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	PAST EXHIBITION ARCHIVE BP Portrait Award 2004 at the National Portrait Gallery Images from the BP Portrait Award 2004 The BP Portrait Award 2004 received 955 entries. There were four prizewinners and fifty others selected for exhibition.
	1st Prize Stephen Shankland Title: The Miracle oil on board © The Artist Cash prize of £25,000 and a commission
	Stephen Shankland (b.1971) is a Scottish artist and graphic designer living and working in Aberdeenshire. He studied at Grays School of Art and has exhibited widely, including in the BP Portrait Award 1999. The Miracle is a portrait of Stephen's wife Kelly and son Connor, who was born prematurely in January 2003.
	2nd Prize Paul Harris Title: Louise Tiplady oil on canvas © The Artist Cash prize of £6,000
	Paul Harris (b.1967) is an artist and stonemason based in Herefordshire. He studied Fine Art at Camberwell School of Art before taking an Advanced Diploma in architectural masonry and carving at Weymouth College. After working as a stonemason on Hereford Cathedral he set up his own stone carving and masonry business and his portrait is of his business partner Louise Tiplady. Paul returned to painting a year ago and this was the first work which he completed.
	3rd Prize Fergus Mayhew Title: Head Full of Smiles acrylic and oil on board © The Artist Cash prize of £4,000
	Fergus Mayhew (b.1963) studied at the Royal Academy and is now a full-time father living in Devon. He has been a regular exhibitor in the BP Portrait Award in recent years and this year has been short-listed for his portrait of his mother, Bunty.
	4th Prize Sara Shamma Title: Self-portrait oil on canvas © The Artist Cash prize of £2,000
	Sara Shamma (b.1975) is a Syrian artist living and working in Damascus. She is a graduate of the Adham Ismail fine arts institute and Damascus University where she studied fine art. She has exhibited and won awards in Syria as well as contributing to group shows in Europe, Canada and the Middle East. Her short-listed portrait is one of an ongoing series of self-portraits.
	Judging Panel Sandy Nairne, Director, National Portrait Gallery (Chair) Susan Ferleger Brades, Director, Hayward Gallery John Keane, Artist Trevor Phillips OBE, Chair, Commission for Racial Equality Des Violaris, Director, UK Arts and Culture, BP

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