The shortlist for this year's Zurich Young Portrait Prize has been announced by the National Gallery of Ireland - enjoy a gallery of the shortlisted works above.
The shortlisted portraits are currently on display at NGI, until 2nd April 2023.
Returning for its fourth year in 2022, five winners (one from each respective age category and an overall winner) will be selected from a shortlist of hundreds of entries from young people aged four to 18 from across the island of Ireland.
Winners will receive a bespoke art box and a cash prize. The overall competition winner will be awarded a personalised wooden box of high-quality art materials, specific to their choice of material in their portrait, and a cash prize of €500. All shortlisted entrants will have their artwork professionally framed.
An exhibition of the shortlisted works will run at the National Gallery of Ireland between 26th November 2022 and 2nd April 2023, displayed alongside the shortlisted works for the Zurich Portrait Prize.
The exhibition will then travel to the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, where it will be displayed between 3 June and 2 September 2023 - find out more here.
