Each member of the selection panel is assigned an MA degree show from which to select artists who they think are making outstanding new work.
Current selectors
- Julia Alvarez
Director, Bearspace
- Kitty Anderson
Curator, The Common Guild
- Stacy Boldrick
Curator of Research and Interpretation, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
- Emma Daker
Exhibitions and Projects Development Manager, Craftspace
- Emma Geliot
Deputy Editor, Blown Magazine
- Ceri Hand
Director, Ceri Hand Gallery
- Andy Harper
Artist
- Carol Huston
Writer
- Shama Khanna
Independent curator, London
- Harriet Loffler
Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
- Rebecca Morrill
Head of Collector Development, North East, Contemporary Art Society and Producer of AV Festival
- Gail Prentice
Manager, Flax Art Studios, Belfast
- Outi Remes
Director, New Ashgate Gallery
- Matt Roberts
Curator
- Anthony Shapland
Artist and curator, g39, Cardiff
- Lindsay Taylor
Exhibitions Officer, Harris Museum & Art Gallery
- Angela Weight
Curator & writer
- Katharine Welsh
Assistant Curator, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
- Debra Wilson & Chiara Williams of WW Gallery
Previous selectors
- Sam Ainsley
Head of MFA, Glasgow School of Art
- Allia Ali
Exhibition Organiser, Modern Art Oxford
- Ambrosine Allen
Artist and writer
- Matt Baker
Artist
- Michael Bartlett
Artist
- Monika Bobinska
Director, Monika Bobinska Gallery
- Kirsten Body
Programme Manager, Collective Gallery
- Irene Bradbury
Curator, White Cube and Sadler's Wells, London
- Sarah Brown
Curator (Exhibitions), Leeds Art Gallery
- Katie Bruce
Social Inclusion Coordinator, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
- David Butler
Coordinator of LifeWorkArt
- Gayle Chong Kwan
Artist
- Faye Claridge
Artist
- Ruth Claxton
Artist
- Shelagh Cluett
Director of Postgraduate Studies, Chelsea College of Art
- Clarissa Corfe
Programme Manager, Castlefield Gallery
- Sue Coulson
Artist
- Michael Cousin
Artist & curator, g39
- Matthew Cowan
Artist
- Martha Crean
Project Coordinator, Spacex
- David Cushway
Artist
- Vanessa Cutler
Artist
- Marta Daeuble
Artist
- Gordon Dalton
Artist, curator and writer
- Susie David
Artist
- Tim Davies
Artist
- Deborah Dean
Director, Angel Row Gallery
- Emma Dean
Curator, BALTIC, Gateshead
- Katayoun Pasban Dowlatshahi
Artist
- Natalie Dowse
Artist
- Anna Dumitriu
Artist
- Tracey Eastham
Artist
- Sean Edwards
Professional Development Officer, Wales Artists Resource Programme
- Martin Ellis
Curator of Applied Art, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
- Simon Fenoulhet
Artist
- Amanda Fielding
Camberwell/V&A Fellow in Craft Practice, History & Theory
- Kim Fielding
Gallery Director, tactileBOSCH
- Deirdre Figueiredo
Director, Craftspace
- Hannah Firth
Curator, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
- Natalie Frost
Assistant Curator, Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland
- Edith Garcia
Artist
- Amanda Geitner
Head of Collections & Exhibitions, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
- Paul Glinkowski
Writer and researcher
- Geraldine Gliubislavich
Artist
- Kate Gray
Director, Collective Gallery
- Sara Greavu
Artist & curator
- Joanna Greenhill
Course Director, MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins
- S Mark Gubb
Artist
- Susan Gunn
Artist
- Kerry Harker
Artist and curator
- Lucy Harrison
Lecturer Fine Art, University College for the Creative Arts, Canterbury
- Paddy Hartley
Artist and curator
- Darren Harvey-Regan
Artist
- Kathy Haslam
Curator, Blackwell the Arts and Crafts House
- David Hastie
Artist
- Gill Hedley
Curator
- Meriel Herbert
Artist, BLOCspace studios, Sheffield
- Richard Higlett
Artist and curator, Co-director of Mermaid and Monster, Cardiff
- Louise Hutchinson
Curator, S1 Artspace, Sheffield
- Candice Jacobs
Artist and curator, One Thoresby Street
- Matt Smith
Artist
- Ben Jones
Artist, curator and writer
- Sue Jones
Director, Whitstable Biennale
- Indra Khanna
Curator
- Rebekka Kill
Artist and writer, Leeds Metropolitan University
- Kathy Kubicki
Writer
- Simon Lewandowski
Artist and lecturer, University of Leeds
- Moira Lovell
Artist
- Patrick Lowry
Artist and lecturer
- Victoria Lucas
Artist and curator
- Emily Marsden
Curator, Hatton Gallery
- John Mooney
Head of Art, Edinburgh College of Art
- Cat Newton-Groves
Director, Suite 77
- Jackie Norton
Designer & Trends Researcher
- Marguerite Nugent
Head Curator, Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage Service
- Monica Nunez
Curator, Belfast Exposed Photography
- Pippa Oldfield
Senior Programme Manager, Impressions Gallery
- Honor Pedican
Assistant Visual Arts Officer, Oriel Wrecsam/Wrexham Arts Centre
- Jane Ponsford
Artist
- Ginny Reed
Artist
- Freddie Robins
Artist, London
- Brett Rogers
Director, The Photographers' Gallery
- Eve Ropek
Curator, Aberystwyth Art Centre
- Joe Scotland
Artistic Director, Studio Voltaire
- Penny Sexton
Assistant Curator of Art, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Rebecca Shatwell
Curator, alt.gallery
- Laura Simpson
Assistant Curator, Exhibitions, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
- Rona Smith
Artist
- Cherry Smyth
Critic and curator, London
- Paul Stone
Curator/ Director, Vane, Newcastle
- Andrew Stonyer
Professor of Fine Art, University of Gloucestershire
- Chris Taylor
Artist, curator and publisher
- Paulette Terry Brien
Director, The International 3
- Fern Thomas
Artist
- Selected by Michael Tooby
Director, National Museum & Gallery, UWIC
- Phil Toy
Artist
- Danielle Treanor
Ex Communications Coordinator, Axis
- David Trigg
Writer
- Fiona Venables
Curator, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
- Alessandro Vincentelli
Curator, Baltic
- Moira Vincentelli
Lecturer in Art History, The University of Wales Aberystwyth
- Kerry Walton
Programme Co-ordinator, Loughborough University School of Art & Design
- Kathryn Welford
Outreach Coordinator, Axis
- Professor Glynn Williams
Head of Sculpture, Royal College of Art
- Judith Winter
Deputy Director/Head of Arts Programme, Dundee Contemporary Arts
- Annie Woodford MA RCA
Artist
- Maxa Zoller
Curator, lecturer, writer
