Tom Hammick was awarded the Nexus Prize for his designs for a large scale monotype made for a metro station in Newcastle, one of four prizes up for grabs at The Northern Print Biannale at the Laing Gallery from July to October 2009. Emma Stibbon won the Laing purchase prize.
Hammick also won the Monoprint Prize at Orginals 09.
Hammick's exhbition 'Pro Tem' received excellent reviews. Writing in the Irish Times, Aidan Dunne says, "Although it is usually straightforward-looking in its finished state, his work in Pro Tem at the Paul Kane Gallery is characterised by its reflective consideration. He aims to distil a mass of complex material into as simple a form as possible, and his paintings, with their blocks of intense colour and their spare, stylised drawing, somehow manage to conjure up not just specific scenes but a whole world view." Irish Times 29/4/09
Emma Stibbon has a solo exhibition StadtLandschaften - City Landscapes at the Ephraim Palais, Stadtmuseum, Berlin, between 3 July – 4 October 2009, and an associated book.
