The first heat of the seventh season from the Battersea Arts Centre in London where 9 artists will create portraits of actor Ncuti Gatwa, actor/television presenter/recipe author Fay Ripley and peeress/socialite Baroness Glenconner.
The second heat of the seventh season from the Battersea Arts Centre in London features 9 artists creating portraits of journalist/news presenter Trevor McDonald, actor Mirren Mack and drag queen The Vivienne.
The third heat of the seventh season from Battersea Arts Centre in London features 9 artists creating portraits of journalist/educator/podcast host/charity campaigner Deborah James, actor Eamonn Walker and presenter Melanie Sykes.
The fourth heat of the seventh season from the Battersea Arts Centre in London features 9 artists creating portraits of singer and songwriter Ray BLK, actor James Nesbitt and fashion designer Pam Hogg.
The fifth heat of the seventh season features 9 artists creating portraits of criminal barrister/television personality Robert Rinder, writer/activist/television presenter/model Katie Piper and director/disc jockey/musician Don Letts.
The sixth heat of the seventh season from the Battersea Arts Centre in London where 9 artists will create portraits of actors Eddie Marsan, Sian Clifford and Paul Mescal.
The seventh heat of the seventh season from the Battersea Arts Centre in London where 9 artists will create portraits of actor/playwright David Haig, musician/actor/television presenter Jordan Stephens and actor Jane Horrocks.
The 8th heat of the seventh season features 9 artists creating portraits of actor/playwright/director/broadcaster Kwame Kwei-Armah, rower and Olympic gold medalist Katherine Grainger and reality television personality Fred Sirieix.
The semi-final of the seventh season from the Battersea Art Centre in London sees the 8 heat winning artists creating a portrait of award-winning novelist and academic Bernadine Evaristo. The judges will choose the seasons three finalists
The three finalists of season seven are tasked with creating a portrait of stand-up comedian, actor, and activist Eddie Izzard, additionally they are assigned a separate commission before the judges select the winner.
The seventh season Portrait Artist of The Year winner undertakes a £10,000 prize commission of Carlos Acosta the Cuban-British retired ballet dancer and director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet for the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.