Picture Framing Awards & Competitions

Competitions offer the opportunity to push our creative talents, try new skills and test ourselves against some of the best designers in the country.

It is a fine line balancing being creative, enhancing the object being framed while showing off your framing skill and techniques.

Since 2012 Kevin started entering the competitions and in 2016 after being a finalist the past couple of years won two prestigious awards.

Kevin's Wins:

Fine Art Trade Guild - Best Mount Design Winner 2016.

Fine Art Trade Guild - Guild Challenge Winner 2016.

Fine Art Trade Guild - Best Mount Design Winner 2017

Over the years Eagle Gallery's founder David Wilkie GCF has won nine titles which is more framing competition wins than any other UK framer, he has also won in every category, Creative, Set Piece and Mount Design.

David's Wins: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005 (twice), 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2014.

Fine Art Trade Guild Winner Eagle gallery picture framers

Competition Awards

Known as the 'Framing Oscars' the Fine Art Trade Guild (FATG) Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious in the art industry.

The FATG competitions are divided into two classes. The Challenge or Set Piece Award is where all entrants receive the same image to frame. The Creative or Free Thinking Award is where a general theme is given and the framer is free to choose the picture and or objects to be framed.

Since 2004 there has been an additional Award for Best Mount Design. Up to and including 2005 the Creative and Set Piece Awards had run together with the Creative Award being on a related theme to the Set Piece. Since 2006 a single competition has been organised alternating between the two categories.

There are occasional competitions from other organisations, The Picture Business, a trade magazine, has offered a prize for set images. Glass & Mirror, a trade supplier has run competitions to demonstrate the use of advanced glazing materials.

An ever-growing list of winners and runner ups dating back to Eagle Gallery Framing at The Epsom shop from 1997, The Carshalton shop up until 2015 and the current Wallington shop.

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Deborah Hide GCF

Tina Critchell GCF

David Wilkie GCF

Tina Critchell GCF

David Wilkie GCF

Sarah Longes

David Wilkie GCF

Bibi Ruffler GCF

David Wilkie GCF

Hilary Bowman

David Wilkie GCF

Hilary Bowman

David Wilkie GCF

Peter McIntyre GCF

David Wilkie GCF

Kevin Nihill

Zoe Nihill

Kevin Nihill

Zoe Nihill

Kevin Nihill

FATG Creative

FATG Set Piece

FATG Creative

FATG Set Piece

FATG Creative

FATG Set Piece

FATG Creative

Glass & Mirror

FATG Set Piece

FATG Creative

FATG Best Mount Design

FATG Creative

FATG Set Piece

Glass & Mirror

Picture Business

FATG Set Piece

FATG Creative

Picture Business

FATG Creative

FATG Best Mount Design

FATG Set Piece

FATG Best Mount Design

Gunnar International

FATG Framing Challenge

FATG Best Mount Design

Gunnar International

FATG Best Mount Design

FATG Framing Challenge

Gunnar International

FATG Best Mount Design

FATG Framing Challenge

Gunnar International

FATG Best Mount Design

FATG Framing Challenge

FATG Best Mount Design

FATG Framing Challenge

Gunnar International

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Winner

Finalist

Winner

Finalist

Winner

Finalist

Commended

Finalist

Winner

Finalist

Winner

Commended

Finalist

Winner

Finalist

Winner

Finalist

Winner

Finalist

Winner

Finalist

Winner

Finalist

Picture Framing Awards & Competitions

Competitions offer the opportunity to push our creative talents, try new skills and test ourselves against some of the best designers in the country.

It is a fine line balancing being creative, enhancing the object being framed while showing off your framing skill and techniques.

​

Since 2012 Kevin started entering the competitions and in 2016 after being a finalist the past couple of years won two prestigious awards.

​

Kevin's Wins:

Fine Art Trade Guild - Best Mount Design Winner 2016.

Fine Art Trade Guild - Guild Challenge Winner 2016.

Fine Art Trade Guild - Best Mount Design Winner 2017

​

Over the years Eagle Gallery's founder David Wilkie GCF has won nine titles which is more framing competition wins than any other UK framer, he has also won in every category, Creative, Set Piece and Mount Design.

​

David's Wins: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005 (twice), 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2014.​

Competition Awards

​

Known as the 'Framing Oscars' the Fine Art Trade Guild (FATG) Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious in the art industry.

The FATG competitions are divided into two classes. The Challenge or Set Piece Award is where all entrants receive the same image to frame. The Creative or Free Thinking Award is where a general theme is given and the framer is free to choose the picture and or objects to be framed.

There are occasional competitions from other organisations, The Picture Business, a trade magazine, has offered a prize for set images. Glass & Mirror, a trade supplier has run competitions to demonstrate the use of advanced glazing materials.​

An ever-growing list of winners and runner ups dating back to Eagle Gallery Framing at The Epsom shop from 1997, The Carshalton shop up until 2015 and the current Wallington shop.

David's Wins: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005 (twice), 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2014.

There are occasional competitions from other organisations, The Picture Business, a trade magazine, has offered a prize for set images. Glass & Mirror, a trade supplier has run competitions to demonstrate the use of advanced glazing materials.