4th September 2008
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation and The Centre for Drawing, University of the Arts London have today released the short list of 54 artists for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008, which includes a first prize of £6,000 and a second prize of £3,000, and two student awards of £1,000 each.
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation and The Centre for Drawing, University of the Arts London have today released the short list of 54 artists for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008, which includes a first prize of £6,000 and a second prize of £3,000, and two student awards of £1,000 each.
The Jerwood Drawing Prize is the country's leading award in drawing, and is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition dedicated to drawing in the UK. Established in 1996 as the annual Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition it was renamed the Jerwood Drawing Prize when the Jerwood Charitable Foundation became the principal sponsor in 2001.
2,537 entries by artists resident or domiciled in the UK were submitted for consideration by the selection panel of the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008. A short list of 54 artists have been selected for the exhibition by the following: Tony Bevan, Artist; Emma Dexter, Director of Exhibitions at Timothy Taylor Gallery, London & Editor of Vitamin D (Phaidon); and John McDonald, Art Critic of the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. The short list includes highly regarded, established artists as well as relative newcomers and students fresh from art school.
The short listed artists will show their nominated drawings in an exhibition at the Jerwood Space, London SE1 from 17th September to 26th October 2008. The awards will be announced at 7pm on Tuesday 16th September 2008. The exhibition will then tour the UK, to galleries in Cheltenham, Winchester and Bury St Edmunds.
Roanne Dods, Director of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, commented: "Over the last few years, drawing has been attracting more and more practitioners, audiences and critical interest. A combination of activities around the country have been contributing to this renaissance, and I am very proud of the part that the Jerwood Drawing Prize has had in this
Exhibition Tour: The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008 will be shown at the following venues in 2007-2008:
17th September 26th October 2008
Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN Monday Friday 10am-5pm; Saturday Sunday 10am -3pm; Closed Bank Holidays.
7th November - 28th November 2008
Summerfield Gallery, Pittville Studios, University of Gloucestershire, Albert Road, Cheltenham GL51 3JG.
24th January 8th March 2009
Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8RX.
18th March 25th April 2009
Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, The Market Cross, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 1BT.
The Artists:
Lucy Austin
Gino Ballantyne
Maria Lynch
Richard Bateman
Brass Art
Darren Coffield
Ben Coode-Adams
Simon Crawford
Jane Dalton
Annabel Dover
Hilary Ellis
Nigel Frost
Neville Gabie
Jedediah Gainer
Josephine Gallagher
Slawec Gora
Mary Griffiths
Anne Guest
Sue Heap
Lia Anna Hennig
Nicky Hoberman
Michael John Hodder
Chuya Ikeda
Thorsten Knaub
Sharon Leahy-Clark
Simon Leahy-Clark
Wayne Lucas
Sean Maltby & Olly Rooks
James Martelli
Julie Masterton
Hannah Murgatroyd
Catharine Nicholson
Jay Oliver
Andrew Penketh
Freya Pocklington
Pippa Ridley
Lizzie Rose
Karen Russo
Bruce Sharp
Sarah Silverwood
Charlotte Steel
Joe Stokes
Alan Stones
Emma Talbot
Tobias Teschner
Dolly Thompsett
Aline von der Assen
Jonathan Waller
Kate Walters
R.A. Webb
David Webb
Jessica Wolfson
