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Bart Hess (Materials Innovation, 2014)Post Matter A Isabelle Adams 2015 Choral Conducting Sadik Ahmed 2010 Cinematography Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp 2016 Literary Translation Martin Andre 1996 Conducting Catherine Aran 2009 Storytelling Kwame Asafo-Adjei 2019 Hip Hop Dance Lise Autogena 1997 Glass Rob Auton 2015 Spoken Word Alinah Azadeh 2010 Textile Art B Sarat Babu 2015 Materials Innovation supported by The Clothworkers' Foundation Alexander Baczynski-Jenkins 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Emily Baker 2009 Songwriting John Barber 2012 Opera Composition Sara Barker 2012 Sculpture supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Kevin Barry 2011 Short Story Writing Gregory Batsleer 2015 Choral Conducting Becky Beasley 2011 Yoma Sasburg Fellowship for Sculpture Dickie Beau 2015 Video & Digital for Performance supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Bean/ Benjamin 2015 Arts Producer Marina Benjamin 2017 Creative Non-Fiction Fiona Benson 2012 Poetry Alice Birch 2014 Playwriting supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Ole Birkeland 2010 Cinematography Adam Blencowe 2017 Furniture Design supported by the David Collins Foundation Kate Bond 2011 Live Performance Art Sofie Boons 2016 Jewellery Design Phoebe Boswell 2012 Animation Orhan Boztas 2013 Screenwriting Robert Bradbrook 2004 Animation Bill Bragg 2010 Graphic Novels Wilkie Branson 2012 Choreography Maeve Brennan 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Maisie Broadhead 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Elspeth Brooke 2012 Opera Composition Kate Brown 2010 Graphic Novels Victoria Browne 2013 Printmaking Angie Bual 2015 Arts Producer Sean Buckley 2013 Screenwriting Tanya Burns 1996 Lighting Design C Steven Camden 2016 Children's Theatre supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Leah Capaldi 2014 Sculpture supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Fabien Cappello 2012 Product Design Simon Carroll 2004 Ceramics Paul Carter 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Rachael Champion 2013 Sculpture supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Jean Chan 2013 Design for Performance:Set & Costume Paul Chaney 2015 Art in the Elements supported by Yoma Sasburg Belinda Chapman 2007 Creators of Theatre for Children Julia Cheng 2019 Hip Hop Dance Lin Cheung 2001 Jewellery Design Paul Clark 1998 Opera Composition Philip Clark 2014 Arts Journalism Liz Clark 2016 Children's Theatre supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Ruth Claxton 2012 Sculpture supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Pippa Cleary 2013 Composition for Musicals supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Ken Cockburn 2008 Literary Translation Revital Cohen 2012 Product Design Dawn Cole 2013 Printmaking Henry Coleman 2016 Art in the Urban Space supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Beth Collar 2017 Live Art supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Beth Collar 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Lynne Collins 2013 Still Life Photography Nicholas Collon 2008 Conducting Julie Cook 2010 Textile Art Melanie Counsell 1994 Painting Thomson & Craighead 2005 New Media Art Andrew Cranston 2014 Painting Jo Crowley 2015 Arts Producer Phoebe Cummings 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Aldona Cunningham 1995 Theatre Design D Patrick Davison 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Angela De Castro 2003 Circus Richard DeDomenici 2011 Live Performance Art John Doran 2014 Arts Journalism AM Draycott 2013 Screenwriting Eleesha Drennan 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Laura Ducceschi 2016 Producers of Live Music supported by the PRS for Music Foundation E Ken Eastman 1998 Ceramics Philip Eglin 1993 Ceramics Victoria Ely 2015 Choral Conducting Peles Empire 2014 Sculpture supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Ruth Ewan 2016 Art in the Urban Space supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate F Michel Faber 2001 Short Story Writing Mateusz Farenholz 1997 Printmaking Andy Field 2015 Arts Producer London Fieldworks 2015 Art in the Elements supported by Yoma Sasburg Michael Fowkes 2010 Puppetry Jemima Foxtrot 2015 Spoken Word Linda France 1993 Poetry John Frankland 2002 Sculpture Karrie Fransman 2010 Graphic Novels Ella Frears 2019 Poetry Patrik Fredrikson 2006 Furniture Design Tori Freestone 2017 Jazz Composition supported by PRS for Music Foundation Rachel Freire 2016 Materials Innovation supported by The Clothworkers' Foundation Max Frommeld 2017 Furniture Design supported by the David Collins Foundation Alex Frost 2013 Sculpture supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Simon Fujiwara 2009 Interior Architecture G Laia Gasch 2000 Arts Producer Juan Gaviria 2019 Hip Hop Dance Frances Geesin 2003 Textiles Suzy Glass 2016 Producers of Live Music supported by the PRS for Music Foundation Matt Golden 2011 Sculpture supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Ken Grant 1993 Photography Joy Gregory 1996 Photography Berit Greinke 2015 Materials Innovation supported by The Clothworkers' Foundation Deirdre Gribbin 1998 Opera Composition Susan Gritton 1994 Singing H Jen Hadfield 2012 Poetry Léonie Hampton 2007 Photojournalism Rebecca Hanbury 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Siobhan Hapaska 2011 Yoma Sasburg Fellowship for Sculpture Sława Harasymowicz 2008 Illustration Isobel Harbison 2014 Arts Journalism Jane Harris 1994 Textiles Jane Harris 1995 Painting Zinnie Harris 2004 Playwriting Matthew Harris 2010 Textile Art Will Harris 2019 Poetry David Harrison 2000 Painting Alex Hartley 2015 Art in the Elements supported by Yoma Sasburg Rosalind Harvey 2016 Literary Translation Darren Harvey-Regan 2013 Still Life Photography Rosie Heafford 2016 Children's Theatre supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Holly Hendry 2019 Experimental Architecture Fabio Hendry 2019 Designer-Maker supported by The Clothworkers’ Company Jeremy Herbert 1995 Theatre Design Gwyneth Herbert 2013 Composition for Musicals supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Susanna Heron 2001 Landscape Design Bart Hess 2014 Materials Innovation supported by The Clothworkers' Foundation Carmen Hijosa 2016 Materials Innovation supported by The Clothworkers' Foundation Chris Hildrey 2019 Experimental Architecture Alice Hiller 2019 Poetry Wayne Holloway-Smith 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Robert Holyhead 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Jochen Holz 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Liam Hopkins 2019 Designer-Maker supported by The Clothworkers’ Company Hitomi Hosono 2011 Ceramics Sophie Hughes 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Helena Hunter 2011 Live Performance Art Stephen Hurrel 2008 Lighting Design I Evan Ifekoya 2017 Live Art supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Dougal Irvine 2013 Composition for Musicals supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Stephen Irwin 2012 Animation Eugenia Ivanissevich 2013 Still Life Photography J Jeremy James 1997 Choreography Kerry Jameson 2011 Ceramics Neil Jefffries 1997 Drawing Jamila Johnson-Small 2019 Visual Arts Katherine Jones 2013 Printmaking Neal Jones 2014 Painting Harminder Judge 2011 Live Performance Art K Sarah Kane 1998 Playwriting Colette Kane 2014 Playwriting supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Asif Kapadia 2001 Film Directing Permindar Kaur 1998 Sculpture Markus Kayser 2012 Product Design Frith Kerr 2003 Graphic Design Lauren Kinsella 2017 Jazz Composition supported by PRS for Music Foundation Simon Knight 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Sophia Kokosalaki 2002 Fashion Design Serena Korda 2014 Sculpture supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Andrew Kotting 1995 Scriptwriting Olivier Kugler 2017 Creative Non-Fiction Vann Kwok 2016 Jewellery Design L Andrew Lamb 2010 Jewellery Design Chloe Lamford 2013 Design for Performance:Set & Costume Lina Lapelyte 2014 Experimental Music Ingrid Laubrock 2006 Jazz Composition Karen Laws 2006 Comedy Writing Sam Lee 2011 Folk Music Joanna Lee 2012 Opera Composition Seongyong Lee 2012 Product Design Beth Legg 2010 Jewellery Design Lawrence Lek 2019 Experimental Architecture Oscar Lhermitte 2019 Designer-Maker supported by The Clothworkers’ Company Lisa Lillywhite 2001 Theatre Design Katrina Lindsay 2005 Costume Design Christella Litras 2013 Composition for Musicals supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Clare Lizzimore 2009 Theatre Directing Michael Lloyd 1995 Metalwork T Lloyd-Jones 2014 Arts Journalism Gavin Lockheart 1995 Painting Julia Lohmann 2014 Materials Innovation supported by The Clothworkers' Foundation Eleanor Long 2007 Glass Liv Lorent 2005 Choreography Charlie Lyne 2017 Essay Films M Sara MacKillop 2014 Sculpture supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Stuart MacRae 2012 Opera Composition Amy Mae 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Sabrina Mahfouz 2015 Spoken Word Nathaniel Mann 2018 Twenty Fifth Anniversary Awards Adam Marek 2011 Short Story Writing Peter Marigold 2017 Furniture Design supported by the David Collins Foundation N Martello-White 2014 Playwriting supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Anna Massie 2011 Folk Music Victoria Mather 2012 Animation Nao Matsunaga 2011 Ceramics Robert Herbert McClean 2019 Poetry Alistair McDowall 2014 Playwriting supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Wayne McGregor 1994 Choreography James McKay 2010 Graphic Novels Mark McNay 2007 New Fiction Robin McNicholas 2015 Video & Digital for Performance supported by the Lionel Bart Foundation Hollie McNish 2015 Spoken Word Julian Melchiorri 2017 Materials Innovation supported by The Clothworkers' Foundation Fred Meller 2001 Theatre Design Jeremy Millar 2005 Curation Mervyn Millar 2010 Puppetry Louisa Minkin 1994 Painting Haroon Mirza 2011 Yoma Sasburg Fellowship for Sculpture Conor Mitchell 2004 Composition for Musicals Chris Montague   2017 Jazz Composition supported by PRS for Music Foundation Robert Morgan 2012 Animation Laura Morgan 2016 Materials Innovation supported by The Clothworkers' Foundation Regina Moriarty 2013 Screenwriting Carol Morley 2003 Documentary Making Tabitha Moses 2010 Textile Art N Rie Nakajima 2014 Experimental Music Rie Nakajima Alex Neilson 2011 Folk Music Bobby Niven 2016 Art in the Urban Space supported by the Yoma Sasburg Estate Amelia Noble 2003 Graphic Design Rufus Norris 2002 Theatre Directing O 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Bart Hess

Shortlisted in 2014 for Materials Innovation

Play is at the core of Bart Hess’ practice – a creative process where everyday materials are manipulated within the framework of the human body creating a visual world of his own which links art, fashion and textiles. He created a slime garment for Lady Gaga and has worked in collaboration with photographer Nick Knight.

Bart’s first collection, called ‘A Hunt for High Tech’, created a fictional world of human-like animal species using materials far from nature, such as plastic, foil, silicone and pins. Synthetic skins and furs were created by magnifying and exaggerating their characteristics until his imagined archetype emerged.

Despite the futuristic nature of his work, it is more traditional craftsmanship than technology involved along with basic video-editing techniques which together alter simple materials into otherworldly animations and materials merge with the body. In one video Shaved he uses a giant blade to create aerodynamic shapes of shaving foam on a swimmer’s body, allowing the audience to experience the materials without physically doing so.

His latest project Digital Artefacts involves creating a wax mixture that hardens on the body when it is pulled underwater in a water tank where the model is dipped in creating shapes similar to an echo of the body’s’ movements. The resulting wax shapes were exhibited at the Architecture Triennale, Lisbon.