Photoworks is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of the fifth edition of the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards as Roman Manfredi and Sayuri Ichida.
The artists will receive a £15,000 award each (comprising £10,000 fee and £5,000 production budget) with a full package of support from Photoworks to create new work over a 12-month period. They will also be part of a joint UK touring exhibition including presentations with associated exhibition partners Ffotogallery (Cardiff), Barnsley Civic (South Yorkshire) and Street Level Photoworks (Glasgow) across 2025 and 2026 with more venues to be announced.
Launched in 2015, the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards are a biennial major commissioning opportunity open to all UK based artists using photography and within the first ten years of their career. The Jerwood/Photoworks Awards offer the awardees the opportunity to make ambitious new work and significantly develop their practice at a pivotal moment in their career. Previous recipients have included Joanne Coates, Heather Agyepong, Silvia Rosi, Theo Simpson, Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Sam Laughlin, Lúa Ribeira, Matthew Finn, Joanna Piotrowska and Tereza Zelenková.
The jury panel who chose the two artists included:
Cindy Sissokho, Curator, Cultural Producer & Writer
Ingrid Pollard, Artist and Researcher
Louise Fedotov-Clements, Director of Photoworks
Lúa Ribeira, Photographer
Omar Kholeif, Director of collections and Senior Curator at Sharjah Art Foundation
Lucy Ash broadcast journalist and author
The Jerwood/Photoworks Awards are a collaboration between Jerwood Foundation and Photoworks, supported by Spectrum Photographic.
Meet the artists
Roman Manfredi
Sayuri Ichida
