Self Portrait by Sheila Wallis, Threadneedle Prize Winner, 2009
(UK.) Artists are invited to submit representational and figurative work that retains a strong reference to the real world...Work must be based on observation, rather than concept or abstraction. All themes are admissible; traditional as well as innovative interpretations are both welcome...To view 2009 submissions and prize winners, click on the link below.
Two major prizes are available: The Threadneedle Prize (£25,000) and the new Federation of British Artists Emerging Artist Prize (£5,000). Each of the six runners-up for The Threadneedle Prize receive £1,000.
The competition is open to all artists - established and emerging talent - aged 18 and over, living or working in the UK. Approximately 60 works, selected from a national open submission, will be exhibited at the Mall Galleries, London in September 2009.
Link The Threadneedle Prize for Painting and Sculpture
