Bath Open Art Prize 2026 : Now open to submissions
Submission deadline: Sun 13 September 2026.
Now in its 14th year, the Bath Open Art Prize welcomes Visual Artists at any stage of their career, from across the globe. All genres and mediums considered.
Selected works will be exhibited at 44AD artspace in Bath, judged by Artist Simbah Pilé and Curator Jemma Hickman.
Below: installation shots, Bath Open Art Prize 2025
About Fringe Arts Bath
Fringe Arts Bath (FaB) aims to raise the profile of contemporary visual arts in Bath and beyond, providing early-career and emerging Curators and Artists with a platform for development as well as opportunities to test their ideas beyond the gallery-based arts scene.
Our key projects are Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath’s only annual visual arts festival, and the Bath Open Art Prize, open to all media, all genres and all artists worldwide.
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FaB is a Safe Space.
Fringe Arts Bath aims to be welcoming and inclusive for all.
You'll see this expressed through the diversity of exhibitions, curators and artists for who FaB provides a platform, as a test-bed for new ideas.
We at Fringe Arts Bath strongly believe in every artist's (and visitor's) right to creative expression and free voice, and we continue to advocate for that.
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FaB facilitates collaborative projects between Curators, Artists and commissioning bodies throughout the year, we are interested in hearing about new initiatives you might have.
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Fringe Arts Bath Festival 2025 - opening night video by Jan Masny www.janmasny.com