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Y Ddreser Gymreig / The Welsh Dresser 2020 Angharad Pearce Jones (b.1969)

Y Ddreser Gymreig / The Welsh Dresser 2020 National Assembly for Wales / Ty Hywel
Time-Lapse 2020 David Rickard (b.1975)

Time-Lapse 2020 Kielder Water & Forest Park
Tri Map o Gymru / Three Maps of Wales 2020 Angharad Pearce Jones (b.1969)

Tri Map o Gymru / Three Maps of Wales 2020 National Assembly for Wales / Ty Hywel
Hastings Digital Quilt 2020 Carissa Tanton (b.1989) and Kate Hulme (active 2019)

Hastings Digital Quilt 2020 Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Sarah (Aina) Forbes Bonetta Davies (1843–1880) 2020 Hannah Uzor (b.1982)

Sarah (Aina) Forbes Bonetta Davies (1843–1880) 2020 English Heritage, Osborne House
Underworld (An Escape) 2020 Tom Hammick (b.1963)

Underworld (An Escape) 2020 Glyndebourne
Intersection: Dark and Light 2020 Johannes von Stumm (b.1959)

Intersection: Dark and Light 2020 Kellogg College, University of Oxford
Kiss 2020 Eileen Cooper (b.1953)

Kiss 2020 Jerwood Collection
Mayflower, All Flowers 2020 Yinka Shonibare (b.1962)

Mayflower, All Flowers 2020 Jerwood Collection
Dream and Refuge 2020 Michael Armitage (b.1984)

Dream and Refuge 2020 Jerwood Collection
Creirwy 2020 Seren Morgan Jones (b.1985)

Creirwy 2020 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
Konstanze at the Window 2020 Tom Hammick (b.1963)

Konstanze at the Window 2020 Glyndebourne
Tethered Cloud 2020 Sebastian Messer and Taylor Grindley

Tethered Cloud 2020 Kielder Water & Forest Park
Waves of the Soul 2020 Tom Hammick (b.1963)

Waves of the Soul 2020 Glyndebourne
Butterfly Rainbow 2020 Damien Hirst (b.1965)

Butterfly Rainbow 2020 NHS Lothian (Edinburgh & Lothian Health Foundation)
Perch 2020 Deb Hart (b.1961) and Graham Slade (b.1976)

Perch 2020 White Street, Great Dunmow, Essex
Drowned Books 2019 Choi Yan-chi (b.1949)

Drowned Books 2019 New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
Anonymous 2 2019 Paul Edward Oulton (b.1948)

Anonymous 2 2019 Robert Lenkiewicz Liverpool Collection
First Self Portrait 2019 Hannah Murray (b.1994)

First Self Portrait 2019 The Ruth Borchard Collection
Me, As I Think I Look When I Sleep 2019 Toby Rainbird (b.1994)

Me, As I Think I Look When I Sleep 2019 The Ruth Borchard Collection