ING Discerning Eye
2024 Exhibition
The ING Discerning Eye 2024 is now closed.​
This year the exhibition featured 685 works selected from over 6,000 submissions to a UK-wide competition, the ING Discerning Eye 2024 is curated by six respected selectors, including curator Will Gompertz, artist Adebanji Alade, and interior designer Gabrielle Blackman.
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Discover The Award Winners​
17 outstanding artists received over £12,500 in prizes on the opening night of the exhibition. And the winners are...
ING Purchase Prize, £5,000: Max Hembrow, The Author.
Discerning Eye Founder’s Prize, £2,500: Felicity Gill, Fluorescent Pink.
Discerning Eye Chair’s Purchase Prize, £1,000: Paul Newland, Incoming Mist, Winter.
Mervyn Metcalf Purchase Prize, £500: Judith Symons, Chair Study.
Tabish Khan Critic’s Purchase Prize, £200: Yvan Rolly Nembot, Lydol.
Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, £1,500: Gerry Davies, for his 3 entries from the series Flood Story.
Cityscape Prize, £300: Dominic Mallin & Laura McEwen, Umbrella Shop.
Landscape Prize, £300: Lee Madgwick, Container.
Sculpture Prize, £300: Ben Russell, Modus.
Portrait Prize, £300: Ruth Fitton, Attitude (study).
Print Prize, £300: Cathryn Kuhfeld, Lake Como.
Parker Harris Mentoring Prize: Victoria Rees, Vic, You Have 45 Minutes.
Seven regional prizes, worth £250 each, were awarded by the board of Discerning Eye to outstanding talent around the UK:
Wales: Richard Prentice, Anthropogenic Lidded Vase.
North of England: Richard Baker, Unit 5.
Northern Ireland: Hannah O’Hagan Guinness No.3.
Scotland: Donald Macdonald, Paper No.1.
South of England: Louise Lawton, Thirteen.
Midlands: Michelle Heron, Waiting Room.
London: Liane Lang, Circle Stone.
