26th February 2008
Following the resounding success of last year's curated show, the Jerwood Charitable Foundation is pleased to announce the artists selected for the second Jerwood Contemporary Painters exhibition. This vibrant collection of twenty emerging artists exhibiting one work each is concerned with the debate of what painting is, and what it may become. The exhibition offers an exciting opportunity to emerging artists who are at a particular stage in their development, those falling between student and recognised artist status. The twenty artists selected for the 2008 exhibition are:
Johan Andersson, Varda Caivano, Gordon Cheung, Ross Chisholm, Simon Collins, Tom Crawford, Matthew Draper, Elinor Evans, Andrew Griffiths, Nadia Hebson, Gunther Herbst, Sally Kindberg, Sophie Lascelles, Andrea Medjesi-Jones, Yuko Nasu, Alicia Paz, Michael Samuels, Chris Smith, Caroline Walker, James Wright.
Each artist exhibits one work and receives £1,500, not as a 'prize' but as a participation fee. This fee is unusual for any group show as it rewards all the artists in the exhibition. This fee is an important part of nurturing serious support for artists at this crucial point in their careers...
