Artist Awards
In early 2021, SPACE awarded 20 talented visual artists with rent-free studio space, grants and professional support in order to relieve them from financial pressure for a period during which they could focus on their practice and progress within their chosen field.
SPACE Patrons & Friends graduate award artists are selected to ensure our awards benefit the most talented artists. Studio bursary partners include Alumno, Valerie Beston Artist Trust and New Contemporaries.
artist award
Deadline: midnight on Mon 1 Dec 2025
Ben Cove Award 2026
Open to current SPACE studio artists who identify as having a disability
Aug 2025 – Feb 2026
SPACE Enfield, EN1
SPACE x Art Schools Studio Awards 2025
2024
José Jun Martínez: Valerie Beston Award 2024
April – June 2024
Martello Street
Tatu Gustafsson Saastamoinen Residency Artist 2023 – 2024
22 Feb 2024
Jo Longhurst: Ben Cove Award winner 2024
2023
Jhonatan Pulido: Valerie Beston Award 2023
2023
Edmond Brooks-Beckman: Valerie Beston Award 2023
2023
Gal Lesham: SPACE/New Contemporaries Studio Award 2023
July 2022 – March 2023
SPACE Ilford
Isobel Bedeau: SPACE Ilford Patrons & Friends Studio Awardee 2022
April 2022 – March 2023
Deborah House, E9
Rosa-Johan Uddoh: SPACE/New Contemporaries Studio Award 2022
2007 – CURRENT
Valerie Beston Artists’ Trust Award
Each year one student from the RCA is awarded a Valerie Beston Artists' Trust Award. The awardee for 2022 is Emma Prempeh
May 2022 – January 2023
Havil Street, SE5
Jenő Davies: SPACE Patrons & Friends Studio Awardee 2022
2021 – 2022
SPACE Ilford
Sikelela Owen: SPACE Ilford Patrons & Friends Studio Awardee 2021
studio awards
Applications now closed
SPACE Colchester
SPACE Colchester Studio Awards
February 2021
SPACE Artist Awardees
We are excited to announce the 20 exceptional artists who will each receive £5k to invest in their future
April – June 2021
Winners Announced: Online Collaborative Residency 2021
Meet the 12 artists who have been selected to collaborate remotely on this exciting new project
2019 – 2020
Tamu Nkiwane: SPACE Ilford Patrons & Friends Studio Bursary Winner 2019
Tamu Nkiwane has won a year's free studio space at our new venue in Ilford, enabling him to further his work on his socially engaged practice
Antonia Showering: New Contemporaries/ SPACE Studio Bursary Winner 2019
We are delighted to announce that the New Contemporaries/SPACE Studio Bursary 2019 has been awarded to Antonia Showering
residency
2019 – 2020
Focus – Next: Deep Play Residency Announcement
SPACE Art + Technology's residency thematic looked at our gamified experiences and how they can be used to explore our relationship with nature and ourselves
awards
February – July 2024
SPACE Colchester
SPACE Colchester Studio Awardee: Selena Chandler
what's on
Thu 2 Mar 2023. Doors 7.30pm | Start 8pm
‘Old Paradise Yard’, 20 Carlisle Lane, London SE1 7LG
SPACE | Art and Sound Night
— Robert Cervera, Elatu Nessa, Sophie Seita, Andrew Brown, Craig Scott
A night of experiments with a group of artists working across sound, improvisation and performance
October 2022 – March 2023
SPACE Colchester
SPACE Colchester Studio Awardee: Sophia Ede
SPACE Artist Awards
December 2021
SPACE Artist Awards 2021 Evaluation
residency
Deadline Sun 5 Dec, midnight
Online event
Open Call: Online Collaborative Residency 2022
artist residency
2021
SPACE Ilford
Rowena Harris research residency at SPACE Ilford
ARTIST PROFILE
Oct 2021
SPACE Ilford
SPACE Artist Awardee: Steph Francis Shanahan
showcase
Thu 7 Oct 2021, 6.30 – 8.30pm
Online event
Online Collaborative Residency: Digital Showcase
A live presentation and discussion of the artists' final outcomes from this year's online residency programme
ARTIST PROFILE
September 2021
SPACE Ilford
SPACE Artist Awardee: Estabrak
ARTIST PROFILE
July 2021
SPACE Ilford
SPACE Artist Awardee: Gaby Sahhar
Art + Tech
2020 – 2021
InProcess Residency Artist 2020-21 Announced
SPACE welcomes Yassine Khaled, The Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki/Saastamoinen Foundation residency artist 2020 – 2021
Art + Tech
March 2020
Interview with Annelore and Cyril
Our current Art + Tech artists in residence talk about the App they are developing using techniques from behavioural psychology
Art + Tech
February 2020
Interview with Libby Heaney
Our current Art + Tech residency artist on her research into the inherent biases in machine learning algorithms
Art + Tech
Interview with Minna Långström
Art + Tech residency artist Minna Långström talks about how she is developing ideas for a new sci-fi film
open call
Deadline Sun 19 June, midnight
SPACE Ilford
Open Call: SPACE Ilford Artist’s Award 2022
Calling all Redbridge artists: apply now for a 12-month rent-free studio space in our Ilford premises