Below is a list of the works selected for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2021, alphabetical by artist surname.
Please read this list carefully, it numbers 122 works.
If your work has been selected, you will receive further details by email this week.
Note that the exhibition runs at Mall Galleries, London, from 6 to 15 May 2021.
Accepted Works
Alexander, Rupert - Peter Mandelson, Baron Mandelson PC
Alexander, Rupert - Jack Hudleston
Allen, Timothy Joseph - The Painter's Daughter
Aouni, Naima - Wabi-sabi #1
Arthurton, Thomas - Portrait of a Painter
Askheim, Hans - Ann
Axtell, David - Portrait of Renate Collins Kindertransport 80th Anniversary
Balding, Aldo - Mathilde
Bard, Chelsea - Intimations 2
Baseri, Zahra Akbari - Fatemeh
Bays, Caroline - Reflection with Postcards
Beckett, Stewart - Is it a Reflection
Bensly, Bryony - Henry's Birds
Bizzarri, Marco - Silente I
Bodden, Dominic - The Market Butcher
Borodina, Anastasia - Blockade Eyewitness
Braiden, Simon Thomas - Dame Maureen Lipman
Braiden, Simon Thomas - Portrait of a Boy
Brooks, Rupert - Anorak - A Self Portrait
Bucciarelli, Giulia - Enigma
Burdon, Martyn - Miles Jupp
Caldwell, Steve - Mr Fuller
Caldwell, Steve - Joe McGann
Callaway, Alex - Charlie
Calleja, Anna - Escape
Calver, Will - Self Portrait in Hat
Cannon, Steve - Man with Plant
Cervantes, Mario - Winter Evening
Cha, Chanel - Purety
Chew, Shona - Claudette Joseph
Chien, Stephen - Deb in Repose
Comoretti, Vania - Shadow
Crow, Eleanor - Phil Abel, Past Master of The Art Workers' Guild
Crozier, Belinda - Last Day of the Holiday Blues
DeCarlis, Angela - Eloise (The Teacup Painting)
Di Taranto, Davide - Manuel
Dickinson, Phoebe - Alethea
Dong, Congxian - A Pious Wish
Draisey, Mark - The Wine Merchant
Epshtein, Gila - Guy with Glasses
Fatih Gurbuz, Siya - Don't drink this water, you will turn into a goat
Field, Peter - Anna
Gammone, Roberto - Daniela Hates her Drawings
Garmon, Isabel - Nefer
Gironi, Fabiola - Metamorphosis
Goto, Komachi - Coco 2020
Gottrau, Marie-Pierre de - 10 Years After
Grgic-Dakovic, Rene - Mihaela
Hanbury, Clementine - Francesco
Harrison, Geoffrey - Self Portrait
Hawkins, Julia - Alice at the Table
He, Lihuai - Lavender
Herbert-Roche, Kate - Self Portrait in Red Shirt
Hillman, Aelfred - Brother by a Window
Holembivska, Anhelina - Self Portrait
Holt, Ruth - Self Portrait
Hope, Benjamin - Elizabeth #2
Hope, Benjamin - Self Portrait in Ski Beanie
Houston, Florence - Bella
Hunter, Megan - Lockdown Studio Self Portrait
Johnson, Hero - Small Self
Kasyan, Alex - Portrait of Myles Johnston
Kateryniuk, Andrii – Self Portrait with a Window
Kinsler, Jeannie - Byrne
Kostov, Preslav - Dawn's Troubles
Kubik, Tomas - Valeria
Kubik, Tomas - David in Renaissance Style
Kuck, Sandra - Portrait Through a Prism
Kynoch, Kathryn - Self in Turquoise Blouse
Kynoch, Kathryn - Michael Tribe PhD MA
Larin, Anna - Messiah Eyes
Lawton, David - The Sculptor
Lawton, David - The Egyptian Girl
Lestini, Lysandra - Portrait of Isabelle
Lethin, Valdemar - Before and After
Lewis, Gabriel - The Harvester
Ling, Yun - Adila
Liu, Cuiping - Guitar and Young Girl
Liu, Xiaowei - Meditative Model
Loffill, Tom - Ben, Liz & Rola
Martineau, Luke - Teatime
Masacz, Helen - Midlife
Mills, Stephanie - Outcome
Morris, Luis - Antigone
Newington, Kate - Amanda
Ning, Li - Stranger
Orlowski, Stefan John - Material Monk
Orlowski, Stefan John - The Blue Room
Overheul, Sylvie - The Paper Garden
Pasterfield, Nicola - Paddy
Pearce, John N. - Artist in the Garden
Poderys, Mantas - Self Portrait at the Age of 28
Pool, Caroline - A Portrait of Rob Bliss
Prudnikova, Elena - Karina. Solovki.
Rajagopal, Bharat - Portrait of Chantal
Renee-Cemmick, Marina - Kirstin
Reynolds, Shannon - Boy with Ukelele
Robertson, Saul - Us Into Others, Others Into Us
Rogers, Emily - Owen
Ross, Lauren - Self Portrait in Thought
Rosselli Del Turco, Ilaria - Self Portrait in the Conservatory
Routley, Jamie - Portrait of George Elvidge
Routley, Jamie - Ivy age 4
Rudnichenko, Konstantin - Clayton
Schaffer, Charlie - Imara
Scott, Fiona - Lily
Skinner, Abby Hope - Harlequin
Slusakowicz, Michael - Double Portrait of Clara
Svetlakov, Sergey - The Youth from Moldavia
Tan, Jianwu - Youth
Teeuw, Stephen - Rohan
Teeuw, Stephen - Banjo Steve from Norfolk
Tichshenko, Yaroslava - Amal Combing her Hair
Valentine Baynham, Olivia - Phoebe in Lockdown
Volpini, Patrizio - Meatballs
Wagstaff, Adele - Presence, Adrian
Watling, Isabella - Loredanna
Wilby, Alex - Geth
Willems, Rogier - Sophie
Wimbledon, Anna - Mother and Daughter
Yang, Fan - I am Fan Yang
Zhao, Yang - Girl in Yellow Turban
Important Dates
Submissions close: Monday 25 January 2021, 12 noon
Notification of first round results: Monday 15 February, 12 noon
Notification of final selection: Tuesday 9 March, 12 noon
Receiving Day (for non-members): Friday 23 April, 10am to 5pm
Receiving Day (for members): Saturday 1 May, 10am to 5pm
Exhibition opens: Thursday 6 May, 11am to 4pm
Exhibition closes: Saturday 15 May, 4pm
Collection of unsold work: Thursday 20 May and Friday 21 May, 10am to 5pm
Prizes & Awards (subject to final confirmation)
There are many prizes and awards available to win, including:
NEW The William Lock Portrait Prize: £20,000 for the most timeless portrait with a real feeling for paint and its aesthetic potential
The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture: £10,000 plus the Society’s Gold Medal awarded for the most distinguished portrait in the Society’s annual exhibition
The RP Award: £2,000 will be awarded to the artist whose work best represents the year's chosen theme - which for 2021 is 'Childhood'. The judges will be looking for the most interesting and engaging interpretation of the idea of 'childhood' within the parameters of portraiture.
The RP Prize for the Best Small Portrait: A prize of £2,000 for the best small portrait in the exhibition, measuring not more than 38 x 30.5 cm (15 x 12 inches) unframed
The de Laszlo Foundation Award: £3,000 plus a Silver Medal for the most outstanding portrait by an artist aged 35 years or under
The Prince of Wales's Award for Portrait Drawing: £2,000 and framed certificate for a portrait in any recognised drawing medium
The Burke’s Peerage Foundation Award for Classically Inspired Portraiture: The Burke’s Peerage Foundation Award, established by its founders William Bortrick and Mark Ayre in 2015, is presented for Classically Inspired Portraiture in the RP Annual Exhibition. It is presented each year with a certificate and a cheque for £2,000.
The Smallwood Architects Prize: £1,000 for a portrait in which architectural or interior features play an important part