Brought to you by Liverpool BID Company and Liverpool Parish Church. 2024 Winner: Ascension by Alan Dunn
2025 coming soon.

Liverpool Sculpture Prize

Liverpool Sculpture Prize, created and managed by Liverpool BID Company and Liverpool Parish Church, is open to any sculptor working and living in the UK.

The winner of the 2024 Liverpool Sculpture Prize is ‘Ascension’ by Glasgow-born artist Alan Dunn. 2025 applications coming soon.

Dunn has been based in the Liverpool City Region since 1995, the year he co-created the RAY + JULIE sculpture with Brigitte Jurack. The sculpture, consisting of two chairs, was originally commissioned by the Furniture Resource Centre.  The original RAY + JULIE artwork existed for 27 years at the London Road site.

The iconic sculpture has been reworked to separate the chairs, with RAY now at the plinth and JULIE left behind on London Road. It is the first time in 27 years they will have been separated and will remind us of the solice and support that faith brings to the lonely and the forgotten.

‘Ascension’ sees RAY installed at the Plinth on Liverpool Parish Church for twelve months.

Read more on the winning artwork here.

If you’re interested in applying for the 2025 Liverpool Sculpture Prize, please get in touch here.

Judging Panel

The 2024 Liverpool Sculpture Prize judging panel included;

  • Rector of Liverpool Revd Canon Dr Crispin Pailing MBE from Liverpool Parish Church
  • The Venerable Pete Spiers, Archdeacon of Knowsley and Sefton in the Diocese of Liverpool
  • Lesley Woodbridge Public art Officer at Liverpool City Council
  • Artist Faith Bebbington
  • Curator at DuoVision James Lawler
  • Art critic and writer from the Double Negative Laura Robertson
  • Saleem Fazal from Taylor Wessing
  • Curator at Bluecoat Adam Smythe
  • Julie Johnson, Chair of Liverpool’s BID Company’s Culture & Commerce BID and Business Operations Partner at Morecrofts

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Applications

Applications are currently closed for the Liverpool Sculpture Prize. Keep up to date with future opportunities by subscribing to our newsletter.

Application process:

Please send applications to press@liverpoolbidcompany.com

The winning entry is chosen by a judging panel, featuring people from within the arts, business and creative communities. The works are displayed for the year at Liverpool Parish Church, either on the plinth on Chapel Street, or in the church gardens overlooking Liverpool’s waterfront.