Applications Open Tuesday 25 March (1 pm)

Applications Close Friday 13 June (12 pm)

Final Selected Artists Notified by Friday 27 June

Delivery of Selected Works Friday 18 - Monday 21 July.

Exhibition Open Monday 28 July

Private View Tuesday 29 July, 6:30 - 8.30 pm

Exhibition Closes 28 August, 5:00 pm

Collection Of Unsold Work Friday 29 August - Monday 1 September

The Green and Stone Award awarded by Green & Stone

A fully funded solo show (worth £10,000) for the artist who exhibits a natural feeling for their medium and its aesthetic potential.

The Green & Stone Small Artwork Award awarded by the Judges.

A £1,000 cash prize awarded to the best small artwork (not exceeding 20 cm in any direction)

The De Laszlo Foundation Young Artist Award awarded by Damon and Sandra de Laszlo

A £3,000 cash award to a young artist aged 30 or under.

The De Laszlo Foundation Surrealist Award awarded by Damon and Sandra de Laszlo.

£3,000 cash prize Awarded to the best surrealist inspired artwork.

The De Laszlo Foundation Surrealist highly commended award awarded by Damon and Sandra de Laszlo.

£500 cash prize awarded to a surrealist artwork with the most potential.

The De Laszlo Foundation Highly Commended Young Artist Award

A £500 cash award to a young artist aged 30 or under.

The Gallery’s Choice awarded by Green & Stone

A £1000 Green & Stone voucher to the artist who shows the most potential.

The Treadwell Materiality Award

TBC

The Damian Greenish Drawing Award

TBC

The Michael Harding Oil Painting Award

TBC

The Sennelier Award for Pastel

TBC

JONATHAN YEO

Jonathan Yeo (b. 1970) is a leading British figurative artist known for his portraits of prominent figures, including King Charles III, Sir David Attenborough, Malala Yousafzai, Nicole Kidman, Idris Elba, and former Prime Minister Tony Blair. His official commissions include portraits of Prince Philip and The Queen, and his work has been exhibited widely in museums and galleries worldwide.

Entirely self-taught, Yeo gained recognition in his early thirties through major official commissions when portraiture had fallen out of fashion. His 2007 collage of George Bush cemented his reputation for blending traditional and experimental approaches. Alongside his Collage Series, his work has explored themes such as cosmetic surgery and broader conceptual narratives.

His first mid-career retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery in London (2013) received critical and public acclaim and later toured the UK. In 2016, he collaborated with the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, unveiling a portrait of Kevin Spacey as President Underwood from House of Cards. He had a major retrospective at the Museum of National History in Denmark that same year. Yeo has also incorporated 3D printing, virtual reality, and digital technologies into his practice, unveiling his first large-scale sculptural work at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2017.

A key figure in the revival of figurative painting, Yeo’s work addresses themes of identity, media representation, and the evolving role of portraiture. His Surgery Series was the focus of his first institutional solo show at The Bowes Museum in 2018. His paintings continue to explore the intersection of art, culture, and society.

PROFESSOR ALEXANDER MARR

Professor Alexander Marr is a Professor of Renaissance and Early Modern Art at the University of Cambridge, where he serves as Head of the Department of History of Art. He is also a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Dean of Discipline and Picture Steward.

Before joining Cambridge in 2012, Professor Marr was a Lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews and an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Southern California.

He studied at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London and the University of Oxford, where he completed an MSt and DPhil in Modern History at New College. During his time at Oxford, he was the Clifford Norton Fellow Commoner in the History of Science at The Queen's College.

Professor Marr is the President of The Leonardo da Vinci Society, a UK charity dedicated to supporting the study of art and science from the Renaissance to the present day, and also serves as a Trustee of the Society.

CHARMAINE WATKISS RWA

Charmaine Watkiss RWAis a British artist whose practice explores the botanical legacy of the Caribbean, with a focus on healing traditions passed down through the matrilineal line. Her work reflects these themes through narratives centred on women, often drawing from public archives to construct historical and cultural responses. She portrays herself in her compositions, enacting"memory stories" to channel strong female archetypes.

In 2024, Watkiss completed a six-month Sloane Lab Fellowship in collaboration with the British Museum and the Natural History Museum. Her project, Investigating Ancestral Cures: Herbs and Healing Traditions of the Transatlantic Caribbean, examined Hans Sloane’s A Voyage to the Islands. The fellowship culminated in a brass sculptural piece, now permanently displayed in the British Museum’s Enlightenment Gallery.

Her ongoing Plant Warrior series features regal female figures embodying specific healing plants, referencing colonial-era portraiture to engage with histories of migration and resistance. She has also expanded her practice into sculpture and installation, as seen in her 2023 Witness commission for the Liverpool Biennial, which explored ritual traditions across the Atlantic.

Watkiss has exhibited widely, with notable shows including Legacy at Abbot Hall Museum (2024), In Praise of Black Errantry at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024), Reverb at Stephen Friedman Gallery (2024), and The Wisdom Tree at Leeds Art Gallery (2022). Her work is held in collections such as the British Museum, the Government Art Collection, and the Nasher Museum at Duke University.

She lives and works in London.

The Summer Exhibition 2025 has a one-stage selection, taking place entirely online.

Accepted and Non-Selected Entrants will be notified their submission/s status on Friday 13th June.

To submit work please revisit this site on the 25th March (1pm) and click “SUBMIT NOW”, to be redirected to the Artopps site for Entries. Complete the entry form provided by Artopps.

Please note that payment does NOT mean your application is complete. To complete your application you must upload an image of your work(s). If you have successfully registered you will be able to edit your entry via the online entry tab.

You are free to go back and make any changes up until the deadline which is 12 noon (BST) on Friday 13 June 2025. After this point your entry will be automatically recorded, as shown at that time.

All work must be submitted online by the deadline. 

Entry is £20 per artwork, with a maximum of submissions.

Young artists (aged 30 or under at 13/06/2025) can submit work at a discounted rate of £15.

All two-dimensional works pre-selected/long-listed must be framed upon delivery for final selection.

The Work must be framed in a simple, neutral-coloured frame (white, black or light oak). If you would like to frame your work in something different, please email thegallery@greenandstone.com to check your choice.

Only simple white and off-white (not cream) mounts are acceptable. If selected work arrives mounted in a coloured, black or elaborate mount, this will be changed at the expense of the artist.

Metal, glass and perspex clip frames are not acceptable. Glazed Works with unprotected glass edges are inadmissible. Diffused picture glass is unacceptable.

Framing of works is the responsibility of the artist and must be carried out prior to delivery.

All works must be exhibition-ready. Suitable hanging fixtures should be supplied, sufficient to carry the weight of the work. We accept D-rings and wire; we do not accept mirror plates.

Artists are reminded that it is highly recommended that the exhibiting artists insure with a reputable insurance company their works of art for their market value.

The Gallery is at liberty to change any frame delivered to the Gallery if it does not abide by these terms. This will be at the expense of the artist. Before payment is required, the Gallery will contact the artist.

Works should be delivered unwrapped with forms and labels.

Please complete all labels carefully and attach them to the Works. In particular, please attach labels to the back of picture frames and to the bottom of sculptures.

The exhibition catalogue is compiled from the information on the form you provide when you submit it digitally so please complete it accurately.

Artists are responsible for insuring their own work. All works accepted for exhibition will be displayed entirely at the artists' risk and organisers and the gallery will not accept liability for loss or damage occurring during the exhibition.

Dates for collection of Works may be seen in ‘Key Dates’. These are the ONLY days that Works can be collected from Green & Stone. Please ensure that arrangements are made for your Works to be collected on the days specified. Please note that we cannot wrap Works for collection. If you pay for an entry and then realise you cannot make these dates you will NOT receive a refund.

Any uncollected Works will be removed from Green & Stone after the collection days and stored by an independent courier company at the artist's expense.

The Gallery can give no information or warranty as to storage charges made by any other company.

If the Works are not collected or claimed by, or on behalf of, the relevant artist within 1 month of the last collection day, Green & Stone will be entitled to destroy, sell, or otherwise dispose of the Works without consent and without prior notification to the artist. The artist hereby agrees that it will not be entitled to any compensation as a result of the aforementioned destruction, sale or disposal of the Works by Green & Stone in accordance with this clause.

Please read our Terms & Conditions carefully before submitting.

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