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National Youth Self Portrait Prize

NYSPP 2008

At the end of 2007 the National Portrait Gallery launched the inaugural National Youth Self Portrait Prize and artists aged between eighteen and twenty-five were invited to submit self portraits using a variety of media including drawing, painting, printmaking and traditional or digital photography.

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Selected images

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Awkward self, 2008 by Jessica Herrington NYSPP 2008 winner
Awkward self, 2008 by Jessica Herrington
NYSPP 2008 winner
Untitled, 2007 by Liang Xia Luscombe
Untitled, 2007 by Liang Xia Luscombe
My spitting image, 2008 by Sally Williams Chicken
My spitting image, 2008 by Sally Williams Chicken
Brother and sister, 2007 by Michelle Tran
Brother and sister, 2007 by Michelle Tran
Untitled, 2007 by Ren Gregoric
Untitled, 2007 by Ren Gregoric
Nappy free time, 2008 by Ketakii Jewson Brown
Nappy free time, 2008 by Ketakii Jewson Brown
MealMouth, 2007 by Emma White
MealMouth, 2007 by Emma White
Self portrait, 2007 by Brenton Colley
Self portrait, 2007 by Brenton Colley
So much between: head, 2007 by Elizabeth Dunn
So much between: head, 2007 by Elizabeth Dunn
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Six and Out
Six and Out
Six and Out
Six and Out

Jumpstart

Magazine article by Helena Bezzina, 2009

Jessica Herrington won the inaugural National Youth Self Portrait Prize in 2008 with a work about the difficulty we have revealing ourselves in front of the camera.
Awkward self
Awkward self
Awkward self
Awkward self

Emerging realities

Magazine article by Helena Bezzina, 2008
At the end of 2007 the National Portrait Gallery launched the inaugural National Youth Self Portrait Prize and artists aged between eighteen and twenty-five were invited to submit self portraits using a variety of media including drawing, painting, printmaking and traditional or digital photography.
Hugh, 2009 by Hugh Marchant
Hugh, 2009 by Hugh Marchant
Hugh, 2009 by Hugh Marchant
Hugh, 2009 by Hugh Marchant

National Youth Self Portrait Prize

NYSPP 2009

Previous exhibition, 2009

An annual event, the National Youth Self Portrait Prize seeks to encourage young people to embrace self portraiture and its expressive possibilities.
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