Freelands Painting Prize 2025

3 October - 12 October

This offsite exhibition at Greatorex (East London) presents the work of nine graduates selected from art schools across the UK.

Nahraine Al-Khafaji, Bath School of Art Film and Media, Bath Spa University

Mariam Alsaadi, Aberystwyth University

Danni Jo Barker, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham City University

Ruby Cascarina, Lancaster University

Cain Casson, Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University

Siddiq Hussain, University of Wolverhampton

Alice Lane, City & Guilds of London Art School

Siobhán Morrissey, Arts University Plymouth

Elizabeth Omotosho, Leeds Beckett University

Launched in 2020, the Freelands Painting Prize champions exceptional painting practice and teaching at undergraduate level. Each year, Freelands Foundation has invited every institution in the UK offering an undergraduate course in Fine Art or Painting to nominate a graduating student for the prize.

The programme offers an insight into the shifting status of painting and material experimentation within art departments, and serves as a celebration of the emerging artists keeping these spaces alive and thriving.