Jerwood Gallery

Morphing basket weave, a self-contained laundry and an over-sized charm bracelet are just some of the works that have been selected for the third and final Jerwood Contemporary Makers.

This year’s exhibition, currently at the Jerwood Space, London, explores the notion of making from a variety of creative perspectives.  Selectors Hans Stofer, Richard Slee and Freddie Robins – three of the most inventive names in the visual arts – have chosen 29 makers to take part, each of whom will exhibit one work and receive an equal share of a £30,000 prize fund.

The 2010 Jerwood Contemporary Makers are:
Laura Ellen Bacon             
Chien-Wei Chang              
David Clarke                     
Carl Clerkin                      
Julie Cooke                       
Robert Dawson                 
Nora Fok                          
David Gates                      
Joseph Harrington             
Tony Hayward                   
David Rhys Jones
Kirsty MacDougall
Nicola Malkin
Taslim Martin
Flora McLean
Rowan Mersh
Gareth Neal
Karen Nicol
Heather Park
Lina Peterson
Laura Potter
Tomoaki Suzuki
Ingrid Tait
Marloes ten Bhomer
Maud Traon
Richard Wheater
Conor Wilson
Emma Woffenden
Dawn Youll 

The exhibition, designed by Michael Marriot, takes visitors on a visual journey through the different approaches to the art of making, highlighting its importance as a visual arts discipline.  Jerwood Contemporary Makers is the UK’s only award for the applied arts and is a major strand of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme.

Jerwood Contemporary Makers, was launched by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation in 2008 as a three-year exhibition series supporting and showcasing emerging creative talent.  Each year, a different panel of selectors has curated the exhibition, inviting a group of makers to respond to a different guiding concept.

Jerwood Contemporary Makers will be shown at the Jerwood Space, London, (www.jerwoodspace.org) from 17 June to 25 July before touring to Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, with IC: Innovative Craft.

www.jerwoodvisualarts.org

www.jerwoodcharitablefoundation.org