
Welcome to 2022
Discerning Eye Exhibition

Mall Galleries, London
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Sponsor's Introduction

ING is proud to have been supporting the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition for the last 24 years – making ours one of the longest-standing corporate arts sponsorships in the UK.
In global wholesale banking, we aim to provide a differentiating experience and partner with clients who are on board for a sustainable, long-term relationship. Our strengths lie in combining our global reach with in-depth local knowledge, sector expertise and working hand-in-hand with our clients to address some of the most pressing sustainability issues in the world today.
Our long-standing partnership with the Discerning Eye charity is an opportunity to connect with clients and support artists in a differentiated way. Art and culture have always been important to us and we believe in the power of art to inspire, make connections, and portray times we live in. Through our partnership, it’s our privilege to support emerging artists and make art accessible to collectors in the UK – and beyond.
ING thanks the selectors, artists, Discerning Eye charity and Parker Harris Partnership for all their efforts in preparing for the exhibition.
Please join me in wishing the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2022 every success.
Małgorzata Kołakowska
CEO,
ING UK and Middle East
Chair's Statement
Welcome to the 2022 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition. We are once again in the Mall Galleries and also available online at www.ingdeexhibition.org
Thank you to all of the artists who submitted work – we had a large submission of pieces across many media. It is particularly pleasing that since moving to a virtual submission we have seen more work from more artists based across all parts of the UK.
This year’s selectors: Gurinder Chadha, David Ferry, Alison Bevan, Ansel Krut, Kate Enters and Aindrea Emelife showed great dedication, enthusiasm and commitment in addressing the task of judging and selecting from so many pieces of art. The quality of the submissions was very high and the choices extremely hard as a result. We are very grateful to the selectors and to all of the artists.
One of the key features of this exhibition is that each selector’s choice is curated as a separate exhibition within the whole. You will see within each selection works from, as yet lesser known artists, hanging alongside pieces by those who are more established or internationally recognised.
In addition within the exhibition you will see a further small exhibition of the shortlisted pieces for the DE Drawing Bursary, the recipient of which will be decided during the course of the exhibition.
All works are for sale.
A huge thank you our sponsors, ING without whose long-standing and generous support we could not stage this annual exhibition. In particular Małgorzata Kołakowska, their CEO and her team at ING in London who have led on their involvement with this year’s exhibition.
Finally I should like to thank Parker Harris, our exhibition organisers, whose hard work, skill and enthusiasm is matchless, the team at the Mall Galleries and all of the many and various supporters of The Discerning Eye.
Sarah Hall
Chair,
The Discerning Eye
Previous Selectors
1990
Giles Auty
Odette Gilbert
Sir Roger de Grey PRA
Lord Palumbo
David Poole PPRP ARCA
Brian Sewell
1991
Gillian Ayres CBE
William Bowyer RA
Sir Brinsley Ford
Lord Gowrie
Tim Hilton
John Russell Taylor
1992
Christopher Lloyd
Robin Simon
Sir Judge Stephen Tumim
Lady Marina Vaizey CBE
John Ward CBE RA
Glynn Williams
1995
Colin George
Patrick Hughes
Bryan Kneale RA
David Lee
Edward Lucie-Smith
Julian Spalding
1996
William Boyd CBE
Martin Gayford
Derek Hill
William Packer
Jonathan Watkins
Leslie Worth OBE
1997
HRH The Prince of Wales
Susan Moore
Michael Reynolds
Ray Richardson
Brian Sewell
Anthony Solomons
1998
Anna Somers Cocks OBE
Arturo Di Stefano
David Gluck
Richard Kendall
Dame Rosalind Savill DBE
Philip Solomon
1999
Lionel Blair
Dame A S Byatt DBE
Tom Coates PPNEAC
Justin Mortimer
Charlotte Mullins
The Lady Patten
2000
Sir Peter Blake CBE RDI RA
Dr Sally Bulgin
Michael Parkinson CBE
Emma Sergeant
Colin Tweedy LVO OBE
Dr Frank Whitford
2001
Robert Hiscox
Ken Howard OBE RA
James Lloyd
Mary Rose Beaumont
Sir Roy Strong FRSL
Quentin Willson
2002
Graham Crowley
Griff Rhys Jones
Anthony Lester
Richard Littlejohn
Crispin Odey
Daphne Todd OBE
2003
Diana Armfield RA
Bob Boas
John Caine MBE FRSA
Rachel Campbell-Johnston
The Marquess of Bath
Desmond Shawe-Taylor LVO
2004
Alan Grieve CBE
Mark Lawson
Norbert Lynton
Peter Randall-Page
Anne Robinson
Anita Taylor
2005
Baroness Joan Bakewell DBE
Catherine Goodman LVO
Sir Jonathan Miller CBE
John Orbell
Sir Martin Smith
Nicholas Usherwood
2006
Mollie Dent Brocklehurst
William Feaver
Laura Gascoigne
Anthony Green RA
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
Stuart Pearson Wright
2007
Sarah Armstrong Jones
Drusilla Beyfus
Davina McCall
Jennifer McRae RSA
Dame Stephanie Shirley DBE
Charles Saumarez Smith CBE
2008
Bob Benton
Frances Carey
Fred Cuming RA
Brenda Fenton
Anita Klein
Robin Morgan
2009
Peter Bowles
Julius Bryant
Gus Cummins RA
Laurence Llewelyn Bowen
Lincoln Seligman
Jackie Wallschlager
2010
Timothy Barber
Nina Campbell
Judith Collins
Ishbel Myerscough
Mark Rappolt
Robbie Wraith RP
2011
Eileen Cooper RA
John Deston
John Pluthero
Brian Sewell
Ossian Ward
Lisa Wright
2012
Charles Darwent
Albert Irvin OBE
Chantal Joffe RA
Doris Lockhart Saatchi
Skye Sherwin
Gerald Walker
2013
Liz Anderson
Stephen Farthing RA
Loyd Grossman OBE
Eileen Hogan
Estelle Lovatt FRSA
Professor Deborah Swallow
2014
Giles Brown
Nicola Green
Chris Ingram
Simon Martin
Emma Stibbon RA
Helen Sumpter
2015
Emma Bridgewater
Stephen Doherty
Nicole Farhi
Larry Lamb
Steve Pill
Stephen Snoddy
2016
Dan Coombs
Sacha Craddock
Michael Glover
Celia Imrie
Ian Mayes QC
Chris Orr RA
2017
Ellen Bertrams
Nicola Coleby
Elmo Hood
Anne Magill
Miranda Richardson
Simon Tait
2018
Sadie Clayton
Cherie Federico
Frances Hedges
John Benjamin Hickey
Bridget McCrum
Nick Ross
2019
Gill Button
Charlotte Hodes
Kwame Kwei-Armah
John Penrose
Sir Tim Rice
Louis Wise
2020
Dale Lewis
David Remfry RA
Beverley Knight
Mervyn Metcalf
Jo Baring
Tabish Khan
2021
Anna Brady
Peter Brown PNEAC
Rolan Cowan
Adelaide Damoah
Tony Humphreys
Russell Tovey
The Discerning Eye
Drawing Bursary
The Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary was launched in 2005 to provide an opportunity
for artists to extend their practice by offering the financial support and the chance to
exhibit their work as part of the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition. The winning artist will receive £1,500 and each runner-up receives £150. Congratulation to the seven shortlisted artists.
Drawing Bursary
2022 Finalists
2022 Prizes
ING Purchase Prize, £5,000: Andrew McNeile Jones, Lost and Found, oil on canvas
The Discerning Eye Founder’s Prize, in honour of Michael Reynolds, £2,500: Ian Middleton, Pot Luck, patinated bronze
The Discerning Eye Chair’s Purchase Prize, £1,000: Laurence Causse-Parsley, Leake Street from the Lower Marsh, mixed media on canvas
The Mervyn Metcalf Purchase Prize, £500: Alison Spear, Winner!, pastel on card
Parker Harris Prize, Mentoring sessions worth £300: Margie Andrew-Reichelt, Me Too, lino print, collage, paint, pencil and glitter on fabriano
The Discerning Eye Sculpture Prize, £250: Reece Ingram, Shag, Kilkenny limestone
The Discerning Eye Print Prize, £250: Heather Burwell, Captive, relief print on fabric, stitch, wax, acrylic
The Discerning Eye Cityscape Prize, £250: Ben Ark, Best Hopes and Worst Fears, Mixed media on wooden panel
The Discerning Eye Landscape Prize, £250: Elisha Enfield, 2206, oil on wood panel
The Discerning Eye Portrait Prize, £250: Madeline Fenton, Thinking, egg tempera and oil
Regional Prizes, £250 each:
Northern Ireland: Mark Graham, Love Heart, acrylic on board
Scotland: Jayne Stokes, Four Climbers, acrylic, collage and gramophone needle tin
Wales: Jane Duff, Bluebells and Wild Garlic, oil on board
East Anglia: Yurim Gough, OK Google, ceramic
Midlands: Erin Conel, The Yellow Wallpaper – Virginia Slims, oil on panel
North: Laura Quinn Harris, Jon, oil on board
South East: Hayam Elsayed, Follow the Light, oil on canvas
South West: Laurie Steen, A Space of Light, Drawing 11-22, Conte, coloured pencil on archival mylar
The Selectors
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