46 portraits have been selected for the HSFK Portrait Award 2025 at the National Portrait Gallery. Want to see some of them before the exhibition opens? READ ON!
Those selected for inclusion in the exhibition were chosen from 1,314 submissions entered by artists from 60 countries.
For me, it just goes to show how changing the people doing the selection changes the focus and the preferences of those judging. Many of the names I'm used to seeing on a fairly regular basis have not been selected – although some have.
Those that are here again are very good. However, I think it might be the lowest number of previous exhibitors for some time.
We'll have to wait until the exhibition to see whether the choices made make for a better exhibition than usual – or otherwise!
The Portrait Award exhibition is at the National Portrait Gallery in London from 10 July – 12 October 2025. It used to travel but I think that has stopped with the change in sponsor.
I do this preview of who gets selected to help those who will be applying next year.
- the link in their name is to their website
- plus I include their Instagram account where identifiable
- I embed Instagram posts of their artwork where possible.
It follows on my post Shortlist for the £66K HSFK Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery – and I have not repeated information about the artists shortlisted for prizes in this post.
I've been reviewing this exhibition on Making A Mark since 2006 and I'll be at the Awards Ceremony in July. I'll also be publishing a review of the exhibition and pics of artists with their paintings. For all those artists who want a pic with their painting in this blog, make sure you find me on at the press review the following morning!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Artists who describe themselves as "shortlisted" for this exhibition – but who are not listed in my previous post are deceiving themselves and others. It makes you look amateurish. The only artists "shortlisted" are those who will win a prize. Everybody else is SELECTED.
Selected Artists Portrait Award 2025
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| Images being used to advertise the Portrait Award Exhibition – which is a prize in itself! |
The selected artists exhibiting in THE Portrait Award are, in alphabetical order:
