Clara Hastrup
‘Polyrhythms and Multigrain Vibrations’
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2025-26
Exhibition: 22 May - 04 July 2026 Private View: Thursday 21 May 2026, 6-9pm
Standpoint is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Clara Hastrup (b. Århus, Denmark), winner of the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2025/26.
The exhibition Polyrhythms and Multigrain Vibrations brings together a new body of work developed since receiving the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award in 2025. It extends the artist’s ongoing investigation into sculpture as a dynamic system, connecting external forces, sound, image, and disparate materials to generate new rhythms and relationships.
Clara works in a variety of media that often combines analogue and digital technologies to reconfigure everyday objects, domestic materials, and animate forms. Through playful transformation and material experimentation, her works invite imaginative ways of encountering the seemingly familiar.
Clara Hastrup (b. Århus, Denmark) lives and works in London (UK). She received her BA (Hons) in Painting and Printmaking from The Glasgow School of Art in 2016 and her Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art from the Royal Academy Schools in 2021. Clara has recently been awarded the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award (2025), the Danish Arts Foundation Work Grant (2025), the Artists’ Collecting Society Studio Prize (2023), the Almacantar Award (2021), and the Patricia Turner Prize for Sculpture (2021).
The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award is the most significant award for emerging UK artists working in the field of sculpture. It seeks to reward outstanding and innovative practice, with a particular interest in work that demonstrates a commitment to process, or sensitivity to material.
Hastrup was selected from 280 entries by a judging panel comprising: Kira Freije, Artist; Thomas Ellmer, Exhibitions Curator, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre; Rebecca Scott, Director, Cross Lane Projects and Mark Tanner Trust; and Harriet Bowman, MTSA winner 2024/25.
Image: Courtesy of the artist
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It's the final few days to catch Slow Puncture @crosslaneprojects
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I'll be in the gallery on Friday & Saturday for chats if anyone is coming through sunny Kendal x
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🥁 Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2026/27 📣 Shortlist Announced 📣
Standpoint Gallery is delighted to announce this year’s Mark Tanner Sculpture Award shortlisted artists.
Eight artists are shortlisted for the £10,000 award, which offers the winner financial support towards the production of new work, a solo exhibition at Standpoint Gallery, London, plus a National Touring Programme.
The eight shortlisted UK artists are:
Anna Brass
Ana Maria Chamucero
Gusty Ferro
Katharina Fitz
Louise Gibson
Seongeun Lee
Rebecca Moss
Varvara Uhlik
The shortlisted artists were selected from close to 350 entries by a judging panel comprising: Holly Hendry, Artist; Melanie Pocock, Artistic Director (Exhibitions), IKON Gallery; Rebecca Scott, Mark Tanner Trust and Director, Cross Lane Projects; and Clara Hastrup, MTSA winner 2025-26
The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award is the most significant award for emerging UK artists working in the field of sculpture. It seeks to reward outstanding and innovative practice, with a particular interest in work that demonstrates a commitment to process, or sensitivity to material.
The winner will be announced at the current recipient Clara Hastrup’s exhibition ‘Polyrhythms and Multigrain Vibrations’ opening Thursday 21 May, 6-9pm at Standpoint Gallery
Image details: from top L-R
Louise Gibson, ‘Accelerations’ 2025; Gusty Ferro, ‘Hello Neighbours.’, TACO!, 2024; Seongeun Lee, ‘Locopentimento’ 2025; Ana Brass, ‘Haukebodde, Hacoud, Hacwod, Aukud’ Super 16mm digital transfer still, 2023; Katharina Fitz, ‘Backbone’ 2025; Rebecca Moss, ‘Momento Moro’, Museum Tinguely 2025; Ana Maria Chamucero, ‘Inventory’ 2019; Varvara Uhlik, ‘Play Ground’ 2025
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💫💫 Congratulations 🙌🏼 to all 💫💫
ARTIST TALK / CLOSING EVENT
Simon Marsh & Marcus Vergette
‘Colour, Light, Sound, Silence’
SATURDAY 25 APRIL - 2PM
Please join us for Simon Marsh & Marcus Vergette in conversation. Places are free, booking essential via gallery.
Exhibition: 20 March to 25 April 2026
Marcus Vergette and Simon Marsh met in 1980 on the Fine Art Painting course at Central School of Art & Design in London and have been friends ever since. In the intervening years both artists have continued their practice; Vergette’s focus developed to explore sculpture and sound, Marsh became a printmaker and has recently been exploring stained glass and experimental forms. Texture and the trace of the hand(made) is important to them both.
Their work can be considered in the context of their long association. As artists they explore the elemental and emotional qualities of light and sound, forms of energy that move as waves of different speeds, through which we experience the world. In both their work light and sound can be reflected and refracted, observed and invented.
Simon Marsh established Hope (Sufferance) Press, a fine art printing studio in 1986. He took a sabbatical from 1991-1992 to make a continuous walk around the coast of England and Wales. It took 18 months and he made paintings each day, carrying all the materials he needed and camping out at night. On his return he produced Printed Steps, a book of etchings and paintings. In 2004, he started working at Paupers Press which has been an ongoing collaboration with its founder, Michael Taylor. He moved to Cornwall in 2013, and set up his own publishing press, Jollytown Editions, in West Penwith where he lives and works.
Marcus Vergette’s creative practice is rooted in the duality of being both a sculptor and musician. One of his core principles is democratising art, and he has worked extensively in creating public bell sculptures. Remodelling this ancient device of communication, the artist explores its history, meanings and physical properties, creating a process that embraces both art and engineering.
Both artists are based in rural locations in the South West.
🔔 Colour, Light, Sound, Silence
📍 Standpoint Gallery
🗓️ 20 March – 25 April 2026
🎟️ Free entry
Step into a world of texture, atmosphere, and quiet intensity with the latest exhibition by Marcus Vergette creator of Time and Tide Bell sculptures and Simon Marsh at Standpoint Gallery.
Working across sculpture, sound, painting and glass, their work reflects on light and sound as energy—waves that move through space, carrying meaning, memory and emotion.
🔔 Vergette’s sculptural bells—some ringing, some silent—draw on deep histories of communication, authority and ritual, while speaking urgently to today’s environmental concerns.
🎨 Marsh’s layered paintings and constructions respond to the shifting light and textures of West Cornwall, combining drawing, print and glass to create fragile, luminous works that echo landscape and time.
Having first met in 1980 at Central School of Art & Design, this exhibition brings together decades of shared history and evolving practice.
⚠️ Please note:
The gallery is closed Good Friday (5 April) and Saturday (6 April), but open Thursday 4 April.
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Simon Marsh & Marcus Vergette
‘Colour, Light, Sound, Silence’
Exhibition: 20 March 2026 to 25 April 2026
Private view: 19 March 2026, 6pm to 8pm
Standpoint presents Colour, Light, Sound, Silence, an exhibition by Marcus Vergette and Simon Marsh, opening 20 March 2026.
Marcus Vergette and Simon Marsh met in 1980 on the Fine Art Painting course at Central School of Art & Design in London and have been friends ever since. In the intervening years both artists have continued their practice; Vergette’s focus developed to explore sculpture and sound, Marsh became a printmaker and has recently been exploring stained glass and experimental forms.
Texture and the trace of the hand(made) is important to them both. The upcoming exhibition at Standpoint is their second show together, the first held last year at Cross Lane Projects, Kendal.
Their work can be considered in the context of their long association. As artists they explore the elemental and emotional qualities of light and sound, forms of energy that move as waves of different speeds, through which we experience the world. In both their work light and sound can be reflected and refracted, observed and invented.
Simon Marsh
Since leaving Central School of Art and Design in 1983, I established Hope (Sufferance) Press, a fine art printing studio in 1986. In 2004, I started working at Paupers Press which has been an ongoing collaboration with its founder, Michael Taylor. I moved to Cornwall in 2013, and have set up my own publishing press, Jollytown Editions, in West Penwith where I live and work.
Marcus Vergette
Marcus Vergette’s creative practice is rooted in the duality of being both a sculptor and musician. One of his core principles is democratising art, and he has worked extensively in creating public bell sculptures. Remodelling this ancient device of communication, the artist explores its history, meanings and physical properties, creating a process that embraces both art and engineering.
Thank you to all who joined us for the private view of Slow Puncture on Friday, what a wonderful night.
You can visit Slow Puncture by Harriet Bowman, Wednesdays to Saturdays, 12-5pm until 25 April 2026.
@harrietbowman (b.1990, N. Devon), winner of the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2024/25
Harriet Bowman's practice is multi-faceted, making sculpture through an intensive process of learning. testing and experimentation. She examines the vulnerability of the body in relation to materials and the bodies of others within the processes of production. 'Slow Puncture' presents a new series of sculptures developed as the 22nd winner of the leading UK Award for emerging sculptors. In this new work, Bowman explores language, industry and secondary use of materials through a range of media, including glass, metal, rubber and ceramics.
Bowman, who lives and works in Bristol, is the 22nd winner of the MTSA, the most significant award for emerging UK artists working in the field of sculpture. It seeks to reward outstanding and innovative practice, with a particular interest in work that demonstrates a commitment to process, or sensitivity to material. Bowman was selected from 300 entries by a judging panel comprising: Alice Channer; Gemma Brace, Head of Exhibitions, Arnolfini; Rebecca Scott, Director, Cross Lane Projects and Mark Tanner Trust; and Steph Huang, MTSA winner 2023/24.
'Slow Puncture' tours the UK as part of the MTSA's National Touring Programme beginning at Standpoint Gallery, London, in May 2025 and continuing on to The Art House, Wakefield, West Yorkshire in Summer 2026
Harriet Bowman is a multidisciplinary artist born in North Devon and currently living and working in Bristol with a studio at Spike Island. Recent solo exhibitions include: Solo Exhibitions 'Taking Care of the Yolk', MIRROR Plymouth, Plymouth, 2024; 'Maybe they had an urgent call' (touring) Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, 2023; 'Maybe they had an urgent call' (touring) Devonshire Collective, Eastbourne, 2022.
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Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2026/27
Applications open - deadline midnight on Sunday 22 March 2026
The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award is the most significant award for emerging artists working in the field of sculpture in the UK. It is unique in its combination of offering financial support towards the production of new work, plus a solo exhibition to an exceptional sculptor.
The award offers £10,000 in financial support towards the production of new work, plus a funded solo exhibition, to an exceptional sculptor. The award also includes a national touring programme, taking MTSA artists to partner venues across the UK.
We seek to reward outstanding and innovative practice in the field of sculpture and are particularly interested in work that demonstrates a commitment to process and materials.
There is no age limit, applicants will be judged on the quality of their work and the ability of the award to make a beneficial impact on their practice and future development.
The financial award to assist in the production of a new body of work is £10,000, made in 3 payments over the course of the year, at the end of which there will be a solo exhibition at Standpoint Gallery. Standpoint will maintain a supportive, mentoring role over the twelve-month period of the award, including studio visits to discuss progress towards the exhibition.
The selection panel for the 2026-27 award is:
Holly Hendry, Artist. Melanie Pocock, Artistic Director (Exhibitions), IKON Gallery. Rebecca Scott, Mark Tanner Trust and Director, Cross Lane Projects. Clara Hastrup, MTSA winner 2025-26.
Eligibility
Applicants must be established residents of the UK. Students in current education are not eligible to apply. This applies to BA and MA students or equivalent, but those undertaking postgraduate research work leading to a PhD/Mphil/MLitt/ MRes or equivalent are able to apply. We are unable to accept joint, group or collective applications.
Harriet Bowman ‘Slow Puncture’ opens at Cross Lane Projects, Kendal, with a private view Friday 6 March 2026.
Harriet Bowman (b.1990, N. Devon), winner of the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2024/25
Harriet Bowman’s practice is multi-faceted, making sculpture through an intensive process of learning, testing and experimentation. She examines the vulnerability of the body in relation to materials and the bodies of others within the processes of production. ‘Slow Puncture’ presents a new series of sculptures developed as the 22nd winner of the leading UK Award for emerging sculptors. In this new work, Bowman explores language, industry and secondary use of materials through a range of media, including glass, metal, rubber and ceramics.
Bowman, who lives and works in Bristol, is the 22nd winner of the MTSA, the most significant award for emerging UK artists working in the field of sculpture. It seeks to reward outstanding and innovative practice, with a particular interest in work that demonstrates a commitment to process, or sensitivity to material. Bowman was selected from 300 entries by a judging panel comprising: Alice Channer; Gemma Brace, Head of Exhibitions, Arnolfini; Rebecca Scott, Director, Cross Lane Projects and Mark Tanner Trust; and Steph Huang, MTSA winner 2023/24.
‘Slow Puncture’ tours the UK as part of the MTSA’s National Touring Programme beginning at Standpoint Gallery, London, in May 2025 and continuing on to The Art House, Wakefield, West Yorkshire in Summer 2026
Harriet Bowman is a multidisciplinary artist born in North Devon and currently living and working in Bristol with a studio at Spike Island. Recent solo exhibitions include: Solo Exhibitions ‘Taking Care of the Yolk’, MIRROR Plymouth, Plymouth, 2024; ‘Maybe they had an urgent call’ (touring) Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, 2023; ‘Maybe they had an urgent call‘ (touring) Devonshire Collective, Eastbourne, 2022; All Round-er (sad sale), Spike Island Gallery, Spike Island, Bristol 2019; putting my foot d Harriet Bowman is a multidisciplinary artist born in North Devon and currently living and working in Bristol with a studio at Spike Island.
