The Prizes 2017
The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize:
£3,000 cash prize award, and £500 Cass Art voucher
Solo Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Ashurst Emerging Artists Gallery for Jul-Sep 2017
The Ashurst Emerging Artist Employee Choice Prize:
£1,500 cash prize award, and £250 Cass Art voucher
Solo Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Ashurst London HQ for Jul-Sep 2017
The Ashurst Emerging Sculptor Prize:
£1,000 cash prize award, and £250 Cass Art voucher
Solo Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Ashurst London HQ for Jul-Sep 2017
The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize for Rich Mix:
£500 cash prize award
Solo Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Rich Mix's Mezzanine Gallery in summer 2017
(only artists living or working in East London or whose artworks are related to East London themes are eligible for this additional prize)
The Solo Exhibition is to include your winning artwork and some of your other artworks or new works specially made for your show, curated with the organisers.
£3,000 cash prize award, and £500 Cass Art voucher
Solo Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Ashurst Emerging Artists Gallery for Jul-Sep 2017
The Ashurst Emerging Artist Employee Choice Prize:
£1,500 cash prize award, and £250 Cass Art voucher
Solo Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Ashurst London HQ for Jul-Sep 2017
The Ashurst Emerging Sculptor Prize:
£1,000 cash prize award, and £250 Cass Art voucher
Solo Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Ashurst London HQ for Jul-Sep 2017
The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize for Rich Mix:
£500 cash prize award
Solo Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Rich Mix's Mezzanine Gallery in summer 2017
(only artists living or working in East London or whose artworks are related to East London themes are eligible for this additional prize)
The Solo Exhibition is to include your winning artwork and some of your other artworks or new works specially made for your show, curated with the organisers.
The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2017 will be awarded to artists that show significant potential, interesting ideas and a relevant message. We understand that talented artists exist in many forms, so endeavour to appeal to emerging artists of all ages and career paths, whether student, graduate, full-time or part-time, and from any country.
The Judging Panel reflects a range of expertise and tastes, so as a group will effectively identify the best entries.
Ashurst's aim in sponsoring The Art Prize and Emerging Artist Programme is to find and build the careers of talented emerging artists and get their art seen by a wider audience.
The Judging Panel reflects a range of expertise and tastes, so as a group will effectively identify the best entries.
Ashurst's aim in sponsoring The Art Prize and Emerging Artist Programme is to find and build the careers of talented emerging artists and get their art seen by a wider audience.
Judging Panel 2017
Entries will be assessed on a variety of criteria and not necessarily on the tastes of individual judges. Our main aim is to find artists with the most potential, who show interesting ideas and have a relevant message.
Conrad Carvalho
Gallery Director and Consultant
(Panel Chairman)
An expert in emerging art, having started Oaktree & Tiger in South Kensington to launch a diverse selection of emerging artists, organising exhibits and placing their artworks with private clients around the world. Conrad has also given lectures at Sotheby's Institute of Art and University of the Arts London, and various talks on art and business. He is currently advising artists on promoting their own work to gain new collectors and attract gallery representation. He works on a wide range of art projects and places carefully chosen emerging artists in a variety of projects and spaces, including corporate and commercial spaces.
You can see more at www.oaktreeandtiger.com
Gallery Director and Consultant
(Panel Chairman)
An expert in emerging art, having started Oaktree & Tiger in South Kensington to launch a diverse selection of emerging artists, organising exhibits and placing their artworks with private clients around the world. Conrad has also given lectures at Sotheby's Institute of Art and University of the Arts London, and various talks on art and business. He is currently advising artists on promoting their own work to gain new collectors and attract gallery representation. He works on a wide range of art projects and places carefully chosen emerging artists in a variety of projects and spaces, including corporate and commercial spaces.
You can see more at www.oaktreeandtiger.com
Briony Marshall
Sculptor
Briony Marshall is a London based sculptor and installation artist, Council Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and Head of Professional Development of The Art Academy.
With a background in Biochemistry Briony Marshall is interested in the idea of art practice as research. She fuses an intellectual/conceptual approach with an intuitive, materials inspired process to develop sculptures that investigate the natural world and man’s place in it.
Briony has exhibited widely, has been selected for residencies at Pangolin London and in Pietrasanta Italy, has been named one of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘175 faces of Chemisty’ and was recently shortlisted for the prestigious First@108 Public Art Award.
She is also very involved in both mentoring and peer mentoring of emerging artists, including for the highly competitive Royal British Society of Sculptor’s Bursary award.
You can see more at www.briony.com and www.rbs.org.uk.
Sculptor
Briony Marshall is a London based sculptor and installation artist, Council Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and Head of Professional Development of The Art Academy.
With a background in Biochemistry Briony Marshall is interested in the idea of art practice as research. She fuses an intellectual/conceptual approach with an intuitive, materials inspired process to develop sculptures that investigate the natural world and man’s place in it.
Briony has exhibited widely, has been selected for residencies at Pangolin London and in Pietrasanta Italy, has been named one of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘175 faces of Chemisty’ and was recently shortlisted for the prestigious First@108 Public Art Award.
She is also very involved in both mentoring and peer mentoring of emerging artists, including for the highly competitive Royal British Society of Sculptor’s Bursary award.
You can see more at www.briony.com and www.rbs.org.uk.
Howard Lewis
Collector
Director of the Schorr Collection, a collection of 400-plus artworks, predominantly Old Masters acquired over four decades. Howard currently spends his time managing the collection and the numerous long term loans to institutions in the UK, US and beyond, including the Bodleian Library at Oxford University and The Walker Gallery in Liverpool.
You can see more at www.schorrcollection.org.uk.
Collector
Director of the Schorr Collection, a collection of 400-plus artworks, predominantly Old Masters acquired over four decades. Howard currently spends his time managing the collection and the numerous long term loans to institutions in the UK, US and beyond, including the Bodleian Library at Oxford University and The Walker Gallery in Liverpool.
You can see more at www.schorrcollection.org.uk.
Dr David Bellingham
Art Lecturer
Art historian, author and Programme Director at Sotheby's Institute of Art, the leading school in art business education. David also lectures on Classical Art and Architecture, holds a special honours degree in Latin and Classical Archaeology, and a doctorate for his thesis on the cultural and socio-economic aspects of sympotic scenes in ancient Roman and Pompeian wall-painting.
You can see more at www.sothebysinstitute.com.
Art Lecturer
Art historian, author and Programme Director at Sotheby's Institute of Art, the leading school in art business education. David also lectures on Classical Art and Architecture, holds a special honours degree in Latin and Classical Archaeology, and a doctorate for his thesis on the cultural and socio-economic aspects of sympotic scenes in ancient Roman and Pompeian wall-painting.
You can see more at www.sothebysinstitute.com.
Anna Delgado
Partner at Ashurst LLP
Anna is a finance partner in Ashurst's London office, specialising in international Debt Capital Markets transactions. Over the years, Anna has enjoyed spearheading a number of initiatives that bridge the gap between the different worlds of Corporate and Art. This has been possible through collaboration with organisations such as Love Art London and The Old Vic.
Anna is very much looking forward to being a member of the Judging Panel for Ashurst's Emerging Artists competition in Spring 2016.
Partner at Ashurst LLP
Anna is a finance partner in Ashurst's London office, specialising in international Debt Capital Markets transactions. Over the years, Anna has enjoyed spearheading a number of initiatives that bridge the gap between the different worlds of Corporate and Art. This has been possible through collaboration with organisations such as Love Art London and The Old Vic.
Anna is very much looking forward to being a member of the Judging Panel for Ashurst's Emerging Artists competition in Spring 2016.
Rosa Sepple
Artist
An artist working in watercolour and collage, and also the first ever female Vice President of The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and a Director of the Society of Women Artists. She has exhibited throughout the UK, including the Royal Academy in London and won a variety of awards.
You can see some of her work at www.rosasepple.com.
Artist
An artist working in watercolour and collage, and also the first ever female Vice President of The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and a Director of the Society of Women Artists. She has exhibited throughout the UK, including the Royal Academy in London and won a variety of awards.
You can see some of her work at www.rosasepple.com.
NEW: Preliminary Judging Panel 2017
Georgia Adamson-Coumbouzis
Gallery Director
Currently Associate Director at Rosenfeld Porcini in Fitzrovia, London, a gallery that represents a roster of emerging and mid career artists in their 3,000 sq ft gallery and also participating in art fairs internationally.
She previously launched Adamson Fine Arts in 2011, running a pop up gallery in Italy, Le Marche, that focuses primarily on emerging International artists and has also dealt with important post war - contemporary collections on behalf of Arts Consultants Monaco. Her experience with contemporary British sculpture includes collaborative projects with YJA Conservation in northern sculpture collections such as The Yorkshire Sculpture Park and The Hepworth Wakefield.
Georgia’s research was based on 20th century Italian painting and sculpture, including a specialism in Futurism and Arte Povera.
Gallery Director
Currently Associate Director at Rosenfeld Porcini in Fitzrovia, London, a gallery that represents a roster of emerging and mid career artists in their 3,000 sq ft gallery and also participating in art fairs internationally.
She previously launched Adamson Fine Arts in 2011, running a pop up gallery in Italy, Le Marche, that focuses primarily on emerging International artists and has also dealt with important post war - contemporary collections on behalf of Arts Consultants Monaco. Her experience with contemporary British sculpture includes collaborative projects with YJA Conservation in northern sculpture collections such as The Yorkshire Sculpture Park and The Hepworth Wakefield.
Georgia’s research was based on 20th century Italian painting and sculpture, including a specialism in Futurism and Arte Povera.
Adeline de Monseignat
Sculptor
A London-based multidisciplinary artist, she has rapidly become one of the most exciting emerging artists since gaining an MA in Fine Art from City & Guilds of London Art School in 2011. She has been featured in numerous art prizes, gained an exhibition alongside Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and the Chapman Brothers at Victoria Miro Gallery, and is currently represented by the Mayfair-based Ronchini Gallery.
You can see some of her work at www.adelinedemonseignat.com
Sculptor
A London-based multidisciplinary artist, she has rapidly become one of the most exciting emerging artists since gaining an MA in Fine Art from City & Guilds of London Art School in 2011. She has been featured in numerous art prizes, gained an exhibition alongside Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and the Chapman Brothers at Victoria Miro Gallery, and is currently represented by the Mayfair-based Ronchini Gallery.
You can see some of her work at www.adelinedemonseignat.com
Aindrea Emelife
Art Journalist and Presenter
A groundbreaking new and unique voice in the art world, she currently writes for BBC Online and The Guardian and contributes to Tatler, The Financial Times, RA Magazine, amongst other international publications. She has presented art films for the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hepworth Wakefield Museum, the Dairy Art Centre, The Courtauld Gallery and Waldemar Januszczak (renowned art critic, formerly for The Guardian and The Sunday Times, and documentary producer).
You can see her current and previous projects at www.aindreaemelife.com
Art Journalist and Presenter
A groundbreaking new and unique voice in the art world, she currently writes for BBC Online and The Guardian and contributes to Tatler, The Financial Times, RA Magazine, amongst other international publications. She has presented art films for the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hepworth Wakefield Museum, the Dairy Art Centre, The Courtauld Gallery and Waldemar Januszczak (renowned art critic, formerly for The Guardian and The Sunday Times, and documentary producer).
You can see her current and previous projects at www.aindreaemelife.com
Additional judges to be announced over the coming weeks...
Timetable
The competition consists of two stages.
Stage 1: Entered via the online form here. Deadline for entries is 15th January 2017.
Shortlisted artworks will be announced in March 2017, following which the artists will be invited to send the original artworks to the Ashurst London HQ for exhibiting in April to June 2017, and final judging.
Stage 2: Judging will take place and the winners announced in June 2017.
Shortlisted artworks will be available for collection in July 2017, and the winners will be invited to curate, with the support of the organisers, an exhibition of their artworks in the Ashurst Emerging Artists Gallery and HQ for July to September 2017.
Key dates are below:
Sep 2016: Open for Entries via the online form here.
18th Dec 2016: Early entries received by this date can get brief feedback on their submission.
15th Jan 2017: Closing Date for Entries.
Mar 2017: Those Shortlisted in Stage 1 will be announced and invited to send in the original artworks to the Ashurst London HQ.
Early Apr 2017: Shortlisted entries to deliver the original artworks to the Ashurst London offices.
Apr - Jun 2017: Shortlisted entries will be exhibited in the Ashurst Emerging Artists Gallery and HQ for final judging.
Jun 2017: Prize winners will be announced.
Early Jul 2017: Shortlisted artworks to be collected from the Gallery.
Jul - Sep 2017: Winners will curate an exhibition in the Gallery and HQ.
Early Oct 2017: Winners to collect artworks from the Gallery.
Stage 1: Entered via the online form here. Deadline for entries is 15th January 2017.
Shortlisted artworks will be announced in March 2017, following which the artists will be invited to send the original artworks to the Ashurst London HQ for exhibiting in April to June 2017, and final judging.
Stage 2: Judging will take place and the winners announced in June 2017.
Shortlisted artworks will be available for collection in July 2017, and the winners will be invited to curate, with the support of the organisers, an exhibition of their artworks in the Ashurst Emerging Artists Gallery and HQ for July to September 2017.
Key dates are below:
Sep 2016: Open for Entries via the online form here.
18th Dec 2016: Early entries received by this date can get brief feedback on their submission.
15th Jan 2017: Closing Date for Entries.
Mar 2017: Those Shortlisted in Stage 1 will be announced and invited to send in the original artworks to the Ashurst London HQ.
Early Apr 2017: Shortlisted entries to deliver the original artworks to the Ashurst London offices.
Apr - Jun 2017: Shortlisted entries will be exhibited in the Ashurst Emerging Artists Gallery and HQ for final judging.
Jun 2017: Prize winners will be announced.
Early Jul 2017: Shortlisted artworks to be collected from the Gallery.
Jul - Sep 2017: Winners will curate an exhibition in the Gallery and HQ.
Early Oct 2017: Winners to collect artworks from the Gallery.
Criteria for Artworks & Artist
(1) There is no restriction on the artist regarding age, training or nationality.
(2) The artist must not have exclusive representation.
(3) Artwork size must be less than 275cm x 275cm x 50cm for artworks to be hung on the wall, and less than 275cm x 275cm x 200cm for sculptures. If you are unsure, please contact us.
(4) Once you have completed the online entry form, you will be sent to the payment page to pay the entry fee. Please select the correct payment option and enter your name in the notes.
(5) Entry Fee is £20 for first artwork, then £10 per additional artwork, up to a maximum 5 artworks.
(6) To also be considered for the Rich Mix Prize, you must either live or work in East London, or your artwork has an East London theme in some way. This covers all E postcodes.
(7) Further details are in the Terms and Conditions page here.
(2) The artist must not have exclusive representation.
(3) Artwork size must be less than 275cm x 275cm x 50cm for artworks to be hung on the wall, and less than 275cm x 275cm x 200cm for sculptures. If you are unsure, please contact us.
(4) Once you have completed the online entry form, you will be sent to the payment page to pay the entry fee. Please select the correct payment option and enter your name in the notes.
(5) Entry Fee is £20 for first artwork, then £10 per additional artwork, up to a maximum 5 artworks.
(6) To also be considered for the Rich Mix Prize, you must either live or work in East London, or your artwork has an East London theme in some way. This covers all E postcodes.
(7) Further details are in the Terms and Conditions page here.