Artist of the Year

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Artist of the Year
Also known asPortrait Artist of the Year
Landscape Artist of the Year
Presented by
Judges
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series15
No. of episodes141
Production
Production locations
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyStoryvault Films
Original release
Network Sky Arts
Release5 November 2013 (2013-11-05) –
present (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 and landscape artist every year. [1]

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Overview

Through several rounds of regional competitions in different parts of the UK professional and amateur artists are challenged to produce a landscape; whilst the portrait competition takes place in London where the contestants produce a picture of one of three famous sitters. The winning artist of each round, selected by three judges, advances to the semi-final and then to the final. The landscape competition is filmed on location; whilst the heats of the portrait contest are held at Battersea Arts Centre [2] with the final at the National Portrait Gallery. The winner of both series receives a £10,000 commission to paint either a famous landmark or a famous personality and the picture becomes part of a national collection.

The show is produced by London and Glasgow-based independent production company Storyvault Films. It is presented by 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. [3] [4]

Joan Bakewell presented her final series of the show on Portrait Artist 2023 (Series 18 of the competition), in which she also appeared as a sitter in one of the episodes. [5]

Series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodesTitleWinnerCommission
15 Nov 201310 Dec 20136PortraitNick Lord [6] Hilary Mantel
24 Nov 201423 Dec 20148Portrait Christian Hook [7] Alan Cumming [7]
36 Oct 20151 Dec 20159LandscapeNerine McIntyre [8] Flatford Mill [8]
411 Oct 20166 Dec 20169LandscapeRichard Allen [9] Petworth Park [9]
524 Jan 201721 Mar 20179PortraitGareth Reid [10] Graham Norton [10]
618 Oct 201710 Dec 20179LandscapeTom Voyce [11] Firefly, Noël Coward's Jamaican residence [11]
716 Jan 201827 Mar 201811PortraitSamira Addo [12] Kim Cattrall [12]
816 Oct 201811 Dec 20189LandscapeJen Gash [13] Commission for the Imperial War Museum [13]
912 Feb 201923 Apr 201911PortraitDuncan Shoosmith [14] Tom Jones [14]
1015 Oct 201910 Dec 20199LandscapeFujiko Rose Venice
1121 Jan 202024 Mar 202011PortraitChristabel Blackburn [15] Nile Rogers [15]
1214 Oct 202016 Dec 202011PortraitCurtis Holder [16] Carlos Acosta [16]
1313 Jan 202110 Mar 20219LandscapeOphelia Redpath [17] Snowdonia National Park [17]
1413 Oct 202115 Dec 202112Portrait Calum Stevenson [18] Nicola Benedetti [19]
1512 Jan 20229 Mar 202210LandscapeElisha Enfield [20] Rochdale Canal
165 Oct 202214 Dec 202212PortraitMorag Caister Lenny Henry
1711 Jan 20238 Mar 202310LandscapeFinn Campbell-NotmanCelebrating the Van de Veldes
184 Oct 20236 Dec 202310PortraitWendy Barratt Jane Goodall [21]
1910 Jan 202428 Feb 20249LandscapeMonica Popham Science Museum

International adaptations

Landscape Artist of the Year Canada , a Canadian version of the show, premiered in 2020 on Makeful. [22]

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