Jerwood Visual Arts

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

Approximately 3,500 entries were submitted for consideration by the 2011 selection panel: Iwona Blazwick, Director, Whitechapel Gallery; Tim Marlow, writer, broadcaster and Director of Exhibitions, White Cube; and Rachel Whiteread, artist. The shortlist includes established artists as well as relative newcomers and students fresh from art school.

This year's Drawing Prize awarded a first prize of £6,000, second prize of £3,000 and two student prizes of £1,000. The 2011 prize winners are:

First Prize: Gary Lawrence
Second Prize: Jessie Brennan
Student Prize: Nicki Rolls
Student Prize: Kristian Fletcher

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Watch Whitechapel Gallery Director and Jerwood Drawing Prize 2011 selector, Iwona Blazwick in conversation with curator Deanna Petherbridge, discussing The Primacy of Drawing...in a time of unprecedented freedom and experimentation.