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A-Z List of Artists
Use these pages to find out more about all the artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize since 1984.
You can search the list by year (below) or alphabetically by artist.
Check out different views about the history of the Turner Prize at Channel 4

Remind yourself about the critics responses to the prize over the years at the Guardian
1984
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[W] = Winner |

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Shortlist:

Richard Deacon
Gilbert & George
Howard Hodgkin
Richard Long
Malcolm Morley [W] |
Jury:

Rudi Fuchs, Director, Van Abbemuseum
John McEwen, art consultant, Sunday Times Magazine
Nicholas Serota, Director, Whitechapel Art Gallery
Felicity Waley-Cohen, Chairman, Patrons of New Art
Alan Bowness, Director, Tate Gallery |
1985

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Shortlist:

Terry Atkinson
Tony Cragg
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Howard Hodgkin [W]
John Walker |
Jury:

Lynne Cooke, lecturer in the History of Art, University College London
Mark Francis, Director, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Max Gordon, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Kynaston McShine, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Alan Bowness, Director, Tate Gallery |
1986

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Shortlist:

Art & Language
Victor Burgin
Gilbert & George [W]
Derek Jarman
Stephen McKenna
Bill Woodrow
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Jury:

Jean Christophe Amman, Director, Kunsthalle, Basel
David Elliot, Director, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Michael Newman, art critic and teacher
Frederck Roos, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Alan Bowness, Director, Tate Gallery |
1987

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Shortlist:

Patrick Caulfield
Helen Chadwick
Richard Deacon [W]
Richard Long
Thérèse Oulton |
Jury:

Kasper Koenig, critic and organiser of Westkunst in Cologne and outdoor sculpture exhibition in Munster
Catherine Lampert, Snr. Exhibitions Organiser, Hayward Gallery
Oliver Prenn, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Richard Shone, writer and art critic
Alan Bowness, Director, Tate Gallery |
1988

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Unpublished Shortlist:

Tony Cragg [W]
Lucian Freud
Richard Hamilton
Richard Long
David Mach
Boyd Webb
Alison Wilding
Richard Wilson |
Jury:

Richard Cork, critic and art historian
Carmen Gimenez, Director of the National Exhibitions Centre, Ministry of Culture, Madrid
Henry Meyric-Hughes, Fine Arts Department, The British Council
Jill Ritblat, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Nicholas Serota, Director elect, Tate Gallery |
1989

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Commended:

Gillian Ayres
Lucian Freud
Richard Long [W]
Giuseppe Penone
Paula Rego
Sean Scully
Richard Wilson |
Jury:

Barry Barker, Director, Arnolfini
Bernard Blistene, Curator, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
Richard Dorment, art critic, Daily Telegraph
Evelyn Jacobs, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery |
1990


No Prize |
1991

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Shortlist:

Ian Davenport
Anish Kapoor [W]
Fiona Rae
Rachel Whiteread |
Jury:

Maria Corral, Director, Reina Sofia Centre, Madrid
Penny Govett, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Andrew Graham-Dixon, art critic, Independent
Norman Rosenthal, Exhibitions Secretary, Royal Academy of Arts
Adrian Ward-Jackson, Chairman, Contemporary Art Society
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery |
1992

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Shortlist:

Grenville Davey [W]
Damien Hirst
David Tremlett
Alison Wilding |
Jury:

Marie-Claude Beaud, Director, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
Robert Hopper, Director, Henry Moore Sculpture Trust
Howard Karshan, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Sarah Kent, art critic, Time Out
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery |
1993

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Shortlist:

Hannah Collins
Vong Phaophanit
Sean Scully
Rachel Whiteread [W] |
Jury:

Iwona Blazwick, curator
Carole Conrad, art historian and representative of the Patrons of New Art
Declan McGonagle, Director, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
David Sylvester, art historian
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery |
1994

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Shortlist:

Willie Doherty
Peter Doig
Antony Gormley [W]
Shirazeh Houshiary |
Jury:

Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, Director of Visual Arts, Arts Council of England
Roger Bevan, representative of the Patrons of New Art and contemporary art correspondent, The Art Newspaper
Jenni Lomax, Director, Camden Arts Centre, London
Milada Slizinska, curator and art historian, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery |
1995

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Shortlist:

Mona Hatoum
Damien Hirst [W]
Callum Innes
Mark Wallinger |
Jury:

William Feaver, art critic, Observer
Gary Garrels, Curator of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
George Loudon, representative of the Patrons of New Art Elizabeth Macgregor, Director, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery |
1996

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Shortlist:

Douglas Gordon [W]
Craigie Horsfield
Gary Hume
Simon Patterson |
Jury:

Bice Curiger, Editor-in-Chief, Parkett Magazine
Mel Gooding, writer and critic
Edward Lee, representative of the Patrons of New Art
James Lingwood, curator and co-director of Artangel Trust
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery |
1997

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Shortlist:

Christine Borland
Angela Bulloch
Cornelia Parker
Gillian Wearing [W] |
Jury:

Penelope Curtis, curator, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Lars Nittve, Director of the Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
Marina Vaizey, writer, art critic and lecturer
Jack Wendler, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery |
1998

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Shortlist:

Tacita Dean
Cathy de Monchaux
Chris Ofili [W]
Sam Taylor-Wood |
Jury:

Ann Gallagher, Exhibition Officer, British Council
Fumio Nanjo, curator and critic
Neil Tennant, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Marina Warner, author and critic
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery |
1999

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Shortlist:

Tracey Emin
Steve McQueen [W]
Steven Pippin
Jane & Louise Wilson |
Jury:

Bernhard Bürgi, Director of the Kunsthalle, Zurich
Sacha Craddock, writer and critic
Judith Nesbitt, Head of Programming, Whitechapel Art Gallery
Alice Rawsthorn, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery |
2000

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Shortlist:

Glenn Brown
Michael Raedecker
Tomoko Takahashi
Wolfgang Tillmans [W] |
Jury:

Jan Debbaut, Director of Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven Keir McGuinness, Chairman of Patrons of New Art
Julia Peyton-Jones, Director of the Serpentine Gallery, London
Matthew Slotover, Publisher of Frieze Magazine
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate |
2001

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Shortlist:

Richard Billingham
Martin Creed [W]
Isaac Julien
Mike Nelson |
Jury:

Patricia Bickers, Editor, Art Monthly
Stuart Evans, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Robert Storr, Senior Curator, Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Jonathan Watkins, Director, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate |
2002

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Shortlist:

Fiona Banner
Liam Gillick
Keith Tyson [W]
Catherine Yass |
Jury:

Alfred Pacquement, Director, Pompidou Centre
Susan Ferleger Brades, Director, Hayward Gallery
Michael Archer, writer and critic
Greville Worthington, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate |
2003

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Shortlist:

Jake & Dinos Chapman
Willie Doherty
Anya Gallaccio
Grayson Perry [W] |
Jury:

Andrew Wilson, Critic and Deputy Editor, Art Monthly
Richard Calvocoressi, Director, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Frank Cohen, representative of the Patrons of New Art
Chrissie Iles, Curator, Film and Video, Whitney Museum of American Art
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate |
2004

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Shortlist:

Kutlug Ataman
Jeremy Deller [W]
Langlands & Bell
Yinka Shonibare |
Jury:

Catherine David, Director, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Adrian Searle, Art Critic, The Guardian
Robert Taylor, representative of Tate Patrons
David Thorp, Curator, Contemporary Projects, Henry Moore Foundation
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate |
2005

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Shortlist:

Darren Almond
Gillian Carnegie
Jim Lambie
Simon Starling [W] |
Jury:

Louisa Buck, London contemporary art correspondent, The Art Newspaper
Kate Bush, Head of Art Galleries, Barbican Art Gallery
Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, art critic and Lecturer, Modern Irish Department, University College Dublin
Eckhard Schneider, Director, Kunsthaus Bregenz
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate and Chairman of the Jury
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2006

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Shortlist:

Tomma Abts [W]
Phil Collins
Mark Titchner
Rebecca Warren |
Jury:

Lynn Barber, writer, The Observer
Margot Heller, Director, South London Gallery
Matthew Higgs, Director and Chief Curator, White Columns, New York
Andrew Renton, writer and Director of Curating, Goldsmiths College
Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate and Chairman of the Jury
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