National Photographic Portrait Prize

Updated on Dec 19, 2023

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The National Photographic Portrait Prize is an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia.

VISA has been the major sponsor of the prize. Each year the winner is awarded $25,000.

Past Winners

2012 – Roderick McNicol

2011 – Jacqueline Mitelman

2010 – Scott Bycroft

2009 – Ingvar Kenne

2007 – Robert Scott-Mitchell

People's Choice

2012 – John McRae

Judges

2012 – National Portrait Gallery Director, Louise Doyle; Executive Director of Artspace Sydney, Blair French; and National Portrait Gallery Assistant Curator, Joanna Gilmour.

2011 – National Portrait Gallery Director, Louise Doyle; National Portrait Gallery Curators Dr Sarah Engledow and Dr Christopher Chapman, Director of Adelaide’s Experimental Art Foundation, Dr Domenico de Clario.

2010 – National Portrait Gallery Curator, Dr Christopher Chapman; National Portrait Gallery Assistant Curator, Ms Joanna Gilmour; Multimedia Art Asia Pacific Director, Ms Kim Machan.

2009 – National Portrait Gallery Director, Andrew Sayers; National Portrait Gallery Curator, Dr Christopher Chapman; Head of the School of Music and Drama at the University of Wollongong, Sarah Miller.