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Finalists / 2025

Jackson's Art Prize 2025

Jackson’s Art Prize received 12,964 submissions from 129 countries around the world. 932 made it to the longlist, and 115 went on to the shortlist.

Slick With Olive Oil by Eleanor Johnson
Jackson's Art Prize 2025 Winner

Eleanor Johnson, Slick With Olive Oil

Oil on canvas, 150 x 225 cm | 19.7 x 88.5 in

“Eleanor Johnson’s Slick with Olive Oil is a richly wrought painting on a grand scale. The complex, circular interaction of grappling wrestlers and dancers punctuated with hyacinth grape flowers is confidently expressed with skillfully handled oils that are as juicy and glistening as the title suggests.

This dizzying composition borrows from Peter Paul Rubens’ fleshy Baroque excesses to present a labyrinthine whirl of tumbling bodies, in a theatrical approach that explores themes such as aggression, sexuality, and play, and was the clear choice for this year’s overall winner.”

Jackson’s Judging Panel
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Jackson’s Choice Awards

The Portrait by Austin Hayman
Jackson’s Choice Award
Austin Hayman
The Portrait
Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 91.4 cm
Painted With Flowers by Jason Gregory
Jackson’s Choice Award
Jason Gregory
Painted With Flowers
Tempera on linen and paper, 71 x 51 cm
Aberration by Glenn Hernandez
Jackson’s Choice Award
Glenn Hernandez
Aberration
Oil paint, oil sticks, oil pastels on paper, 50.8 x 50.8 cm
Firestone 6 by David Rae
Jackson’s Choice Award
David Rae
Firestone 6
Oil on canvas, 170 x 115 cm
My Father and Mr Cheese Planting Standard Roses by Richard Goold
Jackson’s Choice Award
Richard Goold
My Father and Mr Cheese Planting Standard Roses
Oil sticks, acrylic on hessian, 102 x 76 cm

People’s Choice, Visitors’, Student and Amateur Awards

Can We Not Do It Right Now by Daisy Fulton
Student Award
Daisy Fulton
Can We Not Do It Right Now
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 100 cm
Waters of August by Natasha Motaghi
Amateur Award
Natasha Motaghi
Waters of August
Water mixable oil paint and monoprint on paper, 17.5 x 24.5 cm
What’s Mine Is Yours by Chloe Cox
People’s Choice Award
Chloe Cox
What’s Mine Is Yours
Oil on canvas, 90 x 60 cm
Untitled (‘Beauty as Consolation’ series) by Magda Delgado
Visitors’ Choice Award
Magda Delgado
Untitled (‘Beauty as Consolation’ series)
Soft pastel, pastel pencil on paper, 21.8 x 44 cm

Guest Judges’ Choice Awards

A Burial by Samir Rakhmanov
Anita Klein’s Choice Award
Samir Rakhmanov
A Burial
Oil on canvas, 90 x 80 cm
Dressing Up by Martha Zmpounou
Anne Rotheinstein’s Choice Award
Martha Zmpounou
Dressing Up
Watercolour, monoprint on paper, 90 x 110 cm
Pine Cone by Janie George
Andrew Torr’s Choice Award
Janie George
Pine Cone
Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
The Art of Frying Plantain by Brianna Parker
Péjú Oshin’s Choice Award
Brianna Parker
The Art of Frying Plantain
Oil on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm
Emergence by Sara Rossberg
Joshua Donkor’s Choice Award
Sara Rossberg
Emergence
Oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm
Never Been to Stone Henge by Lulu Weide
Hugo Barclay’s Choice Award
Lulu Weide
Never Been to Stone Henge
Oil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm

Material Awards

Death of Hector II by Sandra Cavanagh
Oil Award
Sandra Cavanagh
Death of Hector II
Oil on canvas, 183 x 183 cm
Tangled by Susan Stillman
Acrylic Award
Susan Stillman
Tangled
Acrylic on canvas, 152 x 112 cm
In the Sacred Hill by Chiho Iwase
Watercolour Award
Chiho Iwase
In the Sacred Hill
Tempera on panel, 25 x 20 cm
Forest by Olga Babich
Drawing Award
Olga Babich
Forest
Pencil on paper, 38 x 28 cm
Otherwise We Are Lost by Eleanor Cottrell
Pastel Award
Eleanor Cottrell
Otherwise We Are Lost
Oil pastel on paper, 45 x 45 cm
Waiting for the Starman by Ky Lewis
Intaglio Award
Ky Lewis
Waiting for the Starman
Drypoint on paper, 50 x 35 cm
Stadtbad Spandau Nord by Eline Brontsema
Relief Award
Eline Brontsema
Stadtbad Spandau Nord
Woodcut on paper, 71.2 x 47.9 cm
Beyond Black 15 by Sally Muir
Planographic Award
Sally Muir
Beyond Black 15
Monoprint on paper, 59 x 82 cm
Judges 2025

The 2025 judging panel

Anne Rothenstein
Anne Rothenstein
Artist represented by Stephen Friedman Gallery
Péjú Oshin
Péjú Oshin
Curator, writer, and lecturer
Hugo Barclay
Hugo Barclay
Director of Affordable Art Fair UK
Anita Klein
Anita Klein
Printmaker and painter, fellow and past president of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers
Andrew Torr
Andrew Torr
Artist, winner of Jackson’s Art Prize 2024
Joshua Donkor
Joshua Donkor
Artist, Contemporary British Portrait Painters member