The Scottish Portrait Awards

The Scottish Portrait Awards 2018

The Scottish Portrait Awards are open to anyone born, living or studying in Scotland, and 16 years old by 1 October 2018.

• The Scottish Portrait Award for Fine Art of £5,000 is open to portraits in any 2D or 3D medium - all painting formats, all sculpture formats, collage, printmaking, weaving, photography, digital art or anything else - we are seeking diversity as well as powerful art. The only limit is on the size of the work. Please read The Rules.
• A second prize of £1000 is also available as well as a £500 SPA Young Fine Artist award for SPA fine art entrants aged 16 to 25 years. 

• The Richard Coward Scottish Portrait Award in Photography of £2,000 is a special award for black and white photography only.
• There is also a £500 SPA Young Photographer award for SPA photography entrants aged 16 to 26 years.

The Scottish Arts Club will also present the winners of the major SPA awards and commended exhibitors with one year free membership of the Scottish Arts Club. (Please see The Rules)

scottish portrait awards Exhibition

• Saturday 3 November to Saturday 1 December at the Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh
• Monday 21 January to Saturday 9 February in the Mackintosh Gallery at Glasgow Art Club, 
• Featuring the works of at least 60 finalists 30 works from the SPA Fine Art competition and 30 works from the Richard Coward SPA in Photography, plus the young fine artist and young photographer award winners.
• All will feature in the SPA catalogue and be given a page on the SPA website to promote their wor

Winners and commendations from the 2017 Scottish Portrait Awards

Cover photo credit: Cherylene Dyer, Financial Times (detail)