Artists — Art for Youth

Art for Youth London exhibits artworks from over 100 artists nationally

Exhibiting at Art for Youth

Register here if you are interested in exhibiting (please note deadline below).

Art for Youth is open to all artists, and takes great pleasure in welcoming and supporting new and emerging talent.

All registered artists (including those that have previously registered an interest in exhibiting) will be contacted in June, inviting them to submit digital images of works to be reviewed by the Selection Committee in early July. The deadline for new registrations is 30 June each year.

Your digital images do not have to be the actual works you plan to exhibit, but Art for Youth do reserve the right to reject works that arrive for the exhibition which are very different in size or style to the ones originally proposed.

We welcome works in all media, although applicants should be aware that our ability to select very large pieces will be limited by how many works we can fit in the exhibition space.

This year’s exhibition will take place at the Mall Galleries (London) on 4-7 November 2025.

How Artists Can Be Involved

MYSTERY ART

Support UK Youth by submitting a piece of Mystery Art. Mystery Art are 5x7” original multi-media works sold at just £50 with 100% profits going to UK Youth. Mystery Art is for those with a keen eye – the buyer is anonymous until after the sale! With pieces submitted from established artists and our junior art ambassadors alike, Mystery Art is a much-loved part of Art for Youth. If you would like to submit some Mystery Art to the 2025 exhibition do get in touch.

PROMOTE THE EVENT

Art for Youth are always keen to welcome and champion new artists. We would be grateful for any promotion of the exhibition on social media and amongst your fellow artists. You can follow Art for Youth on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook via the links below.

Awards

THE DIANA BROOKS PRIZE

The Diana Brooks Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding exhibiting artist aged 35 or under. The prize is sponsored by Eversleigh Investment and Property Co Ltd, a privately-owned family business involved in the team creation and management of operational environments and with a deep interest and involvement in the Arts.

Entry for the prize is free, and it serves as an artistic encouragement for the prize-winner, who receives £1,000, awarded by Art for Youth's Founder, Diana Brooks MBE.

In 2024 the prize was awarded to William Holbeche.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

1992 Cynthia de Wolf
1993 Tessa Campbell Fraser
1994 Mary Stubberfield
1996 Lisa McCormick
1997 Penelope Starey
1998 Alasdair Rennie
1999 Hamish Mackie
2000 Kasha Lunt

2001 Charles Warde & James Naughton
2002 Claire Norrington
2003 Jo Stockdale
2005 Colin Willey
2006 David Holborow
2007 Georgina Potter
2008 Kate Brooks
2009 Sam Wadsworth

2010 Emmie van Biervliet
2011 Lara Scouller
2012 Alice Shirley
2013 Guy Haddon-Grant
2014 Kate Morgan
2015 Stephen Rew
2016 Jake Barker
2017 Fred Gordon
2018 Guy Allen

2019 Maximillion Baccanello
2020 Alice Boggis Rolfe 2021 Daisy Sims-Hilditch
2022 Milo Browne
2023 Jamie Wild
2024 William Holbeche

Exhibiting Artists in 2025

Abi Hudson
Alberto Fusco
Alexia Florman
Alice Williams-Thomas
Alison Riggott
Allie Pottinger
Alma Tipon
Amy Gardner
Amy Shuckburgh
Andrea Enston
Andrew Horrod
Anna Pinkster
Annabel Eley
Annabel Pope
Antonia Byrne
Arabella Brooke

Belle Andrews
Bessie Millar
Binny Mathews
Bridget Tennent
Camilla Le May
Carolyn King
Catalina Christensen
Charlie Davies
Cole Stirling
Colin Willey
David Barnett
Davina Bosanquet
Dina Karim
Eddie Aram
Eleanor Rose-Stamp
Eliza Sale

Emma Faire
Emma Perring
Ewa Podles
Ewelina Amrogowicz
Fiona Carver
Fred Gordon
George Rigby
Georgia Merton
Georgie Watson
Georgina Rey
Georgina Vestey
Guy Allen
Hannah Buchanan
Hazel Mountford
Heather Byrne
Helena Boase

Helena Protopapa
Irene Lafferty
Jacqueline Taber RBA
James Wild
Jane Wachman
Jennifer Greenland
Jenny Campbell
Jeremy Hammick
Jo Holdsworth
Katrina Mansfield
Keith Nichols
Lara Robinson
Laure Bury
Leigh Ferris
Lesley Dabson
Leticia Hall

Louise Gillard
Lucy Jones
Luke Martineau
Lynda Minter
Magnus Gjoen
Malaina Joseph-Sobers
Malcom West
Marcus Protopapa
Marek Emczek Olszewski
Maria Yadegar
Marie Devaux
Marina Heumann
Mark Farrow
Maximillion Baccanello
Mel Elston-Mendones
Melanie Cambridge

Michael Wallner
Miriam Gold
Morgan Willey
Myrica Jones
Natalie Bird
Nellie Katchinska
Nicki Mayne
Nicky Chubb
Nicola Stratton Tyler
Nicola Troll
Nigel Turner
Olga Geoghegan
Olivia Wells
Penny German
Peter & Anita Robinson
Peter Searight

Phil Clayton
Philippa Worlledge
Richard Eveleigh
Robin Rutherford
Roger Dellar ROI, RI, PS
Rose Paba-Jones
Rosella Garavaglia
Rosie Haggas
Sam Wadsworth
Samantha Fairbairn
Sarah Elder
Sarah Goodfellow
Sayani Drury
Shawn Lee
Shirley Chi
Sophia Webb

Sophie Botsford
Stephen Rew
Steve Yeates
Suchi Chidambaram
Susan Bunn
Susanna MacInnes
Susie Cornwall
Suzanne Winn
Tessa Whitley
Theresa Abbott
Tom Hiscocks
Vanessa Buirski
Will Budgett
William Holbeche

**Vanessa Buirski**
Working mostly in oils, Vanessa has a passion for capturing light as well as the essence of a moment.
Drawing on the experience of twenty years as an interior & lighting designer, Vanessa has a trained eye for composition, colour, texture & tone.
One of her early creations was exhibited at The Mall Galleries, having been judged 'Highly Commended' by Sir Hugh Casson when she was nine.
However it has only been in recent years that she has properly dedicated time to painting, studied at the Florence Academy of Art, exhibits locally & at The Mall Galleries as well as taking on private commissions.
Website: vanessabuirski.studio

**Sarah Goodfellow**
Sarah is a fine art realist sculptor, primarily working in wet clay which is then painstakingly moulded and cast either in resin or bronze. She’s always had a creative drive but only came to sculpting in recent years as her experiments in clay gradually became more and more sculptural. Sarah went on to study the anatomy and techniques that allowed her to start producing the body of work that can be seen on her website.
Website: sarahgoodfellowsculpture.co.uk

**Georgia Merton**
Georgia is a multidisciplinary British artist and photographer, drawing inspiration from the phenomena of nature, whether human or the physical landscape, and from built infrastructure. Re-imagining objects through her camera lens, and seeing nature through the eyes of her young children, generate new perspectives with which she celebrates the playful innocence of quotidian marvels.
In recent years Georgia has worked predominantly in cyanotype, fascinated by the process and creative possibilities of the restricted Prussian blue & white palette. She also makes paintings and prints in a variety of other media.
Website: georgiamerton.art

**Guy Allen**
Guy is an experimental printmaker, draftsman and talented young British artist. Working hard from his studio on the North Norfolk coast, Guy’s trademark experimental approach to printmaking presents an exciting mix of colour, gold-leaf and an original, contemporary take on the traditional art of etchings. Studying at Central St Martins from 2008 – 2011 Guy discovered the printing press on a trip to the École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Finding an art form that lent itself so perfectly to his artistic aspirations was a revelation. He has never looked back. Since then Guy has won a number of prices, include the Diana Brooks Prize at the Mall Galleries in 2018.
Website: guyallenstudio.com

Sarah Elder

Sarah draws inspiration from the animals, landscapes and people she has encountered, both on her extensive travels abroad and in the UK. Her career as a professional artist began in 1995 and she is now firmly established as a landscape, travel and wildlife artist with several awards to her name.

With movement forming a special concern in her work, whether depicting boxing hares in the English countryside, galloping gazelles and zebra on the plains of Africa; or the slow rhythmic pattern of shepherds and their flocks in the Himalayan pastures; she has a remarkable talent for observation and a singular ability to render the movement, colour and atmosphere of the scene before her.

Website: sarahelderart.com