Ian Cumberland
Ian Cumberland is an Irish visual artist. He was born in Banbridge, Co. Down, 1983. His work focuses on portraits with his paintings typically using oils as the primary media. He studied fine art at the University of Ulster. He has won several prizes, the most significant of which was the Davy Portrait Award in 2010.
In 2011 he won third place overall in the BP Portrait Award from a field of 2400 entries.Prizes
- BP Portrait Award, 3rd place, 2011
- KPMG Emerging Artist Award, Royal Ulster Academy, 2010
- Davy Portrait Award, 2010
- KPMG Emerging Artist Award, Royal Ulster Academy, 2009
- Selectors Choice Award, Art Society of Ulster, 2006
- John and Rachael Turner Award, University of Ulster, 2006
- BP Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London, 2011
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, 2011
- Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, 2011-2012
- Davy Portrait Award, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, 2010
- Naughton Gallery, Belfast, 2010
- BP Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009,
- Dean Gallery of the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2009
