Bankley Studios & Artists Gallery

Bankley Open Call 2014
Launch Evening: Friday 10th October, 6-9pm
Open: Saturdays and Sundays until 26th October, 12-4pm
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Congratulations to our first prize winner, Holly Rowan Hesson who has been awarded £500 and a solo show at Bankley Gallery in 2015. Our second prize of £150 Fred Aldous vouchers went to Matt Davies.

This year's shortlist and winners were selected by Chris Bloor, Co-Director of & Model Gallery, Leeds; Kate Jesson, Curator at Manchester City Art Gallery; Kwong Lee, Director of Castlefield Gallery, Manchester and Peter Seal, artist and overall winner of Bankley Open Call 2013.

The Bankley Open Call 2014 Shortlist:
Iain Andrews
Holly Rowan Hesson
Lisa Denyer
Claire Tindale
Jessica Edge
Irene Pérez Hernández
Sandra Bouguerch
Corinna Spencer
Stewart Geddes
Jane Fairhurst
Pat Flynn
Aaron Pearce
Matt Davies
Katrin Mäurich
Martin Olsson
Maggie Hargreaves
Gary Andrew Clarke
Cameron Scott
Axel Bottenberg
Jane Lawson

Read more about our selected artists on the Bankley blog.

The Open Call invites contemporary artists of any age or experience living within the UK, and working in any 2D media, video, or sculpture, to participate and be in with a chance of winning our first prize of £500 and a solo show at Bankley Gallery next year. We also have a fantastic second prize of £150 vouchers to spend at Fred Aldous, Manchester.

Read more about the Open Call here: http://www.bankley.org.uk/open-call

Bankley Open Studios 2014
Launch Evening: Friday 10th October 6-9pm
Open Studios: 11th & 12th October 12-4pm

Bankley will open to the public three floors of artist’s studios and the work of over 30 artists, covering all artistic disciplines. Painting and drawing, sculpture and ceramics, photography and video art-forms are represented, show-casing the diversity and quality of work by artists currently resident at this renowned artist co-operative.