The Jury
Thank you to the incredible individuals who are lending their time to help us create a fair and open a selection process.
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Independent writer, curator and founder of A Black History of Art. Author of Reframing Blackness ) and host of the A Shared Gaze podcast. Read more
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Head of Programmes at arebyte and Co-Founder of Off Site Project. Former Curator of Digital Art at the V&A and co-editor of Digital Art: 1960s–Now. Read more
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Director of Tate from 2017 to 2026, the first woman to lead the institution. Curator, writer and author of Gathering of Strangers: Why Museums Matter (Tate, 2024) Read more
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Writer and broadcaster on contemporary art, Contributing Editor and London Contemporary Art Correspondent for The Art Newspaper. Read more
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Founding Director of The Common Guild, Glasgow (2007–2026). Trustee of Art Fund and former judge of the Turner Prize and Art Fund’s Museum of the Year. Read more
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Turner Prize-winning artist (2004) who represented Britain at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. Most recently presented The Triumph of Art Read more
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Director and CEO of Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Former Director of Towner Eastbourne, where the gallery won Art Fund Museum of the Year (2020) Read more
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Art critic, writer and curator, and visual arts editor at Londonist. Trustee of City & Guilds of London Art School and Discerning Eye. Read more
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Director of The Whitworth and Professor of Curatorial Practices at the University of Manchester. Former Senior Curator at Tate Modern. Read more
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CEO of a-n, the UK’s largest visual arts membership organisation. Over 20 years of director-level experience including Liverpool Biennial, Arts Council England, and Creative Australia. Read more
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Director of Firstsite and Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021 winner. Former Head of Programme at Modern Art Oxford. Awarded MBE for services to the arts. Read more
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Executive Director of the Crafts Council, leading strategy, partnerships and advocacy for the UK craft sector. Co-founder of The New Craftsmen and member of the Creative Industries Council. Read more
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Engagement and Participation lead at In-Situ in Nelson, Lancashire, and co-founder of Hillo Hub, a centre for women’s health and wellbeing. Read more
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Transdisciplinary artist-curator based between London and Gimuy/Cairns, working across performance, installation, textiles and new media. Read more
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Founder and Artistic Director of Meadow Arts, the contemporary visual arts charity bringing ambitious projects to unexpected, often rural places. Curator and former arts journalist based on the Welsh Border. Read more
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Founding Director Protege Director Firstsite Sabita Kumari-Dass is the founding director of Protege – an experiment in learning innovation facilitating marginalised young people to work alongside artists – emerging and established – to tailor their own cultural education and skills development, turning exclusion and disadvantage into opportunity and empowerment. From this, Great West Gallery has… Read more
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Creative Director and founder of Mediale, the independent arts charity based in Selby curating digital culture and ambitious creative projects with artists, organisations and policy makers worldwide. Read more
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Curator at the Institute of International Visual Arts (iniva) and Guest Curator of the 15th Havana Biennial ‘Shared Horizons’ (2024–25). Researcher in anticolonial methodologies, with prior curatorial roles at GoMA Glasgow, The NewBridge Project, and Museu do Índio. Read more
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Founder and CEO of Portraits of Recovery (PORe), the UK’s only visual arts charity dedicated to substance use and recovery. Pioneer of Recoverism – a cultural philosophy positioning recovery as a creative process. Read more
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Director at Southwark Park Galleries, a non-profit contemporary art space and ACE NPO in South East London. Former Deputy Director at Matt’s Gallery and Gallery Manager at Cubitt. Read more
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Professor of Graphic Art and Course Leader for MA Visual Communication at Birmingham City University. Royal College of Art-trained illustrator and printmaker with work held in the V&A and Tate collections. Read more
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Programme Curator at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Cornwall. Curator of Social Fabric (2024/25) and partnerships with the Arts Council Collection and National Portrait Gallery. Read more
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CEO of MAKE Southwest, leading centre for contemporary and heritage craft. Former Head of Development at Arts University Plymouth with over a decade of experience in arts education and leadership. Read more
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Senior Curator at Midlands Arts Centre, overseeing its programme of exhibitions and public events. Co-founder of Centrala Gallery, Birmingham, and former Senior Exhibitions Manager at Ikon Gallery. Read more