- Venue
- Copeland Gallery
- Starts
- Friday, November 8, 2024
- Ends
- Saturday, November 16, 2024
- Address
- Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London SE15 3SN
- Location
- London
- Organiser
- Cass Art
From refugee camps and mental health units to NPG Portrait Award nominees – the inaugural Cass Art Prize offers a fascinating snapshot of contemporary British art’s diversity, resilience and impact.
The selected artists, from across the length and breadth of the UK and Republic of Ireland, will see their work exhibited in a prestigious November exhibition in London at Copeland Gallery, with the winners announced at the Private View on 7 November. The People’s Choice Award winner, voted for by visitors, will follow on the 25 November.
Cass Art and the Cass family have been supporting artists for more than 120 years – from championing the works of Monet and Van Gogh in 1890s Europe to facilitating the first three commissions on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. The Cass Art Prize continues this pioneering spirit.
The artists have been selected by an expert judging panel, from an Open Call earlier this year. They include Curtis Holder, a figurative British artist and previous winner of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, acclaimed painter and previous winner of the National Portrait Gallery’s BP Portrait Award Justin Mortimer, curator and judge on Sky Arts’ popular Artist of the Year series Kathleen Soriano, gallery owner Pippy Houldsworth, Partner at Carl Freedman Gallery and Counter Editions and TalkArt co-host Robert Diament, founder of Saatchi Art’s The Other Art Fair Ryan Stanier and highly acclaimed artist Sinta Tantra.
The first-prize winner will receive £10,000, and a stand at Saatchi Art’s The Other Art Fair. There is an additional prize pot worth £5,000 including a Student Award, an Art Educators Award, art supplies and more.
Mark Cass, CEO & Founder of Cass Art said “Our mission from the start has been to fill every town with artists, from professionals to beginners, and The Cass Art Prize aims to spotlight and reward the massive array of talent that is out there. Our expert judges were tasked with the difficult task of selecting winners from a hugely diverse & incredible range of works submitted across a vast range of mediums, including drawing, painting & sculpture to mention but a few, and we can’t wait to showcase the wonderful work created by the Cass Art and SAA communities.”
The Cass Art Prize takes place on what would have been Wilfred Cass’s 100th birthday and is generously supported by Wilfred’s estate. This family tradition of entrepreneurship and close relationships with the art world continued through the generations as Wilfred Cass, Mark’s father, later ran Reeves, the world’s oldest paint manufacturer. In addition, Wilfred launched the Cass Sculpture Foundation, a British charity that commissioned more than 450 sculptures from emerging artists over 25 years as well as enabling the first three commissions on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
Find out more about The Cass Art Prize 2024 exhibition here – https://www.cassart.co.uk/exhibition/
