Northern Art prize 2010: meet the finalists

Alec Finlay, a Scottish artist and poet with past residencies at Gateshead Baltic, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the New and Renewable Energy Centre
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Artist Alec Finlay holds court at Tate Britain
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Lubaina Himid is queen of the jelly-mould maquette. This work, Jelly Pavilion 7, is part of a Liverpool-wide exhibition celebrating the contribution of the 'black diaspora' to the city's history
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Another perspective on Himid's jelly-mould artwork
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Preston-based artist Lubaina Himid
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David Jacques specialises in finding and exhibiting lost items that may change our understanding of history. This work is entitled English Electric
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Jacques is also on the shortlist for the 2010 Liverpool Art prize with previous Northern Art prize-winner Paul Rooney
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Liverpudlian David Jacques – a 'Scouser born and bred'
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Then there's Haroon Mirza, a Sheffield-based artist with a penchant for sound installations. He has exibited at Foundation in Liverpool and London's Lisson Gallery
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Artist Haroon Mirza

Works by the four shortlisted artists will be shown at Leeds Art Gallery from 26 November 2010 to 6 February 2011
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