The Young Masters Art Prize Call Out

2 April 2026

The Young Masters Art Prize are delighted to announce their newest opportunity, an exciting new collaborative exhibition with the Wimbledon Museum. Drawing on the museum’s local history collections and archives, the exhibition will explore the uncharted connection between the women’s suffrage movement and Wimbledon.

Artists are invited to submit a proposal that highlights themes of colour symbolism, heritage, feminist history sport and the intersection of cultural memory with contemporary artistic practice. Proposals that engage with the suffrage palette of purple, white and green, the history of Wimbledon, or wider narratives surrounding women’s visibility and empowerment are particularly encouraged.

This open call welcomes artists working across all disciplines to be considered for inclusion in the exhibition. Selected artists will have the opportunity to work with the archives of the museum to create a work responding to both the theme and the direct historical artefacts that were prevalent in the fight for women’s rights. Work will be presented within the context of Wimbledon’s historic museum setting, contributing to a dialogue between contemporary art, archival pieces and social history.

Submissions and expressions of interest are warmly encouraged from artists whose work reflects the spirit of historical engagement and reinterpretation that defines the Young Masters programme.

More information on how to apply can be found here.