Apr 7th 2022
£4,000 prize for work of merit, selected by the trustees of the W Gordon Smith Award.
Marianne Hazlewood for ‘Arisaema Griffith II’
Solo exhibition and two years membership of The Scottish Art Club, selected by representatives of SAC.
Gyllian Thomson for ‘Linear Corridor’
Solo exhibition, selected by representatives of Open Eye Gallery – one of Scotland’s leading contemporary private art galleries.
Jacob Littlejohn
Awards the winner with an exhibition opportunity at the Leith School of Art gallery space. Selected by representatives of Leith School of Art.
Toni Harrower
£100 prize for sculpture.
William Braithwaite for ‘Multitude'
The winner will receive a £150 voucher. Selected by Jamie McAteer, owner of Detail Framing Studio; a bespoke picture framer, gallery and archival photography studio based in Tollcross, Edinburgh.
Joan Smith for ‘Water’s Edge’
£250 prize for sculpture.
Charles Young for ‘Tenement, Fountainbridge’
£100 for the most original work in the exhibition.
Yeonjoo Cho for ‘Conversation in a Cave’
£250 for painting.
Joan Smith for ‘Water’s Edge’
£50 for an artist book
Christine Sloman for ‘Haar (in isolation)’
£250 plus one year’s SFMA membership.
Aymeric Renoud for ‘Peg Stool’
An award of £250 in recognition of artwork by an early-career or emerging artist that demonstrates a unique concept and original or experimental approach to their medium. Selected by Young Space founder and curator, Kate Mothes.
Joanna Tochman for ‘Crater Lakes’ & ‘Marsh’
£100 for an outstanding work, selected by Amanda and Rob Airey.
John Black for 'A Boy and a Girl. They are eating food at home. Carrots and egg. (It’s fine)'
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'There a fisherman. He is catching fish in the water. He is at the river. On a boat. He is using a stick to catch it.'
For high quality, innovative work in any artform. Gift of VAS Membership for a year and an invitation to exhibit at the next Annual Exhibition.
Mae Chan
£5000 awarded to a maker, plus an additional £2000 for a mentor to support their practice. Selected from a shortlist of applicants by members of The Inches Carr Trust and VAS President.
Joanna Kessel
I am delighted to have been awarded the prestigious Inches Carr Creative Development Award 2022. The timing is perfect for me and I am excited at the prospects that this period of in-depth creative research will bring - I’m also curious to see the new work as it emerges... I look forward to sharing the various stages of research and development over the coming months via social media.
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