Turner prize 2008: Happy go Leckey

The art world gathered at London's Tate Britain for the announcement of the Turner prize. Nick Cave stepped on stage to open the golden envelope ... Photograph: Ian West/PA

... a visibly shocked Mark Leckey stood up to accept the £25,000 prize Photograph: Daniel Deme/EPA

Mark Leckey was the bookies' favourite to win the prize. He said that he didn't expect to win and was 'chuffed to bits' Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

Leckey, a part-time professor of film studies at Städelschule, Frankfurt, was the only male artist on this year's shortlist, which also included Goshka Macuga, Cathy Wilkes and Runa Islam Photograph: Daniel Deme/EPA

The 44-year-old artist, Mark Leckey, talks to the press after winning the prize Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

Mark Leckey was born in Birkenhead in 1964 and graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic in 1990. His work combines sculpture, film, sound and performance Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian

The artist was nominated for his solo exhibitions Industrial Light & Magic at Le Consortium, Dijon, and Resident at Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian

Desire and transformation are key motifs in Leckey's work. His work references contemporary culture, his own status as an artist and his upbringing in the north of England in the 1980s Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian

London-based Leckey has been described by critics as a 'modern-day dandy'. He often uses clips and stills from Disney cartoons, Felix the Cat, the Simpsons and Titanic in his art Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian

The Guardian's art critic, Jonathan Jones, thought Mark Leckey was the obvious winner, when the shortlist was announced in May ... Photograph: PR

... while the Guardian's Adrian Searle was less impressed with Leckey's self-conscious, erudite art Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian

So, as Mark Leckey joins other Turner prize winners including Antony Gormley and Damien Hirst, what do you think of the judges' choice? Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian