From hundreds of entries, Donegal artist Daniel Nelis has made the shortlist for this year’s AIB Portrait Prize by the National Gallery of Ireland.
From Gartan, he has been shortlisted along with 25 other artists from across the country with his entry Late Spring, a work in oil on panel.
In 2011 when he had just left secondary school, Daniel was awarded the Derek Hill Foundation Award at the Glebe Gallery Annual Exhibition.
Daniel Nelis
The AIB Portrait Prize shortlist includes paintings, video and photography by artists from across the country. 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. Two additional awards of €1,500 will be given to highly commended works. Judges for the AIB Portrait Prize are Gareth Reid, artist; Professor Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Professor in the School of Art History & Cultural Policy in UCD; and Dr Barbara Dawson, Director of the Hugh Lane Gallery.
Exhibitions of the shortlisted works in both competitions will be on display in the Portrait Gallery (Room 23) in the National Gallery of Ireland from 8 November 2025 – 15 March 2026. The winners of the Prizes will be announced at a ceremony held in the National Gallery of Ireland on 25 November 2025.
The Gallery is delighted to partner with Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny and Waterford Gallery of Art to present the AIB Portrait Prize and AIB Young Portrait Prize 2025. Following the exhibitions at the National Gallery of Ireland, the works will travel to Letterkenny from 4 April to 20 June 2026, and to Waterford from 18 July to 11 October 2026.
Stunning work by Donegal artist shortlisted for AIB Portrait Prize was last modified: August 20th, 2025 by Staff Writer
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