The nominated artists for 2013 (in alphabetical order):

Laure Prouvost (WINNER)

Tino Sehgal

David Shrigley

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Artist Biographies

Laure Prouvost

For her new work Wantee commissioned with Grizedale Arts for inclusion in Schwitters in Britain at Tate Britain and for her two-part installation for the Max Mara Art Prize for Women, resulting from a residency in Italy and presented in collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery. Her unique approach to filmmaking, often situated within atmospheric installations, employs strong story telling, quick cuts, montage and deliberate misuse of language ;to create surprising and unpredictable work.

Tino Sehgal

For his pioneering projects This Variation at documenta (XIII) and These Associations at Tate Modern. Both structured and improvised, Seghal’s intimate works consist purely of live encounters between people and demonstrate a keen sensitivity to their institutional context. Through participatory means, they test the limits of artistic material and audience perception in a new and significant way.

David Shrigley

For his solo exhibition at Hayward Gallery David Shrigley: Brain Activity which offered a comprehensive overview and new perspectives on his work. Including not only his well-loved drawings but also photography, sculpture and film, the exhibition revealed his black humour, macabre intelligence and infinite jest.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

For her exhibition Extracts and Verses at Chisenhale Gallery. Yiadom-Boakye’s intriguing paintings appear traditional but are in fact much more innovative. Her portraits of imaginary people use invented pre-histories and raise pertinent questions about how we read pictures in general, particularly with regard to black subjects.

About the Turner Prize

The Turner Prize award is £40,000 with £25,000 going to the winner and £5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists. The Prize, established in 1984, is awarded to a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding 16 April 2013. It is intended to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art and is widely recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for the visual arts in Europe.

The members of the Turner Prize 2013 jury:

Annie Fletcher, Head of Exhibitions, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.

Susanne Gaensheimer, Director of Frankfurt’s Museum of Modern Art.

Declan Long, writer and lecturer at National College of Art and Design, Dublin.

Ralph Rugoff, Director of Hayward Gallery, London.

The jury was chaired by Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate Britain.

History of the Turner Prize

1984

Winner: Malcolm Morley

Shortlist

• Richard Deacon
• Gilbert & George
• Richard Long
• Malcolm Morley

Jury

• Rudi Fuchs, Director, Van Abbemuseum
• John McEwen, art consultant, Sunday Times Magazine
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Whitechapel Art Gallery
• Felicity Waley-Cohen, Chairman, Patrons of New Art
• Alan Bowness, Director, Tate Gallery

1985

Winner: Howard Hodgkin

Shortlist

• Terry Atkinson
• Tony Cragg
• Ian Hamilton Finlay
• Milena Kalinovska
• Howard Hodgkin
• John Walker

Jury

• Lynne Cooke, lecturer in the History of Art, University College London
• Mark Francis, Director, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
• Max Gordon, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Kynaston McShine, Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Alan Bowness, Director, Tate Gallery

1986

Winner: Gilbert & George

Shortlist

• Art & Language
• Victor Burgin
• Gilbert & George
• Derek Jarman
• Stephen McKenna
• Bill Woodrow

Commended

• Nicholas Serota
• Matthew Collings
• Robin Klassnik

Jury

• Jean Christophe Amman, Director, Kunsthalle, Basel
• David Elliot, Director, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
• Frederck Roos, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Alan Bowness, Director, Tate Gallery

1987

Winner: Richard Deacon

Shortlist

• Patrick Caulfield
• Helen Chadwick
• Richard Deacon
• Richard Long
• Declan McGonagle
• Thérèse Oulton

Jury

• Kasper Koenig, critic and organiser of Westkunst in Cologne and outdoor sculpture exhibition in Munster
• Catherine Lampert, Snr. Exhibitions Organiser, Hayward Gallery
• Oliver Prenn, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Richard Shone, writer and art critic
• Alan Bowness, Director, Tate Gallery

1988

Winner: Tony Cragg

Shortlist

• Tony Cragg
• Lucian Freud
• Richard Hamilton
• Richard Long
• David Mach
• Boyd Webb
• Alison Wilding
• Richard Wilson

Jury

• Richard Cork, critic and art historian
• Carmen Gimenez, Director of the National Exhibitions Centre, Ministry of Culture, Madrid
• Henry Meyric-Hughes, Fine Arts Department, The British Council
• Jill Ritblat, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Nicholas Serota, Director elect, Tate Gallery

1989

Winner: Richard Long

Commended

• Gillian Ayres
• Lucian Freud
• Richard Long
• Giuseppe Penone
• Paula Rego
• Sean Scully
• Richard Wilson

Jury

• Barry Barker, Director, Arnolfini
• Bernard Blistene, Curator, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
• Richard Dorment, art critic, Daily Telegraph
• Evelyn Jacobs, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery

1990

No prize

1991

Winner: Anish Kapoor

Shortlist

• Ian Davenport
• Anish Kapoor
• Fiona Rae
• Rachel Whiteread

Jury

• Maria Corral, Director, Reina Sofia Centre, Madrid
• Penny Govett, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Andrew Graham-Dixon, art critic, Independent
• Norman Rosenthal, Exhibitions Secretary, Royal Academy of Arts
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery

1992

Winner: Grenville Davey

Shortlist

• Grenville Davey
• Damien Hirst
• David Tremlett
• Alison Wilding

Jury

• Marie-Claude Beaud, Director, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
• Robert Hopper, Director, Henry Moore Sculpture Trust
• Howard Karshan, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Sarah Kent, art critic, Time Out
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery

1993

Winner: Rachel Whiteread

Shortlist

• Hannah Collins
• Vong Phaophanit
• Sean Scully
• Rachel Whiteread    

Jury

• Iwona Blazwick, curator
• Carole Conrad, art historian and representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Declan McGonagle, Director, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
• David Sylvester, art historian
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery

1994

Winner: Antony Gormley

Shortlist

• Willie Doherty
• Peter Doig
• Antony Gormley
• Shirazeh Houshiary  

Jury

• Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, Director of Visual Arts, Arts Council of England
• Roger Bevan, representative of the Patrons of New Art and contemporary art correspondent, The Art Newspaper
• Jenni Lomax, Director, Camden Arts Centre, London
• Milada Slizinska, curator and art historian, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery

1995

Winner: Damien Hirst

Shortlist

• Mona Hatoum
• Damien Hirst
• Callum Innes
• Mark Wallinger

Jury

• William Feaver, art critic, Observer
• Gary Garrels, Curator of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• George Loudon, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Elizabeth Macgregor, Director, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery

1996

Winner: Douglas Gordon

Shortlist

• Douglas Gordon
• Craigie Horsfield
• Simon Patterson

Jury

• Bice Curiger, Editor-in-Chief, Parkett Magazine
• Mel Gooding, writer and critic
• Edward Lee, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• James Lingwood, curator and co-director of Artangel Trust
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery

1997

Winner: Gillian Wearing

Shortlist

• Christine Borland
• Angela Bulloch
• Cornelia Parker
• Gillian Wearing

Jury

• Penelope Curtis, curator, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
• Lars Nittve, Director of the Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
• Marina Vaizey, writer, art critic and lecturer
• Jack Wendler, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery

1998

Winner: Chris Ofili

Shortlist

• Tacita Dean
• Cathy de Monchaux
• Chris Ofili
• Sam Taylor-Wood

Jury

• Ann Gallagher, Exhibition Officer, British Council
• Fumio Nanjo, curator and critic
• Neil Tennant, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Marina Warner, author and critic
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery

1999

Winner: Steve McQueen

Shortlist

• Tracey Emin
• Steve McQueen
• Steven Pippin
• Jane and Louise Wilson 

Jury

• Bernhard Bürgi, Director of the Kunsthalle, Zurich
• Sacha Craddock, writer and critic
• Alice Rawsthorn, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery

2000

Winner: Wolfgang Tillmans

Shortlist

• Glenn Brown
• Michael Raedecker
• Tomoko Takahashi
• Wolfgang Tillmans

Jury

• Jan Debbaut, Director of Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
• Keir McGuinness, Chairman of Patrons of New Art
• Julia Peyton-Jones, Director of the Serpentine Gallery, London
• Matthew Slotover, Publisher of Frieze magazine
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate

2001

Winner: Martin Creed

Shortlist

• Richard Billingham
• Martin Creed
• Isaac Julien
• Mike Nelson  

Jury

• Patricia Bickers, Editor, Art Monthly
• Stuart Evans, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Robert Storr, Senior Curator, Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Jonathan Watkins, Director, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate

2002

Winner: Keith Tyson

Shortlist

• Fiona Banner
• Liam Gillick
• Keith Tyson
• Catherine Yass

Jury

• Alfred Pacquement, Director, Pompidou Centre
• Michael Archer, writer and critic
• Greville Worthington, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate

2003

Winner: Grayson Perry

Shortlist

• Jake and Dinos Chapman
• Willie Doherty
• Anya Gallaccio
• Grayson Perry

Jury

• Andrew Wilson, Critic and Deputy Editor, Art Monthly
• Richard Calvocoressi, Director, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
• Frank Cohen, representative of the Patrons of New Art
• Chrissie Iles, Curator, Film and Video, Whitney Museum of American Art
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate

2004

Winner: Jeremy Deller

Shortlist

• Kutlug Ataman
• Jeremy Deller
• Langlands and Bell
• Yinka Shonibare

Jury

• Catherine David, Director, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
• Adrian Searle, Art Critic, The Guardian
• Robert Taylor, representative of Tate Patrons
• David Thorp, Curator, Contemporary Projects, Henry Moore Foundation
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate

2005

Winner: Simon Starling

Shortlist

• Darren Almond
• Gillian Carnegie
• Jim Lambie
• Simon Starling

Jury

• Louisa Buck, London contemporary art correspondent, The Art Newspaper
• Kate Bush, Head of Art Galleries, Barbican Art Gallery
• Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, art critic and Lecturer, Modern Irish Department, University College Dublin
• Eckhard Schneider, Director, Kunsthaus Bregenz
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate and Chairman of the Jury

2006

Winner: Tomma Abts

Shortlist

• Tomma Abts
• Phil Collins
• Mark Titchner
• Rebecca Warren

Jury

• Lynn Barber, writer, Observer
• Margot Heller, Director, South London Gallery
• Matthew Higgs, Director and Chief Curator, White Columns, New York
• Andrew Renton, writer and Director of Curating, Goldsmiths College
• Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate and Chairman of the Jury

2007

Winner: Mark Wallinger

Shortlist

• Zarina Bhimji
• Nathan Coley
• Mike Nelson
• Mark Wallinger

Jury

• Fiona Bradley, Director of the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
• Michael Bracewell, writer and critic
• Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator at the Studio Museum, Harlem
• Christoph Grunenberg, Director of Tate Liverpool

2008

Winner: Mark Leckey

Shortlist

• Runa Islam
• Mark Leckey
• Goshka Macuga
• Cathy Wilkes

Jury

• David Adjaye, Architect and Director, Adjaye Associates
• Daniel Birnbaum, Director, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt
• Suzanne Cotter, Senior Curator and Deputy Director, Modern Art Oxford
• Jennifer Higgie, Editor, Frieze
• Stephen Deuchar, Director, Tate Britain and Chair of the Jury

2009

Winner: Richard Wright

Shortlist

• Enrico David
• Roger Hiorns
• Lucy Skaer
• Richard Wright

Jury

• Charles Esche, Director Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven Mariella Frostrup
• Jonathan Jones, Art critic, The Guardian
• Dr Andrea Schlieker, Director Folkestone Triennial
• Stephen Deuchar, Director, Tate Britain and Chair of the Jury

2010

Winner: Susan Philipsz

Shortlist

• Dexter Dalwood
• Angela de la Cruz
• Susan Philipsz
• The Otolith Group

Jury

• Isabel Carlos, Director, José de Azeredo Perdigão Modern Art Centre (CAMJAP), Lisbon    
• Philip Hensher, Writer, critic and journalist    
• Andrew Nairne, Executive Director, Arts Strategy, Arts Council England, London    
• Polly Staple, Director, Chisenhale Gallery, London 
• Penelope Curtis, Director, Tate Britain and Chair of the Jury

2011

Winner: Martin Boyce

Shortlist

• Karla Black
• Martin Boyce
• Hilary Lloyd
• George Shaw

Jury

• Katrina Brown, Director, The Common Guild, Glasgow 
• Vasif Kortun, Platform Garanti, Istanbul 
• Nadia Schneider, Freelance Curator 
• Godfrey Worsdale, Director, BALTIC
• Penelope Curtis, Director, Tate Britain and Chair of the Jury

2012

Winner: Elizabeth Price

Shortlist

• Spartacus Chetwynd
• Luke Fowler
• Paul Noble
• Elizabeth Price

Jury

• Andrew Hunt, Director Focal Point Gallery
• Heike Munder, Director Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
• Michael Stanley, Director Modern Art Oxford
• Mark Salden, Director Kunsthal Charlottenborg
• Penelope Curtis, Director, Tate Britain and Chair of the Jury

2013

Winner: Laure Prouvost

Shortlist

• Laure Prouvost
• Tino Sehgal
• David Shrigley
• Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Jury

• Annie Fletcher, Curator of Exhibitions, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
• Susanne Gaensheimer, Director of Frankfurt’s Museum of Modern Art
• Declan Long, writer and lecturer at National College of Art and Design, Dublin
• Ralph Rugoff, Director of Hayward Gallery, London
• Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate Britain and Chair of the Jury