The Northern Art Prize was an annual arts prize, established in 2006 and first awarded in 2007, that was created to celebrate contemporary artists practising in the North of England, which it defined as the North, the North West and Yorkshire and Humber, as per the boundaries operated by Arts Council England . It was open to professional artists of any age and working in any medium. In 2008 it was described by The Guardian as the "Northern Turner Prize ". It was last awarded to Margaret Harrison in 2013.
19-403: The Northern Art Prize was founded in 2006 by artist and curator Pippa Hale of Project Space Leeds in collaboration with design and communications agency Logistik Ltd and Leeds City Council . The prize received financial support from a range of commercial partners over its lifetime, including Marketing Leeds, Arup and Doubletree by Hilton Leeds. The winner of the prize was directly chosen by
38-540: A Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at Warwickshire College of Further Education in Leamington Spa , graduating in 1991 and going on at Leeds University graduating with BA (Hons) Fine Art in 1996. In 2019, as part of a joint project developed by Rachel Reeves in partnership with Leeds City Council and Leeds Art University , Hale's sculpture Ribbons was commissioned from a shortlist of three other artists to redress
57-614: A masters exchange program . Much of Nashashibi's work consists of films of everyday life in urban environments. She works mainly with 16 mm film as well as photography , print and painting . Her films often use various narrative techniques in order to link staged scenes with imagery of real life. Abbeys (2006) comprises a series of four black and white photographs that each depicts an upside-down view of an abbey's archway that when flipped as such reveals an anthropomorphic face. The uncanny images are based on photos Nashashibi found in an old photograph album. The State of Things
76-521: A panel of judges, however, there was also an online public vote, where members of the public were able to vote for their favourite shortlisted artist from the exhibition. Only once in the prize's history did these two votes align. The inaugural Northern Art Prize of £15,000 was won by Karen Guthrie and Nina Pope . The prize was awarded by Martin Creed . The other shortlisted artists were: Tim Brennan , Dan Holdsworth and Eric Bainbridge . In its second year,
95-535: A two-screen video about the British Consul General in Hong Kong. They have continued to collaborate alongside their individual practices, most often making 16mm films together, to explore shared interests through film and exhibition making including female representation and global cultures. Their joint work has been exhibited widely internationally. In 2019 Nashashibi became the first artist in residence at
114-566: Is a black-and-white film of old ladies at a Salvation Army jumble sale in Glasgow with a love song by the Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum on the soundtrack. The exact location of the film is unclear, and Nashashibi has said that many people, when first seeing the grainy footage, assume the women to be from some non-British culture or from an earlier time. Dahiet a Bareed, District of the Post Office
133-532: The Leeds City Art Gallery drew an audience of over 130,000. Following this success it was decided that rather than holding the next prize in December 2012, it would reach a wider audience if it was moved to the spring of 2013. Carlisle -based Margaret Harrison was the winner of the 6th and final Northern Art Prize; she was nominated by Kate Brindley, Director of Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art . She
152-527: The National Gallery , London, in a new residency scheme linked to its Modern and contemporary art programme. The year-long residency includes working in the gallery's onsite studio, receipt of an award to fund her work for the year, access to the gallery's collections and research, and culminates in an exhibition and publication of work. In 2017 she was nominated for the Turner Prize , exhibiting work in
171-653: The South London Gallery , Jennifer Higgie from Frieze magazine and James Lingwood from Artangel . The shortlisted artists exhibited their work at the Leeds Art Gallery from 28 March 2013 until 16 June 2013, with Margaret Harrison being announced the winner on 23 May 2013. Pippa Hale Pippa Hale is a contemporary British artist, founder of the Northern Art Prize and co-founder of Leeds contemporary art gallery The Tetley . Hale studied for
190-593: The Northern Art Prize, was selected by an all-women panel, who selected a shortlist of four, from a longlist of twenty four. The prize fund increased from £15,000 to £16,500, with each of the shortlisted artists receiving £1,500. The final shortlist consisted of four artists: Richard Forster, Clare Charnley, Paul Rooney and Imogen Stidworthy . Their work was shown at Leeds Art Gallery from 21 November 2008 until 1 February 2009. The judges were led by Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Leeds Art Gallery's curator of exhibitions, who
209-648: The Turner prize exhibition in the Ferens Gallery in Hull alongside the three other nominees. She exhibited the two films she was nominated for; Vivian's Garden (2017) and Electrical Gaza (2015). The work Vivian's Garden was previously presented at Documenta 14 , which focuses on the relationship between and daily life of mother and daughter artists Vivian Suter and Elisabeth Wild at their home in Guatemala. Electrical Gaza
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#1733093486974228-558: The board of trustees of its management company, Leeds Project Space where she served for a further three years, resigning from this role in 2018. She is currently a trustee of the education charity IVE. Rosalind Nashashibi Layla Rosalind Nashashibi (born 1973) is a Palestinian -English artist based in London. Nashashibi works mainly with 16 mm film but also makes paintings and prints. Her work often deals with everyday observations merged with mythological elements, considering
247-543: The complexity of the modern world...”. The other artists shortlisted were: Scottish artist Alec Finlay , Liverpool-based Lubaina Himid and Liverpudlian David Jacques. Mirza went on to win a prestigious award at the Venice Biennale. Merseyside -based Leo Fitzmaurice was the winner of the 5th Northern Art Prize; he was nominated by Kate Farrell, curator of Special Exhibitions at The Lowry . Other three shortlisted artists were: Northumberland -based James Hugonin, who
266-578: The imbalance of women portrayed within the public sphere. It was unveiled in 2024 in Quarry Hill, Leeds , and includes the names of 383 women chosen for the sculpture by vote. From 2008 to 2012 Hale was a council member of the Leeds Civic Trust , in the same period she also served as Secretary to the Leeds Visual Arts Forum. In 2015 she stepped down as co-Director of The Tetley and joined
285-681: The relationships and moments between community and extended family. Nashashibi was born in 1973 to a Palestinian father and Irish mother, in Croydon , a large town in South London. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Art from Sheffield Hallam University , South Yorkshire, United Kingdom in 1995. She completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at The Glasgow School of Art in 2000. During this time she spent three months in CalArts , California, as part of
304-523: Was filmed in the West Bank in an area designed by the artist's grandfather. The film is about people playing football , having their hair cut and so on. Midwest and Midwest Field depict life in Omaha, Nebraska . She works collaboratively with artist Lucy Skaer under the name Nashashibi/Skaer. Meeting in Glasgow, they began working together in 2005 when they made their first joint work called The Ambassador,
323-467: Was successful from an overall long list of seventeen artists, selected by twelve nominators, which had been reduced to a short list that included: Liverpool-based artist Rosalind Nashashibi ; Cheshire-based artist Emily Speed ; and Newcastle-based collaborative sculptors Joanne Tatham & Tom O'Sullivan, who have been working together since 1994. The judges were: Turner Prize-winning artist Tomma Abts , Sarah Brown from Leeds Art Gallery, Margot Heller from
342-703: Was supported by panel members Iwona Blazwick , director of the Whitechapel Gallery , critic Louisa Buck , artist Georgina Starr and art collector Anita Zabludowicz . Paul Rooney was announced as the winner on 15 January 2009. Sheffield -based Haroon Mirza was the winner of the 4th Northern Art Prize for his sculpture Anthemoessa inspired by the sirenum scopuli and incorporating footage of Cat Stevens and Edward Armitage 's 1888 painting, The Siren. Judge, Mark Lawson , described his work as, "Mirza combines old and new technology to create multi-layered installations which offer detailed examination and reflect
361-745: Was tipped as the winner by the Guardian's critic Alfred Hickling; Richard Rigg, who won 44% of the popular vote; and sculptor Liadin Cooke. The judges were: Caroline Douglas, Head of the Arts Council Collection; Tim Marlow , Writer, Broadcaster, Art Historian and Director of Exhibitions at White Cube ; Simon Starling , Turner Prize winning Artist; Simon Wallis, Director at The Hepworth Wakefield with Sarah Brown, Curator of Exhibitions at Leeds Art Gallery as Chair The eight week exhibition of shortlisted artists works between 25 November 2011 and 19 February 2012 at
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