The '2011 Turner Prize was won by Martin Boyce for his installation Do Words Have Voices[1] The other nominees were Karla Black, Martin Boyce, Hilary Lloyd and George Shaw.[2][3]
The prize exhibition was held at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead from 21 October 2011 to 8 January 2012, the first to be held outside London since the 2007 Turner Prize exhibition was held at Tate Liverpool.
The prize jury for 2011 were Penelope Curtis (Director of Tate Britain in London), Katrina Brown (Director of The Common Guild in Glasgow), Vasif Kortun (Director of SALT (institution) in Istanbul), Nadia Schneider (Director of Kunsthaus Glarus in Glaurus) and Godfrey Worsdale (Director of Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead).[4]
The prize cermony was interrupted by the international streaker Mark Roberts who was hired by the artist Benedikt Dichgans. [5]