New Light Prize Exhibition returns to The Biscuit Factory in 2024. This year's collection features over 160 artworks from over 100 artists all with ties to the North of England.

The Biscuit Factory is priviledged to exclusively host the first Sculpture Prize; 25 unique 3D artworks from which a £1000 prize-winner will be selected.

Visit New Light Art Prize Exhibition at The Biscuit Factory from 29 June - 22 September

Printmaker's Prize Winner: Neil Bousfield 'Bewick's Place'

Established to provide a platform to showcase both well-known and emerging artists, New Light celebrates 15 years of supporting and promoting Northern artists in 2024. Offering some of the region’s best awards and opportunities, the biennial New Light Prize Exhibition is often referred to as ‘the Summer Exhibition of the North’.

One of the UK's largest and most talked about open exhibitions, the touring Prize Exhibition is open to artists over the age of 18, at any stage of their career, who were born, live, or have studied in one of the historical counties of the North of England. The 2023/24 tour launched at the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Wirral, before travelling to London’s Bankside Gallery, followed by The Gallery at Rheged, Penrith, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, and finally, The Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate.

The common thread through all the work New Light does is a deep belief that the visual arts matter and the North of England deserves to be celebrated. This year’s selection features pieces by some of the most talented artists working in the UK, and gives a particularly exciting insight into contemporary Northern art.