The Jerwood Sculpture Prize was launched in 2001 as a major strand of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme. The aim of this commissioning prize is to give strong support and encouragement to emerging talent within the medium of outdoor sculpture. Since the inaugural Prize the intention has been that the commissioned work be placed within the Jerwood Foundation's Collection, which is now permanently sited within the grounds of Ragley, Alcester, Warwickshire.
Originally open to artists under the age of 35, the second year of the Prize saw the modification of the entry criteria so that all artists who are within 15 years of graduation from a recognised School of Art are eligible. Also, to help remove anxieties about production and casting costs, the second year saw an increase to the value of the Prize, rising from £20,000 to £25,000.
Since the start, it has evolved that the commission is offered approximately every eighteen months, as each Prize year sees the full completion of the commission before the next Prize is launched. The first Jerwood Sculpture Prize commission was awarded in 2001 to Benedict Carpenter for his large bronze work, Universal Object; the second was awarded to Gereon Krebber in 2003 for his aluminium sculpture entitled Tin; the third commission was awarded to Judith Dean in 2005 for her site inspired bronze piece, Field, the fourth commission was awarded to Juliet Haysom in 2007 for her ephemeral water vapour work entitled Spring; and in April 2009 Michael Visocchi was announced as the winner of the fifth Jerwood Sculpture Prize commission for his work entitled Yield.
Since its launch in 2001, the Jerwood Sculpture Prize has built a strong reputation for quality and innovation, and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation has been delighted by the success of the first four commissions.
The next Jerwood Sculpture Prize will run in 2011.
The selection panel for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2009:
Phyllida Barlow - a practising artist and Professor of Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art. Recent commissions have been stack and fence, for the South Bank Centre London.
Charles Darwent - an art critic of the Independent on Sunday and writes for
a number of art journals. He is co-author of The Drawing Book, published by Black Dog Publishing.
Nigel Hall - a practicing sculptor and draughtsman. Elected as Royal Academician in 2003. Currently has a retrospective, Sculpture and Drawing 1965-2008 at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Anna Moszynska pioneered the study of contemporary art at Sotheby’s Institute where she is now a Consultant Lecturer. She has written widely on contemporary art and artists and broadcasts on the subject for BBC Radio. Her publications include books on Abstract Art and Antony Gormley and most recently an essay on Langlands and Bell.
Camilla Trefgarne - curator of Jerwood Sculpture at Ragley and the Jerwood Art Collection until 2009. Having specialized in 20th Century British Art at Christie's, Camilla worked with a private art dealer before joining the Jerwood Foundation.
The short list for the Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2009:
Thomas Cox-Bisham: Untitled
James Capper: Chimera
Susan Forsyth: Folia
Alex Frost: Rice Dream
Marielle Hog and Alan Goulbourne: Beehive
Will Nash Ragley: Sphere
Michael Visocchi: Yield
David Worthington: Close Encounter
The exhibition of shortlisted maquettes was exhibited at Jerwood Space
from 4 March to 9 April 2009.
The winner of the Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2009 was Michael Visocchi. His proposal for Yield was awarded the 2009 Jerwood Sculpture Prize’s winning commission of £25,000. Yield will be produced as a large-scale, permanent sculpture to be unveiled at the Jerwood Sculpture Park, in the grounds of Ragley Hall, Warwickshire in spring 2010.
For his proposal, Visocchi had taken scaled down models of electricity pylons found near Ragley and placed one on top of the other. Constructed in galvanized mild steel, the sculpture will stand as a contemporary monument to modern day technology and, at 18m in height, will be an impressive presence in the landscape. In choosing to take the form of the pylon as his Jerwood sculpture, Visocchi makes us think again, not only about the design of these structures, which so often we do not even notice in the landscape, but about the 21st-century issues of climate change, carbon footprints and renewable energy.
Jerwood Sculpture Prize Exhibition 2009
4 March - 9 April
Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London, SE1 0LN
Free gallery talks and events took place in the gallery including:
9 March – The Commissioning Process: Jerwood Sculpture curator, Camilla Trefgarne and sculptor Julian Wild discuss the different aspects of the commissioning process with Anne Rawcliffe-King, Director of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.
Listen now
16 March – Sculpture Parks and Sculpture Trails: head curator at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Clare Lilley, and Hayley Skipper from the Grizedale Forest, discuss their respective venues with Anna Moszynska, writer and 2009 Jerwood Sculpture Prize judge. Listen now
23 March – Meet the Artists: gallery tour and talk with the artists short listed for the 2009 Jerwood Sculpture Prize.
30 March – The Role of Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture: panel discussion with sculptors Peter Randall-Page and Phyllida Barlow. Chaired by Helen Waters, curator and writer, Alan Cristea Gallery.
6 April – Film Preview: the current Jerwood Visual Arts artist in residence, filmmaker Marta Michalowska, introduces and discusses her new work, which focuses on artists who have participated in the Jerwood Sculpture Prize, past and present.
Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2009: Winner Announced
Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2007: 'Spring' Unveiling
Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2007: Winner Announced
The catalogues from previous Jerwood Sculpture Prize exhibitons are available to download here:
Jerwood Sculpture Prize Catalogue 2009
Jerwood Sculpture Prize Catalogue 2007
Jerwood Sculpture Prize Catalogue 2005
Jerwood Sculpture Prize Catalogue 2003
The winner of the Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2007 was Juliet Haysom for her sculpture titled 'Spring' which was unveiled at the Jerwood Sculpture Park at Ragley on the 12 June 2008.
The shortlisted macquettes were exhibited at the Jerwood Space in Union Street, London SE1 from 18 April to 23 May 2007.
Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2007: Selected artists
Adam Burge
William Clifford
Dallas Collins
Graham Guy
Juliet Haysom
Jonathan Parsons
Nathaniel Rackowe
Graham Seaton
Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2007: Selection panel
Neville Gabie is an artist with a background in sculpture. Recent projects include Up in the Air, jointly developed with artists Kelly Large and Leo Fitzmaurice, a project initiated whilst Artist in Residence at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool. The project involved ten artists living and working in a part occupied but condemned tower block in North Liverpool over a six-week period prior to its demolition. Gabie’s work is included in Arts Council and Tate Gallery collections.
Karen Grieve is an Art Consultant to the Jerwood Foundation. She is also a private collector of contemporary British ceramics, and collector and specialist in late 18th and early 19th century English porcelain.
Charlotte Mullins is a writer and broadcaster. She writes on art for The Times, Telegraph, Financial Times and other specialist titles. She is a contributor to BBC2’s The Culture Show, and a regular guest on Front Row and Nightwaves. Her latest book, Painting People, will be published by Thames & Hudson in October.
David Nash is an internationally renowned artist who works with wood to form large, dramatic and tactile sculptures. Nash was elected a Royal Academician in 1999, the same year in which he was appointed Research Fellow at the University of Northumbria, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Art & Design by Kingston University.
Helen Waters is curator for the New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Roche Court, which specialises in sculpture from 1950 to the present day. Recently, she was on the selection panel for the International Contemporary Craft Fair, organised by the Crafts Council in partnership with the V&A.
Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2005: Selected Artists
David Rickard
Julian Wild
Douglas White
Andrea Gregson
Yoko Fukada
Simon Hitchens
Judith Dean
Elizabeth De Monchaux
Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2005: Selection panel
Clive Adams, Independent Curator
Wilfred Cass, Found, Cass Sculpture Foundation
Alan Grieve CBE, Chairman, Jerwood Foundation
Margot Heller, Director, South London Gallery
William Pye, Sculptor
Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2003: Selected Artists
Alison Gill
James Hopkins
Gereon Krebber
Hew Locke
Simeon Nelson
Michael Shaw
Noah Sherwood
Ally Wallace
Jerwood Sculpture Prize 2003: Selection panel
Rosemary Barnett, Jerwood Sculpture Park and the Frink School of Sculpture
Madeleine Bessborough, Director, New Art Centre, Wiltshire
Rick Mather, Architect
Peter Randall-Page, Sculptor
Rachel Withers, Art Critic and Lecturer
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