The National Portrait Gallery invites all young Australians between 18 and 25 to enter the National Youth Self-Portrait Prize 2009.
A selection of entries, including the prize-winning work, will be displayed at the National Portrait Gallery and as an online exhibition from 23 July–13 September 2009.
Since its inception the National Portrait Gallery has focussed on young people as both art makers and audiences. An important part of the program is to provide a forum for people to express themselves through portraiture.
With the generous support of the Tallis Foundation and the Association of Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (ADFAS), the National Portrait Gallery is offering a prize of $10,000 for the most outstanding self-portrait produced by a young person in the year preceding the prize.
Entrants are invited to create a self-portrait in any of the following two dimensional media: drawing, printing, painting, traditional or digital still photography and screen based media such a film, video or animation.
A panel of 3 judges will make a selection from all entries to determine a shortlist of works for exhibition. The prize-winning self-portrait will be selected from the exhibited works.
Entries are now closed. Selected artists will be notified of their inclusion in the exhibition following the judging process which will take place on the 10 June 2009.
