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Portrait Artist of the Year
...a competition to find the UK's most talented portrait artist
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Work in Progress
Establishing the series (I think there have been 4) the sitters and the competitors has been a little problematic. If anyone has full details and can help I would love to hear from you! June!
Hosted by
Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, DBE (née Rowlands; born 16 April 1933) is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party Peer. Baroness Bakewell is President of Birkbeck, University of London. She is also an author and playwright and has been awarded Humanist of the year for services to humanism.
Frank Skinner (born Christopher Graham Collins; 28 January 1957) is an English writer, comedian, TV and radio presenter, and actor. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he was awarded the Best Comedy Entertainment Personality.
- Stephen Mangan English actor.
Judges
British portrait painter, based in London. He was the joint winner of the 1989 BP Portrait Award and is Head of Painting at The Art Academy in London
is a British born independent arts curator, writer and television broadcaster.
Kate Bryan is a British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster.
1 - 2013
5 November 2013 10 December 2013
Winner Nick Lord
Prize £10,000 commission to create a painting of Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel for the British Library.
Celebrity sitters
- Lance Sergeant Johnson Gideon Beharry, VC, COG - Nick Lord
- Lethal Bizzle - Musician, grime artist - #1-3 Dublin
- Shami Chakrabarti
- Sophie Dahl - Author and model; - #1-5 Paris
- John David Hannah - Actor; - #1-2 Glasgow
- Gavin Henson - Rugby union player; - #1-4 Cardiff
- Michael Kerr - Paralympic rugby player; - #1-2 Glasgow
- Robert Lindsay - 1/1 #1-1 London
- Hilary Mantel - Booker Prize-winning author
- Pauline McLynn - actor; - #1-3 Dublin
- David Rawle - Actor - #1-3 Dublin
- Alison Steadman - #1-1 London
- Juliet Stevenson #1-1 London
- Sue Tilley - #1-4 Cardiff
- Sophie Turner - Actress; - #1-2 Glasgow
- Simon Weston - Falklands War veteran; - #1-4 Cardiff
Competitors
- John Afflick
- Rachel Ashton
- Truly Barber
- Hogarth Brown
- Comhghall Casey
- Scot Coubrough
- Pamela Engels
- Joseph Galvin
- James Green
- Lyndon Hemsley
- Christian Hook
- Toby Hunt
- Maggie Johnson
- Philip Lindey
- David Lloyd
- Nick Lord
- Catherine MacDiarmid
- Isabell Kinga Markus
- Maeve McCarthy
- Ewan McClure
- Susan McFarlane
- Luis Morris
- Selena Mowat
- Robert Nelmes
- Kemi Onabule
- John O'Flynn
- Robin Puplett
- Laura Quinn
- Nicholas Smith
- Sian Smith
- Amanda Spawforth
- Jim Strachan
- Kyla Tomlinson
- Sophie Turner
- Rosalie Watkins
- Kate Winter
Marmite Toast artist
2 - 2014
4 November 2014 23 December 2014
Winner Christian Hook
Prize £10,000 commission to paint actor Alan Cumming for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Celebrity sitters
- Ade Adepitan
- Roni Ancona
- Melvin Bragg
- Sol Campbell
- Jilly Cooper
- Sharon Corr
- Alan Cumming
- Greg Davies
- Richard Dawkins
- Non Evans
- Lord Julian Fellowes
- Edward Neil Anthony Hannon
- Sally Hitchiner
- John Humphrys
- Ashley Jensen
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Khan_%28boxer%28 Amir Khan] Boxer
- Gary Kemp
- Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws QC, FRSA, HonFRSE
- Sir Ian McKellen
- Colm Meaney
- Daniela Nardini
- Daniel Roche
- Kiri Janette Te Kanawa
- Maisie Williams
Competitors
- Annabel Adams
- John Afflict
- Titus Agbara - Maisie Williams
- David Alderslade - John Humphrys
- Rachel Ashton
- Jamie Avis - Maisie Williams
- Jack Banister
- Stewart Beckett
- Noel Bensted - Helena Kennedy QC.
- Hester Berry
- Bill Bone
- Scot Coubrough
- Jessica Debba - John Humphrys
- Aine Divine - Neil Hannon; finalist
- Steve Dowson - John Humphrys
- Sally Dyer
- Phoebe Edgington Rooley
- Amanda Fletcher - Maisie Williams
- Ramon Gaston
- Chris Gray
- Raoof Haghighi
- Tess Hanneman
- Rebecca Hathaway
- Tony Hines
- Lyndon Hemsley
- Tony Hines
- Christian Hook
- Helen Ingrey - Helena Kennedy QC.
- Maggie Johnson
- Carys Jones
- Brian Kamau
- Michelle Kiely
- David Lloyd
- Russell Lumb - Roni Ancona
- Catherine MacDiarmid
- Jennifer Maidment - Roni Ancona
- Howard Mason
- Sian McGahan
- Alan McGowan - Julian Fellowes
- David Mealing - Roni Ancona
- Philip Morgan
- Edward Ofosu - Helena Kennedy QC.
- Robin Puplett
- Laura Quinn
- Culloden Robertson - Julian Fellowes
- Connie Rose
- Lauren Ross - Helena Kennedy QC.
- Charlie Schaffer - Maisie Williams
- Teri-Anne Scoble - Julian Fellowes
- Abby Skinner
- Louis Smith - John Humphrys
- Sian Smith
- Victoria Smith
- Jim Strachan
- Cathy Thomas - Roni Ancona
- David Thomas
- Kyla Tomlinson
- Emily Tull
- David Vigor
- Conor Walton
- Stephen Westwood
- Tilly Willis
- Ken Wilson (Berwickshire)
- Emily Wolff - Sol Campbell
- Ken Wilson - Julian Fellowes
3 2017
24 January 2017 to 21 March 2017
Winner Gareth Reid
"Prize - commissioned portrait of Graham Norton.
Celebrity sitters
- Adrian Chiles - 3/6 Broadcaster
- Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay - 3/8 - Actor
- Phil Davis - 3/6 - Actor
- Trevor Eve - 3/4 - Actor
- Richard E Grant - 3/2 - Actor
- Freddie Highmore - 3/1
- Katie Kissoon - 3/5 - singer
- Lesley Manville - 3/3
- Dave Myers - 3/5 - Author/presenter Cookery
- Parminder Nagra -3/4
- James Norton - 3/3
- Ben Okri - 3/4 - author
- Sue Perkins - 3/2
- Sian Phillips - 3/6 - Actress
- Raleigh Ritchie - 3/3
- Nina Sosanya - 3/2 - Actress
- Imelda Staunton - 3/7
- Stanley Tucci - 3/1
- Indira Varma - 3/1
- Rick Wakeman - 3/5 -Musician
Competitors
- Phoebe Cripps (winner heat 2)
- Frank Davey
- Liam Dickinson
- Jamie Green
- Mark Heng
- Chris Kent
- Kimberly Klauss (winner heat 1)
- Gregory Mason (winner heat 4)
- Emma Leone Palmer
- Inger du Plessis
- Gareth Reid
Finals sitter The Hon Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb - https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/529384131196558400/
born in Bedford in 1982, full time portrait and figurative Artist - lives on on his narrowboat studio which he is renovating.
4 2018
16 January 2018 to 27 March 2018
Winner Samira Addo
Prize commissioned portrait of Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall.
Celebrity sitters
- Michael Ball - 4/7
- Robert Bathurst - 4/7
- Simon Callow - 4/9
- Michaela Coel - 4/1
- Lily Cole - 4/9
- Kadeena Cox - 4/5 - Paralympic gold medallist
- Kenneth Cranham - 4/6
- Sope Dirisu - 4/6
- Noel Fielding - 4/2
- Freddie Fox - 4/3
- Conleth Hill- 4/4 - Actor
- Rachel Hunter - 4/4 - Model
- Derek Jacobi - 4/8
- Ross Kemp - 4/3
- Stefanie Martini - 4/4 - Actress
- Vicky McClure - 4/3
- Elizabeth McGovern - 4/4 - Actress
- James Morrison - 4/1
- Anita Rani - 4/7
- Emily Sandé - 4/10
- Daphne Selfe - 4/2 - model
- Fiona Shaw - 4/5 - Actress
- Claire Skinner - 4/6
- Meera Syal - 4/8
- David Tennant - 4/1
- Kirsty Wark - 4/8
- Reggie Yates - 4/2
Competitors
- Samira Addo
- Bríd Higgins Ni Chinnéide
- Danny Howes
- Hetty Lawlor
- Jonathan Luxon
- Leanne Mullene
- Lisa Puhlhofer
- Fiona Shaw
5 - 2019
Prize Sitter - Sir Tom Jones
2019 Portrait Winner Duncan Shoosmith
- Adrian Lester
- Andi Oliver
- Angela Griffin
- Anne Chancellor
- Anne Reid
- Ashley Walters
- Beverley Knight
- Daniel Lismore
- David Gandy
- Eddie Hall
- Georgina Campbell
- Geraldine James
- Gina McKee
- Jamael Westman
- James Purefoy
- Jodie Comer
- Jodie Kidd
- Laura Linney (Final sitter)
- Mark Gatiss
- Matthew Goode
- Nick Moran
- Nitin Sawhney
- Sophie Ellis Bextor
- Stephen Graham
- Tanni Grey Thompson
6 - 2020
Prize Sitter - Nilw Rogers
Celebrity sitters
- Zawe Ashton, English actress, playwright and director
- Asa Butterfield English actor
- Asim Choudhry British comedian and actor
- John Cooper Clarke, English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a "punk poet"
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Clarke] Noel Clarke (Kidulthood/Adulthood) English actor, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer from London
- Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian, actor, television producer, voice actor and writer.
- Fearne Cotton TV Presenter
- Adrian Dunbar, actor and director from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, best known for his television and theatre work
- Deborah Findlay English actress
- Mickey Flanagan English comedian
- Len Goodman
- Haydn Gwynne, English actress
- Mike Leigh, English writer and director of film and theatre
- Lydia Leonard, English stage, film and television actress.
- Doreen Mantle, South African-born English actress
- Anjili Mohindra (Starred in The Bodyguard)
- Wunmi Mosaku Nigerian-born British actress
- Trevor Nelson (Radio DJ)
- Elaine Paige OBE semi-final English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre.
- Ashley Roberts American singer, dancer, actress, model and television personality.
- Lemn Sissay Finals author of Sunday Times Best Seller
- Ken Stott, Scottish stage, television and film actor
- Tinie Tempah, Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
- Russell Tovey, English actor
- Dame Harriet Walter, English stage and screen actress
- Ricky Wilson English singer-songwriter, and the frontman of five-piece band Kaiser Chiefs.
7 - 2021
Prize Sitter - world-famous ballet dancer and Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet Carlos Acosta,
Celebrity sitters
- Pam Hogg (Fashion Designer),
- Ray BLK (Musician),
- James Nesbitt (Actor),
- Katie Piper (Model/TV Presenter),
- Robert Rinder (criminal barrister/TV Personality),
- Don Letts (Film Director/Musician),
- Fay Ripley (Actor),
- Ncuti Gatwa (Actor),
- [Anne Tennant, Baroness Glenconner Anne Tennant, Baroness Glenconner (author);
- Mirren Mack (Actor),
- Sir Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-British newsreader and journalist
- The Vivienne (TV Personality),
- Paul Mescal (Actor),
- Sian Clifford (Actor),
- Eddie Marsan (Actor),
- Deborah James (Author, Broadcaster), You, Me and the Big C
- Eamonn Walker (Actor),
- Melanie Sykes (TV Presenter),
- David Haig (Actor),
- Jane Horrocks (Actor),
- Kwame Kwei Armah (Actor),
- Dame Katherine Grainger DBE (Five times Olympian Rower, Chair of UK Sport, Broadcaster),
- Fred Sirieix (Restaurateur and TV Presenter).