The Whitechapel Gallery and Max Mara announced the five artists shortlisted for the fifth Max Mara Art Prize for Women.

The shortlisted artists are Beatrice Gibson, Melanie Gilligan, Judith Goddard, Philomene Pirecki and Corin Sworn.

The artists were selected for the Prize by a judging panel chaired by Iwona Blazwick OBE, Director of the Whitechapel Gallery.

The panel included Pilar Corrias, Director of Pilar Corrias Gallery, London; Candida Gertler, Founder and Director, Outset Contemporary Art Fund; Runa Islam, artist and Lisa Le Feuvre, Writer, Curator and Head of Sculpture Studies, Henry Moore Institute.

This year’s shortlisted artists work across various media including installation, painting, writing, performance, film and music.

The Max Mara Art Prize for Women was established by the Whitechapel Gallery in collaboration with Max Mara in 2005 to promote female artists. It is the only visual art prize for women in the United Kingdom.

The winning artist is awarded a six-month Italian residency and the time and space to produce new work in an inspirational environment, followed by major solo exhibitions at both the Whitechapel Gallery in London and Maramotti Collection in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Following a presentation from each of the shortlisted artists on their proposal for the residency, the winner will be announced in early 2014.