Ben Cove Award Winner
Ben Cove (1974 – 2016) was an integral part of the SPACE artist community and the London art scene, spending 10 years working in The Triangle building in Hackney from 2006 until his untimely death in 2016.
The Estate of Ben Cove and SPACE look forward to continuing to celebrate Ben’s artistic and personal legacy through the Ben Cove Award, the inaugural recipient Jo Longhurst announced to coincide with the close of Ben Cove in SPACE at SPACE Ilford, 2024.
The SPACE community is integral to the existence of this award. It was this community of friends and fellow artists who instigated a collection in Ben’s name, with the specific aim of enabling artists to further their careers by removing some of the financial constraints. To acknowledge the support of this community, the first recipient of the Ben Cove Award will be a current SPACE Studio artist. Ben’s family have specified the awarded artist to identify as having a disability, including neurodiversity.
The selection panel consisted of the Cove family, SPACE Head of Artist Development Karen Davies, and Joanne Bushnell, Director of Aspex Gallery.