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National Youth Self Portrait Prize

NYSPP 2009

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

More information on National Youth Self Portrait Prize

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Hugh, 2009 by Hugh Marchant
Hugh, 2009 by Hugh Marchant
Wet Awakening, 2009 by Hind Habib
Wet Awakening, 2009 by Hind Habib
Holga Diaries, 2009 by Lucia Fischer
Holga Diaries, 2009 by Lucia Fischer
Self Portrait as King Abdullah, 2009 by Abdul Abdullah
Self Portrait as King Abdullah, 2009 by Abdul Abdullah
Six and Out, 2009 by Daisy Watkins-Harvey
Six and Out, 2009 by Daisy Watkins-Harvey
Untitled (Self Portraits), 2009 by Helen Rogers
Untitled (Self Portraits), 2009 by Helen Rogers
Armed and Empty Handed, 2009 by Kim Buck
Armed and Empty Handed, 2009 by Kim Buck
Strait Face, 2009 by Luke Chriswell
Strait Face, 2009 by Luke Chriswell
Idealised Asymmetrical Self, 2009 by Paul McClintock
Idealised Asymmetrical Self, 2009 by Paul McClintock
Ad Infinitum: Self, 2009 by Stephanie Morrow
Ad Infinitum: Self, 2009 by Stephanie Morrow
Hydropomanic Magic, 2009 by Susan Nicole Gosper
Hydropomanic Magic, 2009 by Susan Nicole Gosper
The Dreamer, 2009 by Talia Wignall
The Dreamer, 2009 by Talia Wignall
Self Portrait as Burke, 2009 by Tom O'Hern
Self Portrait as Burke, 2009 by Tom O'Hern
Self Portrait, 2009 by Torben Sko
Self Portrait, 2009 by Torben Sko
Molonglo River, 2009 by Warwick Baker
Molonglo River, 2009 by Warwick Baker
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Awkward self, 2008 by Jessica Herrington NYSPP 2008 winner
Awkward self, 2008 by Jessica Herrington NYSPP 2008 winner
Awkward self, 2008 by Jessica Herrington NYSPP 2008 winner
Awkward self, 2008 by Jessica Herrington NYSPP 2008 winner

National Youth Self Portrait Prize

NYSPP 2008

Previous exhibition, 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.
masculine/feminine, 2010 by Bridget Mac NYSPP 2010 winner
masculine/feminine, 2010 by Bridget Mac NYSPP 2010 winner
masculine/feminine, 2010 by Bridget Mac NYSPP 2010 winner
masculine/feminine, 2010 by Bridget Mac NYSPP 2010 winner

National Youth Self Portrait Prize

NYSPP 2010

Previous exhibition, 2010

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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