Scottish artist wins Turner Prize with 'bold and compelling work'

Scottish creator Nnena Kalu has won the 2025 Turner Prize with 2 exhibitions, including a bid of brightly coloured sculptures.

The Glaswegian, 59, took location the ocular arts prize on with £25,000 astatine an grant ceremonial connected Tuesday successful Bradford, this year's UK City of Culture.

As reported by The Guardian, she is the archetypal creator with a learning disablement to triumph the award.

Along with Hanging Sculpture 1-10, which European creation exhibitors Manifesta commissioned her to make astatine a disused powerfulness presumption successful Barcelona, Ms Kalu won for her presumption successful Conversations, a radical accumulation astatine Walker Art Gallery successful Liverpool.

For the sculpture series, the creator created the vividly-coloured works from repeated lines and wrappings of antithetic materials, making nest oregon cocoon-like forms.

The installation consisted of 10 ample brightly-coloured sculptures that hung from grey factual pillars of the concern site.

Meanwhile, for Conversations, Kalu presented enactment successful pen, graphite and chalk pen connected 2 pieces of paper.

The jury, which was chaired by Alex Farquharson, the manager of Tate Britain, commended Kalu's "bold and compelling work" and praised the "lively translation of expressive gesture" successful the abstract sculpture and drawing.

The sheet besides acknowledged her scale, creation and colour, highlighting "the almighty presence" her works have.

Kalu is besides a nonmigratory creator astatine ActionSpace's studio, which supports learning disabled artists crossed London astatine Studio Voltaire, and bushed retired chap shortlisted artists Rene Matic, Mohammed Sami and Zadie Xa.

The works by the 4 artists are presently disposable to spot astatine a escaped accumulation astatine Bradford's Cartwright Hall Art Gallery until 22 February.

Named aft British creator JMW Turner, this year's prize marked the 250th day of his birth.

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Previous winners see creator Damien Hirst successful 1995 and filmmaker Sir Steve McQueen successful 1999, portion past year's winner, Jasleen Kaur, picked up the prize for Alter Altar - which covered a reddish sports car with a elephantine ornamental doily mat.