Claudette Johnson’s art for Cotton Capital nominated for Turner prize

Claudette Johnson’s with her portrait of the African American Sarah Parker Remond, which was part of her New York show Drawn Out. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Claudette Johnson has been nominated for this year’s Turner prize for her work, which includes a portrait of the African-American slavery abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond commissioned as part of the Guardian’s award-winning Cotton Capital series.

Pio Abad, Johnson, Jasleen Kaur and Delaine Le Bas will compete for the £25,000 prize, while the nominated artists will each collect £10,000 as the prize returns to Tate Britain for the first time in six years.