FBA Futures 2020 | Mall Galleries

10am to 5pm

Main Gallery, Threadneedle Space

Admission Free

FBA Futures is the UK’s largest annual survey of emerging contemporary figurative art, mapping new practices and ideas of representation and draughtsmanship.

The works on show explore a variety of subjects relevant to our times, from 21^st century feminism to global identities, and celebrate the current resurgence of interest in representational painting that is taking place in art schools across the nation.

During FBA Futures, several awards will be made including The Minerva Prize, The Hottinger Prize, Be Smart About Art Award and GreatArt Visitors’ Choice Award.

FBA Futures is accompanied by a rich programme of events aimed at early-career and other practising artists, as well as those interested in collecting and supporting emerging art.

FBA Futures is sponsored by Minerva Executive Search

Prizes by:

Selected Works

Click on an image to enquire about purchasing a work from this exhibition

Hero

Lydia Blakeley

Oil on linen

220 x 150 cm

Is This Internet Art (2)

Lydia Blakeley

Oil on linen

30 x 20 cm

Trophy

Mark Bletcher

Oil on canvas set within a wooden frame

220 x 240 cm

Agig

Joseph Buhat

Oil on canvas

90 x 80 cm

Pusang Gala

Joseph Buhat

Oil on canvas

74 x 90 cm

The Same Area 19 Days Later, Mercue Hotel in Aden, Yemen

Da Hyoung Choi

Oil, oil bar & acrylic on canvas

180 x 210 cm

Untitled

Alex Clayton

Textile rug

34 x 26 cm

Untitled

Alex Clayton

Textile rug

73 x 56 cm

Entropy I

Mikey Croft

Road marking paint, flashing tape & primer on board

50 x 50 cm

Memories of a Soporific Mind

Manon Dowse

Oil on canvas

100 x 100 cm

Snarl n Tug

Manon Dowse

Oil on canvas

120 x 90 cm

Inside the Spaceship

Mariia Drobot

Oil paint on carved board

240 x 200 cm

The Letter

Andrew Eadington

Oil on canvas

137 x 102 cm

Between Two Worlds

Tobi Alexandra Falade

Oil on canvas

135 x 85 cm

My Other

Tobi Alexandra Falade

Bronze

30 x 20 x 10 cm

Naked Truths series

Miranda Forrester

Oil & gloss on PVC over wooden stretcher

153 x 120 cm

Flashing No Colour

Chris Gilvan-Cartwright

Oil on canvas

75 x 110 cm

Battersea Fence & Stickyweed

Max Gimson

Oil on canvas

22 x 30 cm

Down Dandelion Lane

Max Gimson

Oil on canvas

163 x 140 cm

The Abandonment of Psyche

Katie Harman

Wall paint, oil paint and oil pastel on canvas

121 x 91 cm

The Chair and its Shadow

Florence Hutchings

Oil paint and mixed media on canvas

80 x 80 cm

The Drawing Desk 4

Florence Hutchings

Oil pastel on paper

29 x 21 cm (framed 54 x 67cm)

Evocations

Helen Ireland

Paper / rice & glue objects in acrylic vitrine

95 x 122 x 60 cm

Dead at the Bar

George Spencer Jackson

Ink on paper

59 x 84 cm

Drinking with a Friend

George Spencer Jackson

Ink on paper

59 x 84 cm

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The Memory Tour

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The Body Tour

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