1984
Winner:
Malcolm Morley
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Howard Hodgkin
Shortlist:
- Terry Atkinson
- Tony Cragg
- Ian Hamilton Finlay
- Milena Kalinovska
- Howard Hodgkin
- 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
Winner:
Gilbert & George
Shortlist:
- Art & Language
- Victor Burgin
- Gilbert & George
- Derek Jarman
- Stephen McKenna
- Bill Woodrow
- Commended:
- Nicholas Serota
- Matthew Collings
- Robin Klassnik
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
Winner:
Richard Deacon
Shortlist:
- Patrick Caulfield
- Helen Chadwick
- Richard Deacon
- Richard Long
- Declan McGonagle
- 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
Winner:
Tony Cragg
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Richard Long
Commended:
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
Winner: NO PRIZE
Shortlist:
- N/A
Jury:
- N/A
1991
Winner:
Anish Kapoor
Shortlist:
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
- Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate Gallery
1992
Winner:
Grenville Davey
Shortlist:
Jury:
- Marie-Claude Beaud, Director, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
- obert 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
Winner:
Rachel Whiteread
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Antony Gormley
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Damien Hirst
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Douglas Gordon
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Gillian Wearing
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
Winner:
Chris Ofili
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Steve McQueen
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Wolfgang Tillmans
Shortlist:
- Glenn Brown
- Michael Raedecker
- Tomoko Takahashi
- Wolfgang Tillmans
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
Winner:
Martin Creed
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Keith Tyson
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Grayson Perry
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Jeremy Deller
Shortlist:
- Kutlug Ataman
- Jeremy Deller
- Langlands and 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
Winner:
Simon Starling
Shortlist:
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
Winner:
Tomma Abts
Shortlist:
Jury:
- Lynn Barber, writer, 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
2007
Winner:
Mark Wallinger
Shortlist:
Jury:
- Fiona Bradley, Director of the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
- Michael Bracewell, writer and critic
- Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator at the Studio Museum, Harlem
- Miranda Sawyer, freelance broadcaster and writer
- Christoph Grunenberg, Director of Tate Liverpool
2008
Winner:
Mark Leckey
Shortlist:
Jury:
- David Adjaye, Architect and Director, Adjaye Associates
- Daniel Birnbaum, Director, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt
- Suzanne Cotter, Senior Curator and Deputy Director, Modern Art Oxford
- Jennifer Higgie, Editor, Frieze
- Stephen Deuchar, Director, Tate Britain and Chair of the Jury