The context for the original development of the exhibition was the debate around the nature, value, status and representation of drawing as a contemporary practice and within art education in the early 1990s. The open drawing show has been developed as a forum to test, evaluate and disseminate current drawing practice and has encompassed and informed debates, both in current practice and in education.
As a project it has been firmly established within the heart of an art school since 1994, where the research and academic ethos provides an immediate forum for questioning the value of drawing today, and engendering dialogue and debate around the subject. The reach of the project is more tangible than could be imagined at the outset, where it set out to see who was drawing, what kinds of drawing were being made, and to provide a regular opportunity to show this work, selected by a distinguished and independent panel each year.
The number of artists submitting work, and the coaches of students arriving at the Jerwood Space and each venue every year testify to the interest and focus of many established and emerging artists on the role of drawing within their practice, be it exploratory, affirmative, generative, transformative, or summative. The visitor numbers on the tours also testify to the popularity of the exhibition with a wider audience.
The administrative centre for the exhibition is based at Wimbledon College of Art, one of London's outstanding specialist art schools. The project is delivered through the working partnership of Wimbledon College of Art and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.
Application forms for the 2008 Jerwood Drawing Prize are now available to download:
Completed forms must be recieved by 5pm on Monday 23rd June 2008. Please send completed entry forms to:
The Exhibition Co-ordinator, Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008, Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts London, Merton Hall Road, London, SW19 3QA
The Selection panel for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008 is:
Tony Bevan
Artist
Emma Dexter
Director of Exhibition, Timothy Taylor Gallery
John McDonald
Art critic, The Sydney Morning Herald
The Shortlist for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008 will be announced in October.
The Winners of the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008 will be announced in October.
2008 Provisional Exhibition
Tour Schedule
17th September – 26th October 2008
Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London, SE1 0LN
7th November – 28th November 2008
Pittville Gallery, Pittville Campus, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, GL52 3JG
24th January – 8th March 2009
Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester, SO23 8RX
18th March - 25th April 2009
Bursy St Edmunds Art Gallery, The Market Cross, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1BT
Exhibition Talks
A series of Monday night talks will run alongside the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008 exhibition. Further details will be published in September.
For further information please email: sarah.williams@jerwoodspace.co.uk
or call 020 7654 0171
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 exhibition is currently on tour:
12th April - 21st May 2008
Hatton Gallery, The Quadrangle, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007: Shortlist Announced
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007: Judges Announced
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2006: Awards Announced
Dr Yvonne Crossley
Who would be a selector?
Paul Thomas
The Selection panel for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 was:
Paul Bonaventura
Senior Research Fellow in Fine Art
Studies, Ruskin School of Drawing &
Fine Art, University of Oxford
Avis Newman
Artist
Catherine de Zegher
Art Historian and Curator
The shortlisted artists for The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 were:
Kate Adams
Caroline Ali
Holly Antrum
Alistair Ashe
Lucy Austin
Adam Ball
Catherine Bertola
James Bingham
Peter Bodenham
Glyn Brewerton
Davina Brown
Graham Brown
Christopher Bucklow
Lizzie Cannon
Jacob Cartwirght
Sunny Cheung
Ann Clare
Julie Cockburn
Ian Davenport
David Rees Davies
Adam Dix
Naomi Doble
Sarah Douglas
Luke Drozd
Mark Fairnington
Gordon Faulds
Diana Foden
Stefan Gant
Anna Maria
Patrick Gilmartin
Polly Gould
Sam Griffin
Nathalie Guinamarod
Christine Hatt
Bridget Heriz
Sarah Hope
Shareena Hill
John Holden
Tone Holmen
Sophie Horton
Mitsuko Hoshino
Melanie Jackson
Ross Jones
Chosil Kil
Tim Knowles
Minho Kwon
Vera Boele-Keimer
Irene Lees
Brighid Lowe
Ralph Macartney
Sarah McNulty
Jane Millican
Nicole Mollett
Peter Monkman
Marcela Montoya-Turnill
Claire Morgan
Catherine Morland
Donna Nicholson-Arnott
Louise Norman
Sean O' Keefe
Grace O'Connor
Eamon O'Kane
Susie Parfitt
Stuart Parkinson
Stuart Pearson Wright
Kerry Phippen
Pauline Place
Margaret Proudfoot
Giannini Giulia-Resteghini
Daisy Richardson
Mary Rouncefield
Paul Ryan
Adam Sunderland
Suzanne Treister
Alison Turnbull
Cathy Ward
Paul Westcombe
The Winners of the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 were:
First Prize (£6,000) Melanie Jackson
Second Prize (£3,000) Brighid Lowe
Student Winners (£1,000) Minho Kwon and Daisy Richardson
The selection panel for The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2006 were:
Jason Brooks
Artist
Yvonne Crossley
Director of The Drawing Gallery, London
Paul Thomas
Artist & Co-founder of The Jerwood Drawing Prize
The shortlisted artists for The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2006 were:
Zoë Anderson
Axel Antas
Charles Avery
Sharon Beavan
Bermingham & Robinson
Cath Campbell
Robert Clarke
Jane Dixon
Matthew Draper
Roy Eastland
Susan Eaton
Maryclare Foá
Josephine Gallagher
Mark Harris
Vincent Hawkins
Yao-Chih Ho
James Hobbs
Charlotte Hodes
Diane Howse
Amy Ison
Neil Kelly
Roger Kelly
Annie Kevans
Chie Konishi
David Leapman
Ralph Macartney
James Martelli
Mick Maslen
James McLellan
Ian McNamara
Zoë Mendelson
Max Naylor
Simon Parish
John Patterson
Lisa Peachey
Kerry Phippen
Julia Polonski
Benjamin Senior
Michael Shaw
Helen Sykes
Toby Wiggins
David Willcock
James Wright
A fully illustrated catalogue, which includes images, statements and biographical information about each shortlisted artist, is available: 160 pages, colour, published by Wimbledon College of Art, ISBN 0948327200.
The Winners of the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2006 were:
1st Prize
Charlotte Hodes
2nd Prize
James McLellan
Student Prizes
Zoë Anderson
James Wright
Wimbledon College of Art: www.wimbledon.arts.ac.uk
The Big Draw: www.drawingpower.org.uk
For further information please contact:
The Exhibition Administrators
The Jerwood Drawing Prize
University of the Arts London
Wimbledon College of Art
London
SW19 3QA
Tel (44) 020 7514 9709
Fax (44) 020 7514 9642
jerwood@wimbledon.arts.ac.uk
www.wimbledon.arts.ac.uk/jerwood
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