Post Pandemic - and the demise of several art competitions
- this page now needs a radical overhaul.
See my blog post Count the number of art competitions that no longer exist.... for an explanation. I've been waiting for a resurrection - but I think we could be waiting a long timE.____________________________________________
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LINK to or BOOKMARK THIS PAGE to find updates in one place!
Overview of the basics for each competition - listed by year below (I've been running this page since 2010 and it gets updated on a rolling basis - but sometimes I forget. Use the labels in the side column to find the latest post if I have! THE ARCHIVE is at the bottom of the page)
Prizes: List divided into major (£10,000+) and minor art competitions on basis of main cash prize
Calls for entries - for UK (and international artists for some competitions)
Deadlines - look out for the red dates highlighted
Selected Artists - with websites embedded in names
Exhibition reviews - with images
PLUS
links to tips about entering art competitions
notes about VAT for international artists entering UK art competitions
AN ARCHIVE of posts relating to exhibitions in previous years (Going back to 2010 if you want to look at what sort of art got selected in the past)
the biggest art competition in the world
How to enter & terms and conditions
This page provides the absolute essentials. Below are ways in which you can find out more information about each competition.
Calls for Entries: I do a ‘Call for Entries’ post about most competitions that provides a systematic overview plus hints and tips. The aim is to provide simple answers to simple questions about who can submit, what can you submit, how to enter etc. Links to the call for entry pages of organisers may disappear after the competition is over, you can always be sure that you can check out key details about what has been said in the past about eligibility and criteria in my regular Call for Entries blog posts.
Selected Artists: I often do listings of selected artists with a link to their website embedded in their names - which often generate a lot of traffic for artists website. Make sure I can find your website if you get selected!
Exhibition Reviews: Reviews of exhibitions I've seen are also listed below. These include photographs of the artwork selected for the juried exhibition where possible. These can be helpful to those thinking about submitting an entry to future art competitions - or so I'm told! :)
If you have a query leave a comment at the bottom of this post. (If you don't want the comment published just say so - as all comments are moderated)
TIPS for artists entering exhibitions
You may find these TIPS helpful
20 tips for entering art competitions - What do you need to know when thinking about entering an art competition? Here's 20 tips to help you.
NOT selected by an art competition or open exhibition? - Have you had your artwork rejected by an art competition or an open exhibition? Did you wonder why? Did you vow never ever to enter another one - and then entered anyway after the Call for Entries was published?
All the mistakes you can make when submitting work to an art exhibition - a checklist of nightmare scenarios
Top tips for art competitions - a precis - I've written many blog posts about art competitions over the years. Here are links to some of them.
WARNING: "Not previously exhibited" - about why it's important to read and observe ALL the rules
Juried art competitions - does size matter? - For those concerned about what size to paint
How to calculate the cost of entering a juried art exhibition - For those concerned about how the expenses can mount up
Is there a guide for pricing art for competitions? in which I offer some practical advice for artists wanting to work out how to price their artwork when entering a competition.
Pricing prints for the Summer Exhibition - looking at the arithmetic on gross and net profit if a print is priced at an affordable level
Pre-selected, selected, long listed, shortlisted, prizewinner - what's in a phrase? - A discussion of the terminology used to describe artists at different stages of an art competition
A Making A Mark Guide: Analysing the cost of entering a juried art exhibition - Download my FREE spreadsheet which acts as a checklist and helps you to cost out your entry
The Websites of Contemporary Painters in the UK - Get your website sorted BEFORE you enter a juried art competition or miss out on the traffic when the names of selected artists are announced!
VAT for non-UK artists and UK exhibition organisers - About the recent changes around VAT thresholds in the UK for artists living outside the UK.
and for those needing help with framing...
How to frame and hang your art - which includes a section on Framing for art competitions & open exhibitions
TIPS for organisers of art competitions
You may find these past blog posts helpful
To all organisers of art competitions and open exhibitions - How to get an art competition or open exhibition publicised on the Internet - here's a checklist for how to increase your chances of getting good coverage for your art competition or open exhibit
VAT for non-UK artists and UK exhibition organisers - About the recent changes around VAT thresholds in the UK for artists living outside the UK.
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Major UK Art Competitions
UPDATED CONTINUOUSLYMy aim is to keep moving art competitions which are over down the page to the archive at the bottom of the page - but I may not have caught up with all the housekeeping! Listings for art competitions are split into two categories based on the prize money on offer.
MAJOR art prize in the UK: To get in this category, there needs to be
at least one prize which equates to or exceeds £10,000
and/or attracts international artists because something very prestigious is on offer
MINOR competitions: where the prize money is not as great but the name can be prestigious or an online platform can offer profile opportunities + getting selected can be good for the CV!
PLUS I specify
what the prizes are and
whether or not the competition is open to only UK artists or international artists.
INTEGRITY / COMPLIANCE CHECK: As a MAJOR incentive for organisers and judges to be fair to artists submitting entries, I also highlight any competitions which have:
NOT been playing by their own rules recently and/or
NOT complied with how the competition was advertised
and I call them out when they aren't fair to artists!
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MAJOR UK ART COMPETITIONS in 2021
(i.e. 1st Prize £10,000 min. and/or on television)
These are ones where applications must be submitted in 2020
Deadlines for UK Art Competitions '2021'
Bold deadline dates are published deadlines. Otherwise the location under a month is ONLY ESTIMATED (based on the previous year) February 2020
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2021 - 7 February 2020
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2021
Filmed in 2020 and broadcast in 2021 i.e. Call for Entries closes in 2020 and filming takes place in April 2020; programme airs on Sky Arts in January 2021 (hence the title)
Prizes: £10,000 commission from a major British institution + £500 of art materials from Cass Art
Open to: Any artist - amateur or professional or hobbyist, who is aged 16+, enjoys good health and has been resident in the UK for at least a year (as at 16.10.19) and holds a valid passport - can enter the competition
UK includes: UK, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Gibraltar or Falkland Islands for one year or longer on 16th October 2019;
you MUST have your parent's written permission (and a chaperone) if aged under 18 on 16th October 2019
Call for Entries: Terms and Conditions
Deadline for Entries:7th February 2020
No. of Entries: Only one entry can be submitted per person
Digital Entry: Yes
Notification: on or shortly following 24th February 2020
Filming: Battersea Arts Centre between 24th March – 2nd April 2020(see The PAOTY Trek to Battersea Arts Centre and Feedback from Battersea Arts Centre PAOTY 2020 Heats re the filming in 2019)
Heat 1 – Tuesday 24th March 2020
Heat 2 – Wednesday 25th March 2020
Heat 3 - Thursday 26th March 2020
Heat 4 – Friday 27th March 2020
Heat 5 – Monday 30th March 2020
Heat 6 – Tuesday 31st March 2020
Heat 7 - Wednesday 1st April 2020
Heat 8 - Thursday 2nd April 2020
Semi-Final 2020: Semi-Finals - Tuesday 21st April 2020 at Battersea Arts Centre
Final 2020: Thursday 21st May 2020 at (somewhere other than the National Portrait Gallery - because that's closed!)
Commission Prize for winner of £10k
Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2021
NOTE: call for entries opens in 2020
Commission Prize for winner of £10k
Call for Entries closes in 2021 and filming of the Heats takes place in June / July 2021
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MAJOR UK ART COMPETITIONS in 2020
(i.e. 1st Prize £10,000 min. and/or on television)
Deadlines for UK Art Competitions '2020'
Bold deadline dates are published deadlines. Otherwise the location under a month is ONLY ESTIMATED (based on the previous year) December 2019
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2020 - normal deadline - but no call for entries and seems to have died
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2021 - 7 February 2020
Wildlife Artist of the Year 2019
March 2020
Jacksons Art Painting Prize 2020 - 4th March 2020
John Moores Painting Prize 2020 - 24 March 2020 (biennial)
April 2020
RHS Botanical Art 2021
Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2020 - 17 April 2020
June 2020
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition - usually mid June
August 2020
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2020
BP Portrait Award 2020 (First Prize £35,000)
Official Website: https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2020/exhibition/ Register for competition and more information
Prizes: First Prize: A cash award of £35,000, plus, at the judges’ discretion, a commission worth £5,000, to be agreed between the National Portrait Gallery and the artist.
Second Prize: £12,000
Third Prize: £10,000
BP Young Artist Award: £9,000(eligible artists are aged between 18 and 30)
BP Travel Award 2016: £8,000
Open to: International Artists (and has a very significant international entry each year) aged 18 and over
Call for Entries: Opened October 2019
Call for Entries: BP Portrait Award 2020 (Part 1)
Call for Entries: BP Portrait Award (Part 2) - How to Enter
Past postsinclude links at the end to all past blog posts about the competition in previous years and a wealth of images of portraits that have been selected
Deadline for Entries: Entry forms and payment of entry fees must be completed by 11 December 2019
No. of Entries: 1 completed AFTER 1 January 2019
Digital Entry: YES (First Round)
Submit Portrait: February 2020
Shortlist:
Selected artists (and statistics):
Exhibition:
Venue: National Portrait Gallery
(followed by a tour ???? NPG Scotland has said No due to BP sponsorship)
Dates: a five week exhibition ONLY between May and June. (before the NPG closes for three years)
RECOMMENDED READING:
Call for Entries: BP Portrait Award 2020 (Part 1) which explains
why this exhibition has changed in the last two years - and I'm afraid not for the better
reasons from the past as to why you should enter this competition for a first prize of £35,000
my recommendations as to a possible approach for 2020.
BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2019 (Part 1): Overview critique. I still feel the same way several months after seeing this exhibition.
BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2019 (Part 2): Analysis - which highlights what has CHANGED about this competition in terms of number of paintings, size and media, type (eg the range between whole body and head study), composition, colour and subject
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2020
Filmed in 2019 and broadcast in 2020
One of the tables in the Semi Final
Website: Information/Enter:
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 - details in due course
Prizes: £10,000 commission from National Trust + £500 of art materials from Cass Art
Open to: all artists over 16 legally resident in the UK for at least 1 year prior to 1st December 2016
Call for Entries: Terms and Conditions
Call for Entries: Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 (entries have now closed)
Deadline for Entries:22 February 2019 (CLOSED)
No. of Entries: Only one entry can be submitted per person
Digital Entry: Yes
Notification: on or shortly following ?? March 2019
Filming:
Heats: April 2019 - see The PAOTY Trek to Battersea Arts Centre
Feedback from Battersea Arts Centre PAOTY 2020 Heats
Semi-Final 2020: Semi-Finals - 30th April 2019 at Battersea Arts Centre
Final 2020: 28 May 2019 at the National Portrait Gallery
The big boom camera which provides the overhead shots
Selected / Shortlisted artists: see each episode review post for names of participating artists and those selected for the semi-final and final
Learning Points re the 2020 competition
Exhibition:
Exhibition Review:
Other posts: How to watch Sky Arts - Portrait Artist of the Year 2018 without subscribing to Sky!
Sky Arts - Landscape Artist of the Year 2020
The 2019 Semi Final - Cromarty Firth Oil Platforms/Derricks
We do not cast for characters – instead, our expert judges select participants based purely on the quality of their submission artwork. The success of the show depends on the standard of the art produced, so from the outset the programme is a genuine celebration of good art and an intelligent, fascinating examination of the artistic process. Sky website
Prizes: £10,000 commission from a national organisation to paint a particular place + £500 of art materials from Cass Arts
Open to: Any artist - amateur or professional or hobbyist, who is aged 16+, enjoys good health and has been resident in the UK for at least a year (as at 16.10.19) and holds a valid passport - can enter the competition
UK includes: UK, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Gibraltar or Falkland Islands for one year or longer on 16th October 2019;
you MUST have your parent's written permission (and a chaperone) if aged under 18 on 16th October 2019
Call for Entries:
Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2020
Terms and Conditions of the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2020 competition
my blog post Call for Entries: Landscape Artist of the Year 2020
Plus I recommend you read Learning Points from Landscape Artist of the Year 2018 - a summary
Deadline for Entries: 12pm midday 17th April 2020
No. of Entries: Only one entry can be submitted per person - the size of the landscape entry must not exceed 48"x36" (1220 x 914 mm) - produced in any material excluding photography, video, sculpture and all forms of digital media. Collage and mixed media are allowed.
Digital Entry: Yes
Heats: Venues and dates to be announced - you MUST be available for filming between 3rd June 2020 and 15th July 2020.
Heats One and Two: on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th June 2020
Heats Three and Four: on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th June 2020
Heats Five and Six: on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th June 2020
Semi Final: Wednesday 15th July 2020
Final: Thursday 3rd September 2020
Broadcast: televised in the Autumn (October 2019)
Episode Reviews: (Episodes are not in the order they were filmed)
Prizewinners:
If You are chosen as the Winner, You must be available between 3rd September 2020 and 30th November 2020 to attend the Winner’s Prize Location and produce the Winner’s Prize Artwork on exact dates to be determined by the Producer.
Exhibition Venue:
Exhibition Review:
Other posts:
John Moores Painting Prize 2020
Biennial - call for entries opens in February 2020
Art Competitions which have ceased to exist
The Columbia Threadneedle Prize for Figurative & Representation Art - This has been disbanded
Lynn Painter-Stainers - no call for entries and no response to enquiries about it
The National Open Art Competition - ceased to exist in 2018
(i.e. 1st Prize £10,000 min. and/or on television)
BP Portrait Award 2019 (First Prize £30,000)
Official Website: Register for competition and Information (December 2018) https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2019/
Prizes: First Prize: A cash award of £30,000, plus, at the judges’ discretion, a commission worth £5,000, to be agreed between the National Portrait Gallery and the artist.
Second Prize: £12,000
Third Prize: £10,000
BP Young Artist Award: £9,000(eligible artists are aged between 18 and 30)
BP Travel Award 2016: £8,000
Open to: International Artists (and has a very significant international entry each year) aged 18 and over
Call for Entries: Opens December 2018
£35,000 BP Portrait Award 2019 - How to enter and how to improve your chances of being selected
Past postsinclude links at the end to all past blog posts about the competition in previous years and a wealth of images of portraits that have been selected
Deadline for Entries: Entry forms and payment of entry fees must be completed by 21 January 2019
No. of Entries: 1 completed AFTER 1 January 2019
Digital Entry: YES (First Round)
Submit Portrait: February 2019
Shortlist: 40th BP Portrait Award (2019) Shortlist + Press Release
Selected artists (and statistics): Selected Artists and statistics - BP Portrait Award 2019
Exhibition:
Venue: National Portrait Gallery (followed by a tour to two other locations)
to encourage the very best creative representational painting and promote the skill of draftsmanship..... Only original, two-dimensional works in any painting or drawing media, that have been completed in the last three years, and that have not been previously exhibited, are eligible.
Website: Information/Enter:
Official website: http://www.lynnpainterstainersprize.org.uk
Entries: https://lps.artopps.co.uk/
Organisers: Parker Harris (organisers) website
Prizes:
First Prize: £20,000
NEW Second Prize: £4,000
Young Artist Award: £4,000 (For an artist who is 25 years of age or under)
Brian Botting Prize for an outstanding representation of the human figure*: £5,000 (For an artist who is 30 years of age or under)
NEW Peoples’ Prize: £2,000
Open to:
UK: Living artists over the age of 18, who are resident in the British Isles - irrespective of whether or not they are a British citizen.
International Artists: NO if residing abroad; Also UK artists residing abroad are ineligible
Call for Entries: Making A Mark: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019 - Call for Entries
Deadline for Entries: 5pm on Monday 3 December 2018 (CLOSED)
No. of Entries: up to 4 works
Digital Entry: YES - digital and online for all entries
A record 2,194 entries were received for the 2018 Prize. Of these 92 drawings and paintings (4.2% of the submission) by 83 artists were selected for the exhibition.
Prizes: £10,000 commission from the National Trust + £500 of art materials
Open to: all artists resident of the UK, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Gibraltar or Falkland Islands for one year or longer on 17th October 2018
UK: Yes - You must be available for filming between 1st June 2017 and 24th July 2017
Call for Entries:
early 2019 Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2019
Terms and Conditions
my blog post Call for Entries: Landscape Artist of the Year 2019
Plus I recommend you read Learning Points from Landscape Artist of the Year 2018 - a summary
Deadline for Entries: 12pm (midday) on Friday, 10th May 2019
No. of Entries: Only one entry can be submitted per person - the size must not exceed 48"x36" (1220 x 914 mm) - produced in any material excluding photography, video, sculpture and all forms of digital media. Collage and mixed media are allowed.
Digital Entry: Yes
Heats: Venues and dates to be announced
Heats One and Two: on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th June 2019.
Heats Three and Four: on Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th June 2019.
Heats Five and Six: on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th July 2019.
Semi Final: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Final: Wednesday 4th September 2019
Broadcast: televised in the Autumn (October 2019)
Episode Reviews: (Episodes are not in the order they were filmed)
Review: Episode 1 of Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 at Smeaton Tower, Plymouth Hoe
Review: Episode 2 of Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 at Herstmonceux Observatory
Review: Episode 3 of Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 - Millenium Bridge Gateshead
Review: Episode 4 of Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 at Herstmonceux Castle
Review: Episode 5 of Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 at the Tyne Bridge
Review: Episode 6 of Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 - Drake's Island
Review: Semi-Final of Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 at Cromarty Firth
Prizewinners: Fujiko Rose won Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 in Final at Battersea Power Station
Exhibition Venue: Clarendon Fine Art, 46 Dover Street, Mayfair London, W1S 4FF (Thursday 17th January until Wednesday 22nd January 2020)
Exhibition Review:
Other posts:
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MINOR ART COMPETITIONS IN 2019 (smaller financial prizes)
Notes: There's a strong emphasis on "contemporary artwork'. See the website and my summary of the 2017 Call for Entries for more information
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MAJOR UK ART COMPETITIONS in 2018
(i.e. 1st Prize £10,000 min. and/or on television)
Deadlines for UK Art Competitions '2018' or '2019'
September 2018
ING Discerning Eye - 8 September 2018
December 2018
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019
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BP Portrait Award 2018 (First Prize £30,000)
Official Website: Register for competition and Information http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2017/2018-award/
Prizes: First Prize: A cash award of £30,000, plus, at the judges’ discretion, a commission worth £5,000, to be agreed between the National Portrait Gallery and the artist.
Second Prize: £10,000
Third Prize: £8,000
BP Young Artist Award: £7,000(eligible artists are aged between 18 and 30)
BP Travel Award 2016: £6,000
Open to: International Artists (and has a very significant international entry each year) aged 18 and over
Call for Entries: Opens December 2018
Making A Mark: £35,000 BP Portrait Award 2018 - How to enter and how to get selected My call for entries postsinclude links at the end to all past blog posts about the competition in previous years and a wealth of images of portraits that have been selected
Deadline for Entries: Entry forms and payment of entry fees must be completed by 22 January 2018
No. of Entries: 1 completed AFTER 1 January 2017
Digital Entry: YES (First Round)
Submit Portrait: (if invited by 9 February) 26 February and 2 March 2018
Exhibition:
Venue: National Portrait Gallery (followed by a tour to two other locations)
Dates: 14 June to 23 September 2018
Selected Artists: Selected Artists and statistics - BP Portrait Award 2018
Shortlisted artists: BP Portrait Award 2018 - The Shortlist
Prizewinners:
Miriam Escofet wins BP Portrait Award 2018
VIDEO Interview with Miriam Escofet, BP Portrait Award Winner 2018
Exhibition Review: Review: BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2018
Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2018
The semi-finalists at the Gallery for the exhibition
to encourage the very best creative representational painting and promote the skill of draftsmanship..... Only original, two-dimensional works in any painting or drawing media, that have been completed in the last three years, and that have not been previously exhibited, are eligible.
Website: Information/Enter:
Official website: http://www.lynnpainterstainersprize.org.uk
Entries: https://lps.artopps.co.uk/
Organisers: Parker Harris (organisers) website
Prizes:
First Prize: £15,000
NEW Second Prize: £4,000
Young Artist Award: £4,000 (For an artist who is 25 years of age or under)
Brian Botting Prize for an outstanding representation of the human figure*: £5,000 (For an artist who is 30 years of age or under)
NEW Peoples’ Prize: £2,000
Open to:
UK: Living artists over the age of 18, who are resident in the British Isles - irrespective of whether or not they are a British citizen.
International Artists: NO if residing abroad; Also UK artists residing abroad are ineligible
Call for Entries: Making A Mark: Lynn Painter Stainers 2018 - Call for Entries
Deadline for Entries:
No. of Entries: up to 4 works
Digital Entry: YES - digital and online for all entries
A record 2,194 entries were received for the 2018 Prize. Of these 92 drawings and paintings (4.2% of the submission) by 83 artists were selected for the exhibition.
Selected Artists:
Prizewinners:
Exhibition
Venue: Mall Galleries
Dates: 5th-17th March 2018 (10am - 5pm)
Lynn Painter-Stainer Exhibition 2018 opens today - plus events and demos
Review: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2018
John Moores Painting Prize 2018 (£25,000)
"[The John Moores Painting Prize is] the Oscar of the British painting world" Sir Norman Rosenthal, curator and former exhibitions secretary at the Royal Academy
Notes: There's a strong emphasis on "contemporary artwork'. See the website and my summary of the 2017 Call for Entries for more information
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2018
Inevitably, a reduction in the top price will mean allegations that the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition is being devalued. Once the top prize drops below £10,000 it no longer ranks alongside some of the top painting prizes around the world - and drops out of the Premier Division.
Website:
Information: http://sundaytimeswatercolour.org
Details and Online Entry: https://sundaytimeswatercolour.artopps.co.uk/online-entry/
Organisers website: Parker Harris (web link not yet updated)
Prizes:
a First Prize of £6,000
a second prize of £3,000
a third prize of £1,000
Jackson’s Young Artist Award worth £500
St Cuthberts Mill Prize for an outstanding work on paper.
Open to:
UK: YES - all artists born or currently resident in the UK making paintings using water-based media
International Artists: NO - unless currently officially resident in the UK
Call for Entries: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2018 - Call for Entries
Deadline for Entries: 5pm, 25 June 2018 [CLOSED]
No. of Entries: second round shortlist is limited to 250 paintings
Digital Entry: YES
Exhibition:
Venue: Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 - expected to be c.100 paintings
Dates: 17 – 23 September 2018 (10am-5pm)
Realistically the exhibition has not reached 100 paintings for quite some time. It's oscillated between mid 70s and low 90s in recent years.
Selected Artists:
Prizewinners: prizewinners will be announced in advance of the exhibition opening - in the Culture section of the Sunday Times magazine in late August.
Exhibition Review:
Previous exhibitions: archive of links to all previous blogs posts at the end of the Call for Entries and Selected Artists blog posts for 2017
The 4th Derwent Art Prize 2018
Website:http://www.derwent-artprize.com
Prize Money: The prize fund totals £12,500 - including first prize of £6,000
Call for Entries: The 4th Derwent Art Prize 2018 - Call for Entries
We would really love to see lots of entries in coloured pencil as well as water-soluble, pastel, graphite or charcoal pencils
Conditions of Entry: http://www.derwent-artprize.com/conditions-entry
Deadline for Entries: 8 May 2018 [CLOSED]
Selected Artists: Derwent Art Prize 2018 - Selected Artists
Prizewinners:
Exhibition:
Venue: Mall Galleries
Dates: 18th – 23rd September 2018
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MAJOR UK ART COMPETITIONS in 2017
(i.e. 1st Prize £10,000 min. and/or on television)
Major exhibitions (prize = £10,000+) are listed first - in order of the date of their exhibition. then Minor exhibitions (prestige rather than cash!) below Deadlines for entry are highlighted in red
Deadlines for UK Art Competitions in 2017
September 2017
ING Discerning Eye 2017 (based on 2016) - September 2017 (?)
The Columbia Threadneedle Prize for Figurative & Representation Art 2018 - 22 September 2017, 12 noon
November 2017
John Moores Painting Prize 2018 - 13 November 2017
December 2017
Lynn Painter-Stainers 2018 (based on 2016)
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BP Portrait Award 2017 (First Prize £30,000)
BP Portrait Award winner 2017 Ben Sullivan with wife Ginnie and daughter Edie on Awards Night at the National Portrait Gallery
Official Website: Register for competition and Information:
Prizes: First Prize: A cash award of £30,000, plus, at the judges’ discretion, a commission worth £5,000, to be agreed between the National Portrait Gallery and the artist.
Second Prize: £10,000
Third Prize: £8,000
BP Young Artist Award: £7,000(eligible artists are aged between 18 and 30)
BP Travel Award 2016: £6,000
Open to: International Artists (and has a very significant international entry each year)
Call for Entries: Making A Mark: £30,000 BP Portrait Award 2017 - How to enter and how to get selected This includes links at the end to all past blog posts about the competition in previous years and a wealth of images of portraits that have been selected
Deadline for Entries: Entry forms and payment of entry fees must be completed by 23.59 on Thursday 26 January 2017. Note the deadline is earlier! [CLOSED]
No. of Entries: 1 completed AFTER 1 January 2016
Digital Entry: YES (First Round)
Giving the awards a last polish
Exhibition:
Venue: National Portrait Gallery (and usually a tour to two other locations)
Dates: 22 June - 24 September 2017
Selected Artists:
BP Portrait Award 2017 - Selected Artists
BP Portrait Award 2017: Artists with their paintings
Shortlisted artists: BP Portrait Award 2017 - The Shortlist
Prizewinners:
Ben Sullivan wins BP Portrait Award 2017
Interview with Benjamin Sullivan, Winner of the BP Portrait Award 2017 - plus his portraits 2006-2016
Interview with Thomas Ehretsmann (BP Portrait Award 2017 2rd Prize)
Interview with Antony Williams (BP Portrait Award 2017 3rd Prize)
Exhibition Review: BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2017 - Video and Review
Other posts: BP Travel Award - Laura Guoke exhibits portraits from a refugee camp
Filming of Heats: Wallace Collection on 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, and 12th April. (Open to the public)
my blog post Watching a heat of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018
Selected / Shortlisted artists: see each episode review post for names of participating artists and those selected for the semi-final and final
Episodes (my blog post reviews)
Review: Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018 - Episode 1
Review: Episode 2 of Portrait Artist of the Year 2018
Review: Episode 3 of Portrait Artist of the Year 2018
Review: Episode 4 of Portrait Artist of the Year 2018
Review: Episode 5 of Portrait Artist of the Year 2018
Review: Episode 6 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018
Review: Episode 7 of Portrait Artist of the Year 2018
Review: Semi Finals of Portrait Artist of the Year 2018
Review: The Final of Portrait Artist of the Year 2018
Exhibition: Venue: Wallace Collection | Dates:
Exhibition Review:
Other posts: How to watch Sky Arts - Portrait Artist of the Year 2018 without subscribing to Sky!
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2018 (First prize: £10,000)
View of 2016 Sunday Times Watercolour Prizewinners
...the largest and most prestigious prize for contemporary watercolour painting in the UK. This is the one that most watercolour painters want to be selected for as a mark of credibility on their CV.
Website:
Information: http://sundaytimeswatercolour.org
Details and Online Entry: https://sundaytimeswatercolour.artopps.co.uk/online-entry/
Organisers website: Parker Harris (web link not yet updated)
Prizes:
a First Prize of £10,000
Jackson’s Young Artist Award worth £500
St Cuthberts Mill Prize for an outstanding work on paper.
Open to:
UK: YES - all artists born or currently resident in the UK
International Artists: NO - unless currently officially resident in the UK
Call for Entries: March 2017 - see my post Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017 - Call for Entries
Deadline for Entries: 5pm on 26 June 2017 [CLOSED]
No. of Entries: second round shortlist is limited to 250 paintings
Digital Entry: YES
Exhibition:
Venue: Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 - expected to be c.100 paintings BUT see Review: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2016 for my comment about the reduction in paintings hung in the last two years
Dates: 19 - 24 September 2017 (10am-5pm)
Selected Artists: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017 - Selected Artists
Prizewinners: prizewinners will be announced in advance of the exhibition opening - in the Culture section of the Sunday Times magazine on Sunday 27th August.
Exhibition Review:
Previous exhibitions: archive of links to all previous blogs posts at the end of the Call for Entries and Selected Artists blog posts for 2017
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MINOR COMPETITIONS in 2018
(smaller financial prizes)
Royal Horticultural Society Botanical Art Show 2018
RHS Botanical Art Show 2016 in the RHS Lindley Hall in City of Westminster
Deadline for Application to Exhibit:July 2017[CLOSED]
No. of Entries: ?
Digital Entry: No. Four original examples of botanical illustration, mounted but not framed, should be sent to the Picture Panel Secretary before the selection meeting.
Exhibition: RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show in 2018
Venue: RHS Lindley Hall (also at Malvern show in the summer 2017)
Dates: Summer 2018 (change from February)
Selected / Shortlisted Artists: see RHS Botanical Art 2017 - Selected Artists
Prizewinners:
Exhibition Review:
ING Discerning Eye 2018
View of one of the six curated exhibitions in the ING Discerning Eye 2016 Exhibition
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition is a show of small works independently selected by six prominent figures from different areas of the art world
Prizes: A number of significant smaller cash prizes
ING Purchase Prize £5,000
DE Founder's Purchase Prize £2,500
DE Chairman's Purchase Prize £1,000
The Meynell Fenton Prize £1000
The Humphreys Purchase Prize - £750
The Wright Purchase Prize £500
St Cuthberts Mill Award £250
Regional Prizes £250 x 6
Open to:
UK: YES - ONLY artists who were born or are currently resident in the UK.
International Artists: - NO - unless currently resident in the UK
Call for Entries: Call for Entries: ING Discerning Eye 2018
Deadline for Entries:8September 2018 (earlier if using regional collection points)
No. of Entries: limited only by six selectors: two artists, two art collectors and two art critics
Digital Entry: registration only
Exhibition:
Venue: Mall Galleries
Dates: 15 - 25 November 2018
a very large exhibition with c.600 small artworks
Selected Artists:
Shortlisted artists:
Prizewinners:
Exhibition Review:
Previous blog posts: You can find a list of previous blog posts about the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition - going back to 2007 at the end of the embedded link.
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The following competitions have finished i.e. deadline for entries has passes
The Royal Academy of Arts - Summer Exhibition 2017
View of one of the main galleries in the 2016 Summer Exhibition
to encourage the very best creative representational painting and promote the skill of draftsmanship..... Only original, two-dimensional works in any painting or drawing media, that have been completed in the last three years, and that have not been previously exhibited, are eligible.
Website: Information/Enter:
Official website: http://www.lynnpainterstainersprize.org.uk
Entries: https://lps.artopps.co.uk/
Organisers: Parker Harris (organisers) website
Prizes:
First Prize: £15,000
NEW Second Prize: £4,000
Young Artist Award: £4,000 (For an artist who is 25 years of age or under)
Brian Botting Prize for an outstanding representation of the human figure*: £5,000 (For an artist who is 30 years of age or under)
NEW Peoples’ Prize: £2,000
Open to:
UK: Living artists over the age of 18, who are resident in the British Isles - irrespective of whether or not they are a British citizen.
International Artists: NO if residing abroad; Also UK artists residing abroad are ineligible
Call for Entries: Making A Mark: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2017: Call for Entries
Deadline for Entries: Monday 19th December 2016 at 5pm (17:00 GMT).
No. of Entries: up to 4 works
Digital Entry: YES - digital and online for all entries
Exhibition
Venue: Mall Galleries
Dates: 6-18th March 2017 (10am - 5pm)
Selected Artists:
Prizewinners: Christopher Green wins Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2017
ARCHIVE: MINOR COMPETITIONS in 2017
(smaller financial prizes)
RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2017
View of the 2016 RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition
The judges are looking for pieces that push at the boundaries of watercolour, promote water-based media at its most accomplished and ask audiences to see the medium in a new and contemporary light.... This is the UK's only major watercolour competition open to international artists.
Deadline for Entries: 12 midday onMonday 16 January 2017.
No. of Entries: a maximum of 6 paintings
Digital Entry: YES
Selected Artists -
Exhibition Review -
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2018 (First prize: £10,000)
View of 2016 Sunday Times Watercolour Prizewinners
...the largest and most prestigious prize for contemporary watercolour painting in the UK. This is the one that most watercolour painters want to be selected for as a mark of credibility on their CV.
Website:
Information: http://sundaytimeswatercolour.org
Details and Online Entry: https://sundaytimeswatercolour.artopps.co.uk/online-entry/
Organisers website: Parker Harris (web link not yet updated)
Prizes:
a First Prize of £10,000
Jackson’s Young Artist Award worth £500
St Cuthberts Mill Prize for an outstanding work on paper.
Open to:
UK: YES - all artists born or currently resident in the UK
International Artists: NO - unless currently officially resident in the UK
Call for Entries: March 2017 - see my post Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017 - Call for Entries
Deadline for Entries: 5pm on 26 June 2017
No. of Entries: second round shortlist is limited to 250 paintings
Digital Entry: YES
Exhibition:
Venue: Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 - expected to be c.100 paintings BUT see Review: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2016 for my comment about the reduction in paintings hung in the last two years
Dates: 19 - 24 September 2017 (10am-5pm)
Selected Artists: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017 - Selected Artists
Prizewinners: prizewinners will be announced in advance of the exhibition opening - in the Culture section of the Sunday Times magazine on Sunday 27th August.
Exhibition Review:
Previous exhibitions: archive of links to all previous blogs posts at the end of the Call for Entries and Selected Artists blog posts for 2017
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Prize Money: £5000 Discerning Eye Founder’s Purchase Prize is top prize
Exhibition at: Mall Galleries
Call for Entries: ING Discerning Eye 2016 - Call for Entries (click this link to see posts about past exhibitions as well as mu summary of the call for entries - with commentary)
Deadline for Entries: 5pm on 3rd September 2016
Exhibition review: ING Discerning Eye 2016 - award winners and review
The Columbia Threadneedle Prize for Figurative & Representation Art 2016
Salt in Tea by Lewis Hazelwood-Horner
Website: http://www.columbiathreadneedleprize.com
Call for Entries: The Columbia Threadneedle Prize - Call for Entries
Deadline for Entries: Friday 16th October (12 noon) CLOSED
Selected Artists: Selected Artists - The Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2016
Shortlisted artists: The Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2016: Shortlisted Artists
Prizewinners:
Lewis Hazelwood-Horner wins £20,000 Threadneedle Prize 2016 (February 2016)
Impressive solo exhibition by 2016 Threadneedle Prizewinner (September 2016)
Exhibition:
Review: The Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2016
Threadneedle Exhibition 2016 - my favourites
Exhibition at Mall Galleries including Visitors’ Choice Award: 3rd - 20th February 2016
PLUS an Exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence: 27th June to 24th July 2016
PLUS solo exhibition by prizewinner - see above
BP Portrait Award 2016 (First Prize £30,000)
View of the BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2015 and the winning double portrait
My Guide to entering the BP: £30,000 BP Portrait Award 2016 - How to enter and how to get selected
Deadline for Entries - 2nd February 2016CLOSED
Shortlist: £30,000 BP Portrait Award 2016 - The Shortlist
Selected artists: BP Portrait Award 2016: Selected Artists
Prizewinners/interviews:
Clara Drummond wins £30000 BP Portrait Award 2016
Interview with Clara Drummond - Winner of BP Portrait Award 2016
Interview with Benjamin Sullivan (BP Portrait Award 2016 3rd Prize)
Review of the exhibition:
Video and review of BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2016
BP Portrait Award 2016 - Artists with their paintings
Videos on YouTube:
A walk around the BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2016
Clara Drummond Interview - Winner BP Portrait Award 2016
Benjamin Sullivan 3rd Prize in BP Portrait Award 2016
More BP Portrait Award Videos on YouTube (18 videos in total)
RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2016
Virtual 2016 exhibition on the RWS website
Making A Mark:
Review of the 2016 RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition
RWS Watercolour Competition 2016 - Call for Entries
Reference: see my review of 2015 exhibition - Review: RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2015
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2016
Call for Entries: Making A Mark: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2016: Call for Entries
Selected Artists: Lynn Painter-Stainers 2016 - Selected artists and works
Prizewinners: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition 2016 - Prizewinners and Review
Reference:
the names (and websites) of the artists selected in 2015 in Lynn Painter-Stainer Prize 2015: Selected Artists & Events
the Lynn Painter-Stainers 2015 - Prizewinners
my Exhibition Review: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2015.
the Info for Artists page on the LPS Prize website
the online LPS exhibition page
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2016 - Prizewinners at the Mall Galleries exhibition
The Royal Academy of Arts - Summer Exhibition 2016
Entries will be capped at 12,000, which is in line with the maximum number of entries received in recent years. Ensure you register and purchase your Entry Form early to avoid disappointment.
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/summer-exhibition
NEW website https://summer.royalacademy.org.uk f
Information for Artists
Terms and Conditions
Entry Rules
DEADLINE for completion / return Entry Form: Midnight (GMT) on 12 February 2016 - RA closes online entry however cutoff after 12,000 entries received if earlier - SOLD OUT! CLOSED
Call for Entries: RA Summer Exhibition 2016 - Call for entries
Exhibition: Royal Academy of Art: 13th June 21st August
My exhibition blog posts in 2016:
10 artworks of merit at the RA Summer Exhibition 2016
RA Summer Exhibition - open and online - with prints for sale
Prize Money: The prize fund totals £17,000 - including first prize of £8,000
Exhibition at: Jerwood Space
Call for Entries: Jerwood Drawing Prize 2016: Call for Entries (this includes links to past years)
The selected exhibition will consist of works that in the opinion of the Selection Panel qualify as drawings.
Conditions of Entry: the Rules & Guidelines
Deadline for Entries: 5pm on Monday 27 June 2016 CLOSED
Selected Artists:
Prizewinners:
The 3rd Derwent Art Prize 2016
Website:http://www.derwent-artprize.com
Prize Money: The prize fund totals £12,500 - including first prize of £6,000
Exhibition at: Mall Galleries
Call for Entries: The 3rd Derwent Art Prize - Call for Entries
We would really love to see lots of entries in coloured pencil as well as water-soluble, pastel, graphite or charcoal pencils
Conditions of Entry: http://www.derwent-artprize.com/conditions-entry
Deadline for Entries: 1st June 2016 CLOSED
Selected Artists:
Prizewinners:
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2016
Website: http://sundaytimeswatercolour.org
Organisers website: Parker Harris
Call for Entries: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2016 - Call for Entries (click this link to see posts about past exhibitions)
Deadline for Entries - 5pm, 13 June 2016 CLOSED
Selected Artists: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2016 - Selected Artists
Prizewinners:
Exhibition: 19 - 24 September 2016 at the Mall Galleries
Reference re. 2015
Selected artists - Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2015.
2015 Prizewinners:Akash Bhatt wins Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2015
2015 Exhibition: Mall Galleries Review: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2015
Past Exhibitions: an archive of images from past exhibitions
Other Opportunities
You can also find a much wider range of professional opportunities for visual artists, selected by artists for quality and fairness listed by ArtQuest (a programme of University of the Arts London (UAL) and a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England) _____________________________________________
2015
ARCHIVE: Major UK Art & Photography Competitions 2015
In the absence of any information relating to 2015 (or 2014) competitions, artists are recommended to look at my blog posts below relating to the previous year which indicate:
an overview of the call for entries, prizes, dates and deadlines in 2013
links to the websites of selected artists
reviews of exhibitions and images of the work which was selected last year - which may or may not be a guide to what will be selected this year. It's usually more of a guide to the type of work which is unlikely to be selected.
BP Portrait Award 2015
Call for Entries - December 2015:
How to enter the £30,000 BP Portrait Award 2015 - and improve your chances of being selected
BP Portrait Award 2015 entry goes digital
Selected Artists:
Selected Artists - BP Portrait Award 2015
Brits lose out in BP Portrait Award 2015
Shortlist: Shortlist for £30,000 BP Portrait Award 2015 announced
Prizewinners:
Israeli artist Matan Ben Cnaan wins BP Portrait Prize 2015
Video Interview with Winner of the BP Portrait Award 2015
Michael Gaskell (2nd Prize BP Portrait 2015) - a video interview
José Luis Corella wins BP Portrait Award 2015 Visitors' Choice Award
Exhibition: BP Portrait 2015 - Artists with their paintings
Video of Exhibition: BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2015 - video and analysis
BP Travel Award 2013 Exhibition and 2014 Award:
(the competition, award and exhibition run parallel with the BP Portrait Award) Reference:
Edward Sutcliffe wins BP Travel Award 2014
Making A Mark: BP Travel Award Exhibition 2012 - Carl Randall's Japan - the best BP Travel Award Exhibition ever!
Making A Mark: BP Travel Award - Prizewinner 2013 - Sophie Ploeg wins BP Travel Award 2013
to encourage the very best creative representational painting and promote the skill of draftsmanship..... Only original, two-dimensional works in any painting or drawing media, that have been completed in the last three years, and that have not been previously exhibited, are eligible.
Note: Links to my blog posts about previous years can be found at the end of my blog posts relating to 2015
http://www.lynnpainterstainersprize.org.uk
the Info for Artists page on the LPS Prize website
the online LPS exhibition page
Making A Mark - £15,000 Lynn Painter-Stainer Prize 2014 - deadline approaches
Deadline for Digital Online Entries - 29 January 2014, by 5pm - CLOSED
Exhibition at Mall Galleries: 17 - 22 March 2014, 10am to 5pm
£15,000 Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2015 - Call for Entries
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The Royal Academy of Arts - Summer Exhibition 2015
Entries will be capped at 12,000, which is in line with the maximum number of entries received in recent years. Ensure you register and purchase your Entry Form early to avoid disappointment.
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/summerexhibition/
NEW website https://summer.royalacademy.org.uk for 100% digital entry
Terms and Conditions
Entry Rules
DEADLINE for completion / return Entry Form: Midnight (GMT) on Friday 13 February 2015 - RA closes online entry however cutoff after 12,000 entries received if earlier - CLOSED
Call for Entries: Making A Mark:RA Summer Exhibition 2015: Call for 12,000 entries
Exhibition: RA - 247th Summer Exhibition 8 June -16 August 2015
Reference to past exhibitions
2014 - Summer Exhibition 2014 at the Royal Academy of Arts
2013: Making A Mark - 10 reasons to visit the RA Summer Exhibition 2013 - includes links to other reviews of the exhibition
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David Shepherd's Wildlife Artist of the Year 2015 (First prize £10,000)
2015 Wildlife Artist of the Year: http://www.davidshepherd.org/way/
Deadline for Entries - 13th February 2015 CLOSED
Making A Mark: Wildlife Artist of the Year - Call for Entries
2015 EXHIBITION: at the Mall Galleries 29th June - 4th July 2015
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The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2015
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2015 website
Call for Entries: The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2015 - Call for Entries
Selected Artists: Selected artists - Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2015.
Prizewinners: Akash Bhatt wins Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2015
Exhibition: Mall Galleries Review: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2015
Reference re. 2014:
Making A Mark - The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2014 - Call for Entries
Selected Artists: Selected Artists - Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2014
Prizewinners: Kathryn Maple wins Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2014
Exhibition: Review: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2014
Threadneedle Prize for Painters and Sculptors 2015
There was no exhibition in 2015 due to various changes behind the scenes. The aim is to give The Threadneedle Prize even greater visibility and the plan is to tour a selection of the 2016 exhibition to Europe. More details will follow
The Threadneedle Prize website: http://www.threadneedleprize.com
Prizes: (£20,000 plus solo show)
Call for Entries: Online submission opens on 13 July 2015, 12 noon
What to submit
How to submit
Deadline for Entries -
Selected Artists:
Prizewinners:
Exhibition: 3 to 20 February 2016 at the Mall Galleries
Threadneedle Winner 2015: Tina Jenkins' Solo Show 30 March to 11 April 2015 10am to 5pm (closes 1pm on final day)
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015 website
Call for Entries: Parker Harris - see my blog post Jerwood Drawing Prize: Call for Entries
Deadline for Entries - 5pm on 26 June 2015
Selected Artists: to be announced Friday 17 July 2015
Prizewinners: to be announced
Exhibition: Jerwood Space, London from 16 September – 25 October 2015
Derwent Art Prize 2015
There will NOT be a Derwent Art Prize competition in 2015. In future the competition will run every other year. The Call For Entries will be published in January 2016 and the exhibition will be later in the year. ________________________________________________________________________
2014
ARCHIVE: Major UK Art & Photography Competitions 2014
The Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize 2015
Call for Entries
First Prize is a bursary of £20,000
Deadline for Entries - 12 noon on Monday 30th March 2015
Generally a very uninformative website which says a lot about the benefits and very little about the criteria, terms and conditions and deadline. It suggests this is a competition run by people who are not used to running art competitions or fail to understand the information artists want to scan to work out whether it's worth pursuing.
ARCHIVE: Major UK Art & Photography Competitions 2013
BRIEF summaries of entry arrangements and deadlines are detailed below - with links to more information. For a more detailed overview for each competition see my schedule of all the Major Art Competitions in the UK in 2013 (posted on this blog in January each year)All competitions are listed in order of the date of the deadline for entries
RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2013 aims to encourage innovation and experimentation in water-based mediums and seeks practising artists at the forefront of watercolour painting. Any artist (providing they are not a member of the RWS) working with water-based media can apply. We welcome international applications
RWS - Call for Entries / Application Pack
Making A Mark - RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2013 - Call for En tries
Deadline for Entries - 9 January 2013 - digital entry CLOSED
Making A Mark - RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2013 - exhibition review(includes images of work in the exhibition)
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2013 Only original, two-dimensional works in any painting or drawing media, that have been completed in the last three years, and that have not been previously exhibited, are eligible.
the Info for Artists page on the LPS Prize website
Making A Mark - Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2013: Call For Entries
Deadline for Entries - 12 January 2013 - 5pm at Federation of British Artists HQ in Carlton House Terrace in London. Regional pick-up deadline are earlier and start 4 January. CLOSED
Making A Mark - Lynn Painter Stainer Exhibition 2013: Review (includes images of work in the exhibition)
JOLOMO Bank of Scotland Award For Scottish Landscape Painting 2013 (Biennial - First prize £25,000)
Call for Entries - 20 September 2012
Making A Mark: Landscape Painting: 2013 Jolomo Bank of Scotland Awards - Call for Entries
Deadline for entries - 14th January 2013 CLOSED
The Royal Academy of Arts - Summer Exhibition 2013
2013 Open Submission Leaflet
Terms and Conditions of Entry (788 KB)
Frequently Asked Questions (64 KB)
Click here to buy an Entry Form
Deadline for getting forms by post for worldwide artists 1st March 2013
Deadline to pay fee / obtain entry form: Friday, 8th March 2013
Complete / Return Entry Form: Tuesday, 12th March 2013 by 4pm
Making A Mark: How to enter the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition 2013
RA - 245th Summer Exhibition
Making A Mark - 10 reasons to visit the RA Summer Exhibition 2013 - includes links to other reviews of the exhibition
David Shepherd's Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 (First prize £10,000)
The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 Competition (DS WAY)
Making A Mark: Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 - Call for Entries #1: David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
Deadline for Entries - 21st January 2013 CLOSED
Prizewinners and Exhibition review - Making A Mark: Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 - David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
The Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize
Call for Entries - 1st September 2012
Deadline for Entries - Noon, 30 January 2013 CLOSED
BP Portrait Award 2013 (First Prize £25,000)
Call for Entries - December 2012
Making A Mark: BP Portrait Award 2013: Call for Entries. Also see Making A Mark: Review: BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2012 (Part 1) which identifies a list of various factors which appear to influence which portraits get selected for the exhibition
Deadline for Entries - 11 February 2013 CLOSED
Making A Mark: BP Portrait Award 2013 - The Shortlist
Making A Mark: Suzanne de Toit wins £30,000 BP Portrait Award 2013
Making A Mark: BP Portrait Award 2013 - Selected Artists and Statistics
Making A Mark: Review of the Exhibition - BP Portrait Exhibition 2013 - Video & Review
BP Travel Award 2012 Exhibition and 2013 Award: (the competition, award and exhibition run parallel with the BP Portrait Award)
Making A Mark: BP Travel Award Exhibition 2012 - Carl Randall's Japan - the best BP Travel Award Exhibition ever!
Making A Mark: BP Travel Award - Prizewinner 2013 - Sophie Ploeg wins BP Travel Award 2013
BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 (First Prize: 10-day painting safari in Botswana)
BBC - Call for Entries (BBC WAY)
Making A Mark - Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 - Call for Entries #2: BBC
Deadline for Entries - 28 February 2013 - digital entry CLOSED
The Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
Making A Mark - Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2013 - Call for Entries
Deadline for Entries - 10 June 2013 CLOSED
Making A Mark:
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2013 - Selected Artists
David Forster wins Sunday Time s Watercolour Competition 2013
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2013 Exhibition at the Mall Galleries
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013 (First Prize £6,000)
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013
Making A Mark - Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013: Call for Entries
Deadline for Entries - Deadline for online registration: 17 June 2013, 5pm
Making A Mark:
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013 - Selected Artists
Svetlana Fialova wins Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013
The Derwent Art Prize (First Prize £5,000)
The Derwent Art Prize
Making A Mark: NEW! The Derwent Art Prize - for pencil art
Deadline for entries - 1 July 2013 - digital entry
Making A Mark:
The Derwent Art Prize - a discussion
Derwent Art Prize 2013 - Selected Works & Artists
Chrys Allen wins inaugural Derwent Art Prize for pencil art
Threadneedle Prize for Painters and Sculptors 2013 (First prize £30,000)
Threadneedle Prize 2013
Deadline for Entries: 4 July 2013
The Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2013 - 25 September - 12 October 2013 - Mall Galleries
Making A Mark:
One month left to enter £30,000 Threadneedle Prize
Threadneedle Prize 2013 - Selected Artists
Clare McCormack and Lisa Wright win Threadneedle Prize 2013
ING Discerning Eye 2013 (plus The Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary)
ING Discerning Eye 2013
The 22nd ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2013 - 14 to 24 November 2013 - Mall Galleries
Call for Entries
Call for Entries Leaflet (pdf download)
Making A Mark:
ING Discerning Eye 2013: Call for Entries
Northern Art Prize 2013
Shortlist / Longlist
About the Northern Art Prize
The Northern Art Prize exhibition - Leeds Art Gallery (28 March - 16 June 2013)
Major Art Competitions outside the UK 2013 In 2013, I intend to highlight the major International Art Competitions which are hosted in other countries. All suggestions as to which competitions should be featured are welcome - please leave a comment.
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013
this portraiture competition is open to all professional artists aged 18 and over who are currently living and working in the USA
call for entries ran from September 1, 2011 and October 31, 2011 CLOSED
Making a Mark: Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013 - Prizewinners and Selected artists
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Major Art Competitions in the UK 2012
Major Art Competitions in the UK 2012
you can find details known to date below
The Turner Prize
Not an Open Competition. Nominations are invited.
John Moore Contemporary Painting Prize 2012 (First Prize £25,000)
John Moore Painting Prize 2012 - Prizewinners
Browse an online gallery of the exhibition
Making A Mark - John Moores Painting Prize 2012 - Shortlisted Artists
Making A Mark - John Moore Painting Prize 2012: Call For Entries
registration deadline 20 January 2012CLOSED
RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2012
Call for Entries http://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/competitions.aspx
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 - Call for Entries
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 - prizewinners
Jerwood Drawing Prize
The Jerwood Drawing Prize - how to enter
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2010 - The Shortlist
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