The artists were selected for the prize by a judging panel chaired by Iwona Blazwick OBE,

Director of the Whitechapel Gallery. The panel included Pilar Corrias, Director of Pilar Corrias

Gallery, London; Candida Gertler, Founder and Director, Outset Contemporary Art Fund; Runa

Islam, artist and Lisa Le Feuvre, Writer, Curator and Head of Sculpture Studies, Henry Moore

Institute

The Max Mara Art Prize for Women was established in 2005 to promote and nurture female

artists based in the United Kingdom. The winning artist is awarded a six-month Italian residency

and the time and space to develop their work in an inspirational new environment, followed by

major solo exhibitions at both the Whitechapel Gallery in London and Collezione Maramotti in

Reggio Emilia, Italy.