The prize exhibition was held at theBaltic Centre for Contemporary Art inGateshead from 21 October 2011 to 8 January 2012, the first to be held outside London since the2007 Turner Prize exhibition was held atTate Liverpool, and the first time the exhibition has ever been held at a non-Tate venue.
The2011Turner Prize was won byMartin Boyce for his installationDo Words Have Voices[1] The other nominees wereKarla Black,Martin Boyce,Hilary Lloyd andGeorge Shaw.[2][3]
The prize jury for 2011 wasPenelope Curtis (Director ofTate Britain in London),Katrina Brown (Director ofThe Common Guild in Glasgow),Vasif Kortun (Director ofSALT (institution) in Istanbul),Nadia Schneider (Director ofKunsthaus Glarus inGlarus) andGodfrey Worsdale (Director ofBaltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead).[4]
The prize ceremony was interrupted by the international streakerMark Roberts who was hired by the artist Benedikt Dichgans.[5]
149,770 people visited the exhibition at the Baltic[6] making it the most visited Turner Prize exhibition ever.[7]