DERWENT ART PRIZE 2014

15 – 20 September 2014

Mall Galleries The Mall London SW1

29 October – 22 November 2014

Trowbridge Art Trowbridge Town Hall Market Street Trowbridge BA14 8EQ

A very warm welcome to this the second Derwent Art Prize Exhibition, which celebrates and rewards the very best creative art produced by the pencil.

The pencil was created and invented in Keswick in Cumbria some 450 years ago, following the discovery of graphite deposits in the Borrowdale valley. This graphite was of a very high quality and purity, so much so that it was once protected by an Act of Parliament. This material was the choice of artists for nearly 250 years until the graphite mines closed in 1895 driven by new techniques in the manufacturing of pencil cores, when clay was mixed with graphite.

The Cumberland Pencil Company has been producing high quality and innovative pencils since 1832 and we are rightly proud of our heritage and of our products and people. Our reputation and Brands are recognised throughout the world and we export to over 85 countries across the globe.

The entries we have received for the Derwent Art Prize categories amply reflect the global reach of our products and this year the quality of the entries has surpassed the very high standards set in the inaugural launch of these prestigious awards. The creativity, talent and passion for producing such a high standard of work using graphite and coloured pencils is truly staggering and a credit to all those who submitted their work. It is our pleasure to produce the array of pencil products that facilitate such works of art and to continue to leverage our heritage at the forefront of the very best pencil products available.

Sincere congratulations to all those who entered the awards this year and of course to those who have won awards, also our thanks to our distinguished selection panel of judges for their help and support in selecting the winners.

We look forward to continuing to support this annual awards competition and exhibition and in working with all of our artists and customers and consumers.

Best wishes

Simon Wells Vice President and General Manager The Cumberland Pencil Company

FOREWORD

Kate Macfarlane is a curator, writer, and Co-Founder/Director of the Drawing Room, located in Bermondsey, London. It is the only public and non-profit gallery in the UK and Europe dedicated to contemporary drawing, and provides a unique resource for the promotion of drawing, its practice, theory and methodology.

‘The exhibition demonstrates the limitless potential of the pencil to realise the ideas of an enquiring mind through a range of applications, many displaying considerable rigour and technical virtuosity in execution.’

Josh Spero is Editor of Spear’s Magazine and Art Critic for Tatler UK. He has written for The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, the Economist and the National Theatre.

‘It was thrilling to see the complex, modern and involving works people from all over the world created using simple, elegant materials - it goes to show that drawing is as strong an art form as ever.’

Professor Anita Taylor is an artist, Co-Founder & Director of the Jerwood Drawing Prize, and the Dean of Bath School of Art & Design at Bath Spa University. She is also an Adjunct Professor of the University of Sydney affiliated to Sydney College of the Arts.

‘The Derwent Art Prize provides an exciting new global platform to understand, demonstrate and celebrate the capacities of contemporary drawing practices specifically explored through the means of the pencil - whether this be graphite, charcoal, carbon, coloured wax, pastel or watercolour - with a diversity exemplified by the works represented in this exhibition.’

SELECTION PANEL

Gabriela AdachGreat Britain

Morphing the etherGraphite2013

Thomas AdamGreat Britain

A drawn representation of a leaning flat manGraphite

2013

Joseph and GrafterCharcoal2014

Margie Andrew-ReicheltGreat Britain

Homage to LeonardoColoured pencil

2013

Dennis AngelUSA

PoiseGraphite2014

Claire AnscombGreat Britain

Crime sceneGraphite

2013

Catherine AnyangoGreat Britain

Gretchen at the spinning wheelGraphite2013

Izumi Aoki SwabyGreat Britain

Devolution seriesMixed media

2014

Natasha-Anne AplinGreat Britain

UnearthedGraphite2014

Jeanette BarnesGreat Britain

CloudGraphite

2014

Lynne BinghamGreat Britain

Leo IPastel2014

Leo IIPastel2014

Rafael BonetFrance

BoyPastel2014

BlanketPastel2014

Alison BoultGreat Britain

A Fall of Ordinariness and Light (The Order Land)Graphite on paper framed in aluminium2014

Jessie BrennanGreat Britain

A Fall of Ordinariness and Light (The Scheme)Graphite on paper framed in aluminium2014

A Fall of Ordinariness and Light (The Enabling Power)Graphite on paper framed in aluminium2014

A Fall of Ordinariness and Light (The Justification)Graphite on paper framed in aluminium2014

Amongst the booksGraphite

2014

Kate BrinkworthGreat Britain

ApneaMixed media2013

1906Graphite2014

Giacomo BurattiniItaly

TemptationColoured pencil

2014

Kathleen BurkeUSA

Untitled 18Charcoal2014

Caroline BurrawayGreat Britain

Milnton Boughs IIPastel2014

Patricia CainGreat Britain

SLG Christmas 2Pastel2012

Mark CazaletGreat Britain

Que je t’aimeColoured pencil

2014

Hoi Ngar ChanHong Kong

A straight line to the touch is worth a circle to the sight 1Graphite2013

George CharmanGreat Britain

UntitledGraphite and marker pen on paper

2014

AfterimageMixed media on paper

2014

Kelly ChorpeningGreat Britain

FallGraphite2014

Anna CoburnGreat Britain

Fathers handsPastel2014

Catherine CreaneyGreat Britain

VitalityColoured pencil2014

Isabelle CridligFrance

Day-zGreat Britain

London riotsPen and pencil

2014

BorderlineGraphite pencil on paper2014

AcrobaticsGraphite pencil on paper2014

Mia de AzevedoGreat Britain

Both Here & ThereGraphite on paper

2014

Chris DunseathGreat Britain

RiversideGraphite2013

Susan EatonGreat Britain

The gardenPencil on cotton paper

2014

Robert EwingAustralia

Looted salt mine 1945 Manet in the Winter GardenPencil on paper2011

Brian FayIreland

Looted mine 1945 Vermeer The Artist’s StudioPencil on paper2011

Roller derby portrait - ScargyleMixed media

2014

Megan FoldenauerUSA

Seaweed bird shadowGraphite2013

Helen GardnerGreat Britain

Portrait de familleCharcoal graphite and silkscreen on paper

2014

Mathieu GruetFrance

Soft light in the bodega 1Graphite2013

Soft light in the bodega 2Graphite2013

Henry HaggerGreat Britain

SoukWatersoluble

2014

Susie HamiltonGreat Britain

CoronetGraphite2012

HiddenplaceGraphite2013

Takayuki HaraGreat Britain

Vader (Father)Coloured pencil and embroidery on canvas and MDF

2013

Moeder (Mother)Coloured pencil and embroidery on canvas and MDF

2013

Sonja HillenNetherlands

Flower power 2Pastel on tracing paper2014

Nicky HobermanGreat Britain

St Pancras WellsMixed media

2013

Tile Kilns Maiden LaneMixed media

2014

Anne HowesonGreat Britain

The cloudColoured pencil2012

Meaghan HyckieCanada

After dinnerColoured pencil

2014

Tegan IversenAustralia

After the floodGraphite2013

Pipe dreamsGraphite2012

Michael JohnsonGreat Britain

Tomás II Charcoal

2014

Javier Jurado Spain

Afghanistan 01Charcoal on paper2014

Ilona KissGreat Britain

Study for a landscape | colossal muralGraphite

2014

Matthieu LegerGreat Britain

Study for Place 07Charcoal2013

Robert McPartlandGreat Britain

HörnanColoured pencil

2014

StanleyColoured pencil

2014

Brian MorrisSweden

Ref 1107Coloured pencil2011

Lawrence Nash RWAGreat Britain

Wilson’s informer is watching NagogoPastel2013

Nicolas Nicolini & Mathias SchechGermany

detailPencil on paper2013

eggPencil on paper2013

Catherine RileyGreat Britain

Indecipherable texts 2Mixed media

2014

Indecipherable texts 3Mixed media

2014

Katy Sayers GreenGreat Britain

TurpentineMixed media2011

Hagit ShahalIsrael

Ta - iL #7Graphite pencil on board

2014

Bada Song Great Britain

six nine oneGraphite2011

Euan G. StewartGreat Britain

Confused head with triangles and circle 1Mixed Media

2014

Sally TaylorGreat Britain

Self portrait as Anna AkhmatovaGraphite2014

Alan TurnbullGreat Britain

Garden garage marriageColoured pencil

2013

Patsy WhitingGreat Britain

Immanence XICharcoal2014

Immanence IXCharcoal2014

Immanence VCharcoal2014

Katarzyna WiesiolekPoland

CrossingCharcoal

2014

Ryotaro YamanakaJapan

The Derwent Art Prize would like to thank all those involved for their contribution to making this exhibition possible, in particular:

The selectors for all their time and expertise.

All the team at Parker Harris www.parkerharris.co.uk

UK Coloured Pencil Society www.ukcps.co.uk

The Cumberland Pencil Company Derwent House Jubilee Road Lillyhall Business Park Workington Cumbria CA14 4HS

Published to accompany the Derwent Art Prize 2014 exhibition.

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