JERWOOD DRAWING PRIZE 2009 16th September � 25th October 2009
Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN Open: Mon - Fri, 10am - 5pm; Sat - Sun, 10am - 3pm
SEPTEMBER 15: Mit Senoj, a.k.a. Tim Jones, from Macclesfield, Cheshire, has been named First Prize Winner and awarded �6000 for his drawing The Drum in the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009. Two additional works by the artist, Virus and My God will also appear in this year�s exhibition taking place at the Jerwood Space, London SE1 from 16th September to 25th October along with 66 other short-listed artists. Tim studied Illustration at Manchester Polytechnic and Textiles at Manchester Metropolitan University. He comments:
�My practice is concerned with our physiological self and the psychological response to our inner science. The distortion of the natural law of forms, the misappropriation of the familiar into the unimaginable. The inner forms into the outward representation of ourselves. These are executed in the tradition of the Grotesque (circa, 1500). Playful ornament, with distortions of human anatomy.�
A Second Prize of �3000 was awarded to George Charman for his image Ruin 3. George graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2008 and has already been selected for several group exhibitions including Contested Ground, 176 Gallery, London (2009) and Architectura, William Angel Gallery, London (2009). He lives in London and is currently artist in residence at Metropolitan University London.
Two Student Awards of �1000 each were also awarded to Frances Stacey and Roxanne Goffin. Frances was awarded a first class degree in Fine Art from the University of Edinburgh in 2009. She is currently living and working in Edinburgh. Roxanne is currently in the second year of the Drawing and Applied Arts Degree at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
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A series of free talks will accompany the exhibition at 6pm on the following Monday evenings.
21 September 2009 - Selectors' View: Discussion and talk with members of this year's selection panel: Roger Malbert and Nicholas Usherwood.
28 September 2009 - The History of the Jerwood Drawing Prize: Gallery tour and talk with artist Paul Thomas, co-founder of the Jerwood Drawing Prize.
5 October - Meet the Artists: Gallery tour and talk with artists from the 2009 exhibition, hosted by Paul Thomas
These talks are free but booking is recommended. For further information, check the websites, or contact the Jerwood Drawing Prize Coordinators: Tel: 01372 462190 Email: [email protected]
THE BIG DRAW AND JERWOOD DRAWING PRIZE 2009
Drop in from12- 2.30pm on Saturday 17 October Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London, SE1 0LN Admission Free
*All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult
As part of the nationwide Campaign for Drawing during October, Jerwood Space will be running drawing events to engage visitors with the act of drawing. Running in conjunction with the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009, everyone coming to the Gallery, Caf� and Glasshouse will be able to participate in drawing activities with artists from this highly popular exhibition.
For further information on THE BIG DRAW AT JERWOOD SPACE please contact: [email protected] 020 7654 0171
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Drawing Projects UK are delighted to announce the 66 artists shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009, which includes a first prize of �6,000, a second prize of �3,000, and two student awards of �1,000 each.
The Jerwood Drawing Prize is the country�s leading award in drawing, and is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition dedicated to drawing in the UK. Established in 1996 as the annual Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition it was renamed the Jerwood Drawing Prize when the Jerwood Charitable Foundation became the principal sponsor in 2001.
Over 2300 entries were submitted this year for consideration by the distinguished panel of judges comprising of Tania Kovats, Artist; Roger Malbert, Senior Curator, Hayward Touring, Southbank Centre, London and Nicholas Usherwood, Writer, Art Critic & Curator. The shortlist includes established artists as well as relative newcomers and students fresh from art school.
The shortlisted artists will display their nominated drawings in an exhibition at the Jerwood Space, London SE1 from 16 th September to 25 th October 2009. The awards will be announced at the private view on the evening of Tuesday 15th September 2009. The exhibition will tour from the Jerwood Space to venues in Cardiff, Aberdeen, Bideford and Cheltenham.
Roger Malbert, Senior Curator, Hayward Touring, Southbank Centre, London and one of the 2009 exhibition selectors, has commented:
�Drawing is the most immediate and direct form of visual expression, and the most personal; in many ways it's where art begins. The resurgence of interest in drawing among contemporary artists gives a new relevance to the Jerwood Drawing Prize, and it was a privilege to be asked to judge this year's submission.�
The 66 artists short-listed for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009 are:
Henny Acloque, Christopher Agnew, Paul Allcock, Ekkehard Altenburger, Sian Bowen, Fran Burden, Sue Cave, David Chamberlain, George Charman, Amir Chasson, Annabelle Craven-Jones, Martyn Cross, Roy Eastland, Hilary Ellis, Erica Eyres, Joe Fan, Stephen Felmingham, Jane Glynn, Roxanne Goffin, Mark Hayward, Fiona Hingston, Mark Jameson, Tess Jaray, Peiyuan Jiang, Samuel Kelly, Chie Konishi, Mary Kuper, Wayne Lucas, Sean Maltby, Mutalib Man, Dennis Minchin, Emma Moxey, Michael Mulvihill, David Murphy, Yuko Nasu, Helen Newhouse, Catharine Nicholson, Uriel Orlow, Simon Parish, Gaia Persico, Heather Phillipson, Tim Pomeroy, Ruth Proctor, Read & Henderson, David Rees Davies, Joseph Richards, Dai Roberts, Kate Russo, Debra Scacco, Benjamin Senior, Mit Senoj, Lela Shields, Yumi Shimada, Jenny Smith, Daniel Sparkes, Frances Stacey, Lauren Marie Sutton, Sandy Sykes, Clare Tandy, Sally Taylor, Virginia Verran, Paul Vivian, John Wallbank, Richard White, Teresa Whitfield, Hannah Wooll
Shonagh Manson, Director of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation reflects:
�In its 13th year, the Jerwood Drawing Prize remains the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK, and we are proud of its position and open ethos. As previous shows have established, and as this year�s exhibitors continue to demonstrate, it is a show in which the definition and discipline of drawing can be unpicked, critiqued and put back together again in altogether surprising and relevant ways.�
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009 will be exhibited at the Jerwood Space, London SE1 from 16th September to 25th October. For further information on the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009, please contact: [email protected] or telephone 01372 462 190
Background on the 2009 selection panel:
Tania Kovats, artist, has exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad and her sculptures and drawings are in many public and private collections. Since being appointed the Henry Moore Drawing Fellow in Bristol in 2004 she has become increasingly interested in drawing as an extension of her sculptural activities. In 2005 she published The Drawing Book. A survey of drawing: the primary means of expression (Black Dog Publishing). She recently completed TREE for the Darwin Canopy project at the Natural History Museum in London to great acclaim.
Roger Malbert is Senior Curator, Hayward Touring at the Southbank Centre, London. He organised 'Goya: Drawings from his Private Albums' at the Hayward Gallery in 2001. He is responsible for a series of drawing exhibitions in the touring programme, including Deanna Petherbridge's 'The Primacy of Drawing', Michael Craig-Martin's 'Drawing the Line', and currently, �The End of the Line: Attitudes in Drawing', in collaboration with mima Middlesbrough, the Bluecoat, Liverpool and The Drawing Room. He writes occasionally for The Art Newspaper.
Nicholas Usherwood is a Trustee of the Evelyn Williams Drawing Trust and Features Editor of Galleries magazine. He has curated and published on a wide range of 20th Century and Contemporary art including Sidney Nolan (1997), Joash Woodrow (2005), Norman Adams (2007) and Evelyn Williams (2008).
2. The principal benefactor, the Jerwood Charitable Foundation is dedicated to imaginative and responsible funding of the arts, particularly helping emerging artists at important stages of their careers. It works across all art forms, supporting, among other initiatives, the Jerwood Creative Studio at Sadler�s Wells, Jerwood New Playwrights at the Royal Court, and the Jerwood/Artangel Open - a �1 million initiative for the contemporary arts. In October 2006, the Jerwood Visual Arts series was launched at the Frieze Art Fair, bringing together a number of award, prizes and exhibitions including Jerwood Contemporary Painters, the Jerwood Sculpture Prize, the Jerwood Photography Awards, Jerwood Contemporary Makers, the Jerwood Moving Image Awards and the Jerwood Drawing Prize. Each exhibition seeks to create an overview of current debate and practice in each of these fields.
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