Pippa Hale is Founder and Director of the Northern Art Prize: “I’m delighted to see so many new names of the long list this year. Once again there’s a real diversity of media, career trajectories and of course ages – it’s great to see a wide range of artists from those in their 20s to 70s working with sound, paint, sculpture and digital technology.”
A shortlist of four artists will be announced in September and an exhibition of their new and recent work will open at Leeds Art Gallery in March 2013. The winner of the £16,500 prize money will be announced at the Gallery on 23 May.
The selection panel this year are: artist Tomma Abts; Director of South London Gallery Margot Heller; Co-Editor of Frieze Jennifer Higgie; and Co-Director of Artangel James Lingwood. The panel is chaired by Sarah Brown, Curator of Exhibitions at Leeds Art Gallery.
The long listed artists and their nominators are:
Iain Andrews, Didsbury, Manchester, nominated by Mark Doyle, Head of Collector Development (North West), Contemporary Art Society.
Samantha Donnelly, Manchester, nominated by Claire Doherty, Director, Situations and Sam Lackey, Curator, The Hepworth Wakefield.
Dave Griffiths, Manchester, nominated by Gill Park, Director, Pavilion.
Margaret Harrison, Carlisle, nominated by Kate Brindley, Director, MIMA.
David Mackintosh, Salford, nominated by Bryony Bond, Exhibitions Curator (Temporary), Whitworth Art Gallery and Editor of Corridor8.
Rosalind Nashashibi, Liverpool, nominated by Sally Tallant, Director, Liverpool Biennial.
David Osbaldeston, Manchester, nominated by Bryony Bond, Exhibitions Curator (Temporary), Whitworth Art Gallery and Editor of Corridor8.
Magnus Quaife, Mossley, nominated by Gavin Wade, Director, Eastside Projects.
Emily Speed, Frodsham, Cheshire, nominated by Sally Tallant, Director, Liverpool Biennial.
Peter J. Evans, Newcastle upon Tyne, nominated by Kirsteen Macdonald, Curator, Glasgow.
Lothar Götz, Sunderland, nominated by Sam Watson, Programme Director, Circa Projects.
Ben Jeans Houghton, Newcastle upon Tyne, nominated by Sam Watson, Programmed Director, Circa Projects.
James Hutchinson, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, nominated by Sarah Cook, Curator and Writer, Newcastle.
Sneha Solanki, Whitley Bay, nominated by Sarah Cook, Curator and Writer, Newcastle.
Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan, Gorforth, nominated by Gavin Wade, Director, Eastside Projects and Kirsteen Macdonald, Curator, Glasgow.
Kraig Wilson, Saltburn by the sea, nominated by Kate Brindley, Director, MIMA and Sam Lackey, Curator, Hepworth Wakefield.
Tim Etchells, Sheffield, nominated by Claire Doherty, Director, Situations.
Matthew Houlding, Todmorden, nominated by Mark Doyle, Head of Collector Development (North West), Contemporary Art Society.
Kaye & West, Huddersfield, nominated by Gill Park, Director, Pavilion.
Paul Morrison, Sheffield, nominated by Timothy Dixon, Collector.
Sarah Staton, Sheffield, nominated by Timothy Dixon, Collector.
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