Turner Prize 2022: Who is Veronica Ryan, the oldest winner of the prestigious art award?
Emma Loffhagen, Evening Standard
December 2022
Veronica Ryan, who created the UK’s first permanent public artwork to honour the Windrush generation, has won this year’s Turner Prize. Ryan, 66, has become the oldest artist to win the prize, which is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for visual arts.
She was nominated for the Windrush sculpture, which was unveiled in Hackney, London, last year, and for her solo exhibition Along a Spectrum at Spike Island, Bristol. “Power! Visibility!” she shouted after her name was announced at the ceremony in Liverpool, where she was awarded a £25,000 cheque. […]