Identity“The set of behavioural or personal

characteristics by which an individual is recognizable. The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity;

individuality”

Some portraits of people are instantly recognisable around the world

But how much does a painting or photograph tell us about a person?

Some artists use light and shade to express more about a person

Rembrandt 1657 S G Daryani

Some use colour

Edvard Munch ’Friedrich Nietzsche’ 1906

Andy Warhol ‘Marilyn Diptych’ 1962

Some use brushstrokes

Derek Russell ‘Bob Marley’ 2012

Van Gogh "Self-Portrait," 1889

Alan Firmin, ‘Self Portrait’ 2012

Sometimes the portrait has a background that will tell us more about the person

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Bojidar Dimitrov 2008

Tamara De Lempicka 1898-1980

Leonardo Da Vinci ‘Mona Lisa’ 1503–1519

Sometimes symbols or objects are used to tell us more.

Hans Holbein the Younger ‘The Ambassadors’ 1533

Jan Van Eyck ‘The Arnolfini Portrait’ 1434

Or personal objects that tell a story

Peter Blake ‘On the Balcony’ 1955-7

Vincent van Gogh ‘Shoes’, 1888Joseph Cornell, ‘Untitled (The Hotel Eden)’c. 1945

Artists can show us about the country they live in

Frida Kahlo ‘Self Portrait’ 1940

Yang Shaobin, ‘Miners’ 2006

or the emotions they feel

Frida Kahlo "The Two Fridas“ 1939Edvard Munch, ‘Scream of Nature’ 1893

We want you to create a self-portrait that tells us a little about who you are, the things and people that are important to you and

where you live.

June Yarham, ‘Blue Love 2’ 2011

You can use collage

Patrick Bremer Jan Hoeper ‘Portrait of Joyce’ 2000

Use words

Thom Yorke 2009

Textiles

Tracy Emin 'I Do Not Expect to be a Mother‘ 2002

Photographs

Or paint

Tell us about you, where you live and your life.