CBP is an artist led organisation which explores and promotes current trends in British painting through group exhibitions, talks, publications, and other activities. The group is run entirely by volunteers from within the membership.
Robert Sherratt's work:
The Ground Beneath
Acrylic and canvas on canvas
30 x 25 cm
Torn Screen Puppet Show
Acrylic and canvas on board
50 x 50 cm
Nocturne
Acrylic and canvas on wood
41 x 51 cm
The stated aim of Contemporary British Painting is to explore and promote current painting. The subtext to this is giving voice back to the artist, the originator and source of painting. The real discourse around current painting is generated painter to painter and emanates from the studio and not from the boardrooms of institutions, directors' offices, lecture halls or galleries.
This prize is artists submitting themselves for consideration and selection by their peers. Another artist we work with regularly at C&C, Simon Carter, is the co-founder of Contemporary British Painting and lead selector of the CBP Prize
The prize has three stages: long-listing, shortlisting, and judging. A selection panel of four members of Contemporary British Painting first draw up a long list, followed by a shortlist of a minimum of twelve artists for the prize exhibition.
A completely separate panel of judges - well-known figures in the art world such as curators, artists, and writers - select the prizewinner and one highly commended painter from the shortlisted works in the exhibition.
PRIZES
The winner receives £8000, a catalogue essay, an invitation to join Contemporary British Painting, and a selector position for the next CBP Prize. The Highly Commended Award is £2000.
Additional prizes include the YAS Exhibition Award and the Judith Tucker Memorial Prize.
The shortlisted artists each receive a £400 exhibitor’s fee.The Shortlist will be announced on Friday 31 July. Then Longlisted artists will be informed by email whether or not they have made it through to the shortlist for exhibition.
The Prize Exhibition opens on Saturday 19 September at YAS Sheffield where the prize winners will be announced. The London Exhibition opens on Thursday 5 November at Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London
About the author
Paul Vater
PAUL VATER
Paul conducts studio visits to maintain strong relationships with artists, designers and craftspeople who show their work with us. He manages the main C&C website and has developed the online shop where selected works are presented for sale.
Paul established his design company, Sugarfree, in 1990 and quickly gained a reputation for delivering fresh, effective marketing campaigns and brand identities for clients including Save the Children Fund, United Nations Association and UNHCR. Over the years those added to the roster include IPC Magazines, Arts Council England, The Roundhouse, Barbican Centre, Arts Marketing Association, Look Ahead Housing and Care, Paddington Waterside, BBC Worldwide, Commonwealth Foundation, Prestel, City of London Corporation, Baker Street Quarter, Victoria BID and the University of East Anglia.