The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 aims to champion the breadth of contemporary drawing in the UK by exploring and celebrating the diversity, excellence and range of current drawing practice.
It is also the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK.
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| Winner of the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2011 Detail of Homage to Anonymous (2011) by Gary Lawrence |
The shortlist for the prize is a complete mix of established artists, relative newcomers and students who've just graduated from art college. For more about the parameters of the competition see my post Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012: Call for Entries
The independent panel of selectors were:
- Stephen Coppel, Curator of the Modern Collection, Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum;
- Kate Macfarlane, Co-Director of The Drawing Room, London; and
- Lisa Milroy, Artist and Head of Graduate Painting, Slade School of Fine Art
There's more than one! Prizes are due to be awarded to the winning artists on Tuesday 11 September 2012.
The prize fund has been increased this year from £11,000 to £17,000, a rise of over 50%.
- The Jerwood Drawing First Prize is £8,000,
- There's also:
- a second prize of £5,000 and
- two student awards of £2,000 each.
The artists short-listed for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 are:
Three works selected
- Alexander Costello 1464, 1465, 1466
- Simon Parish 3774, 3787
- Sarah Pettitt 101, 102
- Kasper Pincis 378, 380
- Katie Aggett 1443
- Judith Alder 324
- Linda Antalova 462
- Aglae Bassens 205
- Meghana Bisineer 1386
- Matthew Burrows 90
- Malina Busch 2333
- Jane Bustin 868
- Elizabeth Buttworth 2267 (should this be Butterworth?)
- Heeseung Choi 1597
- Toni Davey 3007
- Jeffrey Dennis 2012
- Jane Dixon 2493
- Paul Eachus 2197
- Mark Evans 791
- Marisa Futernick 1392
- Matteo Fuzzi 1143
- Richard Galloway 132
- Stefan Gant 3378
- Pippa Gatty 2283
- Albert Geere 467
- Karolina Glusiec 1415
- Margarita Gluzberg 448
- Thomas Gosebruch 333
- Beatrice Haines 433
- Susie Hamilton 273 also selected for The Threadneedle Prize 2012
- Tom Hammick 2270
- Jane Harris 847 also prizewinner at the RA Summer Exhibition 2012
- Oona Hassim 386
- Greg Hayman 3157
- Jefford Horrigan 2286
- Joanne Hummel-Newell 795
- Abigail Hunt 1040
- Robin Jones 2145
- Kerstin Kartscher 302
- Hyeon Kyung Kim 1182
- Min Kim 836
- Rebecca Kunzi 250
- Nadine Mahoney 1468
- Sam Mould 171
- Kyounghee 2213
- Nengi Omuku 508
- Kathy Prendergast 27
- Carl Randall 3843 won the BP Travel Award 2012
- Howard Read 1292
- Frances Richardson 2050
- Ishai Rimmer 2275
- Fiona Robinson 3043
- Daniela Sarigu 2244
- Katy Shepherd 2224
- Ruth Simons 3741
- Simson & Volley 1044 Henrietta Simson won the Threadneedle Prize 2011
- Eiko Soga 810
- Bada Song 164
- Sarah Spackman 1101
- Jennifer Steele 567
- Maaike Anne 4
- Rebecca Swindell 2984
- Eleanor Taylor 1498
- Shelley Theodore 1399
- Amikam Toren 1102
- Felicity Truscott 469
- Andrew Vass 1012
- Julia Vogl 64
- Sarah Kate Wilson 2497
- Ching Wong 1574
- Tanya Wood 2370
- William Wright 2257
- Aishan Yu 447
When searching for websites for the above, what was interesting to note is:
- how easy it is to see which are the artists who are searched from most online.
- how easy it was to find the vast majority of websites.
The exhibition reflects the diverse interpretations of contemporary drawing exemplified by selected artists. Last year's exhibition included video installation, collage and embroidery.
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 Exhibition will be held:
- AT: Jerwood Space, 171 Union St, SE1 0LN
- BETWEEN: 12 September – 28 October 2012 (Mon-Fri10am–5pm, Sat&Sun10am–3pm
- ADMISSION: Free
- NEAREST TUBE: Southwark, London Bridge or Borough
- WEBSITE: www.jerwoodvisualarts.org
- TWITTER: #JDP12 @JerwoodJVA
The exhibition will then tour to venues across the UK including
- the new Jerwood Gallery, Hastings and
- mac, Birmingham.
Events
Jerwood Visual Arts will host a series of evening events to accompany the exhibition. Events are free but must be booked in advance, for more information please check the Jerwood Visual Arts website.
Links: Making A Mark - Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012: Call for Entries
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