Koestler Awards 2020

By James Latunji-Cockbill, Producer – Art at HMP Grendon

This year’s Koestler Awards include a number of awards for submissions from HMP Grendon. We are delighted to receive a Platinum award for a submission of ten prints made in workshops at Grendon at the beginning of the year, under the instruction of Dr Simon J Harris (Course Leader for Undergraduate Fine Art at the University of Wolverhampton) and Ikon’s artist-in-residence, Dean Kelland. Some of the etchings refer to religion, the passing of time and the prisoners’ right to vote as well as popular culture and imagery from art books borrowed from the artist’s studio.

       
Art at HMP Grendon Prints

There were seventeen awards in total for HMP Grendon including several Gold and Silver awards for poetry, painting and drawing. Despite obvious challenges Koestler have also held their annual exhibition which can be seen at Southbank Centre and online until 13 December 2020.

Art at HMP Grendon is supported by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust and HM Prison and Probation Service.