An artist from Monaghan is one of 26 people from across the country in the running for the AIB Portrait Prize. Emily McGardle created her striking shortlisted work, 'The Pox' with coloured pencil and pen on paper. An exhibition of the shortlisted works, along with the 20 shortlisted creations vying for the AIB Young Portrait Prize, will open at the National Gallery of Ireland on November 9th and continue until March 9th.
The winner of the AIB Portrait Prize will receive a cash prize of €15,000 and will be commissioned to create a work for the national portrait collection, for which they will be awarded a further €5,000. Prize-winners will be announced at a ceremony in the National Gallery of Ireland on November 27th.
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