National Galleries Scotland: Portrait · New Town
Scottish Portrait Awards 2026
The Scottish Portrait Awards come to the Portrait for the first time: fine art, photography and Scotland Now! phone portraits by artists born, living or studying in Scotland.
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A young cyclist looks past the camera, her face, helmet and jersey caked in mud. That is Jude Bytheway's Beth, After the Race, one of 187 works picked from nearly 2,500 entries to the Scottish Portrait Awards, which move into the Portrait for the first time.
Anyone over 16 who was born, lives or studies in Scotland could enter, so established artists hang beside people showing work in public for the first time. There are 64 fine art works, including sculpture, film and, new this year, animation, and 63 photographs whose sitters range from a newborn baby to a centenarian. If you live in Scotland and own a phone, you could have been in it too: the Scotland Now! category was free to enter, and its 60 picks play on a screen in the gallery.
Winners are announced in the opening week, and the two main winners each get a commission for the national collection. It runs from 28 November to 11 April 2027, daily 10am to 5pm.
Tipp der Redaktion
Die Scottish Portrait Awards erstmals im Portrait: Kunstfotografie, Fotografie und „Scotland Now!“-Handyporträts von Künstlerinnen und Künstlern, die in Schottland geboren wurden, dort leben oder studieren. Ja, auch die Kamera in Ihrer Hosentasche zählt.
Nicht verpassen
Beth, After the Race
Jude Bytheway's black-and-white portrait of a cyclist straight off the course, mud spattered across her face, helmet and jersey, her eyes still fixed somewhere past the lens.
Portrait of Kriss Kyle
In James Klinge's picture the BMX rider sits on a lilac bike against a pale, scuffed grey ground, tattooed arms on his knees, cap on, gold chain out.
The tuba under Blackpool Tower
Look for Katy Bridgestock's Ademola Odedina, Spring Festival, Blackpool: a man in a white shirt blows into a silver tuba with the tower rising red behind him.
Henry Davis and Henry Davis II, Alabama
Kieran Dodds photographs a bearded father carrying his small, red-haired son on his shoulders against a dark backdrop, the boy's hand resting on his father's head.
Grandon
By Robyn Jenkins, 18 and one of the youngest artists shortlisted: a white-bearded man laughs open-mouthed in thick, bright daubs of paint against green.
Gut für
- Stadtkenner
- Teenager
Mit Kindern
Entrants had to be over 16, so the youngest artists here are teenagers. A free drop-in family session, Shortlisted: YOU!, runs 15 to 19 February 2027, 2 to 4pm, and the gallery has a buggy park and baby changing.
Mehr Ausstellungen: National Galleries Scotland: Portrait
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Bildnachweise
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- Catherine Opie: To Be SeenCourtesy of National Galleries Scotland: National
- Schenkung: Neuerwerbungen des City Art Centre (Gifted: New Acquisitions at the City Art Centre)Jessie M. King, Fraunchyse (detail), c.1907. City of Edinburgh Museums & Galleries (Photo: Fine Art Society)
- Jillian Edelstein – Among PeopleCourtesy of Stills: Centre for Photography
- National Galleries Scotland: PortraitKenneth C. Zirkel, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- FruitmarketStefan Schäfer, Lich / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- National Galleries Scotland: NationalM J Richardson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- City Art CentreMacfack / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stills: Centre for PhotographyKirsty S. Ross / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0