This year, Jackson’s Art Prize received 15,345 submissions from 117 countries around the world. 426 made it to the longlist, and 70 went on to the shortlist. From these 70, 20 artworks were awarded prizes including this year’s First Prize winner, Andrew Torr. View the prizewinners below.
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Oil on linen, 120 x 120 cm | 47.2 x 47.2 in
“Andrew Torr’s melancholic Estate deftly evokes the familiar yet inconspicuous spaces where a housing estate meets the countryside and gently injects this highly accomplished painting with a hint of Romanticism.
Quiet and understated, Estate gradually reveals a skilful combination of techniques from the fine foreground detail and the curious abstract flecks in the midground to the spare brushwork that evokes the buildings which begin to melt into the sky where they meet on the horizon.” Jackson’s Judging Committee
Oil on canvas, 127 x 117.5 cm | 50 x 46.2 in
“Alessandra Acierno’s painting Leaving The House, Followed is about encounter and unease, and how, for the viewer, a lack of crucial details about this crossing of paths dislocates its meaning.
Through clever use of close tones and harmonious hues, this complex and ominous work exudes a powerful emotional intensity and a jarring suspended narrative.” Jackson’s Judging Committee
Oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm | 35.4 x 47.2 in
“Danny Leyland’s work revels in the idea of time, place and meaning overlapping where ghosts from the past clash with the present. His painting has a loose, almost collaged style that creates something intriguing and compelling.” Jackson’s Judging Committee
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 200 x 130 cm | 78.7 x 51.1 in
“Sumptuous colour choices that play with big tonal shifts to create something fresh and contemporary in feel, Jakob Scheidt’s The Three is highly accomplished both formally and figuratively.” Jackson’s Judging Committee
Oil on canvas, 160 x 120 cm | 69.9 x 47.2 in
“Emeli Theander’s playful and lyrical painting has a mysterious, almost baroque feel. A reflection on motherhood, Beasts has a wonderful sense of movement counterbalanced by the stillness of the water.” Jackson’s Judging Committee
Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 40 cm | 31.4 x 15.7 in
Thank you for voting for the winner of the People’s Choice Award from the longlist.
The winners of the Judge’s Choice Awards were selected by the Guest Judging Panel for 2024: Matthew Burrows, Joey Yu, Alayo Akinkugbe, Charlotte Sorapure, Hugo Barclay, and Melissa Ling.
Congratulations to the following artists, who will each receive up to £1,000 worth of fine art materials from this year’s Award Sponsors. We would like to thank Michael Harding, Golden, Schmincke, Faber-Castell, Unison Colour, St Cuthberts Mill, Cranfield, and Speedball for sponsoring the Material Awards.
This year’s Guest Judging Panel was made up of a star-studded range of artists and industry experts.
For the first time, each of the judges selected their own winner, making up the six Judge’s Choice Awards.
The remaining 13 award winners were selected by the Jackson’s judging committee.
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Artist and illustrator
Joey Yu is a London-based illustrator and artist working primarily in a hand-drawn, mixed media style. Having graduated from Kingston School of Art in 2017, she has gone on to work with clients such as Rimowa, Debeers, The Guardian, Lulu Guinness, Tate and more. Previous artist residency locations include Seoul, Korea and Bahia, Brazil. With her expressive mixture of both immediate hand drawn styles and digital sketches, she hopes to continue daydreaming, playing with everyday perspectives and warping the ways we view things.
Artist, social entrepreneur, founder of Artist Support Pledge
Matthew Burrows MBE is a contemporary British painter and founder of Artist Support Pledge, a global Instagram movement in support of artists and makers. Burrows speaks of painting as a form of connection and subsistence, dependent on and arising from the ground at his feet. Represented by Vigo Gallery, London his work has been exhibited widely including Wellington Arch, Alexia Goethe Gallery and Towner Art Gallery.
View Matthew’s website | Follow Matthew on Instagram
Watch Matthew’s interview film on Instagram or read it in full on our blog.
Art historian, curator, founder of A Black History of Art
Alayo Akinkugbe is an art historian, writer and the founder of Instagram platform, @ABlackHistoryOfArt, which highlights Black artists, sitters, curators and thinkers from art history and the present day. She writes the column Black Gazes for AnOther Magazine and is the host of the podcast, A Shared Gaze.
Artist
Trained at the Royal Academy of Arts, Charlotte has exhibited with Messum’s in London, the south west of England and galleries abroad. “At the heart of everything is drawing. I strive for compositional impact, and attempt to imbue paintings with subtlety and mystery. These overriding concerns link the diverse range of subject matter, from observed to more imaginary themes and ideas.”
Director of Affordable Art Fair UK
Hugo Barclay is UK Fair Director at Affordable Art Fair, leading the execution of three London art fairs. His previous experience includes managing the gallery programme at London Art Fair and among previous roles at Artsy and art advisories. He has an acute understanding of the gallery ecosystem he is particularly passionate about nurturing living artists, and the galleries supporting them.
View Hugo’s website | Follow Hugo on Instagram
View Affordable Art Fair’s website
Watch Hugo’s interview film on Instagram or read it in full on our blog.
Artist, winner of Jackson’s Art Prize 2023
Melissa Ling was born and raised in New York City to parents who emigrated from China. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute. Her work has been exhibited in the United States and the Philippines, including Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA; First Street Gallery, New York; Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York; Blanc Gallery, Philippines.
She has been an invited guest at Pratt Institute, as well as a visiting professor at Parsons School of Design. She will be a part of the Project Studio Residency Program at Painting Space 122 from 2023-24.
First Prize: £5,000 + £2,000 art materials
Second Prize: £3,000 + £1,000 art materials
Runner up (x3): £1,000 art materials each
Judge’s Choice (x6): £1,000 art materials each
People’s Choice: £1,000 art materials
Materials Awards and Sponsors:
Oil: Michael Harding
Acrylic: Golden
Watercolour: Schmincke
Drawing: Faber-Castell
Pastel: Unison Colour
Intaglio: St Cuthberts Mill
Relief: Cranfield
Planographic: Speedball + Jackson’s
Returning to Bankside Gallery for a second year, Jackson’s Art Prize presented a selection of the 2024 shortlisted and prize-winning artists.
After receiving 15,345 submissions from 117 countries, the exhibition shared a snapshot of contemporary ideas from around the world.
Most artworks that were on show at Bankside Gallery are available to purchase from Jackson’s Art Gallery. Browse the artworks now.
For the fifth year, we were delighted to partner with Affordable Art Fair on Hampstead Heath to exhibit a selection of artworks from Jackson’s Art Prize 2024. The overall curation involved all the available prize-winners, including the First Prize winner, Estate by Andrew Torr.
The exhibition was a great success, with many pieces sold over the four-day period, and thousands of visitors to the stand.
We look forward to returning next year!
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