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.