Jerwood Drawing Prize Winners Announced

	Jerwood Visual Arts and Drawing Projects UK are delighted to announce that Gary Lawrence has been awarded the First Prize of £6,000 in the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2011. He describes his winning drawing Homage to Anonymous, a large scale drawing made in ballpoint pen on the back of discarded posters, as ‘a tribute to all the anonymous artists through history who made work but are unrecognised’ A Second Prize of £3,000 was awarded to Jessie Brennan for her 5-metre long pencil drawing, The Cut. Two Student Awards of £1,000 each went to Nicki Rolls for Sketch and Kristian Fletcher for Lake. All the works selected for this year's Jerwood Drawing Prize are on display at Jerwood Space from 14 September - 30 October. Image: Gary Lawrence, Homage to Anonymous (detail), 2011. Courtesy the artist Jerwood Visual Arts is a major initiative of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation 171 Union Street, Bankside | London | SE1 0LN