Inspired by Derek Jarman, the Jarman Award recognises and supports artists working with moving image and celebrates the spirit of experimentation, imagination and innovation in the work of artist filmmakers in the UK.

Derek Jarman looks at the camera while sitting on a sofa

About the Jarman Award

Six stills from different films in The Jarman Award

Jarman Award 2020 prize ceremony

Jarman Award 2021

Shortlisted artists: Larry Achiampong, Sophia Al-Maria, Jasmina Cibic, Adham Faramawy, Guy Oliver, Georgina Starr

Jarman Award 2020 identity. Black line writing against a red and white backdrop

The Jarman Award 2020

Shortlisted artists: Michelle Williams Gamaker, Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings, Jenn Nkiru, Project Art Works, Larissa Sansour, Andrea Luka Zimmerman

The Jarman Award 2019

Shortlisted artists: Cécile B. Evans, Beatrice Gibson, Mikhail Karikis, Hetain Patel, Imran Perretta, Rehana Zaman

The Jarman Award 2018

Shortlisted artists: Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, Jasmina Cibic, Lawrence Lek, Daria Martin, Hardeep Pandhal, Margaret Salmon

The Jarman Award 2017

Shortlisted artists: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Oreet Ashery, Adham Faramawy, Melanie Manchot, Charlotte Prodger, Marianna Simnett

The Jarman Award 2016

Shortlisted artists: Sophia Al-Maria, Cécile B. Evans, Shona Illingworth, Mikhail Karikis, Rachel Maclean, Heather Phillipson

The Jarman Award 2015

Shortlisted artists: Adam Chodzko, Seamus Harahan, Gail Pickering, Alia Syed, Bedwyr Williams, Andrea Luka Zimmerman

The Jarman Award 2014

Shortlisted artists: John Akomfrah, Laura Buckley, Sebastian Buerkner, Monster Chetwynd, Steven Claydon, Redmond Entwistle, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Ursula Mayer, Rachel Reupke, Stephen Sutcliffe

The Jarman Award 2013

Shortlisted artists: Ed Atkins, Beatrice Gibson, Emma Hart, Rachel Maclean, Uriel Orlow, Charlotte Prodger, Hannah Sawtell, Grace Schwindt, John Smith, Jessica Warboys

The Jarman Award 2012

Shortlisted artists: Marcus Coates, Shezad Dawood, Benedict Drew, Nathaniel Mellors, Noor Afshan Mirza & Brad Butler, James Richards, Ben Rivers, Aura Satz, Matt Stokes, and Jon Thomson & Alison Craighead

The Jarman Award 2011

Shortlisted artists: Ed Atkins, Clio Barnard, Claire Hooper, Anja Kirschner & David Panos, Hilary Koob-Sassen, Torsten Lauschmann, Elizabeth Price, Laure Prouvost, Imogen Stidworthy, Corin Sworn