THE CASS ART PRIZE 2024

Reuben Murray won the inaugural The Cass Art Prize 2024 receiving a £10,000 cash prize and a free stand at The Other Art Fair in spring 2025. His spectacular oil painting 'Ada' was selected by our prestigious panel of judges and announced at a sparkling Prize-Giving Ceremony on 14th November 2024, as we celebrated the achievements of all the selected artists. See our full list of prize winners below including The Art Educators Award, The Students Award and more. View the exhibition brochure and take a virtual walkthrough of the group exhibition which took place at Copeland Gallery, London.

THE WINNERS

The Main Prize

£10,000 cash & a free stand at The Other Art Fair

Reuben Murray

Ada

The Art Educators Award

£500 of art supplies.

Giuseppe Iozzi

Hot Seat

The Students Award

£500 of art supplies.

Lexia Hachtmann

Early Hours

Catriona Robertson

Gigantic Pile (WYRM)

Contemporary Art Academy

Development Award

£900 of online courses + £100 art supplies

Morag Caister

Jonathan and Athena

Michael Harding Award

for Oil Painting

£500 of art supplies

Richard Elliott

Bundestag Library, Berlin

Winsor & Newton Award

for Watercolour

£500 of art supplies

KV Duong

Family Portrait

Liquitex Award

for Acrylic

£500 of art supplies

Ellie Cottrell

How to Eat the Sun

Caran d'Ache Award

for Drawing & Sketching

£500 of art supplies

Erika Trotzig

Untitled (Stairs)

DAS Award

for 3D artwork

£500 cash

Sean Powers

You Could Smell How Quiet it Was

Canson Award

for Mixed Media & Printmaking

£500 of art supplies

Terence Wilde

Pagoda

Special Judge's Award

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery

Solo Project at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery

Ruqaiya Asim

Communication with My Guide Dog

The People's Choice Award

£1,000 of art supplies

Yuhong Wang

Shirine's Studio Painting at Shirine's Studio Space

The Cass Group Staff Award

£1,000 cash

Tim O'Brien

Liminal Blue

The Cass Group Staff Award

Highly Commended

£250 of art supplies

Hannah Lockey

TV Dinner

The Cass Group Staff Award

Highly Commended

£250 of art supplies

PRESS

Ruqaiya Asim spoke to ITV News about winning The People's Choice Award 2024

THE JUDGES FOR 2024

Works were judged by a respected panel of guest judges with extensive knowledge and experience across the art industry.

Left to right: Curtis Holder Artist, Justin Mortimer Artist, Kathleen Soriano Independent Curator & Sky Arts Artist of the Year Judge, Pippy Houldsworth gallery Founder & Owner, Robert Diament Co-Host of podcast Talk Art and Partner at Carl Freedman Gallery, Ryan Stanier Founder of The Other Art Fair and Sinta Tantra Artist.

THE CASS ART PRIZE 2024 EXHIBITION

8th - 16th NOVEMBER 2024
COPELAND GALLERY, LONDON

Exhibited artists:

Ruqaiya Asim
Orlanda Broom
Clive Bryant
Morag Caister
Jack Candy-Kemp
Jione Choi
Damien Cifelli
Victoria Coombes
Ellie Cottrell

Sophie Cullen
Angelina May Davis
Nicole Di
KV Duong
Amy Dury
Bella Easton
Richard Elliott
Archie Franks
Lexia Hachtmann

Naila Hazell
Lizzie Hill
Emma Hunnisett
Giuseppe Iozzi
Soon Yul Kang
Gabriella Kardos
Hannah Lockey
Juliette Losq
Chris McKelvey Jones

Donna Mclean
Reuben Murray
Ken Nwadiogbu
Timothy O'Brien
Samuel Owusu Achiaw
Matt Phillips
Sean Powers
Richard Prentice
Catriona Robertson

Susan Rocklin
Fujiko Rose
Alison Stafford
Caroline Thomson
Erika Trotzig
Sam Walters
Yuhong Wang
Ray West
Terence Wilde

THE CASS ART PRIZE 2024 IS SUPPORTED BY
CASS ART

Cass Art is a leading art supplies retailer where customers can shop online or in 14 stores across the UK, browsing more than 20,000 products from the world’s best art brands. Committed to its manifesto of ‘Let’s fill this town with artists’, Cass Art is on a mission to make good quality art materials accessible and affordable to everyone, aged 3-103, beginner or professional. The brand supports artists through bursaries, prizes and sponsorships, working with the Mayor of London, Sky Arts, National Saturday Club as well as universities and societies across the UK.

SAA

SAA (Supporting All Artists) is the UK’s largest Art Club with 30,000+ members. Recently acquired to form part of the wider Cass Group, SAA offers various membership options covering a magazine, exclusive offers on products on top art brands, online art classes and knowledge hub as well as artists insurance. There’s something for everyone within SAA’s creative community, from hesitant beginner to professional artist.

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THE OTHER ART FAIR

The Other Art Fair is a global art fair that connects independent artists with thousands of art buyers in a welcoming and creative environment. Set against the backdrop of the world's biggest cities, each Fair delivers the unexpected, combining access to boundary-pushing yet always-affordable artworks with immersive installations, performances, and unique features. With three editions in London, the result is an inspiring, evocative, inclusive, and fun event that creates lasting connections between artists and art lovers. Since its launch in 2011, The Other Art Fair has worked with over 4,000 artists from more than 20 countries and now hosts 11 fairs annually across the UK, the US, and Australia.

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COPELAND GALLERY

Located minutes from Peckham Rye Station at the heart of Copeland Park, Copeland Gallery is a landmark within Peckham's cultural quarter. Providing a supportive platform for emerging artists since 2013, the gallery has played a key role in the rise of Peckham’s art scene, housing hundreds of exhibitions, fashion shows, and workshops. Global brands, cutting edge artists, large filming productions as well as student exhibitions have all graced Copeland Gallery's walls.

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ZEALOUS

Zealous empowers organisations to streamlines their awards, competitions, grants, residencies and more. This unique online submissions platform lets you create forms, gather applications, evaluate entries, and communicate with all participants effortlessly. Zealous is more than a service; reinvesting some of their profits into supporting the creative industries.

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CONTEMPORARY ART ACADEMY

Contemporary Art Academy provides premium online courses for artists at all stages in their careers for affordable prices. DEVELOPMENT (PG) courses are for artists who maintain a studio practice and want to advance their practical, critical and professional capabilities. DISCOVERY courses are for all artists looking to explore the creative process and develop new ways of making and thinking. INSTRUCTIONAL LIVE courses are for all artists wishing to learn or develop technical skills.

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TIMELINE


  • 12th MAR 2024
    Submissions Open
  • 20th MAY 2024
    Sumbissions close midday
  • 9th-11th JULY 2024
    All entrants, Longlist & Shortlist notified
  • 8th-16th NOV 2024
    Copeland Gallery Show
  • 14th NOV 2024
    Prize Winners announced at Private View
  • 25th NOV 2024
    People's Choice winner notified
  • 6th-9th MAR 2025
    Winner's stand at The Other Art Fair
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