Griffin Art Prize

Now in its fifth year the Griffin Art Prize has established itself as an indicator of some of the most exciting emerging contemporary artists in painting and drawing. The prize selects applicants who have graduated from recognised art schools with a BA or MA within the last seven years. Alongside the Catlin Art Prize and Bloomberg New Contemporaries, the Griffin Art Prize aims to discover the stars of tomorrow and in the process to highlight the extraordinary calibre of emerging artistic talent in the UK.

The shortlisted artists are:

PALLAS CITROEN
CYNTHIA CRUZ
OLIVIA KEMP
UESUNG LEE
ANA MILENKOVIC
EMMA PAPWORTH

Designed to have meaningful impact on the career of one emerging artist, the Griffin Art Prize offers an annual residency for emerging UK based artists in painting and drawing. It provides the time, space, materials and support to develop work in order to launch a career in London.

The winner of the 2016 Griffin Art Prize will be announced on 23rd November and will win a three-month studio residency at Griffin Gallery and receive a supply of artist materials from Winsor & Newton, Liquitex and Conté à Paris. As part of the residency programme the winning artist will be in the unique position of seeking advice from paint chemists at Winsor & Newton and Liquitex, whilst experimenting with new artist materials suited to their practice.

This year’s shortlist was selected by Rebecca Lewin, Curator at Serpentine Galleries; Jenny Lindén Urnes, owner and Chairman of Lindéngruppen, Becca Pelly-Fry, Head Curator for ColArt International and Director of Griffin Gallery, and British artist Vicky Wright, who was selected as one of JJ Charlesworth’s “FutureGreats” for 2015.