Jackson’s Painting Prize 2021: Shortlist Announced

Last updated: March 31, 2026
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Jackson’s Painting Prize 2021 shortlist has now been selected. From the longlist of 400 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 0.5% of all the submissions this year.

They are: Denise Howard, Sayan Baigaliyev, Lena Rivo, Antoinette Favre Bonvin, Martin Redmond, Ayda Salami, Ludvig Sjödin, Anja Wülfing, Megan Seiter, Andrew McKay, Sarah Bold, Bianca MacCall, Vivienne Rew, Catherine Corfield, Catherine Knight, Jill Tate, Catherine Lette, Zoë Moss, Robyn Litchfield, Sue Williams A’Court, Virginia Cayzer, Jo Berry, Stuart Pearce, Angelina Davis, Nicholas Baldion, Kally Laurence, Rhiannon Inman-Simpson, Joseph Harper, Robbie O’Keeffe, David Rae, Phillip Reeves, Rachel McDonnell, Lois Davidson, Miranda Boulton, Alfred Griffiths and Emily Faludy

View the complete shortlist here

Each artist who made it through to the shortlist is in the running to receive one of the six category awards of £500 each and the Jackson’s Painting Prize of £6000 cash.

Voting is open for the People’s Choice Award

To vote for your favourite shortlisted artworks in the People’s Choice Award, please register as a user on our competition software. You have until noon on Tuesday 13th of April to cast your vote. Feel free to invite your friends and families to vote too. The winner of the People’s Choice Award will win a £500 Jackson’s voucher and every voter will go into the draw to win a £150 Jackson’s Art voucher.

Click here to register and vote

*Please note: if you have an existing user profile and you are trying to access the voting page, 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:

People’s Choice Award voting closes: 12 pm (GMT) Tuesday 13th April

People’s Choice Award winner announced: Wednesday 14th April

Outstanding Watercolour Award winner announced: Thursday 15th April

Six Category Award winners announced: Friday 16th April

Emerging Artist Award winner announced: Tuesday 20th April

Jackson’s Painting Prize 2021 winner announced: Wednesday 21st April

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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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