Read about the artists shortlisted for the 2025 prize and the East London Art Prize shortlist exhibition.
The 2025 East London Art Prize was selected by Louise Benson, Phoebe Collings-James, Jonny Tanna, and Sam Wilkinson.
Selected from over 878 submissions, the 2025 shortlisted artists are: Darcey Fleming, dmstfctn, Eugene Macki, Fatima Ali, Gusty Ferro, Joseph Ijoyemi, Kuda Mushangi, Laisul Hoque, Liang-Jung Chen, Lydia Newman, Mo Langmuir, and Yang Zou.
All took part in the 2025 Shortlist Exhibition, showing at the Nunnery Gallery in from January-April 2025. From the exhibition, Laisul Hoque was announced as the 2025 East London Art Prize winner and Lydia Newman as the runner-up. Read more about the winners.
As part of their shortlist award, all 12 artists will be paired with mentors as part of the East London Art Prize mentoring scheme, supporting their career development. The shortlist will benefit from mentoring sessions with selected chosen mentors, including professional artists, academics, curators, writers, and gallerists.
All 12 artists will go on to take part in the East London Art Prize programme, including talks and workshops with Prize partners British Council, London College of Fashion and UCL East, as well as the East London Art Prize x Whitechapel takeover.
