PHOENIX GALLERY

2023 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

We are pleased to announce that the 2023 Award fund has been equally split between the following three exceptional artists

ANNA BRASS | HOLLY SLINGSBY | RICHARD PHOENIX 

Unable to choose one overall winner and one additional winner, the judging panel took the decision to celebrate three of the most outstanding artists from an extremely high-calibre shortlist.

Exeter Contemporary Open is an annual exhibition, selected from hundreds of entries, submitted by artists from across the UK. It forms a major highlight of the South West’s cultural calendar and a vital springboard for the careers of emerging contemporary artists.

This year’s shortlist showcases the work of fourteen contemporary visual artists who work across painting, sculpture, photography and video.

Anna Brass | David Caines | Rae Birch Carter | Tom Crawford | Oliver Crowther | Charlie Duck Hesi Glowacki | Jack Jelfs | Lois McKendrick | Richard Phoenix | Toby Rainbird | Jonathan Michael Ray | Holly Slingsby | Tom Woolner

The exhibiting artists, who were selected by Gemma Lloyd (Independent Curator), Judith Carlton (Director of Southwark Park Galleries) and Phoenix Gallery Curator, Matt Burrows, are each eligible to receive the £1000 Overall Award and £500 additional Award as well as the £250 Audience Choice Award, which will be voted for by exhibition visitors over the course of the exhibition.