GARETH REID

Winner of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2017 and Sky Portrait Artist of The Decade, 2023.

Born 1974, Belfast. Lives in Glasgow. Graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and the Florence Academy of Art.

2023, Winner of Sky Portrait Artist of the Decade for his drawing of Dame Judi Dench.

2019, Portrait of King Charles III commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces for Hillsborough Castle.

2017, Winner of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, painting Graham Norton for the National Gallery of Ireland.

Gareth has shown on five occasions at the BP Portrait Award in the National Portrait Gallery in London, and in 2007 won the BP Travel Award. Having travelled to Finland, he gave talks on his work in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh and the National Portrait Gallery, London. His work has been published by the NPG.

His work is held in the collections of the National Trust, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ralph Lauren, The Old Bailey, Dublin City Council, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Historic Royal Palaces, The Royal Collection and the National Gallery of Ireland.

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