2024 Exhibition Highlights

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The 2024 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition featured 685 works, curated by six selectors including Will Gompertz, Adebanji Alade and Gabrielle Blackman.

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A huge thank you to everyone who took part and congratulations to the 17 award-winning artists, who shared over £12,500 in prizes.

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For the full list of prize winners, please see below:

 

ING Purchase Prize, £5,000: Max Hembrow, The Author.

 

Discerning Eye Founder’s Prize, £2,500: Felicity Gill, Fluorescent Pink.

 

Discerning Eye Chair’s Purchase Prize, £1,000: Paul Newland, Incoming Mist, Winter.

 

Mervyn Metcalf Purchase Prize, £500: Judith Symons, Chair Study.

 

Tabish Khan Critic’s Purchase Prize, £200: Yvan Rolly Nembot, Lydol.

 

Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, £1,500: Gerry Davies, for his 3 entries from the series Flood Story.

 

Cityscape Prize, £300: Dominic Mallin & Laura McEwen, Umbrella Shop.

 

Landscape Prize, £300: Lee Madgwick, Container.

 

Sculpture Prize, £300: Ben Russell, Modus.

 

Portrait Prize, £300: Ruth Fitton, Attitude (study).

 

Print Prize, £300: Cathryn Kuhfeld, Lake Como.

 

Parker Harris Mentoring Prize: Victoria Rees, Vic, You Have 45 Minutes.

 

Seven regional prizes, worth £250 each, were awarded by the board of Discerning Eye to outstanding talent around the UK:

 

Wales: Richard Prentice, Anthropogenic Lidded Vase.

 

North of England: Richard Baker, Unit 5.

 

Northern Ireland: Hannah O’Hagan Guinness No.3.

 

Scotland: Donald Macdonald, Paper No.1.

 

South of England: Louise Lawton, Thirteen.

 

Midlands: Michelle Heron, Waiting Room.

 

London: Liane Lang, Circle Stone.