judges - GLOBAL
gavin turk
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Gavin Turk is a British artist who rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the renowned YBA group. He gained instant notoriety when the Royal College of Art refused him a degree based on his final show ‘Cave’. As a result of this installation Gavin was spotted by Charles Saatchi, who included him in some of his controversial exhibitions. Gavin's work has since been collected and exhibited by major museums and galleries throughout the world.
Sarah Martin
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Sarah Martin is Head of Exhibitions at Turner Contemporary in Margate. Over the 10 years she's been with Turner Contemporary, Sarah has worked on projects, exhibitions and commissions with renowned artists, including Daniel Buren, Alex Katz, Edmund de Waal and Laura Ford. Sarah has also worked for Camden Arts Centre and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
Holly Fraser
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Holly Fraser is Editor of Hunger magazine, a biannual style and culture publication that covers fashion, art and documentary. She studied Art at Camberwell College of Art before completing a degree in Journalism at London College of Communication. Before moving to Hunger five years ago, Holly worked for publications like Dazed, Tatler and Grazia.
What they say
What do you do?
I edit Hunger magazine and spend most of my time interviewing people or obsessively watching true crime documentaries
What do you love about art?
I love the power it has to transport you. I’ve spent hours staring at paintings in my own little world, imaging how they came to be
Artwork that first blew your mind?
Jeff Koons’s Puppy. Saw it in the early 90s when I was a child and couldn’t get my head around the scale and how beautiful I found it
Claire Meadows
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Claire Meadows is Editor in Chief and Founder of After Nyne Magazine, one of the UK’s best-regarded coffee table arts publications. She is a regular commentator on BBC Radio Oxford and writes on arts/social issues for the Huffington Post. She’s also a published poet.
What they say
What do you love about art?
Its power to cross boundaries, start conversations, inspire, disgust, evoke, provoke and never stop innovating
Artwork that first blew your mind?
John Atkinson Grimshaw's picture of Hull Docks. We used to have a framed print of it above our mantle piece and as a child I used to love watching the light change in the picture at different times of the day. I'm from Hull, so nowadays the painting makes me feel connected to the culture that existed there long before it became the City of Culture.
Favourite art ‘-ism’?
Expressionism - and not just in paintings. I love the German influence on film that came out of that era (e.g. Nosferatu). I'm happiest when surrounded by coffee, blankets, rainstorms and films made before 1960
beatrice hodgkin
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Beatrice Hodgkin is Deputy Editor of the Financial Times How To Spend It magazine. She joined How To Spend It after a 4-year stint as Culture Editor at Conde Nast's Easy Living magazine. Beatrice has also published several books, the most recent being 'Affordable Contemporary Art: a Guide to Buying and Collecting'.
What they say
What do you do?
I spend my days surrounded by images and news of temptingly luxurious things, places and adventures that I'd love to own or enjoy, but can't quite afford...
Artwork that first blew your mind?
A tie - between the provocative sexual power play in Man Ray's Anatomies, and the furious, complex, confused beauty of Sophie Calle's Take Care of Yourself
Favourite art ‘-ism’?
Dada. Legit madness.
Richard Wilson
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Richard Wilson is one of Britain’s most renowned sculptors. He has been nominated twice for the Turner Prize and has represented Britain in the Sydney, Sao Paulo, Venice and Aperto Biennial, plus the Yokohama and Aichi Triennal. Richard has exhibited widely nationally and internationally for over 40 years and has made major museum exhibitions and public works in countries as diverse as Japan, China, Hong Kong USA, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Australia and Iraq. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 2006.
Fatoş Üstek
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Fatoş Üstek is a London-based curator and writer. She has previously curated miart Talks 2018, Milano; Art Night 2017, East London; and fig-2, 50 projects in 50 weeks, 2015, ICA Studio, London. Üstek is chief-juror for the Celeste Prize 2017, jury for the sculpture section at the 2017 Arte Laguna Art Prize, Venice. She is founding member of Association of Women in the Arts (AWITA); Art Nights Trustee, member of Block Universe Advisory Board, member of AICA UK, and ICI Alumni. She curates, lectures and publishes internationally.
What they say
What do you do?
I read, write, dream, dance, travel, and enjoy pushing boundaries, achieving beyond the probable
Artwork that first blew your mind?
Ayse Erkmen's Sculptures on Air, 1997
Favourite art ‘-ism’?
Stones - I have a collection