THE JUDGES
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21st National Open Art Competition Panel The 2017 Judges included Hughie O'Donoghue RA, Jane McAdam Freud, Kelvin Okafor, Cynthia Corbett & Zelda Cheatle. The 2017 moving images Judges are Elaine Pyke and Adam Saward and the Children's judge is Marta Altés |
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Hughie O'Donoghue RA Hughie O’Donoghue was born in Manchester in 1953 and now lives and works in London and Co Mayo, Ireland .
Solo museum exhibitions include Seven Halts on the Somme, Leighton House Museum, London, 2016, Painting/Memory:Artist’s Laboratory, Royal Academy, London, A Moment’s Liberty, Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal, 2012, The Road, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic 2011, The Journey, Leeds City Art Gallery, 2009, Lost Histories: Imagined Realities Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands and Parables Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France 2008.
His work is in public collections throughout the world including Art Gallery of South Australia, British Museum, London, Dallas Museum of Art, USA, The Hugh Lane, Dublin, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Michigan Museum of Art, USA, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven USA.
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from University College Cork, Ireland in 2005 and was elected to the Royal Academy, London in 2009 and Aosdana in 2013. |
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Jane McAdam Freud Jane McAdam Freud is a British sculptor working predominantly with Installation. She is currently completing a two-year Artist’s Residency at Harrow School where she teaches classes in Sculpture. She has also taught at the Royal College of Art, London and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp. Jane is a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors since 1994.
McAdam Freud was educated at Central School of Art, The Royal College of Art and Goldsmith’s College. She won the British Art Medal Scholarship in Rome in 1986 and the European Trebbia Award for artistic achievement in 2014. In 2016 Jane McAdam Freud was selected to membership of the RCA Court
Her works are permanently on show at the Victoria and Albert Museum and can be seen by appointment at the British Museum. She is represented in several national and international public collections including the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Tate Gallery Audio Archives, National Gallery archives, The National Museum of Ireland, National Gallery of Greece and Berlin State Museum.
She is represented by Gazelli Art House, Mayfair and CE Contemporary, Milan |
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Kelvin Okafor Born 1st November 1985 in London, UK. |
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Cynthia Corbett Cynthia (Valianti) Corbett, American by birth and London resident, is the Director of The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, an international contemporary art gallery which has an annual exhibition programme in London, Los Angeles and New York. The Gallery also participates in prestigious Art Fairs internationally.
Cynthia trained as an art historian at Christie’s Education before launching her gallery in 2004. Prior to this, she had a high profile career as an international economist, specialising in emerging markets, and was the architect and founder of the debt conversion plans for most of Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1980s Cynthia (Valianti) Corbett has an MA from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts and Harvard Universities, whose notable alumni include Lord Michael Dobbs (House of Cards fame), ambassadors from many countries, former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, Shashi Tharoor and the President of the Juilliard School, Joseph Polisi. She still attends Tufts Alumni reunions and programmes internationally.
Since opening her gallery, Cynthia’s original stable of artists have all established successful careers. However, Cynthia still enjoys the process of identifying trends and supporting fledging careers and with this in mind launched The Young Masters Art Prize in 2009, a unique not-for-profit initiative which gives a platform to both emerging and established artists who pay homage to the skill and innovation of the Old Masters and art of the past. The 2014 edition saw the launch of the first Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramic Prize for artists working in ceramics. The fourth edition of Young Masters will take place in 2017 with judges including art historian Godfrey Barker and Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts, Charles Saumarez Smith.
Cynthia Corbett is a founding and Board member of the Association of Women Art Dealers, member of The Arts Club, The Norwood Club in NYC, House of St Barnabas and is a Patron of the Royal Academy of Arts, the Tate, the Serpentine Gallery, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Camden Arts Centre and the Met Breuer in New York.
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Zelda Cheatle Zelda Cheatle has worked with photography her entire life. Firstly as a practitioner, then at the Photographers Gallery.
Opening her own gallery and publishing company in 1989-2005. Following on from this, 2005-2012 she founded and managed The Photography Fund which collected over 6000 iconic prints across the 20th century.
Latterly she has been curating major exhibitions, in China, UAE, Saudi Arabia and London. |
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Elaine Pyke Elaine Pyke joined New Pictures in 2014, as an Executive Producer currently working on a new series called The Innocents for Netflix Originals. Her other credits with New Pictures include Indian Summers and The Missing.
Elaine was Channel Director for Sky Atlantic HD, responsible for all acquired and commissioned programming on the channel, Sky Atlantic strategy, as well as the on and off screen promotion and identity brand of the channel. She oversaw a 15% year on year increase in channel share and a move into original scripted drama which included The Tunnel, Fleming and Hit and Miss and Fortitude.
In her previous role as Head of Drama at Sky, Elaine launched a raft of new dramas including Falcon, Skellig, Inspector Thorne and three Terry Pratchett Disc World adaptations. She was responsible for returning series’ Strike Back and Mad Dogs, which have achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic in addition to two collaborations with Charlie Pattinson – The Take and The Runaway.
She is married to the artist Richard Dawson and lives in Brighton. |
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Adam Saward Adam Saward was born in Chichester in 1963 and lived there until the age of 17 when he moved to London to start work as a runner before moving up to become a production assistant, production manager, producer and executive producer.
He has produced many award-winning commercials and music videos during his career, and has worked on everything from tiny charitable films to epic productions filmed all over the world.
Having owned and run a couple of Soho-based production companies he has been responsible for launching the careers of a number of highly respected directors and produced some of the most memorable and iconic music videos for artists such as The Spice Girls, Texas, George Michael (RIP) Robbie Williams, and many other artists. |
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Marta Altés (Children's Judge) Marta Altés is the award-winning creator of I am an Artist!, My Grandpa, The King Cat and Little Monkey. She studied her degree in Graphic Design in Barcelona and then moved to the UK to study for an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. She graduated in 2011 and published her first picture book with Macmillan Children's Books in 2013. Since then she has won numerous prizes for her work. As well as publishing, Marta also illustrates for French and Spanish magazines, works with various advertising agencies and has run illustration workshops at the National Portrait Gallery. Marta lives in London and her next book is a beautiful new illustrated gift edition of Kipling's Just So Stories, Publishing October 2017. |
THE 2016 JUDGES WERE DAVID REMFRY RA, FIONA KINGSMAN, ROBIN MUIR, ANNA KOSKA & LORENZO BELENGUER. THE 2016 MOVING IMAGES JUDGES WERE SARAH CUNCLIFFE AND KATHY OLDRIDGE. THE 2016 CHILDRENS JUDGE WAS THE CHILDRENS LAUREATE CHRIS RIDDELL |
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DAVID REMFRY David Remfry’s artistic career spans more than 40 years having studied at Hull College of Art from 1959-1964. |
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ROBIN MUIR Robin Muir is a photographic historian, exhibition organizer and a former picture editor of Vogue and the Sunday Telegraph Magazine and currently Contributing Editor to Vogue. He writes regularly on photography and contemporary art for Vogue and for The World of Interiors. He has published many books on photography, including Norman Parkinson: Portraits in Fashion (2004), Unseen Vogue (2002) and its sequels, People in Vogue (2003), Vogue Covers (2007) as well as Under the Influence: John Deakin, Photography and the Lure of Soho (2014). Most recently he has curated Vogue 100 A Century of Style for the National Portrait Gallery, London |
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FIONA KINGSMAN Fiona has worked for the Tate Learning department for 10 years, initially at Tate Modern and then as a member of the London cross-site Senior Management team. She is now working on the development of the Tate Exchange programme, which will be launched in the new Tate Modern building in September 2016. |
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LORENZO BELENGUER Lorenzo Belenguer is an art critic, curator and artist who's been based in London for the last 12 years. Born in Valencia, Belenguer has been writing for the Huffington Post and is currently reviewing art exhibitions for Sluice Magazine, Artlyst and FAD Arts Magazine. He's fascinated by the way Social Media and the new technologies has "disrupted" the art criticism discourse facilitating a more democratic participation. As a curator, Belenguer run the Gallery at Willesden Green, London, for 7 years; and is presently curating an exhibition about Contemporary Minimalism, that includes Gavin Turk, for Le Dame Gallery in Regent's Park, London. As an artist, Belenguer is heavily influenced by Minimalism and Arte Povera and has exhibited in the Tate Modern and the 56th Venice Biennale and has been invited to performances in the Serpentine Gallery and Tate Liverpool. |
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ANNA KOSKA Anna is a published professional illustrator of some 25 years, and to date has illustrated in excess of 100 books. As well as book illustration, Anna regularly receives commissions from chefs, authors and restaurateurs for food and botanical art. |
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CHRIS RIDDELL (CHILDREN'S JUDGE) Chris Riddell is the Children’s Laureate and a prolific writer and illustrator whose work is familiar to both children and adults. He is known especially for his distinctive line drawings with their clever caricature, fascinating detail and often enchanting fantasy elements. He has won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal twice. His solo work includes the Goth Girl series, the Ottoline series and the picture books The Emperor of Absurdia and Alienography. He received the Hay Festival Medal for Illustration at last year’s Hay Festival and was named Waterstones Children's Laureate in June 2015. In addition to his children’s books, Chris is a renowned political cartoonist whose work appears in The Observer, The Literary Review and The New Statesman. |
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SARAH CUNLIFFE (MOVING IMAGE JUDGE) Sarah is an award-winning producer, writer, director and executive producer. Her most recent productions include the ITV mini-series BRITAINS WHALES & BRITAIN’S SHARKS presented by Ben Fogle and Ellie Harrison, which airs in the spring. Sarah set up Big Wave Productions in 1997. Based on the UK’s south coast, the company specialises in wildlife, science and adventure documentaries for broadcasters worldwide. Sarah has overseen more than 50 hours of programming & Big Wave’s programs have won more than 70 international awards and nominations. |
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KATHY OLDRIDGE (MOVING IMAGE JUDGE) Kathy is a marketing expert and film maker who deliberately juxtaposes art and business. |
PAST JUDGES
2016 |
David Remfry Robin Muir Fiona Kingsman Lorenzo Belenguer Anna Koska Sarah Cunliffe - Moving Image Judge Kathy Oldridge - Moving Image Judge Chris Riddell - Children's Judge |
2015 |
Hughie O'Donoghue David Lister Rebecca Hossack Vanessa Branson Amanda Harman Fiona Adams - Moving Image Judge Michael Witt - Moving Image Judge Deborah Curtis - Children's Judge |
2014 |
Norman Ackroyd, CBE RA Vanessa Branson Caroline Irby Chris Orr MBE RA |
2013 |
Dr Barbara Rae CBE RA RE Brian Sewell Michael Hoppen James Green David Middleton |
2012 |
Lisa Wright RWA (Chair) Gus Casely-Hayford Francis Hodgson Cedar Lewisohn Andrew Stahl |
2011 |
Gavin Turk (Chairman) Catherine Lampert Lisa Wright Francis Hodgson Rosie Emerson |
2010 |
Gavin Turk (Chairman) Catherine Lampert Francis Hodgson Lisa Wright David Barrie |
2009 |
Gavin Turk (Chairman) Catherine Lampert James Stewart David Barrie |
2008 |
Professor Maurice Cockrill RA (Chairman) Richard Cork Gavin Turk Pippa Blake |
2007 |
Professor Maurice Cockrill RA (Chairman) Richard Cork Gus Cummings RA |
2006 |
Nicholas Usherwood (Chairman) Stephen Chambers RA Professor Maurice Cockrill RA Marcel Hansellar |
2005 |
Nicholas Usherwood (Chairman) Professor Maurice Cockrill RA Jennifer Durrant RA |
2004 |
Nicholas Usherwood (Chairman) Professor Andrjez Jackowski Terese Oulton |
2003 |
Nicholas Usherwood (Chairman) Timothy Hyman Shani Rhys James |
2002 | No Exhibition |
2001 |
David Messum (Chairman) Adrian Berg RA John Birch Carole Buchan |
2000 |
Mel Gooding (Chairman) Stephan Van Raay David Messum Dendy Easton |
1999 |
Paul Huxley RA (Chairman) Eileen Cooper RA David Messum Stefan Van Raay Tim Wonnacott |
1998 |
Sir Stephen Tumim (Chairman) Dendy Easton Norbert Lynton Amanda Faulkner |
1997 |
Charles Saumarez Smith (Chairman) Harvey Daniels Dendy Easton Jeremy Green Norbert Lynton |