Jarvis Brookfield wins the People's Choice Award for the Robert Walters Prize 2021
Jarvis Brookfield. Photo by Reece Straw.
Artist Jarvis Brookfield from Leicester has won the People’s Choice Award for his paintings in this year’s Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award, in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery.
Jarvis Brookfield was one of ten shortlisted artists selected for the annual Robert Walters Group New Artist of the Year Award. The prestigious national award sets out to discover and champion exceptional artists who are representative of contemporary Britain, and is organised by global recruitment consultancy Robert Walters Group, leading arts charity UK New Artists (UKNA) and renowned contemporary art platform Saatchi Gallery - to help provide a career springboard for emerging artists.
The shortlisted artists exhibited their work at the Saatchi Gallery from 4-7 November 2021 and the exhibition was presented online in a virtual gallery. Between 7 November and 13 December, the public had the opportunity to vote online for their favourite artist. Jarvis Brookfield secured the majority of the 1300 votes cast. His prize will be an opportunity to exhibit internationally, supported by UKNA.
His work is also included in the forthcoming UKNA City Takeover: Leicester 22 which brings together 70 emerging artists, musicians, and performers from around the UK for a weekend of culture in venues and public spaces across Leicester city centre. The UKNA City Takeover takes place from 25–27 February 2022. Further details to be announced in January 2022.
Jarvis Brookfield says:
“Thank you to every one of you who has taken the time to vote for me in the people’s choice award. It makes me feel a sense of joy to see that you’re enjoying the art that I create! I’m feeling grateful and honoured to have won!”
Michelle Bowen, Director of UK New Artists, says:
“Many congratulations to Jarvis. We had a fantastic response from the public to the virtual exhibition and delighted that Jarvis’s paintings received the popular vote. We really look forward to working with him in 2022”
Jarvis Brookfield studied art at De Montfort University, Leicester, where he is currently based. His immersive and vibrant paintings are inspired by altered states of consciousness.
The overall prize for the Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year was won by Anne von Freyberg.
Shortlisted artists were: Jukka Virkkunen (London), Molly Kent (Edinburgh), Lucy Gregory (London), Aimee Melaugh (Derry), Sam Tahmassebi (London), Wesley George (London), Jarvis Brookfield (Leicester), Anne von Freyburg (London), Maayan Sophia Weisstub (London), and Catriona Robertson (London).
For more information about the Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award click here.
Jarvis Brookfield was born in Croydon, England in 1992, Jarvis Brookfield grew up in Derby and studied Fine art in Leicester, where he attended De Montfort University and is currently based. His practice focuses on painting and is inspired by altered states of consciousness. For Brookfield, his immersive and vibrant paintings are explorations in creating worlds that transcend worldly affairs and embody a celebration of the internal and mysterious world of what it means to be human.
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