous get reading!

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Updates inwards 2012

I volition besides 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 then select your bookmark!
  1. Major Britain Art Competitions 2012 - this is a static page at the move past times 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 besides includes full general in addition to specific tips relating to entering fine art competitions:
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Please authorities annotation that this post EXCLUDES:
  • art competitions based inwards the Britain which accept a outset 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 upward exhibitions past times national fine art societies which I covered inwards Key Dates for Britain National Art Society Exhibitions inwards 2012 (first published 28 Oct 2011)
Exhibitions inwards London inwards 2012

Bear inwards heed that inwards 2012, London is going to accept huge numbers of additional visitors from both the Britain in addition to other countries during the summertime months because of the Olympics.  Exhibitions may good larn fifty-fifty busier than common - in addition to if your operate is selected it volition live seen past times fifty-fifty to a greater extent than people than usual!

Now for the listing......


Major Art Competitions inwards the Britain inwards 2012

The Turner Prize 2012

This is a contest but it's non an Open Competition then cypher to do! Nominations are invited.  The exhibition was held exterior London for the outset 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 lastly year's selected works
BP Portrait Award 2012
Last twelvemonth 2,372 artists submitted their operate in addition to the exhibition, which featured fifty-five paintings, was seen past times 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: outset prize of £25,000, diverse smaller prizes
  • Exhibition: National Portrait Gallery June to September 2012 followed past times national tour (2 venues)
  • Registration / submission
    • online entry cast / the rules of entry - come across telephone yell upward for entries
    • deadline for registration: 13 February 2012
    • artwork receiving days: March 2012 - come across telephone yell upward for entries for details
  • Links to Past exhibitions tin live found on Portraiture - Resources for Artists
The operate entered should live a prototype based on a sitting or written report from life in addition to the human figure must predominate.
Important note: You demand to accept met the sitter - the entry cast includes a box which requires yous to tick to state yous accept met the sitter.  As I indicated lastly twelvemonth given that the hyper-realistic "photographic" portrait has been rampant inwards the past times few years it's real belike that the Award is trying to emphasise its basic presumption that this a contest for "proper" portrait artists ie people who tin operate from life for at to the lowest degree exercise of the painting.  In other words, inwards my personal opinion, this is code important "do not embarrass us in addition to expose that yous are totally incapable of labor a committee in addition to working from life if yous win".


In the time to come I volition position out on this blog:

The Royal Academy of Art - Summer Exhibition 2012
This is the largest annual exhibition inwards the Britain which lasts several weeks during the summertime at the Royal Academy of Art.  Any creative someone may move into operate for alternative - over 12,000 plant are submitted for consideration every twelvemonth in addition to around 1200 are exhibited. Information nigh side past times side year’s exhibition volition live available from early on January.
Making H5N1 Mark post: to live published side past times side calendar week when online cast becomes available


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

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 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)

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 side past times side Awards volition live launched inwards September of 2012 in addition to prizes awarded inwards June 2013. 
  • As such, the outset telephone yell upward for entries volition live inwards September 2012.  I'll live publishing a post in i lawsuit plans accept 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 exercise 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 past times artists living and/or working inwards the UK.  This prize lost its master USP inwards 2010 when the major prize was awarded past times the selectors rather than via a world vote.  However inwards 2011, for the outset fourth dimension earth visiting the exhibition determined who won the Visitors Choice Award valued at £10,000 - in addition to could select from any of the plant which were selected for the terminal exhibition.  Pre-selection past times digital prototype was besides introduced in addition to volition leave of absence on inwards 2012.

Making 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)


Winner of the Lynn Painter Stainer Prize 2010
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2012
Now inwards its 7th twelvemonth of competition, the purpose of the Lynn Painter Stainers Prize is to encourage creative representational prototype in addition to promote the science of draughtsmanship. This annual exhibition (which missed a twelvemonth inwards 2011) is opened upward to all Britain artists who do representational artwork
Making 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)

Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2012

Sunday Times Prizewinners 2011
photo past times 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 Britain for the Wildlife Artist of the Year. These are:
Making 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
BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012
  • website: http://www.discoverwildlife.com/webform/wildlife-artist-year-competition-2012-call-entries
  • Prize: a 10-day prototype safari alongside 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 create a demo of pocket-size plant independently selected past times half-dozen prominent figures from dissimilar areas of the fine art world: 2 artist, 2 collectors in addition to 2 critics. Work is selected from opened upward submission in addition to alongside plant past times artists invited past times the private selectors. 
ING Discerning Eye 2011
Making H5N1 Mark - Call for Entries: post to live written when Call for Entries is published

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 upward exhibition dedicated to drawing inwards the UK. , the Prize aims to recognise in addition to back upward both established in addition to emerging artists. Each twelvemonth betwixt lx in addition to seventy artists are selected for the exhibition

Making H5N1 Mark post:  post nigh Call for Entries to live published when announced
  • website: http://jerwoodcharitablefoundation.org/page/jerwood-drawing-prize
  • Prize: first prize of £6,000, a instant prize of £3,000 in addition to 2 pupil 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 operate through i of the regional collection centres: London, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Cornwall, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Liverpool in addition to Norwich
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