Please join us at Greatorex to celebrate the work of the winners of this year's Freelands Painting Prize.
The Freelands Painting Prize celebrates outstanding painting practice at undergraduate level. Each year since 2020, we have invited every institution in the UK offering an undergraduate course in Fine Art or Painting to nominate a graduating student for the prize.
The 2025 Freelands Painting Prize exhibition gathers work by the nine winners of this year’s competition:
- 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
Exhibition information
Freelands Foundation is settling into a new building. As we do this our upcoming events will be taking place offsite at host organisations. The Freelands Painting Prize exhibition and preview will be held at Greatorex.
Location:
Greatorex, 10 Greatorex Street, London E1 5NF
Exhibition opening times:
3–12 October 2025, Wednesday–Sunday, 12–6pm
Exhibition Walkthrough with Wells Fray-Smith and Andrew Pierre Hart
Saturday 11 October 2025, 2.30–3.30 pm
Join us for a walkthrough of the Freelands Painting Prize 2025 exhibition with participating artists. Programme Curator Giulia Vandelli will be accompanied by writer and curator Wells Fray-Smith and artist Andrew Pierre Hart, two members of the prize’s judging panel.
Together, they will offer a deeper understanding of the featured works, with the artists sharing personal reflections on their studio practices and exhibited works.
This event is free and open to all. Please RSVP at this link.
