A young Blackpool artist's student work is turning heads at a top London gallery after being shortlisted for a prestigious national award.
Student Danielle Chappell, 24, saw her work, Linear Rhythm, chosen from more than 1,600 entries for the final of the Nationwide Mercury Prize art competition. Students across the country were set the task of coming up with a work that linked the worlds of art and music.
The best are currently on show at The Gallery at The Hospital in London's Covent Garden. "It means a lot to me that my work, Linear Rythmn', is one of the winning finalists in the Competition," said Danielle, who is studying for a BE in embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University. "It's the first time I've had my art exhibited at a major London gallery, which is really exciting."
To reach the final, Danielle had to impress leading artistic figures including Tim Marlow, director of exhibitions at London's White Cube gallery, and Mark Tappin and Simon Gofton, who designed album covers for bands such as Coldplay and The Chemical Brothers.Sir Peter Blake, a judge and the artist behind The Beatles' legendary Sgt Pepper album cover, as well as the Circus' sculpture on Blackpool Promenade, said: "The art is from students from all over the country and it has been a difficult task choosing the winning finalists. The standard has been high and we've seen some excellent works."
The art competition is in its second year and is designed to tie in with the prestigious Mercury Music Prize, awarded every July. The overall competition winner, Gethin Wyn Jones, took home £5,000 and will also see his artwork used on the cover of the Mercury prize album this year.
There are also plans for the exhibition to be shown at other venues nationally over the course of the next year.
Source: thisislancashire.co.uk
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