This month sees CCA International host the 9th Jersey Summer Exhibition. The event continues to be a highlight of the cultural calendar and drives the standard of artwork being made by islanders. Having work exhibited at the gallery has helped launch the careers of promising Jersey artists, as well as enforcing that of those already established. We love heading along each year, celebrating our prizewinners and seeing the amazing talent of our Jersey artists.
The awards are open to emerging and established artists alike and CCAI encourages applications from artists in every stage of their career. There is always a great cross-section of work; look out for paintings, printmaking, drawings, design, sculpture, film and photography. CCAI also accept applications from artists with links to the island who may be working elsewhere as well as Channel Island artists. This year sees a new award for 2025, focused on our relationship with the ocean. Make sure you head down between the 20th June and the 3oth July.
Summer Prize / RBC Emerging Artist Award
The Summer Prize is a prestigious award conferred by a selection panel, resulting in a solo gallery show for the winning artist. In 2024, we are set to carry forward our partnership with our main sponsor Royal Bank of Canada. This collaboration will feature the awarding of The Summer Exhibition and RBC Emerging Artist Prize, a £1,000 grant specifically aimed at supporting the artistic endeavours of the prize recipient. This initiative is driven by CCA Galleries International’s commitment to bolstering Jersey artists at all career stages.
Gallery Magazine Illustration and Design Prize
Whether it is in print, digital or multimedia formats, the two awards by Gallery magazine will celebrate unique and creative works in the realm of graphic design and illustration. The winning pieces will be those that stand out for their originality and exceptional technical skill. In addition to a £250 prize, the two winning pieces will also be featured in a future issue of this very magazine.
Rural Landscape Award
Landscapes depicting rural views that have been selected for the Jersey Summer Exhibition are eligible for the Rural Jersey Landscape Award. First and third prize are kindly donated by BCR Law and second by National Trust for Jersey. The Rural award is judged by David Benest (BCR Law), Donna le Marec (National Trust for Jersey), Alasdair Crosby (Rural Magazine) and Tom Parker (CCAI). 1st Prize £600, 2nd Prize A weekend retreat in The National Trust’s Catel Fort, 3rd £150.
Inspired by the Sea award New for 2025!
As an island surrounded by the sea, Jersey’s landscape is made up largely of views of the ocean and it is difficult not to draw some inspiration from these seascapes. This year CCA Galleries International is introducing a prize for artworks inspired by the sea. The award is generously sponsored by Madhatter Surf Shop, who are giving two gift vouchers to use in their St Helier and St Brelade stores.
1st Prize £250, 2nd Prize £100.
Judges Panel 2025
Each year CCA Galleries International invites a guest panel of professional artists to join the judging panel for the Jersey Summer Exhibition. These are artists of international acclaim who use their years of experience and knowledge to carefully deliberate the artworks selected for exhibition. This year’s selection panel boasts another remarkable line-up. Joining CCA judges Gillian Duke and Tom Parker will be Wayne Hemingway and Adam Dant. We are honoured to work with Wayne and Adam this year and look forward to their insight.
Adam Dant
Born in 1967 in Cambridge, Adam Dant studied Fine Art Printmaking at The Royal College of Art, HDK Berlin and MS University, Baroda, India.
He was a recipient of The Rome Scholarship in printmaking in 1993, The Jerwood Drawing prize in 2002 and was appointed by HM UK Parliament as ‘The Official Artist of The 2015 UK General Election’. Dant is also a Regent of The College of Pataphysics, a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers and sits as an artist on The Royal Mint’s advisory committee.
From his Spitalfields studio by the walls of the City of London he has gained wide renown for his epic narrative ink drawings, maps, and ‘mockuments’ which detail the myths and status of London’s Financial and historic heart as well as chronicling many other arcane events further afield.
Often working in close collaboration with significant institutions Dant has produced commissioned works of art for the opening of Bloomberg’s new Walbrook HQ , Queen Elizabeth ll’s Thames Jubilee pageant, Christie’s 250th anniversary, The Christopher Wren 2023 Tercentenary and the 900th anniversary of St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
As the artist / cartographer in residence for The Critic Magazine, Dant’s resulting volume of ‘Maps of London and Beyond’ has garnered several publishing awards.
Adam Dant’s work is exhibited internationally and is in the collections of Tate Britain, The British Library, The V&A, MOMA New York, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Musee D’Art Contemporain Lyon, His Majesty King Charles lll, The Museum of London and various other public and private collections.
Wayne Hemingway
Wayne Hemingway is the co-founder of ‘Hemingway Design’, a multi-disciplinary design company which specialises in social design, founded with his wife Gerardine Hemingway.
‘Hemingway Design’ projects cover the full scope of design disciplines: products, regeneration, placemaking, clothing, interiors and brand identity.
Their designers are focused on themes such as place, people and positive social impact. Commitment to these concepts are demonstrated through their acquisition of prestigious awards such as Building Magazine’s Best Housing-Led Regeneration Project.
In addition, ‘Hemingway Design’ has been proud to collaborate and work with organisations such as Shelter, The National Archives, Historic England, The National Portrait Gallery, Southbank Centre, Landsec and TFL (to name a few).
Wayne and Gerardine have worked together since the early 1980’s when they started ‘Red or Dead’ (the fashion designer and manufacturer which won the British Fashion Council’s Street Style award 3 years in a row in 1995, 1996 and 1997).
The 2025 Jersey Summer Exhibition opens on 20th June at CCA International, Hill Street.
