The Jury

Artist, advocate and co-founder of Project Art Works, the neurodiverse collective shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2021. Curator of programmes raising awareness of learning disability and autism in life and culture. Read more

Senior Curator of Anthropology at the Horniman Museum & Gardens and dancer, zine-maker and hair heritage activist. Led the Horniman’s award-winning African and Caribbean Collections Research Hub on co-curation and repatriation. Read more

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

Curator, critical friend and researcher expanding access to art, culture and history through socially engaged practice. Works with institutions including the British Art Network, Government Art Collection and Collections Trust to embed anti-racist curatorial practices and bridge knowledge gaps across art, collections and archives. Read more

CEO and Artistic Director of Stanley Arts in South London, leading the Arts Council England NPO. Two decades’ experience across artsdepot, Southbank Centre, Trinity Laban and Perth International Arts Festival. Read more

Lucy Barnes is the Exhibitions and Residencies Manager at LEVEL Centre, where she is a part of the Senior Leadership Team who deliver a nationally significant programme of digital and visual arts exhibitions. Read more

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

Curator & Programme Manager at ‘a space’ arts in Southampton, programming exhibitions and artist development at God’s House Tower. Trustee at SPUD in the New Forest, and a filmmaker and visual artist. Read more

Moritz Cheung is an independent curator, working primarily on public programmes of artists’ film and video works, and Asian contemporary art. Read more

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

Associate Professor and Head of Art & Design at Birmingham City University, based at the historic Birmingham School of Art. An inter-disciplinary artist working across photography, moving image, sound, songwriting and performance. Read more

Producer and curator at QUAD and FORMAT International Photography Festival, Derby – the UK’s leading international contemporary festival of photography and related media. International reviewer for Belfast Photo Festival, Les Rencontres d’Arles and Triennial of Photography Hamburg. Curator of exhibitions shown across the UK and at Lishui Photography Festival, China. Read more

Freelance critic and art historian specialising in Italian Renaissance art and works on paper. Regular contributor to Trois Crayons and FLO London, with writing in Print Quarterly and beyond. Curator of Ways of Perceiving at Apsara Studio. Read more

Founder and creative director of The Dyás and host of The Creative Corner podcast. Multidisciplinary creative working at the intersection of art, fashion, and culture — transforming artworks into wearable pieces through responsible production. Finalist for the UK Start Up Awards, Drapers Conscious Fashion Awards and Marie Claire Sustainability Awards. Read more

Oliver is the Director of acta, a large community theatre and Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation based in Bristol. Read more

Curator and Arts Producer with over 20 years’ experience, programming projects for Signal in Barrow-in-Furness. Curator of Felicity Hammond’s Lumen Prize-winning In Defence of Industry and a UK re-staging of Daniel Buren’s Voile Toile / Toile Voile. Read more

Artistic Director at Open School East, Margate. Former Education Curator at Liverpool Biennial and Serpentine Galleries. Founder of Avant Gardening. Read more

Professor Jennifer Powell is Director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, and Barber Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham. Read more

Rachel Drury Co-Founder and Director of Collusion, an Arts Council England NPO incubating artist-led experimentation with technology. Co-Lead of the Create Cambridge cultural compact, with 15 years’ senior experience at Arts Council England. Read more

Creative Director of Entelechy Arts with over 35 years’ experience in interdisciplinary arts. Co-creator of the Ambient Jam approach for people with complex and multiple disabilities. Read more

Founder and Artistic Director of the Bureau of Silly Ideas, a Brixton-based not-for-profit bringing art, humour and surprise into public spaces since 2002. Read more

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

Head of Programme (Senior Curator) for John Hansard Gallery Read more

Art historian, author and broadcaster specialising in modern and contemporary art. Presenter of Painting with Scissors for BBC Radio 4 and author of Muse (Penguin). Curator of ‘Reframing the Muse’ at London Art Fair. Award-winning children’s author of This Book Will Make You An Artist, winner of The Week Junior Book Awards 2025. Read more