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2012/13

Ed Atkins, The Trick Brain, 2013, Single channel HD projection with 5.1 Surround Sound, 16 minutes 15 seconds, Edition of 6 + 2AP © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London
2012/13 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Ed Atkins

Purchased through the Contemporary Art Society Acquisition Scheme for The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. The gallery is home to Scotland’s outstanding national collection of modern and contemporary art. It…
Simon Fujiwara, Rebekkah (2012), Five terracotta dyed, life size, cast plaster female figures and video, dimensions variable. Installation photograph at the Contemporary Art Society, 2014. Courtesy Joe Plommer.
2012/13 Leeds Art Gallery

Simon Fujiwara

Simon Fujiwara (b. 1982, London, UK) lives and works in Berlin. Using a combination of performance, video, installation and short stories, Fujiwara’s work is rooted in dense dramas about personal relationships, family relations, politics, architecture…
The Short and the Long of It (2010-12), Installation view, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, 2012. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Scott Massey
2012/13 Towner Eastbourne

Uriel Orlow

Uriel Orlow (b. 1973, Zurich, Switzerland) is based in London. Recent exhibitions include Manifesta 9 (2012), the 54th Venice Bienniale (2011) and 8th Mercosul Biennial in Brazil (2011). His work has been presented in solo…
Laura Lancaster, Untitled (2013), Oil on Linen, 40 x 50cm © the artist
2012/13 The New Art Gallery Walsall

Laura Lancaster

Laura Lancaster (b. 1979, Hartlepool, UK) lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her paintings have been shown in solo exhibitions in the UK including at the DLI Museum, Durham (2011) and the Laing…
Becky Beasley, Figure (Part 3) (2008), selenium toned silver print, brown acrylic glass, wooden artist’s frame, 320 x 107 cm. Courtesy Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, and Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2012/13 Leeds Art Gallery

Becky Beasley

Becky Beasley (b. 1975, Portsmouth, UK) is based in St. Leonards on Sea, East Sussex. She has had recent solo exhibitions at the South London Gallery (2014), Leeds City Art Gallery (2013) and Spike…
Alan Kane, Study for plinth (Home-works —1 & 2) (2013) Garden sculptures, bricks, mortar, concrete, steel and household paint, 230 x 60 x 60 cm © the artist
2012/13 The Collection and Usher Gallery Lincoln

Alan Kane

Alan Kane (b. 1961, Nottingham, UK) is based in London. Past projects include solo exhibitions at galleries including the Whitechapel Gallery, London (2011), Turner Contemporary, Margate (2006), and the Showroom, London (2000) and Life Class…
Jess Flood-Paddock, London Oyster Shells (2012), jesmonite, paint, 46 x 35 x 17 cm, ©‎ the artist. Courtesy of Carl Freedman Gallery, London
2012/13 Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Jess Flood-Paddock

Jess Flood-Paddock (b. 1977, London, UK) is a sculptor based in London. In recent years, she has enjoyed a growing national and international reputation thanks to her exuberant sculptural practice which engages with elements from…
Sarah Dobai, Emily and Emmanuel, 2008/9, lambdachrome print, 85 x 69cm © the artist. Image courtesy Sarah Dobai and WORKS|PROJECTS.
2012/13 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Sarah Dobai

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society for Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, with support from the Friends of Bristol Art Gallery. Over the last few years Bristol Museum & Art…
Angela de la Cruz, One Painting 1999, Oil on canvas, 370 x 300 cm © the artist. Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery
2012/13 Tate

Angela de la Cruz

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society and gifted to Tate.  Angela de la Cruz was born in La Coruña, Spain in 1965, moving to London 1989 where she now lives…
Sarah Pickstone, Strachey and Woolf, watercolour on paper, 2010. Image courtesy Mercer Art Gallery, © the artist
2012/13 The Mercer Art Gallery

Sarah Pickstone

Sarah Pickstone (b.1965, Manchester, UK) has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. She won the 2012 John Moores Painting Prize for her painting Stevie Smith and the Willow. Her paintings can be characterised by their…

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