Converse/Dazed Emerging Artists Award

Now in its fifth year, the annual award have partnered with the Royal Academy of Arts to present this year’s five shortlisted artists. Jonathan Trayte, Rachel Pimm, Lawrence Lek, Tamsin Snow & Sarah Tynan and Patrick Cole were selected from hundreds of submissions by an esteemed judging panel that includes Tim Marlow, Sarah McCrory and Javier Peres. Each artist has been given £1,000 to produce new site-specific works in a bid to win the £5,000 prize that has become an invaluable platform for launching emerging creative talent in the UK.