Tramway in Glasgow will be host venue for the Turner Prize in 2015, the first time the exhibition and award has been presented in Scotland. The venue was selected following an open submission process overseen by a panel including Tomma Abts, artist and Tate Trustee; Laurence Sillars, Chief Curator, BALTIC; Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate; Caroline Collier, Director, Tate National; and Judith Nesbitt, Head of National/International Initiatives, Tate.
The Turner Prize was first shown outside London at Tate Liverpool in 2007. In 2011 it was announced that the Prize would alternate between Tate Britain and venues around the UK. Glasgow will follow Gateshead (BALTIC, 2011) and Derry~Londonderry (2013) as host city.
The city has a long standing relationship with the Turner Prize, providing its fair share of nominated artists and winners over the years. Shortlisted artists either born, based in, or graduates from Glasgow, include Luke Fowler (nominated 2012), Martin Boyce (winner, 2011), Karla Black (nominated 2011), Susan Philipsz (winner, 2010), Richard Wright (winner, 2009) Simon Starling (winner, 2005) and Douglas Gordon (winner, 1996).
Glasgow City Council Leader Gordon Matheson commented: “Tramway has been described as an industrial cathedral that connects art with humanity, and has a thriving global reputation as a producer and promoter of the most innovative work by Scottish and international artists. In bringing the Turner Prize to Tramway and Glasgow, we will build on that growing reputation.”
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