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Jane & Louise Wilson
Shortlisted: 1999

Using film, photography and sculpture, the Wilson twins have created a series of highly theatrical and atmospheric installations that investigate the darker side of human experience. They first began working together in 1989, and have since been fascinated by the power of the unconscious mind, creating a body of work which probes collective anxieties and phobias, arouses unwanted memories, and reveals things which are usually repressed.

High Roller Slots, Ceasar's Palace
High Roller Slots, Ceasar's Palace 1999
C-type print mounted on aluminium, 180 x 180 cm
© Courtesy Lisson Gallery and the artist   Photo: Tate Photography

Jane and Louise Wilson were born in Newcastle, England in 1967. From 1986 to 1989 Jane trained at Newcastle Polytechnic while Louise studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. Both artists graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1992. The Wilsons were shortlisted in 1999 for their 'sophisticated approach to photography and video installation' as seen in their exhibition at the Lisson Gallery.

This information has been taken from The Turner Prize: Twenty Years, by Virginia Button, Tate Publishing, 2003.

View Jane Wilson in the Tate Collection
View Louise Wilson in the Tate Collection