6-21 December 2025 at Loading Bay, Bradford city centre

Bradford Art Show was a celebration of the District’s vibrant and diverse visual arts, platforming and recognising local people’s experiences and creative voices, while the world-renowned Turner Prize exhibition was on display at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.

Bradford Art Show was curated from an open call responding to the theme OUR PLACE. Submissions were invited from anyone aged 18 and over living or working in Bradford District and engaging with visual arts, whether or not they considered themselves a professional artist. Over 160 applications were received from which 124 works by 105 artists were selected by a panel made up of Chris Cambell (Artist and Poet), Dr Kerry Harker (Curator, Bradford Art Show), Mussarat Rahman (Artist, Maker and Founder of Intercultured Festival) and Aamta Tul Waheed (Artist). Many of the works were for sale, helping to support artistic practice in the District.

Bradford Art Show was part of OUR TURN, Bradford’s visual arts festival. OUR TURN was designed and led by artists and delivered by South Square Centre in collaboration with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, Yorkshire Contemporary and Bradford Producing Hub. The festival was supported by Arts Council England, Yorkshire Visual Arts Network and commissioned by Bradford 2025.

The Exhibition Guide, with a Curator’s introduction by Dr Kerry Harker, is available to read or download here.

Project team:

Selectors: Chris Cambell, Kerry Harker, Mussarat Rahman and Aamta Tu Waheed

Curator: Kerry Harker

Producer: Alison McIntyre

Project leads for Bradford2025: Kerry Campbell and Luke Nunn

Student Volunteer, University of Leeds: Ella Brereton

Technicians: Ian Jackson, Andrew Quinn and Cat Scott

Graphic design: Lee Goater

Installation photography: Jules Lister

Artists: Ruth Agbolade, Tammie Meera Ash, Jake Attree, Katalina Balcomb, Deb Ball, Emily Barrow, Gareth Bell, Patricia Belson, Paul Birch, Peter Blagg, Caro Blount-Shah, Kath Bonson, Mireille Botros, Joanna Byrne, Andrea Capstick, John Chatwin and the Pathways Support Group, CFO Creative Project Group, Commoners Choir, Pauline Cooke, Martin Cosgrove, Naseem Darbey, Kennedy Drake, Connor Drake, Sheralee Duckworth, Paula Dunn, Frances Elliott, Erkembode, Hannah Ferreira-Allen, Jane Fielder, Cat Fortey, Jim Fox, Louise Garrett, Mathew Gibbons, Mary Gibbons, Carole Griffiths, Anita Gwynn, Leon Hampson, Karen Harman, Sarah Harris, Sue Hayton, Richard Hedges, Ian Hodgson, Dionne Hood, Av Hunter, CJ Jardine, Helen Jones, Lauren Kelly, Jess Kidd, Alice Kin, Natalie Knight, Hannah Lamb, Jessie Li, Gerard Liston, Sarah Lin Marsden, Sarah Marshall, Gianfranco Marucci, Letty McHugh, Lisa Metcalfe, Penny Moe, Phil Moody, Bev Morton, Cath Muldowney, Jumoke Muritala, John Murphy, Erin Nicholson, Rebecca O’Hooley, Bill Parker, Steve Parkes, Emily Parkin, HYSTERA / Dr Alicja Pawluczuk, Ramlah Qureshi, Nicola Rawnsley, Caroline Rilatt, Mo Robertson, June Russell, Judy Sale, Cat Scott, Samuel Sharp, Joyce Simpson, Murniah Skinner, Laura Slater, Lynn Smith, Patricia Smith, Chandni Soren, David Starley, Nancy Stedman, Debbie Stevenson, Kate Stewart, Lou Sumray, Heather Swain, Jess Swift, Ellie Taylor, A.C Telfer, James Thompson, Janice Thorp, Anji Timlin, Lateefat Tobun, Ian Tothill, Helen Trevisiol Duff, Nicola Turner, Caz Twidle, Oliver Walton, Simon Warner, Darren Watson, Patrick Whitehead, Sue Wilde, Helen Wood, Samantha Yates

Special thanks to South Square Centre, Bradford 2025, Yorkshire Contemporary, Bradford Producing Hub and Cultural Institute, University of Leeds

Logos: Bradford 2025, South Square Centre, Arts Council England