The Northern Art Prize was founded in 2006 by Prize Director and Founder and Co-Director of PSL [Project Space Leeds], Pippa Hale, in collaboration with design and communications agency Logistik Ltd and Leeds City Council. The Prize is supported by Marketing Leeds for the first time this year and continues to be backed by business and design consultant Arup and Mint Hotel Leeds.
Work by shortlisted artists Liadin Cooke, Leo Fitzmaurice, James Hugonin and Richard Rigg will come together in the exhibition on which they will be judged for the fifth annual Northern Art Prize, at Leeds Art Gallery on view until 19 February 2012.
The winner of the 2011/12 Northern Art Prize will be chosen by a panel of industry professionals: 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 and chair Sarah Brown, Curator of Exhibitions at Leeds Art Gallery. Announced on 19 January 2012 at Leeds Art Gallery, the winner will receive a cheque for £16,500 while the remaining three artists each will receive £1,500.
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