2021 Award

Mike Layward, former Creative Director of DASH, a Shropshire organisation that supports and commissions the work of disabled artists, won the second edition of the Ampersand Foundation Award in 2021. DASH has a long history of producing provocative interventions that continue the legacy of Dada, Absurdism and Surrealism into the 21st century. The winning proposal entitled We are Invisible We are Visible (WAIWAV), consisted of 31 disabled artists creating interventions that appeared in 30 Plus Tate members’ venues on 2nd July 2022, the 102nd anniversary of the first International Dada Fair.

The five shortlisted organisastions were: De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill-on-Sea Turner Contemporary, Margate DASH, Shrewsbury (winner) Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea MK Gallery, Milton Keynes

Judging panel: Alastair Sooke, Trustee, The Ampersand Foundation Amalia Pica, Artist Jack Kirkland, Chairman, The Ampersand Foundation Jonathan Watkins, Director, Ikon Gallery Victoria Siddall, Trustee, The Ampersand Foundation

Please note Ikon Gallery, as the winner of the 2019 Award, did not enter the 2021 edition of the Award.