Gareth Reid in his studio, SWG3, July 2022. Photograph by Alan Dimmick
Winner of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2017 and Sky Portrait Artist of The Decade, 2023.
Born 1974, Belfast. Lives in Glasgow. Graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and the Florence Academy of Art.
2023, Winner of Sky Portrait Artist of the Decade for his drawing of Dame Judi Dench.
2019, Portrait of King Charles III commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces for Hillsborough Castle.
2017, Winner of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, painting Graham Norton for the National Gallery of Ireland.
Gareth has shown on five occasions at the BP Portrait Award in the National Portrait Gallery in London, and in 2007 won the BP Travel Award. Having travelled to Finland, he gave talks on his work in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh and the National Portrait Gallery, London. His work has been published by the NPG.
His work is held in the collections of the National Trust, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ralph Lauren, The Old Bailey, Dublin City Council, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Historic Royal Palaces, The Royal Collection and the National Gallery of Ireland.
AWARDS
2023 Winner, Sky Portrait Artist of the Decade
2019 Irish Arts Review, Ire-US Council Award for Portraiture, RHA
2017 Winner, Sky Portrait Artist of the Year
2012 Perpetual Silver Medal, Royal Ulster Academy
2007 BP Travel Award Winner
SELECTED COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, (King Charles III)
The Royal Collection, London (King Charles III)
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (Grahame Norton)
Dublin City Council (Mayor Kathleen Clarke)
Belfast City Council (Mayor Christina Black)
The Bar of Northern Ireland (Sir Declan Morgan)
The National Trust (Lady Rose Lauritzen)
The Diocese of Armagh (The Archbishop of Armagh)
Rotunda Hospital, Dublin (Profs Sam Coulter-Smith & Fergal Malone)
Queens University, Belfast (Professor Paddy Wilson)
Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh (Sir George Mathewson, Stephen Hester, Ross McEwan)
The Old Bailey, London (Justice Cheema-Grubb)
London Metal Exchange, London (Sir Brian Bender)
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast (Various)
Ralph Lauren, New York (Danehill)
Billy Connolly, Private Collection, Miami
Private Collection, Istanbul
Private Collection, Athens
The Rt. Hon Lord Gill, Private Collection, London
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
La Roche House, Exhibition #001, Belfast 2023
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2019,2023
Solo: The Island, The Marketplace Gallery, Armagh 2022
Solo: Portrait Drawings, Cass Art Space, Glasgow 2017
Solo: Recent Works, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin 2017
Solo: Bathers, The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin 2013
Solo: Seven Paintings, Dickon Hall Ltd, Belfast 2011
Solo: Recent Works, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin 2011
Solo: Long Before, Dickon Hall Ltd, Belfast 2010
Solo: Black Mirror, Ava Gallery, Clandeboye 2007
Solo: Small Paintings + Works on Paper, Ava Gallery, Clandeboye 2006
Solo: Everything Remains, Ava Gallery, Clandeboye 2004
Solo: Compass Gallery, Glasgow 2002 Charcoal Willy, WMS Gallery, Glasgow 2001
Solo: Elaine Somers Gallery, Belfast 2001
Solo: Elaine Somers Gallery, Belfast 2000
BP Portrait Award, NPG, London 2008,2009, 2007,2014
Royal Glasgow Institute, Glasgow 2011
Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast 2011
Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath 2011
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2011
The Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London 2011