The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture is sponsored by Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE OC and the Ondaatje Foundation, this generous prize of £10,000 plus the Society’s Gold Medal is awarded for the most distinguished portrait of the year.
The Prize was launched in 1995 and took the form of a commission to paint H.M. The Queen, for the Society. From 1996, the Prize has taken the form of a cheque in addition to the Society’s.
2024 Winner – Andrew James, ‘Reverie’
2024 Shortlist:
Jamie Coreth, ‘My Life: Portrait of Issy and Clare’
David Graham, ‘Pearl’
RP James Hague, ‘Woman in Komono’
RP Benjamin Hope, ‘Simon’
RP Andrew James, ‘Reverie’
Jeannie Kinsler, ‘Fortitude’
Tania Rivilis, ‘Poetic Demeanour’
Mark Shields, ‘Companion’
2023 Toby Wiggins RP
2022 Lantian D
2021 Saied Dai RP
2020 Liu Shuang
2019 – Peter Kuhfeld RP
2018 – James Hague RP
2017 – Shawn McGovern
2016 – Lantian D.
2015 – Brian Morris
2014 – Jennifer McRae
2013 – Mark Roscoe RP
2012 – Antony Williams RP
2011 – Tai-Shan Schierenberg Hon RP
2010 – Robin-Lee Hall RP
2009 – Anastasia Pollard RP
2008 – James Lloyd
2007 – Tom Coates
2006 – Saied Dai RP
2005 – John Wonnacott Hon. RP
2004 – Howard Morgan
2002 – Martin Yeoman RP