BP Portrait Award 2006

Past exhibition archive
Images from the BP Portrait Award 2006.
56 portraits were selected for exhibition.

On Tuesday 13 June, the winner of the BP Portrait Award 2006 was announced by singer and art collector Bryan Ferry at the National Portrait Gallery. In the 17th year of its support, BP also announced it was extending its sponsorship of the competition from 2007 until 2011.

The winner of the BP Portrait Award 2006 is Andrew Tift for Kitty.

Winners and Exhibitors

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Triptych of black-and-white head and shoulder portraits of an elderly woman seen from slightly different angles
First prize: Kitty by Andrew Tift
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Second prize: From the Series Model for a Self Portrait 'Model 1 (Lola)' by Rafael Rodriguez Cruz
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Third prize: Self - Portrait by Angela Reilly
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Self-portrait by Joseph Avery
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Poet Laureate by Annemarie Busschers
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Visitors' choice (4th): Napi by Gregory Cumins
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Seated Man by Michael De Brito
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Portrait of the Artist's Wife by J.J (Jeremy) Delvine
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Jaemi by Clara Drummond
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Rosie Sekers by Robert Dukes
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Sarah by Darvish Fakhr
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No Title by Irene Ferguson
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Untitled by David Fulford
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Visitors' choice (2nd): Mr & Mrs Gardiner by Iain Gardiner
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Visitors' choice (1st): Silvia by Vanessa Garwood
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The late Joshua Compston by Nicola Green
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Worried by Barry Haines
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Hermes and George by Howard Craig Hanna
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Watch Now by Andrew Hilling
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Roger Holloway by Leo Holloway
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Beginning by Alexander Innes
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Matthew by Ben Jamie
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Leon by Aleksandra Jarosz Laszlo
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Marlon by Jon Jones
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Will by Shi-Chi Lin
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Portrait of Matthew by Norman Long
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British Ambassador by Gentian Lulanaj
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Self Portrait by Ana-Maria Micu
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Personal Space by Graham Milton
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My Father Praying by Grace O'Conner
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Gallery Man by Geraldine O'Neill
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La Familia 3 (Les Soeurs) by Tim Okamura
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When thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee... Isaiah 43:2 by Sergio Ostroverhy
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Dear Demented Mother by Jekaterina Pertoft
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Ageing Clown by Anastasia Pollard
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Self portrait with pink roses by Erin Raedeke
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Illumine by Stephen Earl Rogers
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Black Beads by Patricia Rorie
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Visitors' choice (3rd): Dr Wayper by Rebecca Smith
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I am sorry! by Jung-Im Song
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My Twins by Sarah Spencer
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Gerry by Emily Stainer
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Mandy, Ginnie & Katie by Benjamin Sullivan
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My Tutor by Craig Tiley
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Strange Cargo by Stefan Towler
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Yuan by William Tuck
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Molly Jones by Covadonga Valdes
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Contemplation by Adele Wagstaff
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Bryan Pearce by Jason Walker
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Donald Cline by Emma Wesley
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Dawn by Monica Whalley
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Catherine by Toby Wiggins
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Smile by Katie Wright
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Ian by Paul Wright
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33 by Craig Wylie
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Portrait by Jonathan Yeo