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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.

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Remind yourself about the critics responses to the prize over the years at the Guardian

 
1984
 
[W] = Winner

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

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

Shortlist:

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

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

Unpublished Shortlist: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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
 
2006

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