"A triumph...more pleasure and provocation than any Turner show of the past decade"
Financial Times, 2009

The Threadneedle Prize showcases the best new figurative and representational art in Britain today. Its purpose is to encourage artists with real commitment and vision to submit fresh, powerful and intriguing work created especially for the competition. With over £40,000 to be won, The Threadneedle Prize constitutes one of the largest art prizes in the UK.

This year three selectors will decide the winner of the £25,000 Threadneedle Prize from a shortlist of seven works submitted through the open submission. The prizewinner will be announced on the evening of 15 September and each of the six runners up will receive £1,000.  This year a new prize, the £10,000 Visitors' Choice, will be awarded by the general public.

If the public vote coincides with the selectors’ vote, one artist will win a total of £35,000, making The Threadneedle Prize the most valuable art competition for a single work of art in the UK.

Artists of all nationalities aged 18 or over, living or working in the UK, are encouraged to submit up to three new works created since 1 January 2009. Experience or age will not be a benchmark for selection.

The Threadneedle prize is supported by Mall Galleries, which provide a national focal point for contemporary figurative art by living artists working in the UK. Our aim is to promote and encourage the study and practice of the visual arts by showcasing contemporary works in different media and subject themes.