Poster image © Asia Bakalarska, The Reader
Bath Open Art Prize 2021
EXHIBITING 20 - 31 OCTOBER 2021
44AD artspace Bath BA1 4Nn
11am - 5pm daily
Now in its 9th year, the Bath Open Art Prize is fast becoming one of the South West’s key art events. Open to all Artists working in all media, and all genres, 69 Artists have been chosen to exhibit, selected by Bridget Sterling and Jillian Sutherland, M.A..
We invite you, the visitor, to vote for your winner in the People’s Choice: along with the title, the Artist with the most votes will receive a £50 art voucher kindly donated by Minerva Art Supplies. Cast your vote and have your say when you visit the Bath Open Art Prize exhibition 2021.
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Huge congratulations to the 2021 winners…
1st Prize : Alyson Minkley, Haptic Traces (Exposed)
2nd Prize : Agata Nowak, Axum November 2020 (2021)
44AD artspace Solo Exhibition Opportunity: Hala Alaouie, [STAY AT HOME]
Somerset Art Works - Artist Development Bursary: Grazyna Wikierska, Subtle Body
Highly Commended : Natalie Bedford with Dreadlocks and Dungarees Drawing.
Highly Commended : Paul Harvey Scull, a-way
Highly Commended : Steven Edgar, The goldfinch nest
The People’s Choice : James Johnson-Perkins, The Great Battle, After Canaletto, Venice, Italy, Vers. 2, 2010-21 (GIGATAGE)
Alyson Minkley, Haptic Traces (Exposed) - 1st Prize
![Hala Alaouie, [STAY AT HOME] - 44AD artspace Solo Exhibition Opportunity](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a46a64b90badea8b8bb0818/1635272290380-1EB9O0RFHYGY1GXPLLPH/Hala+Alaouie.jpg)
James Johnson-Perkins, The Great Battle, After Canaletto, Venice, Italy, Vers. 2, 2010-21 (GIGATAGE) - winner of The People’s Choice 2021
The selected Artists
Agata Nowak
Alexandra Compton & Samuel Lindup
Alexis Chabala
Aly Storey
Alyson Minkley
Anya Beaumont
ashar
Asia Bakalarska
Beatrix Robinson
Cameron Lings
Cameron Scott
Carol Ullah Delaney
Caroline Slater
Caroline Vitzthum
Caroline Waterlow
Carolyn Savidge
Catherine Hood
Chris Peecock
Dan W Griffin
David Dixon
David Wood
Day Bowman
Deirdre Elphick
Elyssa Sian Sykes-Smith
Estate of Jack Ketch
Esyllt Williams
Evgenia Makarova
Fhiona Mckie
Francesca Alaimo
Francesco Berlingerio
Gill Smith
Grazyna Wikierska
Gwen Edwards
Hala Alaouie
Helen Davies
Ingrid Johannesson
James Hallinan
James Johnson-Perkins
Jenna Fox
Jim Edmiston
Joanne Spencer
John A. Blythe
Joseph Wilk
Kate Ellis
Kathy Wyatt
Laura Greenway
Lydia Clelland Art
Masanobu Yamanaka
Melissa Wraxall
Natalie Bedford
Paul Harvey Scull
Peta Lloyd
Petra Regent
Philippa Edwards
Rachel O M Wright
Rosie Burns
Rowan Melling
Sally Pollitzer
Samuel Lindup
Shona Waldron
SooMin Leong
Sooun Kim
Stella Tripp
Stephen Spicer
Steven Edgar
Tim Davies
Tonia Gunstone
William Rounce
Zoë Woolley
A sneak preview…
Prizes for 2021
Selected works will be exhibited at 44ad artspace in central Bath from Weds 20th to Sunday 31st October 2021
£500 cash sponsored by Craig Jenkins at TSL
£100 cash sponsored by Society Café
People's Choice £50 art vouchers, sponsored by Minerva Arts Supplies
Exhibition Opportunity provided by 44ad artspace: a solo exhibition in 44ad's basement gallery
New for 2021: Artist Development Bursary of £250 provided by Somerset Art Works. Open to artists living in Somerset or Bath & North East Somerset, this is a tailor-made bursary to contribute to development costs and mentoring, networking and funding advice, to support the selected artist to develop their work and/or project which responds to the theme 'Sanctuary' and to be showcased in the Somerset Art Works Festival 2022. Part of Somerset Art Works' Artist Development Programme, funded by Arts Council England.
Sponsors
Fringe Arts Bath and the Bath Open Art Prize team would like to say a huge thank you to TSL, 44AD, Society, SAW, Minerva, and the Arts Society for providing the prizes, opportunities, and all of your support.
Meet the Judges
Bridget Sterling
Bridget Sterling
Curator and Educator Bridget Sterling successfully combines extensive experience in the commercial world of contemporary fine art with a passion for education and facilitating the skills required for managing careers in the creative arts.
Arriving in the UK from a politically fraught South Africa in 1990, Bridget initially established herself in business, including working in design and PR. She then returned to education, gaining a Masters’ degree in fine art from Bath Spa University after studying for her first qualification at Kingston University.
For the past seven years Bridget has been Director and Curator of two art galleries: Bath Contemporary and, more recently, Axle Arts which is now establishing itself as an online contemporary fine art gallery, which also exhibits with collaborative business partners.
Bridget has developed a work experience programme for undergraduates which introduces them to all aspects of commercial gallery operations. Having extended this work into employability, she now offers courses which include developing personal strategies as well as fostering an understanding of how the art world works.
Jillian Sutherland, M.A.
Jillian Sutherland, M.A.
PhD Researcher, School of Art and Design, Bath Spa University.
Jill is a museum researcher with a love of art and keen interests in interpretation and curatorial practice. Her Masters in the History of Art (University of Bristol) focused on contemporary art exhibits, and was inspired by early Surrealist art curator, Julien Levy. and she is currently conducting doctoral research into how small museum curators relate to audiences in the South West.
Jill has been working in museums and galleries in the region for the past decade, and was most recently the Artisa Curatorial Fellow at the Holburne Museum, where she curated a redisplay of the Plantation Day Book, Barbados, 1722. The new, permanent, display engages with colonial connections and radical Bath & Somerset histories, and features original work by contemporary artist Alberta Whittle (Turner Prize Bursary winner, 2020).