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Open Call 2025


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Every Summer we open our hearts and minds to the latest and greatest untapped talent through our annual open call. The featured artists have never shown in our gallery before, so for those of your searching novel inspiration, this is the exhibition for you!

Selected from over 500 submissions, the featured artists span a vast array of practices including contemporary textiles, sculpture, and painting. Together, their work reflects the energy, complexity and curiosity of art making today.

Join us this September as we showcase the strength and breadth of this year's line-up.

Featured Artists:

David Bennison, Bbblob, Hisham Echafaki, James Grossman, Justine Hine, Mark Jackson, Lucy Kalid, Celia Martine Pickering, Plyconic, Llinos Owen, Ben Newman, Fletcher Sibthorp, Miguel Sopena and Mike Thebridge.

Private View 5/9/25

EVENT SPONSORS

Michael Harding is world renowned for producing artist materials of uncompromising quality.

Since 1982, Michael Harding has been dedicated to crafting the finest traditional oil paints and mediums, using the highest quality pigments and binders. Michael Harding materials are made for artists who demand rich colour, permanence, and true performance — trusted by professionals around the world.

www.michaelharding.co.uk

The Naughty Grape blend the best of both worlds, British appreciation for fine wine and Slovak expertise in wine-making.

The Naughty Grape (TNG), founded by Darren & Lucia, is the largest importer and distributor of Slovak wines. Specialising in small-batch, low intervention / organic wines from family-owned wineries, TNG focuses on the Slovak side of the renowned Tokaj region and the Small Carpathians. Realising how under-represented Slovakia is, TNG’s mission is to raise awareness of Slovakia’s unique, undiscovered wine treasures and offer a taste of this exceptional wine culture.

www.thenaughtygrape.co.uk

Drop Project is a start up brewery, founded by three friends with a passion for beer and board sports. 

Creating the freshest, premium flavoursome beers with consistent high-quality results. Pushing creative boundaries and brewing the beers that both inspire our passions for the industry and our lifestyles. We don’t cut corners, and you can taste it.

www.drop-project.co.uk

Earlier Event: 29 May
Spotlight Show: Erna Uçar
Later Event: 15 October
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea