Artist of the Year
| Artist of the Year | |
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| Also known as | Portrait Artist of the Year Landscape Artist of the Year |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 90 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | Storyvault Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky Arts |
| Release | 5 November 2013 – present |
Artist of the Year is a television competition shown on the Sky Arts channel (formerly known as Artsworld and Sky Arts 1) which aims to find the best portrait/landscape painter every year.[1]
Through several rounds of regional competitions in different parts of the UK professional and amateur artists are challenged to produce a portrait/landscape of one of three famous sitters. The winning artist of each round, selected by three judges, advances to the semifinal and then to the final, which are filmed at the National Portrait Gallery. The winner receives a £10,000 commission to paint a famous personality and the picture becomes part of a national gallery. The show is produced by London and Glasgow-based independent production company Storyvault Films. It is presented by the UK TV personalities Joan Bakewell and Stephen Mangan. Series 1 to 5 were presented by Frank Skinner.
The judges are the British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster Kate Bryan, head of contemporary art at the Fine Art Society, Kathleen Soriano, director of exhibitions at the Royal Academy, and portrait/landscape painter Tai-Shan Schierenberg.
In April 2020, a weekly live streamed spinoff series, Portrait Artist of the Week, launched on the Sky TV Facebook page. Over four weeks, the format featured celebrity sitters posing live in their own homes, with audiences invited to paint along at home. [2]
Transmissions
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes | Title | Winner | Runners-Up | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 November 2013 | 10 December 2013 | 6 | Portrait | |||
| 2 | 4 November 2014 | 23 December 2014 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | 6 October 2015 | 1 December 2015 | 9 | Landscape | |||
| 4 | 11 October 2016 | 6 December 2016 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | 24 January 2017 | 21 March 2017 | 9 | Portrait | |||
| 6 | 18 October 2017 | 10 December 2017 | 9 | Landscape | Noel Coward's Jamaican residence, Goldeneye | ||
| 7 | 16 January 2018 | 27 March 2018 | 11 | Portrait | |||
| 8 | 16 October 2018 | 11 December 2018 | 9 | Landscape | Commission for the Imperial War Museum | ||
| 9 | 12 February 2019 | 23 April 2019 | 11 | Portrait | Duncan Shoosmith | Sara Lavelle Tom Mead |
Tom Jones |
| 10 | 15 October 2019 | 10 December 2019 | 9 | Landscape | Fujiko Rose | Patsy Moore Sue England |
The opportunity to paint Venice |
| 11 | 21 January 2020 | TBC 2020 | TBC | Portrait | Christobel Blackburn | TBA TBA |
Nile Rogers |
References
- ^ Jones, Ellen E. (6 November 2013). "TV Review: Portrait Artist of the Year, Sky Arts 1". The Independent. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ https://theluxereview.com/2020/04/28/sky-arts-live-streams-portrait-artist-of-the-year-makes-content-free-online/