The Cass Art Prize 2025

Satirical artist 'WOTW' (W*ankers of the World) won The Cass Art Prize 2025, receiving a £10,000 cash prize and a free stand at The Other Art Fair in spring 2026. His installation 'Who Do You Support?' was selected by our prestigious panel of judges and announced at a sparkling Prize-Giving Ceremony on 23rd October, as we celebrated the achievements of all the selected artists. See our full list of prize winners below including The Art Educators Award, The Students Award and more. View the exhibition brochure and take a virtual walkthrough of the group exhibition which took place at Copeland Gallery, London.

The Main Prize

£10,000 cash & a free stand at The Other Art Fair

The Art Educators Award

£1,000 of art supplies

The Students Award

£1,000 of art supplies

Artist DAVID MACH, Founding Director of Soho Revue INDIA ROSE JAMES, Artist ISHBEL MYERSCOUGH, Artist MICHAELA YEARWOOD-DAN, Artist & Director of The Bomb Factory PALLAS CITROEN, Curator, Cultural Producer and TV Personality RYAN LANJI, and Times Radio Arts & Culture Producer TIM ALLEN.

Andrew McNeile Jones
David Gleeson
Fiona Campbell
Florence Yuqing
Josh C Wright
Lavinia Harrington
Leggy Gordon
Lorena Levi
Lucy Ellerton
Nikola Hrga
Peter Davis
Samantha Fellows

Tony Margerrison
WOTW
Yasser Claud-Ennin
Barbara Howey
Elisha Enfield
Ella Khafaji
Isobel Craggs Alferoff
Jacob van der Beugel
Klaudyna Rajchel
Linda Hubbard
Makiko Harris
Michelle Heron

Nettle Grellier
Verity Ure-Jones
Annette Pugh
Bella Easton
Tom Mead
Alexandra Hon
Carolyn Waxman
Frances Whitfield
Ross Fulton
Beth McAlester
Deborah Porter
Gala Hills

Jess Beaton
Katharina Rieppel
Lakshya Bhargava
Loke Catafalque
Nohana Sayama
Qian Zhong
Talia Giles
Finn Robinson
Nicole Di
Alexander Kai
Camilla Dowse
Elaine Heseltine-Carp

Janie Pirie
Lyn Aylward
Morgan Willey
Nick Dale
Chloë Louise Lawrence
Imogen Alabaster
Kanto Maeda
Simon Rai
Wai Yi Chung

CASS ART

Cass Art is a leading art supplies retailer where customers can shop online or in 14 stores across the UK, browsing more than 20,000 products from the world’s best art brands. Committed to its manifesto of ‘Let’s fill this town with artists’, Cass Art is on a mission to make good quality art materials accessible and affordable to everyone, aged 3-103, beginner or professional. The brand supports artists through bursaries, prizes and sponsorships, working with the Mayor of London, Sky Arts, National Saturday Club as well as universities and societies across the UK.

SAA

SAA (Supporting All Artists) is the UK’s largest Art Club with 30,000+ members. Recently acquired to form part of the wider Cass Group, SAA offers various membership options covering a magazine, exclusive offers on products on top art brands, online art classes and knowledge hub as well as artists insurance. There’s something for everyone within SAA’s creative community, from hesitant beginner to professional artist.

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THE OTHER ART FAIR

The Other Art Fair is a global art fair that connects independent artists with thousands of art buyers in a welcoming and creative environment. Set against the backdrop of the world's biggest cities, each Fair delivers the unexpected, combining access to boundary-pushing yet always-affordable artworks with immersive installations, performances, and unique features. With two editions in London, the result is an inspiring, evocative, inclusive, and fun event that creates lasting connections between artists and art lovers. Since its launch in 2011, The Other Art Fair has worked with over 4,000 artists from more than 20 countries and now hosts 11 fairs annually across the UK, the US, and Australia.

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zealous

Zealous empowers organisations to streamlines their awards, competitions, grants, residencies and more. This unique online submissions platform lets you create forms, gather applications, evaluate entries, and communicate with all participants effortlessly. Zealous is more than a service; reinvesting some of their profits into supporting the creative industries.

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Copeland park

Located minutes from Peckham Rye Station at the heart of Copeland Park, Copeland Gallery is a landmark within Peckham's cultural quarter. Providing a supportive platform for emerging artists since 2013, the gallery has played a key role in the rise of Peckham’s art scene, housing hundreds of exhibitions, fashion shows, and workshops. Global brands, cutting edge artists, large filming productions as well as student exhibitions have all graced Copeland Gallery's walls.

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soho revue

Soho Revue, founded in 2019 by India Rose James, is a contemporary art gallery located in the heart of Soho showcasing emerging artists at the vanguard of contemporary art. Soho Revue is committed to working with those who have traditionally been denied equity in the arts, and therefore prioritises a programme which promotes emerging female artists amongst other historically under-represented groups.

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Contemporary Art Academy

Contemporary Art Academy provides premium online courses for artists at all stages in their careers for affordable prices. DEVELOPMENT (PG) courses are for artists who maintain a studio practice and want to improve their practical, critical and professional capabilities. DISCOVERY courses are for all artists looking to explore the creative process and develop new ways of making and thinking. INSTRUCTIONAL LIVE courses are for all artists wishing to learn or develop technical skills.

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4th MAR 2025
Submissions Open
16th MAY 2025
Submissions close midday
15th - 17th JULY 2025
All entrants, Longlist & Shortlist notified
23rd OCT 2025
Prize Winners announced at Private View
24th OCT - 1st NOV 2025
Copeland Gallery show open
10th NOV 2025
People's Choice Award winner announced
SPRING 2026
Winner's stand at The Other Art Fair

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