Artist of the Year

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 painter every year.[1]

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
Release
Original networkSky Arts
Original release5 November 2013 (2013-11-05) –
present (present)

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]

Transmissions
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodesTitleWinnerCommission
15 Nov 201310 Dec 20136PortraitNick Lord[5]Hilary Mantel
24 Nov 201423 Dec 20148PortraitChristian Hook[6]Alan Cumming[6]
36 Oct 20151 Dec 20159LandscapeNerine McIntyre[7]Flatford Mill[7]
411 Oct 20166 Dec 20169LandscapeRichard Allen[8]Petworth Park[8]
524 Jan 201721 Mar 20179PortraitGareth Reid[9]Graham Norton[9]
618 Oct 201710 Dec 20179LandscapeTom Voyce[10]Firefly, Noël Coward's Jamaican residence[10]
716 Jan 201827 Mar 201811PortraitSamira Addo[11]Kim Cattrall[11]
816 Oct 201811 Dec 20189LandscapeJen Gash[12]Commission for the Imperial War Museum[12]
912 Feb 201923 Apr 201911PortraitDuncan Shoosmith[13]Tom Jones[13]
1015 Oct 201910 Dec 20199LandscapeFujiko RoseVenice
1121 Jan 202024 Mar 202011PortraitChristabel Blackburn[14]Nile Rogers[14]
1214 Oct 202016 Dec 202011PortraitCurtis Holder[15]Carlos Acosta[15]
1313 Jan 202110 Mar 20219LandscapeOphelia Redpath[16]Snowdonia National Park[16]
1413 Oct 202115 Dec 202112PortraitCalum Stevenson[17] Nicola Benedetti[18]
1512 Jan 20229 Mar 202210LandscapeElisha Enfield[19] Rochdale Canal
165 Oct 202214 Dec 202212PortraitMorag Caister Lenny Henry
1711 Jan 20238 Mar 202310LandscapeFinn Campbell-Notman Celebrating the Van de Veldes

International adaptations

Landscape Artist of the Year Canada, a Canadian version of the show, premiered in 2020 on Makeful.[20]

References
  1. Jones, Ellen E. (6 November 2013). "TV Review: Portrait Artist of the Year, Sky Arts 1". The Independent. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. "Battersea Arts Centre invite you to the filming of Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year". Wandsworth Times. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. Portrait Artist of the Year (Reality-TV), Storyvault Films, 5 November 2013, retrieved 11 January 2022
  4. Landscape Artist of the Year (Reality-TV), Storyvault Films, 6 October 2015, retrieved 11 January 2022
  5. "Nick Lord on winning Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year". Artists & Illustrators. April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (31 December 2014). "Alan Cumming portrait unveiled at Scottish gallery". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  7. Peebles, Cheryl (28 November 2015). "Fife pupils stunned to learn of art teacher's brush with stardom". The Courier. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  8. "Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year Competition winner at Petworth". Chichester Observer. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  9. Dunne, Aidan (15 March 2017). "That's SO Graham Norton: Belfast man wins Sky Portrait Artist of the Year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  10. "Aberystwyth University alumnus wins Landscape Artist of the Year". Aberystwyth University. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  11. McLoughlin, Jamie (21 March 2018). "Winner's work from Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year on display in Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  12. "Jen Gash named Landscape Artist of the Year". Gazette. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  13. Moore, Joanne (17 April 2019). "Artist wins £50,000 but singer loses out". The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  14. "Portrait Artist Of The Year winner revealed". Evening Express. Press Association. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  15. "Master Strokes: Portrait Artist of the Year Winner Curtis Holder". Aceville Publications Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  16. "Reaching final of TV show has made me better artist". Henley Standard. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  17. "Bonnybridge painter crowned Portrait Artist of the Year". BBC News. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  18. "Portrait Artist of the Year season 8 on Sky Arts in October". 19 August 2021.
  19. "SkyArts Landscape Artist of the Year stunned by her win". 16 March 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  20. Gee, Dana (14 February 2020). "Top British landscape TV hit gets a fresh coat of Canadian paint". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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