National Portrait Prize India 2025

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| Posted on: 20th Feb 2025

About the Awards

The National Portrait Prize India is the nation’s premier recognition for portrait painters. The 2025 edition saw a massive turnout at the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi, celebrating realistic, expressive, and abstract portraits of Indian subjects.

Eligibility

  • Participants must be citizens of India.
  • Both professional and student categories were available.
  • Eligible mediums included oil, acrylic, charcoal, and mixed media.

Participation Guidelines

Registration opened in November 2024. The jury shortlisted 50 portraits for a physical exhibition in New Delhi. The grand prize pool of ₹5,0,000 was distributed among the top three winners, with the first prize going to an exquisite oil portrait representing the working-class community of Kolkata.