The Turner Prize exhibition will be presented for the first time this year at a non-Tate venue, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Gateshead, opening on 21 October 2011. The winner of the prize will be announced on the 5 December 2011.
The shortlisted artists are:
Karla Black
Karla Black was born in Alexandria, Scotland in 1972 and lives and works in Glasgow. Her work was recently presented in the 54th Venice Biennale (2011) for Scotland + Venice. Other solo exhibitions include Karla Black, Capitain Petzel, Berlin and Ten Sculptures, Kunsthalle Nürnberg (2010); and Karla Black, Modern Art Oxford (2009).
Martin Boyce
Martin Boyce was born in Hamilton, Scotland in 1967 and lives and works in Glasgow. His solo exhibitions include A Library of Leaves at Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich (2010), No Reflections for the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009) and That Blows Through Concrete Leaves, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2007).
Hilary Lloyd
Hilary Lloyd was born in Halifax 1964 and lives and works in London. Major exhibitions of her work have been held at Raven Row, London (2010), Tramway Glasgow, Le Consortium Dijon (both 2009) and Munich Kunstverein (2006).
George Shaw
George Shaw was born in Coventry in 1966 and lives and works in North Devon. Major solo exhibitions include The Sly and Unseen Day, South London Gallery (2011) BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2011), Looking for Baz, Shaz, Gaz and Daz, VOID, Derry (2010) and Woodsman, Wilkinson Gallery, London (2009).
The value of the Turner Prize is £40,000 with £25,000 going to the winner and £5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists. The Prize, established in 1984, is awarded to a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding 4 April 2011. It aims to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art and is widely recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for the visual arts in Europe.
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Channel 4’s association with the Turner Prize. Channel 4 is sponsoring the prize fund of £40,000. They will broadcast the live announcement of the winner on 5 December 2011 and a series of short films about the shortlisted artists will feature on Channel 4, as well as additional programming on More4.
The members of The Turner Prize 2011 Jury are:
- Katrina Brown, Director, The Common Guild, Glasgow
- Vasif Kortun, Platform Garanti, Istanbul
- Nadia Schneider, Freelance curator
- Godfrey Worsdale, Director, BALTIC
The Jury is chaired by Penelope Curtis, Director, Tate Britain.
The Gallery is at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art at Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3BA
Admission is free and opening hours are as follows:
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