Duncan Campbell has been announced as the winner of the 2014 Turner Prize, receiving £25,000 at a ceremony and reception at Tate Britain. The other artists in the running were Tris Vonna-Michell, Ciara Philips and James Richards. Each of the shortlisted artists, who must be under 50 and either British or UK-based, also received. £5,000. They were selected this year by a jury which included Stefan Kalmar of Artists Space, New York; Helen Legg of Spike Island, Bristol; and Sarah McCrory of Glasgow International Festival.
Dublin-born, Glasgow-based Duncan Campbell was nominated for a video that was part of Scotland’s entry in last year’s Venice Biennale.
Canada-born printmaker Ciara Philips is also Glasgow-based. She was shortlisted for her exhibition at The Showroom, London, where she set up a temporary print studio and invited artists, designers, and local women’s groups to produce new screen prints. She is also one of the cofounders of The Poster Club, a collective of artists who gather to make screenprints, textiles, photographs and wall paintings.
James Richards is a video collagist who creates dreamy, disturbing films stitched together with seemingly unrelated found footage.
Tris Vonna-Michell is known for his use of slideshows to tell narratives which explore personal histories. Like Phillips and Campbell, the Essex-born artist is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art
Last year the prize was won by UK-based French artist Laure Prouvost.
The Turner Prize 2014 exhibition continues at Tate Britain through 4 January 2015.
