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Emerging Art Prize 2026
Nominees will be published here over the next two weeks.
The New Blood Art Emerging Art Prize, in collaboration with Fine Art departments across the UK.
Each year, the Prize brings together a curated selection of works by graduating artists nominated by their tutors and lecturers. It recognises serious artistic talent at an early stage and introduces selected artists to a wider audience of collectors, curators, and the press.
Founded in 2023, the Prize highlights exceptional emerging artists at a critical transition point, offering visibility, early professional opportunities, and connections to broader curatorial and collector networks. Its inaugural exhibition took place at Saatchi Gallery, London.
It also offers something rare: a national view of emerging practice as it forms, seen through tutor nominations and New Blood Art’s curatorial eye. The Prize sits within more than two decades of New Blood Art’s work with emerging artists across the UK.
- ← All colleges
- Arts University Bournemouth Badger Beauchamp, Gio Botto, Maddy Drake, Imani King, Milly Purcell, Henry Stables
- Buckinghamshire New University Jayne Bailey, Tara-Lee Hollander
- Carmarthen School of Art Ebony Jenkins, Vishali Joshi, Hannah Taylor
- Edinburgh College of Art Isabel Archer, Emily Carrell, Rumeng Chen, Inayah, Isabella Littler, Lyndsay McColl, Matilde Melodia, Ilakkiya Mohanraj, Ed Puddington, Erin Ridgway, Bessie Schofield, Mieke Shaw, Selenay Tektunali, Finley Yates, Dora Zoi
- Nottingham Trent University Will Greene, Georgie Harrison, Anna Li
- Teesside University Aisha Adris, Richard Akowua, Dan Carey, Nel Hume, Chloe Stevenson, Dawn Summers
