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Prior to the establishment of the prize in 2000, Beck's had sponsered several exhibitions of contemporary art in Britain by providing free beer. Together with Artangel , they had also commissioned a number of works by artists, including Rachel Whiteread's House and Water Tower and pieces by Douglas Gordon and Tony Oursler .
Although it does not receive as much publicity as the Turner Prize, the prize fund is larger - in 2003, it was £65,000 to the Turner Prize's £20,000. Of this, £20,000 went to the winner, who also took a share of the £40,000 divided between all the shortlisted artists. The remaining £5,000 was allocated to the Student Prize for Film and Video, with £2,000 of that going to the winner.
The 2003 prize, presented by Wim Wenders, was awarded on April 29 at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as Nashashibi, the shortlisted artists were Bernd BehrBernd Behr (born 1976) is a London-based, German-born artist. Behr was born in Hamburg, and went to the United States to study at the San Jose State University, California in 1995. From 1999 he read fine art at London's Goldsmiths College. Several of his, Nick CroweNick Crowe (born 1968) is an English artist. Much of his work is internet-based. Crowe was born in Barnsley and studied English literature and drama at Hull University. Several of Crowe's pieces are internet-based. SERVICE 2000 for example, was a ring of, Alan CurrallAlan Currall (born 1964) is a British artist. Currall studied at the Glasgow School of Art and as of 2003 is based in Glasgow. Much of Currall's work is video-based, shot cheaply with a tripod-mounted camera, and features Currall himself. Message to My Be, InventoryInventory are a collective of British artists, writers and art theorists, founded in 1996. Some of their pieces see them engage in performance art in public spaces. Coagulum (Oxford Street saw them form into a close group on London's Oxford Street, thus d, David SherryDavid Sherry (born 1974) is an artist. Sherry was born in Northern Ireland before studying at the Glasgow School of Art. He is best known for his performance art. Stitching is a video of him stitching pieces of wood to his feet while he offers verbal inst, Lucy SkaerLucy Skaer (born 1975) is a British artist. Skaer was born in Cambridge and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. Much of her work consists of her interacting with, and changing, public spaces. In one piece, she took up a paving stone on Glasgow's Buchana, Francis UpritchardFrancis Upritchard (born 1976) is an artist. Upritchard was born in New Zealand and studied there at the University of Canterbury. She eventually moved to England, and as of 2003 is based in London. In 2003, Upritchard was shortlisted for the Beck's Futur and Carey YoungCarey Young (born 1970) is an artist. Born in Lusaka in Zambia, Young studied in England at Manchester Polytechnic, the University of Brighton and photgraphy at the Royal College of Art in London. Much of her work as an artist is related to her work as a. The panel of judges was chaired by the artist Michael Landy, and also included the curators Russell Ferguson , Maria Lind and Hans Ulrich Obrist .
The shortlisted artists for the 2004 prize, to be announced on April 27, are Haluk Akakçe , Tonico Lemos Auad , Simon Bedwell , Ergin Çavusoglu , Andrew Cross , Saskia Olde Wolbers , Susan Philipsz , Imogen Stidworthy , Hayley Tompkins and Nicoline Van Harskamp .