Regional judges
Regional judges developed the shortlists for the Awards, before the final panel chose the ten Award winners.
Africa
Bolatito Eweoya (Nigeria) textile artist and 2002 Award winner
Jill Trappler (South Africa) painter and teacher, Co-ordinator, Thupelo Workshops and Greatmore Street Studios
George Kyeyune (Uganda) sculptor and Dean, Makerere School of Industrial and Fine Arts
Asia
Shuvaprasanna (India) fine artist and founder, College of Visual Arts and Arts Acre, Kolkata
Naiza H Khan (Pakistan) painter and printmaker, lecturer and Co-ordinator, VASL International Artists' Workshop
Kean Wong (Malaysia) journalist and academic researcher
Canada and Europe
Sarindar Dhaliwal (Canada) visual artist and former Co-Chair, Visual and Media Arts Committee of the Toronto Arts Council
Raphael Vella (Malta) painter, curator, teacher, Art Co-ordinator, Department of Arts and Languages in Education, University of Malta and 1998 Award winner
John Phillips PhD (UK) fine artist, Director and Co-Founder of the London Print Studio
Caribbean
Elizabeth Deane-Hughes (Guyana) Barrister-at-Law, textile designer and 2002 Award winner
Petrona Morrison (Jamaica) artist and Dean, School of Art, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Kingston
Christopher Cozier (Trinidad and Tobago) multi-media artist and writer
Pacific
Susan Cochrane (Australia) independent curator and consultant for Australian museums of contemporary art from the Pacific region, author and editor
Dr Michael Mel (Papua New Guinea) performance artist, curator and writer, Senior Lecturer and Head, Expressive Arts and Religious Education Department, University of Goroka
Ralph Regenvanu (Vanuatu), visual artist and Director, Vanuatu National Cultural Council
Final selection panel
Amal Ghosh (India) artist, curator and educationalist
Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede (Nigeria) painter, sculptor and ceramicist
Sela Moengangongo (Tonga) First Secretary, Tonga High Commission
Christine Warrington (Trinidad and Tobago) sculptor and printmaker
Robert Loder (UK) Trustee, Triangle Arts Trust and Gasworks Artists' Studios
Andrea Rose (UK) Director Art, Architecture and Design, British Council