Jerwood Drawing Prize 2016

Jerwood Drawing Prize 2016 

Jerwood Drawing Prize has established a reputation for its commitment to championing excellence, and for promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practice within the UK.

“The selected works for Jerwood Drawing Prize 2016 represent a plethora of different idioms and ideas by artists at all stages of their careers, from those at the starting block to the very distinguished. It is remarkable then that, once more, all award winners are connected to current or future education and study. Their works are confident and lively examples of drawing today, fresh in outlook and conception; unafraid to source, mine and examine the historic, spiritual, and visceral imagination through the act of drawing. ” Professor Anita Taylor, Director Jerwood Drawing Prize & Dean of Bath School of Art and Design.

The prestigious First Prize of £8,000 has been awarded to Solveig Settemsdal (b.1984) for her video Singularity, which offers an almost sculptural digital rendering of the transformative and fluid drawing process.

Solveig Settemsdal, Still from Singularity (detail), white ink in gelatine: video duration: 9:27min, 2016 (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

Settemsdal, a Norwegian artist based at Spike Island in Bristol, graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2010 and has since been working between sculpture and photography. Settemsdal says of her winning work: “Singularity explores a temporal and sculptural process of drawing in a fluid three-dimensional space through the suspension of ink in cubes of gelatine. In constant transformation, the white mineral ink and the biological gelatine lattice initiate a balance between conscious intention and material process.”

(Video: “Singularity” by Solveig Settemsdal)

(Photographed by Hydar Dewachi. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

The Second Prize of £5,000 is awarded to Anna Sofie Jespersen (b.1992) for her ball pen on tracing paper work, Sid in Bathtub. Jespersen, a Danish artist, living and working in London, is currently studying for a Fine Art Degree at Chelsea College of Art. Her prizewinning drawing, which depicts a man lying, fully clothed and smoking, in a bath, is a poetic and tragic work intricate in line and tonality. Jespersen writes of her subject “As I was falling in love with you, you would slowly sink into the parallel dimension where you would become heavy and dense, and slide effortlessly into the void.”

Anna Sofie Jespersen, Sid in Bathtub, ball-pen on tracing paper, 2015 (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

(Photographed by Hydar Dewachi. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

Two Student Awards of £2,000 each are awarded to Jade Chorkularb (b. 1971) and Amelie Barnathan (b. 1991).

Jade Chorkularb, born in Thailand, now lives and works in London. Holding an MSc in Interactive Multimedia, she is a conceptual artist working in diverse media. Her winning work, That What They Would Do, is a beautifully simple and empathetic video of real-time drawing set over interviews asking people what they would do if they only had an hour left to live. A practicing Buddhist, Chorkularb says of the work, “There are various methods (e.g. prayer, meditation, working on our mind) that will enable us to overcome fear, attachment and other emotions that could arise at the time of death and cause our mind to be disturbed, unpeaceful, and even negative. Preparing for death will enable us to die peacefully, with a clear, positive state of mind.”

Jade Chorkularb, Still from That What They Would Do, moving image, duration: 5:17min, 2015 (Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

(Video: Jade Chorkularb “That What They Would Do”)

(Photographed by Hydar Dewachi. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

Amelie Barnathan, studying for her MA in Visual Communication at the RCA, is an Italian-French illustrator living and working in London. Her large-scale, visceral, surreal, and confrontational drawings traverse the historical and mythical through renderings of dreams and nightmares. The intricate and overlaid narratives that unfold within her work “evoke the ecstatic rituals of the Maenads madwoman of Ancient Greece [and the] processions and Sabbaths of the witches of the Middle Ages.

Amelie Barnathan, Unsolemn Rituals, watercolour, pen and acrylic ink, 2016 (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

(Photographed by Hydar Dewachi. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

A total of 61 works by 55 artists were carefully selected for exhibition by the panel;

Glenn Brown, artist; Stephanie Buck, Director, Kupferstich-Kabinett at Staatliche Kunstammlungen Dresden; and Paul Hobson, Director, Modern Art Oxford. The specialist panel saw 2,537 works submitted by 1,408 entrants over a two-day period. The selected artworks, and prizes, represent the selectors’ diversity of understandings and varied insights into contemporary drawing.

The winning artworks will be on display at Jerwood Space, London from 14 September – 23 October 2016, followed by a tour to venues across the UK, including The Edge, Bath (4 November – 16 December 2016), Turnpike Arts Centre, Leigh (14 January – 12 March 2017), and The Gallery, Arts University Bournemouth (30 March – 29 April 2017).

Jerwood Drawing Prize is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK. Supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation through its programme of awards, exhibitions and events, Jerwood Visual Arts, Jerwood Drawing Prize is a unique initiative led by founding Director, Professor Anita Taylor (Dean of Bath School of Art & Design at Bath Spa University). The Prize is committed to championing excellence, and to promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practice, this year including hand drawn, digital and three-dimensional works. In offering emerging, mid-career and established artists a national platform to exhibit their work, the exhibition has established a reputation for developing new insights into the role and value of drawing in artistic practice today.

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(Photographed by Hydar Dewachi. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

All Exhibited Works:

FARINA ALAM, Dance of the Taliban, Pen and ink drawing on paper, 80 x 80cm , 2015 (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

NATHAN ANTHONY, Black Friday, Video, duration: 01:03min, 2016 (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)   

RACHEL BACON, Emotional Landscape, Graphite on paper, 48 x 64cm, 2016 (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)    

JO BARBER, Mr Punch, Coloured pencil and gesso on card, 67 x 49cm, 2015 (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)      

DEBORAH BOYD WHYTE, Drawn Thread 15, Graphite on paper, 200 x 150cm, 2015 (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)   

NICI BUNGEY, Rubicund, Crayon on book pages, 28.5 x 33.5 cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

CAROLINE BURRAWAY, Untitled 18, Charcoal, 130 x 130cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN, Playhouse, Pencil on paper, 110 x 110cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

KELLY CHORPENING, Tried and Found Wanting, Pencil mark on paper mounted to steel, 75 x 68cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

MAŁGORZATA DAWIDEK, Doubts, Pencil on paper, 94 x 63.5cm,2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

MAŁGORZATA DAWIDEK, A Wheel of Emotions, Pencil on paper, 94 x 63.5cm,2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)  

JAMES EAGLE, CaC03 Depositional House – Principal Façade to River Nidd, Pencil on paper,84 x 84cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)  

KRISTIAN EVJU, Punchcard, Pencil on paper, 52 x 52cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

KATE FAHEY, Cumulative loss II, Digital collage & digital drawing printed on Shio Hara paper, 88 x 132cm, 2015/16  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

MIKE FITZGERALD, Whippet, Pencil on board, 63.5 x 73.5cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

GILLIAN FOOT, Sign, Pencil on Heritage 100 paper, 114 x 83cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)    

CHRISTOPHER FRY, Manual Assembly, Video, computer programme made with processing, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)   

DAVID GARDNER, Untitled, Pencil on paper, 120 x 126.5cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

SUE GILMORE, Trace Drawing: Salix Candida,Charcoal dust on paper, 83 x 63cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

GILL GREGORY, Oil Black,, Washi tape, pen on paper, 41 x 148.5cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

NICOLA GRELLIER, Bird Girl, Charcoal on paper, 110 x 63cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

NICOLA GRELLIER, Girl in a Red Dress, Charcoal on paper, 110 x 63cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize) 

NICOLA GRELLIER, Snow Boy, Charcoal on paper, 110 x 75cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

HEATHER HANCOCK, Dancing frogs, Felt pen, 106 x 74.5cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)    

HEATHER HANCOCK, Blue Rabbit, Ink, acrylic and collage, 106 x 74.5cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

MICHAEL HANCOCK, Allotment 3, Conte crayon, pastel and ink, 106 x 74cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)   

JULIA HUTTON, Burning light, the Heat of the day, Burnt line drawing on paper, 47 x 47cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)     

BRUCE INGRAM, Studio Drift, Cardboard box, paper, string and map pins, 47 x 39cm, 2015 (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)    

ADRIANA IONASCU, Landscape,3D scan in ‘Sense’ programme, print, 60 x 43cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)   

LOTTIE JACKSON-EELES, Imagery imaginary, volume 6, Mixed media concertina book, 9 x 180cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

BEN JOHNSON, Superterminal, Ink on polyester drafting film, 135 x 78cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)  

HELEN JONES, Formation, Black pastel on tracing paper, 180 x 83cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

TAE YEON KIM, Metamorphosis Series, No.4, Print on paper,36 x 25cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

SAMUEL LITTLE, Order no.1, no.2, no.3 (Triptych), Graphite on paper, 59.4 x 84.1cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

JUDE LUNN, Drawing without a name, Charcoal, 100 x 70cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize) 

PENNY MCCARTHY, On the production of thought, Pencil on paper, 76 x 106cm, 2015/16  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize) 

SHONA MCGOVERN, Untitled 2, Charcoal on newsprint, 85 x 64cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

RICHARD MCVETIS, Rectangle, Ink on paper, 24 x 18cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

RICHARD MCVETIS, Square, Ink on paper, 18 x 14cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)            

CATRIN MORGAN, Counting Primes, Pencil, 58 x 33cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize) 

ELEANOR MORGAN, The threads that touch, Photogram, 27 x 27cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

CRAIG MORRIS, Show me no kindness, Collage transfer, graphite and gesso, 61 x 51cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

MARION PIPER, Repeat copier (Black/20), Pencil and gouache, 212 x 120.3cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

MESSUA POULIN-WOLFF, 125, Ink on canvas, avocado dye and dust, 240 x 160cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)             

TYLER REED, Modern Soul, Compressed charcoal, pencil and oil, 91 x 61cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)  

TYLER REED, Timeless, Compressed charcoal, pencil and oil, 91 x 61cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)  

RAJI SALAN, Portrait of a young man, Felt tip pens on white gesso primed board, 52 x 43cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

ANNIE SAMUEL, Internal dialogue of childhood memory, Longniddry beech, Pastel and pencil, 60 x 80cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

MARTYN SIMPSON, Sharpie Grisaille: Vertical Long Thin, Marker pen and correction fluid, 152 x 52cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

HELEN THOMAS, Eight Day Draw No. 1, Graphite on paper, 150 x 238cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

KEVIN TOLE, The Tree that’s not the Tree from the Tree, Beech charcoal, carbon, conte, 59 x 84cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)    

THOMAS TREHERNE, Man photographing Stars, Charcoal on paper, 110 x 141cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

KAZUYA TSUJI, Solid I, Graphite on board, 6 x 20 x 10cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

VANDANA, City of London, Cotton cloth and thread, 110 x 140cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

DAVID WINTHROP, Ten Arches, Graphite, 49 x 36.5cm, 2015  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)

AISHAN YU, Untitled, Pencil and acrylic on card,72 x 65cm, 2016  (Photographed by Colin Mills. Courtesy of the artist and Jerwood Drawing Prize)