Glasgow artist wins 2024 Turner Prize for Tramway exhibition

Artist Jasleen Kaur, who grew up in Glasgow and is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art, has been named the winner of the Turner Prize 2024.

Jasleen was nominated for her solo exhibition 'Alter Altar', which took place last year at Tramway - not far from where she was born in Pollokshields.

Reflecting her Sikh upbringing in Glasgow and celebrating the city's rich and diverse culture, Alter Altar featured a series of installations and kinetic, musical sculptures. Incorporating everyday objects - including a vintage Ford Escort, Axminster carpet, bottles of Irn Bru, political flyers and family photos - as well as sound, the exhibition explored the ways we not only choose to define ourselves but also how we preserve and challenge our own traditions.

The Turner Prize judges noted the considered way in which Jasleen's work "weaves together the personal, political and spiritual".

The other artists shortlisted for this year's prestigious art prize were Delaine le Bas - who had a solo exhibition at Tramway this summer - Pio Abad, and Claudette Johnson.

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