Veronica Ryan
Awarded Turner Prize 2022
7 December 2022
Veronica Ryan at Spike Island, Bristol; photo: Lisa Whiting
Veronica Ryan has been awarded the 2022 Turner Prize for her critically acclaimed solo exhibition ‘Along a Spectrum’ at Spike Island in Bristol in 2021, and for her large bronze and marble outdoor works Custard Apple (Annonaceae), Breadfruit (Moraceae) and Soursop (Annonaceae) which were unveiled in Hackney as the nation’s first permanent sculpture to celebrate the Windrush generation.
The jury was comprised of Irene Aristizábal, Head of Curatorial and Public Practice, BALTIC, Christine Eyene, Lecturer in Contemporary Art, Liverpool John Moores University, Robert Leckie, Director, Spike Island, and Anthony Spira, Director, MK Gallery.
The Turner Prize exhibition will continue at Tate Liverpool until 19 March 2023, while Ryan’s inaugural solo exhibition at Alison Jacques will remain on until 21 January 2023.