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| Jerwood Drawing Prize | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jerwood Drawing Prize |
| Awarded for | Excellence in Drawing |
| Presenter | Jerwood Charitable Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| First awarded | 1994 |
Jerwood Drawing Prize
The Jerwood Drawing Prize is a United Kingdom award recognising excellence in contemporary drawing, established to promote practice among artists, illustrators, painters, sculptors and visual makers. It has been associated with major institutions such as the Royal Academy of Arts, Tate Britain, Whitechapel Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, Royal College of Art, National Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, and has influenced exhibitions at venues including British Museum, Southbank Centre, Hayward Gallery, Design Museum, Saatchi Gallery, ICA, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Towner Gallery, BALTIC Centre, Leeds Art Gallery, and Manchester Art Gallery.
The Prize was inaugurated in the mid-1990s with ties to patrons and educators from organisations such as the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Arts Council England, British Council, Pratt Institute, Slade School of Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, Camberwell College of Arts, Royal Academy Schools, and curators from institutions like Tate Modern, Tate Britain, National Portrait Gallery, Royal Institution of Great Britain, Royal Society of Arts, National Museum of Wales, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Ulster Museum, National Galleries of Scotland, and provincial museums such as Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. Early panels included critics and historians connected to publications and organisations including The Guardian, The Times, ArtReview, Frieze, Artforum International, Apollo (magazine), Art Monthly, and collectors associated with private foundations such as V&A Enterprises and philanthropic figures linked to estates like Glenfiddich philanthropic projects. Over successive decades the Prize shifted exhibition venues between commercial galleries like Saatchi Gallery and institutional spaces including Oxford University Museums, Cambridge University Museums, Durham University Galleries, Norwich Castle Museum, Plymouth Arts Centre, Nottingham Contemporary, Liverpool Biennial, Merseyrail-supported events, and regional trusts such as Jerwood Space, Jerwood Gallery, Arts Council Collection, and county museums including Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.
Eligibility criteria historically referenced networks tied to schools and organisations such as Royal Drawing School, Royal College of Art, University of the Arts London, Glasgow School of Art, Edinburgh College of Art, Manchester School of Art, Leeds Arts University, RCA, Camberwell, Falmouth University, Goldsmiths, and independent studios associated with named artist estates like Tracey Emin, David Hockney, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, Yayoi Kusama, Zaha Hadid Estate contributors. Submissions have been open to professional and emergent practitioners previously exhibited at venues such as Whitechapel Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Serpentine Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, and to those represented by commercial galleries including Gagosian Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Gladstone Gallery, Lisson Gallery, White Cube, Karsten Schubert Gallery, Marlborough Gallery, Sotheby's Contemporary Art sellers, and artist-run spaces linked to projects at Flat Time House and Chisenhale Gallery. The call for entries regularly referenced formats accepted by institutions such as British Council touring shows and competitions like Turner Prize and residencies at British School at Rome, Cité Internationale des Arts, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, MacDowell Colony, and fellowships administered by Arts Council England and Henry Moore Foundation.
Jury panels have comprised curators, critics and directors from institutions including Tate Modern, Tate Britain, National Portrait Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, British Council, Royal Academy of Arts, Serpentine Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, ICA, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Jerwood Gallery, and editors from ArtReview, Frieze, Apollo (magazine), The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, New Statesman, alongside academics from Royal College of Art, Slade School of Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Courtauld Institute of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and international museums such as Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Centre Pompidou, Musee d'Orsay, Stedelijk Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Walker Art Center, National Gallery of Art (Washington), and Museum Ludwig. The process typically involves anonymous or named submissions, longlisting, shortlisting, studio visits and curatorial review, echoing protocols used by awards such as Turner Prize, Sackler Prize, Hugo Boss Prize, Prism Prize, and fellowships from Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Panels have included guest judges who are artists or critics linked to figures like Rachel Whiteread, Anthony Gormley, Cornelia Parker, Phyllida Barlow, Tracey Emin, David Hockney, Peter Doig, Jenny Saville, Anish Kapoor, Yoko Ono, Marina Abramović, and museum directors such as Nicholas Serota, Kirsty Wark, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Frances Morris, Fiona Bradley.
Winners and shortlisted artists often progress to exhibitions and collections at institutions including Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Museum, Saatchi Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Manchester Art Gallery, Nottingham Contemporary, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Leeds Art Gallery, Southbank Centre, Jerwood Gallery, Plymouth Arts Centre, Norwich Castle Museum, and international venues such as Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou, Guggenheim Museum, National Gallery of Art (Washington), Museum Ludwig, Stedelijk Museum, Musee d'Orsay, Frick Collection, Kunsthalle Basel, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, and festivals including the Venice Biennale, Documenta, Liverpool Biennial, Hay Festival, Frieze Art Fair, Art Basel, Armory Show, FIAC, TEFAF, Art Cologne, Manifesta and regional biennials. Notable past recipients and exhibitors have had associations with artists, tutors and mentors such as Rachel Whiteread, Antony Gormley, Cornelia Parker, Phyllida Barlow, Anish Kapoor, Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry, David Hockney, Gillian Wearing, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Paula Rego, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Dame Laura Knight, Maggi Hambling, John Constable, J. M. W. Turner, William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, Eileen Agar, Ben Nicholson, Stanley Spencer, Howard Hodgkin, and contemporary peers connected to galleries such as Lisson Gallery, Pace Gallery, Gagosian Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, and curatorial projects at The Henry Moore Foundation and The Leach Pottery.
The Prize has shaped careers and academic pathways, influencing acquisition policies at organisations including Tate, V&A, British Council, Arts Council England, National Museum of Wales, National Galleries of Scotland, Ulster Museum, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kunstmuseum Basel, Stedelijk Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and university collections at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Courtauld Institute of Art, Royal College of Art, Goldsmiths. Criticism mirrors debates in media outlets such as The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, ArtReview, Frieze and arises around selection transparency, market influence from galleries like Gagosian Gallery and Hauser & Wirth, and curatorial choices compared with other prizes including Turner Prize and Hugo Boss Prize. Commentators and academics from Courtauld Institute of Art, Slade School of Fine Art, Royal College of Art, Goldsmiths, University of the Arts London and critics from Apollo (magazine), Art Monthly, Artforum International have discussed regional representation, medium definition, and the relationship between drawing and institutions such as Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, British Museum, bringing practitioners, curators, collectors and funders into dialogue.
Category:British art awards