The Grantham Institute are delighted to announce the six winners of the Grantham Art Prize who will be tackling climate change through their work.

Launched on Earth Day 2018 by the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment and the Royal College of Art (RCA), the inaugural competition aimed to merge science and art to create pieces that would be strong motivators for action on climate change.

"It was inspiring to read these proposals and to hear from young artists who want to contribute to the climate conversation and engage with a broader public through their intelligent and creative exposition of these crucial issues" Professor Juan Cruz Dean of Arts & Humanities, RCA

Art students from across the UK were encouraged to team up with Imperial researchers to create original concepts based on scientific fact that will compel observers to consider the moral and ethical implications of their choices.

The six winners have been set the task of creating a new work from scratch by 25 April this year, when all works will be displayed at an opening exhibition at Imperial College London to celebrate Earth Day 2019. Find out more about each applicant and see some of their previous work in the gallery below.

Professor Juan Cruz, one of the competition judges, commented: “Art is a powerful motivator of change and is already playing a vital role in helping us know and understand the complexities of climate change and the difficult choices we have to make to avoid its impacts.

It was inspiring to read these proposals and to hear from young artists who want to contribute to the climate conversation and engage with a broader public through their intelligent and creative exposition of these crucial issues that affect all of us. I am very much looking forward to seeing their work at the exhibition in April.”

The winners

The winners were judged anonymously based on their concepts by a panel including:

• Professor Maggie Dallman OBE, Vice-President of Imperial
• Professor Juan Cruz, Dean of Arts & Humanities for the RCA
• Professor Martin Siegert, Co-director of the Grantham Institute
• Julian Melchiorri, Artist, Inventor and CEO of Arborea j