PPAI

Portrait
2020

1ST PLACE WINNER
Portrait 2020

HEAD ABOVE WATER

by Mark Condren

Firefighter and open-water swimmer Rachel Lee who holds the Irish record for men and women for crossing the English Channel

2ND PLACE
WINTER WORSHIP

By Naoise Culhane

Maya Bracknell Watson at the Winter Solstice at Newgrange, Co. Meath

3RD PLACE
ELLIE

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

Ellie Bermingham poses for a photograph to celebrate “Kiss a Ginger Day” on the 10-year anniversary of this anti-bullying day, in Dublin

SHORTLISTED
(A)DRESSING OUR HIDDEN TRUTHS

By Julien Behal

Poet and Industrial School survivor Connie Roberts standing beside one of the art pieces that shows the names of the 796 children, mostly infants, who died and were buried in an unused septic tank in the Bon Secours mother and baby home in Tuam, Co. Galway at “(A)Dressing our Hidden Truths”, an artistic response to Ireland’s hidden and shameful past

SHORTLISTED
A SHOW OF CLASS

By Steve Humphreys

Yvonne Connolly with “Henry” and daughter Ali (13) with “Chris” sharing a light moment, as they get ready to compete in the “Showing Classes” at the Dublin Horse Show

SHORTLISTED
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST

By Fergal Phillips

Artist David Booth

SHORTLISTED
BLÁITHÍN MAC GABHANN

By Mark Stedman

Bláithín Mac Gabhann making her Abbey stage debut in an Abbey Theatre and Soho Theatre
co-production, “Citysong” by Dylan Coburn Gray and directed by Caitríona McLaughlin

SHORTLISTED
DIGNITY – LIAM CUNNINGAM

By Steve Humphreys

“Game of Thrones” actor Liam Cunningham at the opening of his South Sudan photographic exhibition “Dignity” at The Solomon Gallery in association with World Vision

SHORTLISTED
JANET MULLARNEY

By Tony Gavin

Artist Janet Mullarney in IMMI

SHORTLISTED
ENDING RACISM

By Julien Behal

Kelly Mathias at “Be Heard: Ending Racial Discrimination in Ireland” a consultation event hosted by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission together with the National Youth Council of Ireland

SHORTLISTED
HOMELESS…

By John C Kelly

River Feeley and his partner Buyiswa Mankayi who are living rough on the grounds of Our Lady’s Hospital, Ennis

SHORTLISTED
MAGDALENE LAUNDRY SURVIVOR DIANE CROGHAN

By Nick Bradshaw

Magdalene Laundry survivor Diane Croghan at an exhibition in Collins’ Barracks, Dublin

SHORTLISTED
MACHETE SURVIVOR

By Ernie Leslie

14-year-old machete victim Geraldine Maughan

SHORTLISTED
MOLLY

By Marc O’Sullivan

Fiona Stout as Molly Bloom at the opening of the Museum of Irish Literature in the historic setting of UCD Newman House, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin

SHORTLISTED
AMANDA COOGAN

By Mark Stedman

Artist Amanda Coogan in a performance piece “Snails, After Alice Maher” as part of “Elliptical Affinities”, an exhibition of women artists and the politics of the body from 1984 until the present at the Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda

SHORTLISTED
FAMILY GARAGE

By Eamon Ward

Jimmy and Colm at the Family Garage, Knockrooskey, Co. Mayo

SHORTLISTED
BILL’S EPIPHANY

By Damien Eagers

Bill Irwin in a production of “Epiphany”