The Selection Committee
The selection committee, chosen each year, is comprised of four or five experts from the contemporary art world. Members have included established artists, gallery owners, art critics and writers, art dealers, art enthusiasts involved with our selected charity, and celebrities who may or may not be publicly recognized as accomplished artists.
The judges are volunteers who generously donate their time and expertise, viewing hundreds of entries online and in person, in the end selecting approximately 100 works which comprise each year's exhibition.
The 2010 Selection Committee
Ben Hanly, Lyon and Turnbull Auctioneers - LondonBen joined Lyon and Turnbull in in 2006 as the Modern and Contemporary Art Specialist to establish and develop the contemporary department and help launch the company’s London offices. After reading Art History and Classics at Trinity College Dublin and completing a Masters of Art History at the Courtauld Institute London, Ben made his move into the Contemporary market and has over 10 years’ experience working in a variety of roles, including Gallerist, Curator and Project Director. He has developed projects in partnership with such bodies as UBS, Armani, the National Gallery and the Royal College of Art.
Mark Foxwell, Genesis Imaging Ltd. - LondonMark Foxwell is currently one of the best Printers in London with over 30 years experience, printing for the high profile clients such as Nadav Kander, Boo Ritson, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Dave Stewart and Peter Fraser. Works printed by Mark have been shown in both galleries and major museum collections that include; Museum of Modern Art, New York, The National Portrait Gallery, White Cube, and the Tate, to name a few. Before going freelance, Mark worked at the BBC in the photographic department as a Black and White and Colour printer. Lisa Sharpe has always been passionate about Art and Design – designing shoes out of silk for the Duke and Duchess of York’s wedding at 23; out of beer cans for Stella Artois at 24 and winning major fashion awards at 25. Lisa then spent several years working in the Art world and set up her own company, Lisa Sharpe Contemporary Art, in 2006, which specialises in sourcing art for private clients. “I look for art that touches something inside you – work that has depth and soul.”
Lisa Sharpe, Lisa Sharpe Contemporary Art - London
Louis Singh, Beaux Arts Gallery - London“St Ives in the 1970s was a somewhat lazier place than today. Late morning deals were customarily made with cigarette in one hand and glass of sherry in the other. Back then my father had the Wills Lane gallery which ensured my mind was constantly flooded with images of the St Ives School as soon as my eyes had opened. When I was ten my parents opened the Beaux Arts gallery in Bath which continued to nurture these Cornish roots.
These days with a sister gallery in London, minus the sherry, not much has changed. I busy myself by keeping the gallery from growing old by steering some youth and raw contemporary talent, towards its doors."
Susan Stockwell, Contemporary International ArtistSusan trained at Sheffield University and the Royal College of Art in London. She exhibits in galleries and museums all over the world, including the V&A, London, The Neuberger Museum, New York and The National Museum of China, Beijing. She has taught extensively and taken part in residencies and projects in Europe, America and Asia. Read more at: www.susanstockwell.co.uk
The 2009 Selection Committee
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Louis Singh, Associate Director Beaux Arts Gallery - London |
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Angela Conner, International Sculptor | |
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Moussy Salem, Contemporary Art Dealer |
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Richard Martin, Founder & Chairman of Children of Peace, Former Art Dealer | |
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Sir John Bird, Founder of the Big Issue, Art Enthusiast & Artist |
The 2008 Selection Committee
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John Hurt, Actor & Artist |
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Sir John Bird, Founder of the Big Issue & Artist | |
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Eddie Chambers, Professor of Art History, Art Critic & Writer |
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Peter Suchin, Contemporary Art Critic, Painter & Curator |
