2024/25

Bradley Art Prize
Entry Page

Following a successful launch of the inaugural Bradley Art Prize competition in 2022/23, Terry Bradley is proud to launch it for the third year!

The competition will run across the academic year with a deadline for submissions by April 2025.

Prizes include:
Cash prizes
Vouchers for art materials
Exhibitions in Bradley Gallery, Belfast
and NI Executive Offices, Brussels

 

Details

Following a successful launch of the inaugural Bradley Art Prize competition in 2022/23, renowned artist Terry Bradley is proud to launch it again with support from our partners.

We're pleased to have leading local business, Radius Connect Solutions back again this year to back our competition. We also have the Northern Ireland Executive Office in Brussels and TITANIC Belfast returning as partners this year.

The competition will run across the academic year with a deadline for submissions by 14 April 2024.

Entry information is available at the bottom of this page.

Competition Prizes

14-18 Year Olds

(Northern Ireland)

1st Place Winner

A cash prize.
Voucher for art materials.
Art framed and proudly displayed in our Belfast gallery exhibition.

2nd Place Winner

A cash prize.
Voucher for art materials.
Art framed and proudly displayed in our Belfast gallery exhibition.

The school or organisation affiliated with any winners will receive a cash amount towards art materials.

19-23 Year Olds

(Northern Ireland)

1st Place Winner

A cash prize.
Voucher for art materials.
Art framed and proudly displayed in our Belfast gallery exhibition.

2nd Place Winner

A cash prize.
Voucher for art materials.
Art framed and proudly displayed in our Belfast gallery exhibition.

The school or organisation affiliated with any winners will receive a cash amount towards art materials.

23+ Year Olds

(Northern Ireland)

1st Place Winner

A cash prize.
Voucher for art materials.
Art framed and proudly displayed in our Belfast gallery exhibition.

2nd Place Winner

A cash prize.
Voucher for art materials.
Art framed and proudly displayed in our Belfast gallery exhibition.

The school or organisation affiliated with any winners will receive a cash amount towards art materials.

Overall Competition Winner

An overall winner for the Bradley Art Prize will be chosen from the three age groups.


The winning artworks from all age categories will be showcased at the Northern Ireland Executive Office in Brussels’ European Quarter.

This is part of our major initiative designed to encourage more young people to consider turning their love of art into a long-term career, offering local artists the chance to display their work internationally.

How to Enter


Submission requirements are the same for all categories.

However, for submissions in the 14-18 age category we require contact information for a parent/guardian or your school teacher.

Submission Criteria

We will ask for your name, contact methods and which category you're entering so we can label and organise your submission correctly.

Please ensure the contact information you provide is accessable to you at all times throughout the year, i.e. don't use a school email address as your contact method. 

The submission form is now available at the bottom of this page, the criteria to enter is as follows...

Images of your art

1-4 pieces of art.
(1 image per piece)

Images should be edited with text to include:
- Artist's name
- Date of creation
- Estimated dimensions/size of the piece
- Materials/medium used.

A personal statement

A brief personal statement.
(500 words max)

We'd like to hear you describe your thought process behind making your art, what inspired you to create it and why you chose the materials/medium used to create each piece.

GDPR: Once the competition has concluded in summer 2024, all personal information will be deleted from our servers.

The 2023-24 competition is now closed to new entries.
Thank you to all who entered.

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