The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2017

THE WINNING ARTIST WILL RECEIVE:

*A solo exhibition at The Herrick Gallery, London

*A critical essay on their practice by art critic and curator Nicholas Usherwood

*A £2,000 purchase prize of their winning work which will then enter the Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting.

The Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting is the only art collection in the United Kingdom dedicated to painting produced in Britain after the year 2000.

The Priseman Seabrook Collections contain work of international significance by leading British artists including Peter Blake, Alan Davie, Tracey Emin, Lucian Freud, Elisabeth Frink, David Hockney, Colin Self, Mandy Payne, Cathy Lomax, Susan Gunn, Marguerite Horner, Nathan Eastwood, Nicholas Middleton, Paula MacArthur, Simon Burton, Matthew Krishanu and Graham Sutherland.
THE CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING PRIZE: GROUP SHOW 2017

Will feature 12 selected artists who will be asked to show 3 paintings each at:
The Stables Gallery, Orleans House, Richmond Museum, London
Thursday 24 August – Sunday 22 October 2017

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Entry is £18 non-refundable. Please make sure you have read the Terms & Conditions
Applications close at midnight on Sunday 30 April 2017

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THE PRIZE

Artists from across the UK who have a love of painting are invited to submit a selection of 5 images (these should be j-pegs, ideally 1MB each in size) of your more recent work (along with a detail shot, so that the selectors can correctly understand your use of medium and ground) and a statement which outlines your practice to The Contemporary British Painting Prize. This first round of submissions will then be assessed by a group of practising painters who for 2017 are Julian Brown, Matthew Krishanu, Nicholas Middleton and Cathy Lomax (Winner of the 2016 Contemporary British Painting Prize).

From these submissions 12 artists will be invited to bring three original works chosen by the artist selectors to form The Contemporary British Painting Prize: Group Show 2017. A panel of critics and curators will then select a prize winning painting from the 36 exhibited works, with the winning painting being announced on the afternoon of the Private View, on Saturday 26^th August between 12 noon – 2.00pm. The producer of the winning painting will receive a £2,000 purchase prize of their winning work which will then enter The Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting, a solo show at the Herrick Gallery and a critical essay on their painting practice by the art critic and curator Nicholas Usherwood

The Prize Winner selection panel judges for 2017 are: Elena Dranichnikova Founder of the Moscow Art Collectors Group (MACS) and founder of the Moscow School for Contemporary Art. Alice Herrick Artist, curator and owner of the Herrick Gallery, London. Jessica Litherland Visual Arts Producer, mac Birmingham. Stephen Snoddy Director, New Art Gallery, Walsall. Nicholas Usherwood Curator, Art Critic and Writer on Contemporary Art and Editor of Galleries Magazine.

Entries NOW OPEN and cost £18

Entries will close at midnight on Sunday 30 April 2017

Announcement of The 12 Group Show Finalists on Saturday 20 May 2017