Artist of the Year is a television competition shown on the Sky Arts channel (formerly known as Artsworld and Sky Arts 1) which aims to find the best portrait and landscape artist every year.
[1] Through several rounds of regional competitions in different parts of the UK professional and amateur artists are challenged to produce a landscape; whilst the portrait competition takes place in London where the contestants produce a picture of one of three famous sitters.
The winning artist of each round, selected by three judges, advances to the semi-final and then to the final.
The show is produced by London and Glasgow-based independent production company Storyvault Films.
[3] Landscape Artist of the Year Canada, a Canadian version of the show, premiered in 2020 on Makeful.