One of our young artists, Zili has been selected as the winner of 12 – 15 year old group with her art ‘A Girl in Silence’, paint on canvas, in National Gallery of Ireland, 2020

‘I am extroverted and I laugh a lot in my daily life. I am good at painting, dancing and piano. I enjoy using my paint brush to record and outline the beautiful and lovely things around me. Different forms of art are necessary parts of my life. 

One day when I sat in the back garden and enjoyed freeing my imagination, my mum took a photo of me in that moment. She thought this showed another side of me. I felt that it would be interesting and meaningful to paint this and show the people around me a different me.’

Paint on canvas

Read more: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/zurich-young-portrait-prize-2020/zili-yang-aged-12