BP Portrait

Bianca Berends · 03-28-2008, 04:47 AM

Thanks for your best wishes! Yesterday I got the news that unfortunately my work was not selected for the exhibition but did make it to the last round. It is of course good to know that my portrait came that far, because there were 1650 entries, but at the same time it is a bit of a bummer that it didn't make it al the way! Well, maybe next time!

Alexandra Tyng · 03-28-2008, 10:45 AM

Bianca, sorry to hear it didn't make the final cut. It is a wonderful portrait and I don't know why I didn't notice it earlier, when you first posted it.

Bianca Berends · 03-28-2008, 10:48 AM

Thanks Alexandra!

Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco · 04-26-2008, 12:23 PM

Bianca, just to cheer you up, here are some published stats

1,727 registered entries were received.
780 (45%) were from artists aged 40 or over.
536 entries (31% of the total) came from outside the UK.
55 portraits have been selected for the exhibition which runs at the National Portrait Gallery from 12 June to 14 September.
38 from the UK (that's 3.2% of the UK entries and 2.2% of the total entries)
17 from abroad (3.2% of the overseas entries and 0.98% of the total entry)
As you can see slightly more than 3% of the portraits submitted will be hung in the exhibition. An artist submitting from overseas has 1 in 100 chance of being hung in the exhibition, while a UK based artist has a slightly better chance - 2 in 100!

Bianca Berends · 04-27-2008, 04:44 PM

Thanks so much for these stats! Cheers me up. My work was selected in 2004 for the exhibit, that is something to fall back on when you don't seem to get in the last few years! I didn't realise that high percentage of artists entering over 40, 45% is really a lot.
Thanks again for the info.