The David and Yuko Juda Art Foundation Grant awards £50,000 to give artists the freedom to concentrate on their practice. Peter Doig curated this year’s shortlist - Tim Allen, Jai Chuhan, David Harrison, Tam Joseph, Gavin Lockheart, Kaoli Mashio, and Alan Vaughan.

The 2024 grant recipient was announced yesterday as Alan Vaughan.

Vaughan is based in the UK and Trinidad. His creative energies derive from “Moko Jumbie”, the stilt-walker spirits which followed the slave ships across the Atlantic to the New World. These towering figures appear at important events such as funerals and ceremonial processions and are integral to Trinidad Carnival.

Vaughan’s practice revolves around creating ritual performances, “Mas”, through the construction of highly distinct costumes and narrative masquerades, which he has described as becoming “living paintings or sculptures”.

An exhibition of all the shortlisted artists is at Annely Juda Fine Art, 23 Dering Street, London until 20 September - click here for more information.

The David and Yuko Juda Art Foundation charity was set up in 2017 and this is the sixth year the grant has been awarded. This curator of the grant for 2024 who nominated the seven shortlisted artists was leading Scottish artist Peter Doig.

photo (left to right): David Juda, Alan Vaughan, Peter Doig, Yuko Shiraishi