Yvadney Davis has been announced as the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Commission Prize Winner
ANNOUNCEMENT
Selected by our Trustees and Curatorial team, who felt that Davis’s vibrant, figurative works, which capture the tender expressions of human experience, would create a truly special commission for the Collection.
Yvadney’s portrait, Inset Day, is currently on display in the touring Portrait Award exhibition, now open at The Laing Art Gallery until 5 September 2026
Follw Yvadney on Instagram @yvadneydavisart.
Portraits exhibited in the 2025 edition of the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award L-R: Memories, 2024 by Martyn Harris © Martyn Harris; Mikael, 2024 by Camila Carlow © Camila Carlow; Inset Day, 2025 by Yvadney Davis © Yvadney Davis.
The winner
Jacqueline with Still Life (2020) by Antony Williams © Antony Williams
Cliff, Outreach Worker, 2024 by Tim Benson © Tim Benson
A Life Lived, 2024 by Moira Cameron © Moira Cameron
Memories, 2024 by Martyn Harris © Martyn Harris
About the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award
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