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AIB Portrait Prize 2026
National Gallery of Ireland
IrelandFinalists: Aideen Barry, Beverley Healy, Breda Kenny +19 more.
The odds
22
The organiser did not publish how many applied.
- Finalists22
Finalists
22AIB Portrait Prize 2026 shortlist
- IrelandAideen Barry
- IrelandBeverley Healy
- IrelandBreda Kenny
- IrelandDavid Goldberg
- IrelandDavid Killeen
- IrelandDomnick Sorace
- IrelandElaine Adams
- IrelandEmma Coady
- IrelandEnda Burke
- IrelandEvan Dow
- IrelandGary Sheridan
- IrelandIvy Borden
- IrelandJoe Caslin
- IrelandJonathan Dickson
- IrelandKathy Tynan
- IrelandMarcel Vidal
- IrelandMark Fisher
- IrelandMary Woods
- IrelandMerve Sagit
- IrelandMichelle Boyle
- IrelandRowan Williams Huber
- IrelandRebecca Kehoe
Jury and selection panel
3- BBrian Fay
- CChristina Kennedy
- JJoseph McBrinn
Prizes, shows and programme
- exhibition
- Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Ireland, 14 Nov - 2 Dec 2026, then Galway Arts Centre and Limerick City Gallery
- prize
- EUR 15,000 + EUR 5,000 commission
- What the call offered
- National Gallery exhibition (14 Nov 2026 – 14 Mar 2027) plus touring to Galway Arts Centre and Limerick City Gallery of Art in 2027.
- Who could apply
- Artists on the island of Ireland and Irish artists abroad. All media including photography, video, sound, textiles, ceramics, and sculpture.
Sources
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