Jackson’s Painting Prize 2020 Shortlist announced

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Jackson’s Painting Prize 2020 shortlist has now been selected. From the longlist of 445 artworks, 42 exceptional entries have been chosen by our panel of expert judges. Thank you to everyone who made it through to the longlist and congratulations to the shortlisted artists whose entries are in the top 1% of all the submissions this year.

They are: Alastair Gordon, Angela Bell, Angelina Davis, Anne Carney Raines, Boris Garanger, Charles Inge, Christopher Cook, Conrad Clarke, Emma Colbert, Emma Towers-Evans, Evan Lovejoy, Grace Qian, Guilaine Veneziani, Hilary Burnett, Ieva Kampe-Krumholca, James Hayes, Jan Muës, Jean Paul Beumer, Judith Tucker, Julia Medynska, Keilly Whittaker, Krzysztof Kowalski, Lena Brazin, Maddy Buttling, Mark McLaughlin, Michael Coppelov, Michelle Heron, Neil Callander, Parastoo Ganjei, Pippa Gatty, Raina Goran, Richard Baker, Robert Mcpartland, Robyn Litchfield, Ruth Murray, Sophie Parr, Tim Goffe, Tom Climent, Trudy Harman, Zohar Cohen and Zohar Flax.

View the entire shortlist here

Each artist who made it through to the shortlist is in the running to receive one of the six category prizes and the overall prize of £5000 cash. UK based shortlisted artists will also be invited to submit their works to be considered for the Jackson’s Painting Prize finalist’s exhibition at the Affordable Art Fair Hampstead for the re-scheduled dates: 19 – 22 November.


Jackson’s Painting Prize 2020 Expert Judges Panel

Find out more about each of our expert judges:

Adebanji Alade – Artist, Author, Presenter & Educator

Iain Nicholls – Artist & Winner of Jackson’s Open Painting Prize 2019

Rosalind Davis – Artist, Curator, Teacher & Writer

Elizabeth Dellert – Affordable Art Fair UK Fair Director

Terry Greene – Artist & Writer

Katherine Tyrrell – Artist, Teacher & Writer


Public voting is still open for the People’s Choice Award

In order to vote for the People’s Choice Award, please register as a user on our competition software. You have until noon on the 15th April to cast your vote. Please feel free to invite your friends and families to vote too. The winner of the Peoples’ Choice Award will win a £1000 cash prize and all voters will go into the draw to win a £50 Jackson’s Art Supplies voucher.

Click here to register and vote

*Please note: if you have an existing user profile and you are trying to access the longlist, make sure you are logged out of the competition software and clear your internet cache as your browser may be saving an old version of the page that is preventing you from viewing the new version.


Key Dates remaining:

6 Category Winners announced: 14th April, 2020

Voting for the People’s Choice Award closes: 15th April 2020

People’s Choice Award and Emerging Artist Prize announced: 17th April, 2020

Winner of Jackson’s Painting Prize 2020 announced: 21st April, 2020

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Clare McNamara is the former Editor of Jackson’s Art Blog. During her time in the role, she regularly contributed interviews, reviews, and in-depth features. Clare has a background in fine arts, and her multidisciplinary practice includes illustration, graphic design, video, and music. Her combined experience as both a practitioner and editor informed her editorial approach, helping to shape content that supports and engages Jackson’s community of artists.

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