2024 Winner: Maryanne Shearman, Tuhi-Ao, oil on canvas, 2024
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The Adam Portraiture Award is Aotearoa’s most prestigious and popular portraiture prize.
The biennial competition for painted portraits is held at The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata and generously sponsored by the Adam Foundation. The Adam Portraiture Award provides painters from Aotearoa at all stages of their careers with the opportunity to showcase their talents on the national stage, while also playing an important role in recording the changing face of Aotearoa.
The inaugural competition was held in 2000 and called the National Portrait Competition. It has been known as the Adam Portraiture Award since 2002. Since 2006 the winning artworks have been acquired into the New Zealand Portrait Gallery collection. In 2020 the Award expanded its judging panel to two judges.
The Adam Portraiture Award is generously funded by the Adam Foundation
The Adam Portraiture Award is a biennial competition for painted portraits of New Zealanders, by New Zealanders and presents a breadth of responses to identity and representation.
Opening Hours
- Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 3pm
- Saturday and Sunday, 8am to 4pm
- Closed Mondays and public holidays
Location
- Pah Homestead
- 72 Hillsborough Road
- Hillsborough
- Auckland, New Zealand
The Adam Portraiture Award is Aotearoa’s most prestigious and popular portraiture prize.
The biennial competition for painted portraits is held at The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata and generously sponsored by the Adam Foundation. The Adam Portraiture Award provides painters from Aotearoa at all stages of their careers with the opportunity to showcase their talents on the national stage, while also playing an important role in recording the changing face of Aotearoa.
The inaugural competition was held in 2000 and called the National Portrait Competition. It has been known as the Adam Portraiture Award since 2002. Since 2006 the winning artworks have been acquired into the New Zealand Portrait Gallery collection. In 2020 the Award expanded its judging panel to two judges.
The Adam Portraiture Award is generously funded by the Adam Foundation
The Adam Portraiture Award is a biennial competition for painted portraits of New Zealanders, by New Zealanders and presents a breadth of responses to identity and representation.
