NOMINATION: ZENA ASSI’S WORK SHORTLISTED FOR BP PORTRAIT AWARD
“PORTRAIT IN APRIL, WAITING FOR MY HAIR TO GROW”, 2015, Mixed Media & Collage on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
© Zena Assi - Courtesy of artsawa.
Zena Assi’s Work Shortlisted for BP Portrait Award
Exhibition: 23 June – 4 September 2016
Venue: National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Zena Assi’s “Portrait in April, Waiting for My Hair to Grow” is shortlisted for the prestigious British Petroleum Portrait Award.
Selected from 2,557 entries by artists from 80 countries around the world, the BP Portrait Award 2016 represents the very best in contemporary portrait painting.
From parents to poseurs, figurative nudes to famous faces and expressive sketches to piercing photo-realism, the variety and vitality in the exhibition continues to make it an unmissable highlight of the annual art calendar.