Refresh Art Award

Independent contemporary art award. Open for entries now. £3000 1st Prize. Show in Nov ‘21. Online gallery for all entries.

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Open for entries until 02 July. No deadline extensions! See our gallery on the website :)

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Little *announcement*! We are taking time away from social media to catch up on uploading entries and all the behind the scenes work… we are still here for Qs and to re-share on our stories, but won’t be posting while we get ready for the next stage of Refresh! Thanks all 🌟🔄

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Early. Perfect for a Sunday morning showcase! Beautiful oil painting from @Yelena_E_S based in NYC #refreshartists #contemporarypainting

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Snapshots of @AnnieCRArt vibrant installation, with this piece titled ‘Pre-Word Alphabet’. Annie is Autistic and has Selective Mutism and because of that she is non-verbal; she finds her voice through art and aims to make a powerful statement about her experiences! #sculpture

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Detail from a piece by Peter Charalambides. Safe to say one of our organisers has a soft spot for this piece and has been browsing the artist’s Etsy shop… We guarantee you will enjoy doing this too if you like modern compositions! #refreshartists #spraypaintartist #mixedmedia

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Lawyer by day, lockdown artist by night, Elizabeth Botsford shares ‘In the Matter of Hestia v. Athena: Reconciling the Goddess of the Hearth with the Goddess of Love in Every Woman’ One of many pieces currently hung in our online gallery! #refreshartists #contemporaryart #collage

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Beautiful watercolour and gouache figures in our gallery by Nigel Rudkin who was one of our 2019 shortlisted artists! It’s worth reading the thoughts behind these works in our online gallery…

https://t.co/wkdO8MrHhX

#portraiture #bodypositivity #gouachepainting

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Haunting piece reflecting on the pandemic / Annus Horribilis 2020-2021 by Annie Trevorah, titled ‘Agony and Ecstasy. So brilliant to see the sheer range of art works on our online gallery, check it out through the link in our bio! #refreshartists #contemporaryart #sculpture

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Stonehenge: Beneath by @judithbeeby. It’s always brilliant when we spot an artist who was involved with the award last time, as it’s so interesting to see how people develop and what they’re doing two years on!#watercolourlandscape #refreshartists #contemporaryart

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Epic digital collage ‘Spam’ by Mark Frendo - “My Auntie would always paste me up a Spam sandwich on bog standard white bread. No pickle, sauce or mustard, just Spam and butter after a gruelling day at Primary school.” #contemporaryart #refreshartists

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Amazing piece this afternoon by @SophieJonasHill from our online gallery! Sophie works across a range of eclectic media but you can buy prints of this one and we’re all tempted here! Tea with Fox and Hare is a gorgeous hand-drawn mixed media piece #authorillustrators #inkdrawing

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‘The Judgement of Men’ by Peter D'Alessandri is an observation of the male gaze. Pot bellied middle-aged men, who may bear a resemblance to someone, passing judgement and offering reward to three “goddesses”. Check it out in our online gallery now! #figurativeart #oilpainting

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One of our entries by Lin Yirou from Taiwan 🇹🇼 we’re an international award but didn’t have a huge reach last time, so we’re thrilled to have a really international cohort! ‘Guard’ is a mixed media piece made from acrylic paint, cotton swabs, ceramic fragments and stone #artaward

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Check out Rory Brooke in our online gallery with ‘A35 Through Chideock’! A work exploring the tensions between development, roads and transport, homes and the countryside… #refreshartists #refreshartaward #screenprint https://t.co/awzTo4cHoJ

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Seascapes is a project by Sara Davies based around the South Wales coast and this is Limeslade Bay, Swansea. Although we get entries from all over the world, the majority of our UK entries are from England so it’s great to see a beautiful Welsh landscape painting! #onlinegallery

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Closed for entries again until 2023! We’re going to be spending the next couple of weeks getting all the entries in our online gallery and organising the other things we’re doing as part of this award, watch this space! 🎨
#refreshartaward #artcompetition #contemporaryart

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Last few hours to apply to be part of the 2021 award! Apply online on our website, though @CuratorSpace or @zealous_co !

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Lovely work in our gallery from 2019 shortlisted artists @BrokenToyCo , part of our award again for 2021!

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It was brilliant to finally see our wonderful venue for this year’s November exhibition in person! You’ll be able to find this year’s collection of shortlisted artists beautifully curated in the #MaverickProjects AMP Gallery in South London 🎟 Entries for Refresh close 2nd July!

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@pierrickArt Hi there! The deadline for Refresh 2021 is 2nd July, with all entries showcased on our online gallery. From all of the entrants, our judging panel will then curate and announce a selection of shortlisted artists for the exhibition in November on 30th August!

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9 days left to enter Refresh Art Award 2021! We represent every artist on our online gallery and social media, and it’s just £10 for your first entry (only £6 for each subsequent entry too!) #contemporaryart #artcompetition #sculpture #fineart https://t.co/k9S4DciIJq