Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015 selection announced

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The Jerwood Drawing Prize is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK.

Selected from original drawings, the Jerwood Drawing Prize has established a reputation for its commitment to championing excellence, and to promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practice within the UK. 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. The longevity of the Prize, which has been running since 1994, is a testament to the appetite of the artists who make drawings, and the continued interest of audiences visiting the exhibition, making it one of the most popular shows in the Jerwood Visual Arts programme.

A total of 60 works by 58 artists, including one collaboration, have been carefully selected for exhibition by the panel; Dexter Dalwood, artist; Salima Hashmi, artist, curator and writer; and John-Paul
Stonard, art historian.

The First Prize of £8,000, Second Prize of £5,000 and two Student Awards of £2,000 each, will be announced and awarded to the winning artists at the preview on 15 September 2015. The exhibition will be on display at Jerwood Space, London from 16 September–25 October 2015, followed by a tour to venues across the UK, including Cheltenham Art Gallery (21 November 2015–31 January 2016), Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury (11 February –9 April 2016), and Falmouth Art Gallery (23 April –25 June 2016).

The artists selected for exhibition, now in the running for the prestigious Prize, are:

Elisa Alaluusua
Ian Andrews
Robert Battams
Frances Blane
Hannah Blight-Anderson
Pia Bramley
Pete Burke
John Close
Julie Cockburn
Daniel Crawshaw
Gerry Davies
Cinzia Delnevo
Sammy Dent
Emma Douglas
Bryan Eccleshall
Pennie Elfick
Susan England
Exchange + Draw
Mark Farhall
Craig Fisher
Nina Fowler
Thomas Gosebruch
Thomas Harrison
Roland Hicks
William Hughes
Julia Hutton
Mehr Javed
Ben Johnson
Ali Kayley
Nigel Kingsbury
Lois Langmead
Gary Lawrence
Juliette Losq
William Mackrell
Sean Maltby
Grace McMurray
Anouk Mercier
Mary Millner
Joonhong Min
Paul Peden
Lee John Phillips
Ruth Philo
Giulia Ricci
Annette Robinson
Jenny Ross
Gabriela Schutz
Sarah Seymour
Caroline Shadbolt
Soheila Sokhanvari
Charlotte Steel
Hanna ten Doornkaat
John Thole
Caroline Truss
Alan Turnbull
Ronis Varlaam
Rosie Vohra
Roy Willingham
Martha Zmpounou

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