Aesthetica Art Prize 2025 Shortlist Announced, Featuring 25 International Artists at York Art Gallery
The Aesthetica Art Prize 2025 has revealed a shortlist featuring 25 artists from around the globe who tackle pressing global issues. Their artworks will be showcased at York Art Gallery from 19 September to 25 January. The selected artists utilize various mediums, including painting, photography, sculpture, video, and installation, with a focus on themes such as technological progress, climate change, and racial equity. Highlights include Àsìkò's photography that merges Yoruba and Caribbean influences, Ayo Akingbade's film exploring Nigeria's industrial growth, and Stephen Johnston's hyperrealistic floral paintings. Entries for the prize are accepted until 30 September, with a £10,000 award, along with exhibition and publication opportunities.
Key facts
- Aesthetica Art Prize 2025 shortlists 25 international artists
- Exhibition runs 19 September to 25 January at York Art Gallery
- Artists address technology, climate change, colonialism, gender equality, racial justice
- Mediums include painting, photography, sculpture, video, installation
- Prize entries open until 30 September with £10,000 award
- Brendan Dawes' work was commissioned for Biennale Musica 2023 in Venice
- Ayo Akingbade's film focuses on 1962 Guinness factory opening in Ikeja, Lagos
- Sam Metz's sculptures reflect sensory experience of Humber Estuary
Entities
Artists
- Àsìkò
- Ayo Akingbade
- Stephen Johnston
- Gala Hernández López
- Vlad Hrynko
- Princess Arinola Adegbite
- Ellie Davies
- Bart Nelissen
- Emma Scarafiotti
- Michelle Blancke
- Liz Miller Kovacs
- Kate Hrynko
- Sarah Maple
- Sujata Setia
- Brendan Dawes
- Mónica Alcázar-Duarte
- Susanna Wallin
- Tobi Onabolu
- Rayvenn Shaleigha D'Clark
- Sam Metz
- Sof
- Peter Spanjer
- Joanne Coates
- Hussina Raja
- Morgan Quaintance
- Gary Hustwit
- Adam Cain
- Lois Macdonald
Institutions
- Aesthetica Art Prize
- York Art Gallery
- Biennale Musica
- Guinness
Locations
- York
- United Kingdom
- Ikeja
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- Venice
- Italy
- Florida
- United States
- London
- Benin Republic
- Humber Estuary
- North East England
- Tower Hamlets
- Caribbean
- South Asia