Jackson's Painting Prize 2022

The Call for Entries for the Jackson's Painting Prize 2022 has been published and this post summarises the key points.

Summary of Key Information

Jackson’s Painting Prize exists to champion exceptional artworks made by international artists at all points in their careers, with tailored prizes that aim to give successful applicants the exposure and resources to support them in their practice

DEADLINE for Entries: 1st March 2022

WHO can enter? This competition is open to 

• artists from all over the world
• all ages and abilities

WHAT can be submitted? 

• 2-dimensional ORIGINAL fine art works 
• in any painting or drawing media
• up to five artworks

All work must be your own intellectual property. This means we will not accept artworks that directly copy other people’s work (this does not include artistic interpretations) or works that are made from a tutorial. We are not accepting entries that have previously won a major competition or that have been extensively exhibited in any established galleries.

COST to enter? £5 Entry fee (£25 for maximum number of entries)

CATEGORIES: There are a number of categories

• Animal
• Portrait / Figure
• Landscape / Cityscape / Seascape
• Still Life / Botanical
• Abstract / Non-representational
• Scenes of Everyday Life

PRIZES: These are a mix of cash prizes for specific awards and £500 vouchers for art materials 

• Jackson's Painting Prize: £6,000
• Emerging Artist Award: £1,000
• Awards for winners of the individual categories: £500 (x 6)
• Each of the following will get a £500 voucher to spend at Jackson's Art Materials
• Amateur Artist Award'
• Outstanding Watercolour Award
• People's Choice Award

JUDGES: There are six Judges - and four of them area artists

• Curtis Holder - coloured pencil artist and winner of Sky Arts Portrait Award 2020
• Miranda Boulton - Artist & winner of Jackson’s Painting Prize 2021
• Marcelle Hanselaar - Artist, Painter and Printmaker
• Shanti Panchal - Watercolour Artist
• Jennifer Conner - Regional Managing Director, Affordable Art Fair, and Art Advisor, After Nyne Contemporary
• Claudia Kennaugh - Art Adviser 

HOW TO ENTER:

• This is the link to the Registration Page - https://jacksonsart.awardsplatform.com/ 
• You cannot use a store account to enter the competition. You must create a competition profile.
• Digital images MUST be 
• maximum file size: 3MB. 
• at least 1000px wide 
• with a resolution of at least 72px per inch. 
• the correct way up!
• Digital images MUST NOT:
• show any unnecessary or irrelevant content, such as frames, mounts, walls, tables or any other kind of background
• include a digital copyright or watermark
• READ:
• Guidelines and Criteria
• Frequently Asked Questions

TIMELINE (2022):

• 1st March (5pm) - Deadline for Entries
• 23rd March - Longlist announced; People's Choice Award voting opens
• 30th March - Shortlist announced
• 5th April - People's Choice Award voting closes

Winners of the following awards announced:

• 6th April - Amateur Artist Award
• 7th April - Outstanding Watercolour
• 8th April - Categories
• 11th April - Emerging Artist
• 13th April - Jackson's Painting Prize

Previous Years

The posts below unpack this prize a bit more.

• Call for Entries: Jackson's Painting Prize 2021
• Jackson's Painting Prize 2020 - time to vote - this provides an indication of which are the most popular categories and which the least populat
• Call for Entries: Jackson's Painting Prize 2020

This is a bit of a different Call for Entries - as I got asked to be one of the Judges for this one!