The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017
26 May – 28 July 2018
David Ainley, Elisa Alaluusua, Pam Aldridge, Becky Allen, Kate Aspinall, Adam Bainbridge, Andy Bannister, Helen Barff, Dail Behennah, Kelly Best, Kate Black, Alice Blackstock, Abigail Booth, Becky Brewis, Lucinda Burgess, Eric Butcher, Stephen Carter, Ian Chamberlain, Lewis Chamberlain, Dean Claydon, Susannah Douglas, Dickon Drury, Richard Ducker, Jim Dunkley, James Fowkes, Nigel Frost, Christopher Fry, Lesley Hicks, Jim Hobbs, Marianne Holm Hansen, Caroline Holt-Wilson, Susie Howarth, Ronnie Hughes, Jeremy Hutchison, Julia Hutton, Jonathan Huxley, Alexander Johnson, Ben Johnson, Will Kippax, Jason Lane, Gary Lawrence, Carali McCall, Grace McMurray, Tahira Mandarino, Ana Mendes, Jasone Miranda-Bilbao, Jade Montserrat, Dejan Mrdja, David Murphy, Susan Petticrew, Helen Rawlinson, Giulia Ricci, Fiona G Roberts, Caragh Savage, Carly Seller, Tom Sewell, Laurie Steen, Rebecca Swindell, David Symonds, Sally Taylor, Ben Wade, Barbara Walker, Eleanor Wood, Sally Wood, Andrea V Wright
Lucinda Burgess, Borderlines, 2017, paper, pencil, steel, 154.5x166cm. Photo: Judith Fieldhouse
Gary Lawrence, Yellow Kalymnos with Fridge Magnets, 2017, felt pen, poster paint on canvas, 250x249cm. Photo: Judith Fieldhouse
The Jerwood Drawing Prize is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK. Selected from original drawings, the prize has established a reputation for its commitment to championing excellence, and to promoting and celebrating the breadth of current drawing practice, this year including hand drawn, digital, moving image, textile and sculptural works. The exhibition provides a platform to showcase the work of drawing practitioners, from student to established, and as a project helps to define a wider understanding of the role and value of drawing in creative practice.
This year 69 works by 65 artists have been selected from 2,811 submissions from across the UK, by Dr David Dibosa, writer, researcher and Reader in Museology at the University of the Arts London, Helen Legg, Director of Spike Island and Michael Simpson, artist.
David Murphy, Long Ending (blue), 2016, casein paint and scratches on gesso panel, 50x 69.5cm. Photo: Colin Mills
Fiona G Roberts, FAO Georg Baselitz (detail), 2017, ink on paper, 16.5x16.5cm. Photo: Judith Fieldhouse
Supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Jerwood Drawing Prize is a unique initiative led by founding Director, Professor Anita Taylor (Executive Dean of Bath School of Art & Design at Bath Spa University). In offering emerging, mid-career and established artists a national platform to exhibit their work, the exhibition has established a reputation for supporting excellence and the development of new insights into the role and value of drawing in artistic practice today.
The Jerwood Drawing Prize exhibition was on display at Jerwood Space, London from 13 September – 22 October 2017, followed by a national tour to East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts (14 November 2017 – 6 January 2018), The Edge, University of Bath (10 February – 31 March 2018) and Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury (11 April – 6 May 2018). After the exhibition at Vane, the final venue will be Drawing Projects UK, Bridge House, Trowbridge (17 August – 6 October 2018).
Carali McCall, Work No.1 (Circle Drawing) 2hours 48minutes, 2016, performance drawing: 4B graphite on 120gsm paper, 175x165cm. Photo: courtesy of the artist
Marianne Holm Hansen, Untitled, 2017, graphite on masking tape, 21x21x21cm. Photo: Judith Fieldhouse
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