artinliverpool.com is pleased to announce that Imogen Stidworthy is the overall winner of the Liverpool Art Prize 2008.

The People's Choice prize has been won by the Singh Twins after over 440 votes from the general public were counted.

The prizes were presented by Paul Hyland of DSG and Arthur Diamond at a special awards ceremony at the Contemporary Urban Centre where the exhibition will continue until May 7 2008

Stidworthy’s focus is on aspects of communication. She looks at how language occupies public and private spaces, and uses it as a sculptural material to explore relationships between body, voice and subject.

Listed here are the 6 artists short-listed by the panel of judges for the 2008 Liverpool Art Prize
 

Mary Fitzpatrick	Mary Fitzpatrick a photo-based artist who has worked in Northern Ireland, Central America, the UK, the Middle East, and South-East Asia on various projects in recent years.	Emma Rodgers	Emma Rodgers - Wirral-based sculptor with works in many national and international galleries including Lady Lever
Gareth Kemp	Gareth Kemp is a painter based in Liverpool. For the past few years Gareth has been working on a series of paintings called Fifteen feet of pure white snow	Imogen Stidworthy	Imogen Stidworthy Based in Liverpool, Imogen deals with language and its translation into sound and image in her videos, films, photos and sound installations.
Jayne Lawless	Jayne Lawless from Liverpool has recently completed a residency at The New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich where she created the Tunnel installation	The Singh Twins	The Singh Twins Wirral based, London born twin sisters Amrit and Rabindra are contemporary British artists of International standing.