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A special London Live feature focusing on the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Jubilee exhibition, featuring the National Portrait Gallery’s chief curator Alison Smith talking about the historical context of Royal Portraiture 

Miriam Escofet, retratista de la reina Isabel II, expone un cuadro en Londres   

ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS
JUBILEE EXHIBITION 2022
Mall Galleries 5th - 14th May 2022

An interview about my portrait of The Queen for the FCDO featured in the RP Jubilee exhibition 2022
You can listen to a longer PODCAST INTERVIEW HERE 

To mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee the Royal Society of Portrait Painters is showing a curated selection of portraits of our monarch by past and present member artists. 8 works, which have been painted over five decades of her reign. My recent portrait of The Queen for the Foreign Office is one of them. This video features the artist and portraits featured.

CATALAN TV3 Interview

Long interview on ‘Tot Es Mou’ on the occasion of The Queen’s 95th birthday. 
“Em van encarregar pintar un retrat de la reina Elisabet II que captés la seva dignitat”
I’m delighted to be the mentor for the PORTRAIT category on the ‘NEXT BIG THING’ a new competition and UK TV series for London Live TV aimed at artists between 17 – 30. Airing on Sunday evenings 8 pm on London Live   Watch Episodes

FRANCE 2 TV Main News Feature

Découvrez l’histoire du dernier portrait de la reine Elizabeth II. Une rencontre exceptionnelle dans l’atelier de la peintre Miriam Escofet.

RTVE Main News Feature

La artista española MIRIAM ESCOFET pinta un RETRATO de la REINA ISABEL III
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Unveiling of portrait of H M The Queen
commissioned by The Foreign & Commonwealth Office

The Queen attended the first virtual unveiling of a new portrait of her, painted by Miriam Escofet, the winner of the 2018 BP Portrait Award. Unveiled with Sir Simon McDonald who commissioned the work for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a “lasting tribute to Her Majesty’s service” to diplomacy.

Foreign Office video - unveiling of portrait of The Queen

Visitors from across the world will now be greeted in our King Charles Street office by an incredible new portrait of Her Majesty The Queen. This portrait is a fitting tribute to her lifetime of service.

BP Portrait Award Winner 2018

‘Listen to BP Portrait Award artist Miriam Escofet discuss the inspiration behind her prize-winning’ National Portrait Gallery – London

BP Portrait Award Winner 2018

‘Listen to BP Portrait Award artist Miriam Escofet discuss the inspiration behind her prize-winning’ National Portrait Gallery – London

Artist in the Portrait
Aliona Adrianova

Miriam Escofet photographed in her studio as part of Aliona Adrianova's photographic portraits of portrait painters
Mall Galleries and Royal Society of Portrait Painters publication