A total of 71 drawings are brought together in this group exhibition as part of the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK.
The works were selected from more than 2,600 submissions by Stephen Farthing, artist and Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Drawing, University of the Arts London; Martin Kemp, writer, curator and professor of History of Art, Oxford University; and Sarah Simblet, artist and author.
Selected from original drawings, the Jerwood Drawing Prize has established a reputation for its commitment to championing excellence, and to promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practice. The exhibition provides a platform to showcase the work of UK-based drawing practitioners, from student to established, and as a project helps to define a wider understanding of the role and value of drawing in creative practice.
The four prize winners received unconditional cash prizes as follows: First Prize of £5,000 Juliette Losq; Second Prize of £3,000 Katie Cuddon; Third Prize of £2,000 Peter Macdonald; and Student Awards of £500 each: Linda Meakin and Amanda Couch.
Jerwood Drawing Prize is supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation through its contemporary gallery programme Jerwood Visual Arts. The 20th anniversary of the Jerwood Drawing Prize exhibition was celebrated in 2014, and in 2015 Jerwood Charitable Foundation marked 15 years of its support for the prize.
