The Berwick Gymnasium Arts Fellowships were established in 1993 and were offered annually to professional artists who had demonstrated a consistent commitment to their art practice. The Fellowships were an internationally renowned programme open to all artists; national and international. Located in

Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recor ...

, England, the Fellowships were intended to give artists a period of time when they could reflect upon their practice and focus on the development of their work, responding to the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and its coastal location. The former military barracks, known as

Berwick Barracks Berwick Barracks, sometimes known as Ravensdowne Barracks, is a former military installation of the British Army in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. History The barracks were built between 1717 and 1721 by Nicholas Hawksmoor for the Board of Ordnance ...

, that housed the studios and gallery space used by artists were built in the early 18th century to the design of the architect

Nicholas Hawksmoor Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 – 25 March 1736) was an English architect. He was a leading figure of the English Baroque style of architecture in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries. Hawksmoor worked alongside the principa ...

. The barracks were among the first in England to be purpose built. The fellowships were jointly funded by

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and

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until 2011. The fellowships came to an end in 2011 after English Heritage announced funding cuts. Fellowship holders 1993 Carole Drake
1994 Emrys Williams
1995 Mike Nelson
1996 Marcus Taylor
1997 Louise Cattrell, Paul Housley
1998 Perminder Kaur, Rosie Snell
1999 Virginia Bodman, Richard Walker, Fiona Crisp
2000 Shona Illingworth, Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva,

Daniel Sturgis Daniel Sturgis (born 1966) is a British painter living and working in London, England. Life and work Daniel Sturgis was born in London, and studied art at the London College of Printing, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts before going to Gol ...

2001 James Peel, Uta Kogelsberger, Zoe Walker
2002 Annie Cattrell,

Marcus Coates Marcus Coates is a contemporary artist and ornithologist living in London. His works, including performances and installations that have been recorded as video art, employ shamanistic rituals in communication with "the lower world", and contrast ...

, Geraint Evans
2003 Justin Carter, Tanya Axford, Enrique Jezik
2004 Alistair Gentry, Robert Scheipner, Semiconductor (Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt)
2005 Grennan and Sperandio: The Conversationalists project for Berwick
2006

Nathaniel Mellors Nathaniel Mellors (born December 1974, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England)Urban Art Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...

: Anne Peschken and Marek Pisarsky
2008 Jason Minsky, Kim L Pace, William Cobbing
2009 Andro Semeiko, Neil Morley, Henna-Riikki Halonen
2010 David Wightman,

Hannah Maybank Hannah Maybank (born in Stafford 1974) is a British artist best known for the ripped and distressed surfaces of her three-dimensional paintings in Acrylic paint, acrylic. She graduated from an Master of Arts, MA in Painting at the Royal College ...

(fellowship holders 2010/11)

References

*The Berwick Gymnasium Fellowships: An Archival Record, ed. Judith King, 2008 ({{ISBN, 978-0955747816) English Heritage Arts councils of the United Kingdom English art Arts organisations based in England Culture in Northumberland Berwick-upon-Tweed Arts organizations established in 1993 1993 establishments in England