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The 2024
ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF JUSTIN KEMP
2024 PRIZE WINNERS
Queer Britain has again partnered with Madame F wine for our third year of The Madame F Queer Britain Art Award. The theme was to celebrate Queer Creativity, inspired by illustrator Justin Kemp, who designed the Susy the Frog image featured on the Madame F wine labels.
Entries were illustrations, paintings, drawings and tapestry that celebrated queer creativity. Prizes of £1500, £1000 and £500 were awarded at a special reception on 4 June at the museum in Granary Square. The winning artworks will also help support Queer Britain, by featuring on merchandise. Thank you to everyone who entered.
£500 PRIZE WINNER
“Queer Fear in the Thriller Villa is an A6 zine, reproduced here as a graphic short story. The idea was developed from when I was house-sitting an old and vast villa, high in the hills of Spain. The zine project has helped me heal the period in my life when I was a frightened teenager exploring my sexuality in a hostile environment. It also acknowledges my current exploration of gender fluidity, and supports that we can be whoever we want to be.”
£1000 PRIZE WINNER
“Early 20th Century Britain was home to a vibrant queer culture. From the writings of Radclyffe Hall and Virginia Woolf to the silky frocks of Lady Austin’s camp boys, queer people in the 1920s and 30s were becoming more open and expressive. With language still evolving, the term ‘invert’ was used during this period to describe people demonstrating gender nonconformity. With everything to lose, they sang, danced, wrote, minced and loved. This painting is for the inverts!”
£1,500 PRIZE WINNER
“I work using recycled textiles and embroidery and I explore themes of Queer history and identity. This large scale tapestry is three metres tall and illustrates an idealised scene of Brighton's infamous cruising area on the beach, Dukes Mound, which was destroyed by the city council during lockdown. I wanted to celebrate a place which brought so much joy for generations of Queers, inspired by the stories I have gathered from Queer elders.”
E.M. Parry / Jason Carr / Julie Prieur / Matthew Toresen / Naysha Satyarthi / Sarah Jane Moon / Sarah-Joy Ford
MEET THE JUDGES
PAUL HARFLEET
Artist and previous
Award winner
ALIA ROMAGNOLI
Photographer and artist
“I am proud to be on this jury. It’s a great opportunity to celebrate LGBTQ+ people, of all ages, and our artistic endeavours. Queer Britain is working very hard to set up a national LGBTQ+ museum, and this award shows that queer creativity is at its very heart.”
KATE CHARLESWORTH
Cartoonist, artist and Award judge
ROBERT TAYLOR
Photographer and artist
MARK KING
Head of Design and Special Projects, Queer Britain
KATE CHARLESWORTH
Cartoonist and artist
ROXY BOURDILLON
OLIVER FREESTON
Artist and previous
IAIN MUGGOCH
Founder of Madame F wine
ASIFA LAHORE
UK’s First out muslim drag queen