Turner Prize 2022 nominee to create major new artwork as part of Belsay Hall fellowship

During her fellowship at Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens, Ingrid Pollard will also be looking to uncover historical research that does not fit in with the obvious narratives.

The new site-specific artwork will be exhibited there in autumn 2023.

The fellowship, in partnership with Newcastle University, is part of English Heritage’s new national cultural programme that aims to produce outstanding artistic responses by contemporary artists to the iconic sites and collections within the charity’s care.

English Heritage’s Creative Programme Manager, Penelope Sexton, said: “I can’t wait to see what inspiration Ingrid will take from her time at Belsay and how her final artwork will continue her long career of shaping people’s understanding of society, race, representation, history and landscape.

“This is an exciting moment for English Heritage’s cultural programme and we are so pleased to be able to establish our very first visual artist fellowship in partnership with Newcastle University.”

Ingrid has made a huge contribution to photography and art over the past 40 years using digital, analogue and alternative photographic processes.

She also incorporates into her practice printmaking, image-text, artist’s books, artefacts, memorabilia, installation, video and audio.

Comprising a large 14th Century tower, a Jacobean mansion, an elegant Classical Greek Revival villa and 20 acres of unique gardens, Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens contains a trove of stories waiting to be discovered.