The 2019 John Ruskin Prize Winners:

1ST PRIZE: Juliette Losq | 2ND PRIZE: Shanti Panchal | STUDENT PRIZE: Chao Wang | READ PRESS RELEASE

The John Ruskin Prize 2019 Finalists: Balal Aquil /  Omid Asadi / Lucy Burscough / Tracey Bush / Duncan Cameron / Faye Claridge / Judy Clarkson / Wayne Clough / Connor Coulston / Sarah Craske / Smout Allen Design Research /  Sarah Duncan /  Lisa Earley / Kate Genever /  Nigel Goldsmith /  Evagelia Hagikalfa /  Martin Hearne /  Michelle Heron /  Harriet Mena Hill / Marguerite Horner / Benedict Hughes / Juliette Losq / Pinkie Maclure / Farwa Moledina / Julie Moss / Fronc Ng / Kazuki Nishinaga /  Shanti Panchal / Lucy Pass / Lee John Phillips / Hilary Powell / Mike S Redmond & Faye Coral Johnson / Gabrielle Roberts-Dalton / Conor Rogers / Katrin Spranger / Emilia Symis / Kathy Taylor / Danny Treacy / Chao Wang / Pip Woolf / Colin Yates


The John Ruskin Prize Exhibition, Holden Gallery

The 5th John Ruskin Prize shortlist exhibition ‘Agent of Change’ featured challenging work by 41 selected prize finalists. Held at The Holden Gallery in Manchester in summer 2019, the exhibition featured work selected from over 1260 entries (over 3000 artworks).

Watch the video below to see the wonderful occasion and a stunning exhibition.

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.”

- John Ruskin

RUSKIN IN MANCHESTER 2019

The Big Draw, organisers of The John Ruskin Prize took part in Ruskin in Manchester over the summer of 2019 as part of the #Ruskin200 celebrations.

Highlights from The John Ruskin Prize exhibition and event programme in July 2019 by The Big Draw as part of Ruskin in Manchester 2019. Events included: ‘Walk & Gawk Architecture Sketchcrawl’ with Dr Jonathan Foyle, The John Ruskin Prize 2019: ‘Agent of Change’ exhibition launch & prize giving and a talk & tour (with live sketching) with Ruskin Prize Finalists & Alumni: Conor Rogers, Robin Sukatorn and Omid Asadi.

Thanks to: Dr Rachel Dickinson, Master-Elect of The Guild of St George, Zoe Watson, Curator, The Holden Gallery and Rachel Price, Managing-Director, The John Ruskin Prize.