| The Wales Portrait Award is a new Biennial designed to increase the awareness of portraiture as a fine art discipline. Little has been done to encourage portraiture in Wales since the late 19th century and this award is designed to redeem this gap in provision and to restore this important art form to its rightful place in a modern Wales.
This is an inclusive initiative encouraging entries of original paintings from artists of any age living, working or born in Wales. The competition is also open to artists of any nationality whose work depicts a Welsh subject . The exhibition will be selected by a panel of judges. This is a consortia project organised by Denbighshire County Council with Bodelwyddan Castle, the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, St. David's Hall, Cardiff, and the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead.
The Judging Panel
Julian Treuherz – Keeper of Galleries, Walker Art Gallery (Chair of panel)
Colin Simpson – Principal Museums Officer, Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
Ben Stammers, – Artist
Guy Kennaway – Sponsor
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