The Welsh Artist of the Year award was an annual art competition in Cardiff's St David's Hall, open to amateur and professional artists with a link to Wales.
However the title's relationship with the actual competition structure could be seen as misleading, first because the selection process required the artist to submit an application form and pay an entry fee (therefore only participating artists could be considered).
[4][5][6] A comparison with Cardiff's well-resourced Artes Mundi prize may put the actual stature of Welsh Artist of the Year into perspective.
Following the announcement of the winners in June an exhibition was held at St David's Hall, showing the prizewinners and shortlisted works.
[7] It was announced that the competition would not be held in 2014, as staff would be focusing their efforts on developing the "visual arts in the capital".