BP Portrait Award 2005

Past exhibition archive
15 June - 25 September 2005

53 portraits were selected for exhibition.
The BP Portrait Award 2005 received 1081 entries.

The winner of the prestigious BP Portrait Award 2005 was announced by Neil Tennant at a ceremony at the National Portrait Gallery on Monday 13 June.

The winner of the BP Portrait Award 2005 was Dean Marsh for Giulietta Coates.

Judging Panel

  • Sandy Nairne, Director, National Portrait Gallery (Chair)
  • Brian Sewell, Art Critic, The Evening Standard
  • Maggi Hambling, Artist
  • Juliet Horsley, Curator, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
  • Des Violaris, Director, UK Arts and Culture, BP

Winners and Exhibitors

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Colour head and shoulder portrait of a woman with dark hair, tied up, wearing a green neck scarf
First prize: Giulietta Coates by Dean Marsh
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Full-length colour portrait of a casually dressed man standing in a room with a mug and a tape recorder at his feet.
Second prize: The Universe by Saul Robertson
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Dark-coloured head and shoulder portrait of an older man staring straight at the viewer
Third prize: Richard Deacon by Gregory Cummins
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Half-length colour portrait of a bearded man who appears to be holding a monkey in his arms
Fourth prize: Monkey painting by Conor Walton
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Close-cropped colour self-portrait of the artist
Self Portrait by Daniel Munday
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Colour portrait of a woman seated on a sofa with two boys seated next to her, both appear to be playing a video game
Gran Turismo by Megan Davies
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Colour portrait of a man standing outside a shopfront
The Craftsman by Daniel Wray
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Half-length portrait of a young woman viewed from behind, her head turned to be seen in profile, painted in pale creamy shades, in contrast to her short black hair
Erin by Jonathan Yeo
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Colour half-length portrait of an older man with a long grey beard, long hair and wearing a cowboy hat and pendleton-style jacket
Daniel by Andrew Tift
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Colour head and shoulder portrait of a woman with dark hair who sits to the right of the frame with her eyes closed, she is set against a taupe-coloured background
Maria by Paul Smith
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Colour three-quarter-length portrait of a person leaning against a wall of half-ripped advertising posters
End of the Festival by David Martin
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Close-cropped colour portrait of a young man's face, he gazes down
Ed by Antony Williams
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Close-cropped black and white self-portrait of a man with short hair
Self Portrait by Cian McLoughlin
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Colour portrait of a seated, bespectacled man who wears a white shirt and waistcoat and holds an open book on his lap
Portrait of Kevin Kiely - Writer by Maeve McCarthy
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Colour head and shoulder portrait of a young bearded man with a thick head of hair, he looks straight at the viewer and is set against a dark background
Untitled by Hugo Wilson
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Head and shoulder portrait of a woman wearing dark glasses, her orange-red hair contrasts against the green-turquoise background
Orange Angel by David Webb a&
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Colour head and shoulder self-portrait of the artist, shirtless, gazing straight at the viewer and set against a blue background
This is me when I'm painting (Self Portrait) by Shaun James Nielsen
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Colour portrait of a seated, bespectacled woman, viewed from a low angle, with a large white cat on her lap, which contrasts with the black of her dress.
Anna and Kiki by James Hart Dyke
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Colour portrait of three people and a dog in a cluttered room, viewed from a high angle
Portrait of Sally Esdaile and her family or Tea-time by Eneko Fraile-Ugalde
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Head and shoulder three-quarter profile portrait of a young woman dressed in a black top and very large hat with a bow, she is set against a dark background
L as Miss Palmers after Reynolds by Andy Pankhurst
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Colour portrait of a young woman with shoulder-length reddish hair and a green jumpsuit who is crouched down to paint on a wall
Beky Stoddart (mural painter) by Nicholas Middleton
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Close-cropped colour portrait of a woman with a concerned or weary expression on her face
Claire by Graham Milton
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Full-length colour portrait of a man wearing a long dark coat, dark trouser and a cross-body bag, with his hands in his pockets set against a beige-coloured background
Morgan by Jack Kettlewell
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Colour head and shoulder portrait of an older woman with greying shoulder-length hair, she looks straight at the viewer
Waiting for Margaret by Paul Birdsall
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Colour head and shoulder portrait of a woman viewed in profile, wearing a white long-sleeved t-shirt and hat, her hand resting on her neck
K.R. by Craig Wylie
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Colour half-length portrait of a young shirtless man, his hands by his chest, both index fingers pointing to each other, he is set against a green background
Sebastien by Joel Ely
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Full-length colour portrait of a seated man surrounded by 4 men and one woman
La Familia by Tim Okamura
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Colour head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing a dark jacket, the sitter gazes down
Angus by Jason Walker
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Colour self-portrait, a shirtless man in a darkened space holding a large chunk of meat in his right hand and a knife in his left hand
(Self Portrait) with Knife and Meat by Alex Rennie
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Colour portrait of three men, all standing, one with his foot leaning on a wall behind him, they are in a blank white space
The Oswestry Connection by Stephen Earl Rogers
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Colour three-quarter length portrait of a young woman with dark hair draped in a white robe, her arms are stretched out to and her eyes appear closed
Falling by Jennifer Anderson
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Colour three-quarter profile head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing a light grey hoodie
Arrival by Stefan Towler
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Close-cropped head and shoulder portrait of a young child with chicken pox
Chicken Pox by Annemarie Busschers
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Three-quarter length portrait of a man wearing a long apron and standing next to some hanging meat
David Arnold by Emma Wesley
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Pale-coloured close-up portrait of a man with his eyes closed
Benni by Jackie Anderson
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Colour head and shoulder portrait of an older bespectacled man sitting back in a chair
Ailing Novelist by Konstantin Sheiko
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Half-length colour portrait of a bearded man seen in profile, he is sitting in a chair with his hands on his belly
Javier by Paul Oxborough
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Pale-coloured full-length portrait of a woman sitting on a stool, her white slip dress falls to reveal one breast, a halved orange sits by her feet, another white slip dress hangs on a hanger on the wall behind her
Self Portrait by Bonnie Thompson
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A pair of colour close-cropped portraits of two similar-looking men, both bald and wearing black
Domanda E Risposta by Davide Castronovo
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Full-length colour portrait of a standing man dressed in a long blue coat and trousers
Sir Duncan Joseph by Duncan Joseph
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Half-length colour portrait of a bespectacled man shaving his face with shaving cream
Self-Portrait, Shaving 2 (Return Of The Mach) by Ian Lamont
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Colour head and shoulder portrait of a young woman with two long, dark plaits tied with red ribbons, she wears a black top and looks up at the viewer from a low angle
Portrait of Chantal Menard by Sean Cheetham
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Colour close-up portrait of a balding man, he looks straight at the viewer
Paul by Sylvie Clarke
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Close-up three-quarter profile portrait of a man wearing a black t-shirt, he is in a darkened space, his face lit only from one side
Self Portrait by Gavin Young
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Head and shoulder portrait of a young man wearing a dark coloured roll neck top, he sits in the lower right part of the painting set against a mustard yellow background
A Quiet Place by John Murphy-Woolford
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Three-quarter length portrait of a woman holding paint brushes and a palette, she wears a white neck scarf and stands in front of a red background
Self Portrait in Front of "Red Dawn 2005" by Nicky Philipps
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Head and shoulder portrait of a woman with reddish hair, seen reflected in a mirror
Older by Charlotte Steel
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Full-length colour portrait of a man sitting on a stool wearing a blue t-shirt and trousers
Tell Me by Helena Hugo
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Close-cropped portrait of the artist's brother, he appears in the left-half of the painting
My Brother (Paul) by Brendan Kelly
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Greyish-coloured close cropped portrait of a person's face, the effect is scratchy and quite indistinct
Person 2004/5 by Roy Eastland
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Colour head and shoulder portrait of a man, he is in a darkened space, his face is list from one side only
Five to Midnight by Sheldon Hutchinson
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Half-length portrait of a woman and a young girl, the woman has her right arm draped over the girl's shoulder, there are several large picture frames in the background
Wife and Daughter by Thierry Louis Tremas
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Colour head and shoulder portrait of a bespectacled man with a moustache who wears a shirt, tie, v-neck jumper and jacket
Tibi Tibi by Daniel Hughes