Highly Commended Award Winner
Marie Smith
Armand, 2023
Zurich Portrait Prize 2023
2 December 2023 - 10 March 2024
Room 23 | Admission free
The 26 Shortlisted Artists:
- Gerry Blake (Wicklow), Courtney, living on a bus, 2021, photograph
- Jana Bulochova (Dublin), Infinite Self, 2021, photograph
- Leo Byrne (Dublin), Sheik Mikailu Bah, 2022, photograph
- Comhghall Casey (Tyrone/Dublin), Self Portrait, 2020, oil on board
- Ana Colomer (Clare), (sea)Urchin, 2023, acrylic on tondo canvas
- Shane Coughlan (Dublin), Patrick, back from the shops, 2023, photograph
- Jonathan Daczkowski (Dublin), Chloe McCarthy, 2023, photograph
- Aisling Dunne (Dublin), Before and After, 2023, photograph
- Kit French (Cork), Self – Portrait – Light Through the Window, 2022, oil on canvas
- Ellius Grace (Dublin), Sinéad O’Connor in Her Garden, 2021, photograph
- Vanessa Jones (Dublin), Wall (self-portrait), 2022, oil on linen
- Lynn Kennedy (Dublin), Orpen Minded, 2023, oil on canvas
- Marie Le Men (Dublin), Seán Hillen, 2023, watercolour on paper
- Sarah Liddane (Kerry), Waiting for inspiration, 2023, graphite and charcoal on paper
- Paul MacCormaic (Dublin), Annie Murphy, former lover of Bishop Eamonn Casey, Mother of Peter Casey, at her home in California, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas
- Ryan O’Sullivan (Cork), Life’s a Drag, 2023, photograph
- Mantas Poderys (Donegal), Shota, 2021, pastel on cotton paper
- Katie Prior (Dublin), Self Portrait in Compact Mirror, 2023, oil on board
- Sorcha Frances Ryder (Dublin), Wide Awake, 2023, photograph
- David Sexton (Dublin), Jyellowl, 2021, photograph
- Darragh Shanahan (Dublin), Lara, 2022, pinhole photograph
- Marie Smith (Cavan), Armand, 2023, fired clay on wooden stand
- David Stephenson (Wicklow), Ann and Ollie, Main Street, Wexford, 2023, photograph
- Bob Tait (Dublin), Jim, 2023, photograph
- Lee Welch (Dublin), Jerry Saltz as Michelangelo “David”, 2023, acrylic on polyester
- Adrian Wojtas (Meath/Dublin), Manou, 2023, photograph
This year's judges are Dorothy Cross RHA, artist, Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director, National Portrait Gallery, London, and Anne Stewart, Senior Curator of Art, National Museums Northern Ireland.
Ireland’s best portraits of 2023 : National Gallery of Ireland reveals Zurich prize shortlists, The Irish Times.
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Winner of the Zurich Portrait Prize 2023
David Stephenson
Ann and Ollie, Main Street, Wexford, 2023
Highly Commended Award Winner
Mantas Poderys
Shota, 2021
The Zurich Portrait Prize is sponsored by Zurich Insurance plc, organised by the National Gallery of Ireland
