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Artes Mundi 11: Artists and Venues

The UK’s leading biennial exhibition and international contemporary art prize is delighted to announce exhibition details for its eleventh edition. Artes Mundi 11 with presenting partner Bagri Foundation (AM11) will feature six international contemporary visual artists and take place across Wales from 24 October 2025 to 1 March 2026. Following the success of AM10, for a second time AM11 will be presented nationally at five venue partners, with Aberystwyth Arts Centre participating for the first time. The winner of the prestigious £40,000 Artes Mundi Prize – the UK’s largest contemporary art prize – will be announced during the exhibition run in January 2026.

 

All artists will be represented in a group presentation at National Museum Cardiff, acting as a central focal hub including ambitious new productions and major museum loans that speak to the fundamental core of each artist’s practice. The group show will allow thematic dialogue to be revealed between each artist, rooted in personal histories and storytelling that examine issues of loss, memory, and migration with consequent trauma and environmental cost. This will be augmented by in-depth solo exhibitions across the country.

 

The solo presentation locations for AM11 are: Anawana Haloba and Sawangwongse Yawnghwe at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth; Sancintya Mohini Simpson at Chapter, Cardiff; Kameelah Janan Rasheed at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; and Jumana Emil Abboud and Antonio Paucar at Mostyn, Llandudno.

 

As a vital platform of cultural exchange between the UK and global artistic communities centred on the ongoing examination of the ‘human condition’, Artes Mundi brings together a significant biennial exhibition of contemporary art from impactful international artists. AM11 continues its legacy of presenting exceptional work in Wales that engages with the pressing issues of our time.

A woman with short hair and wearing a t-shit looks directly into the camera. It is a black and white image.

Jumana Emil Abboud

A woman wearing circular glasses is smiling and looking directly into the camera. She has a shawl over her shoulders. It is a black and white image.

Anawana Haloba

A woman wearing a hijab, with two nose piercings, gazes directly into the camera. It is a black and white image.

Kameelah Janan Rasheed

A woman with long hair poses for a portrait photo in front of long-leaved plants. She has one hand on her hip and the other holds on to the plant. She has a decorative scarf draped over her shoulder. It is a black and white image.

Sancintya Mohini Simpson

A man with a moustache wearing a hat and collared shirt sits against a textured wall. He has a slight smile and is looking away from the camera. It is a black and white image.

Antonio Paucar

A man with grey hair, wearing glasses and trouser braces, leans on his hand for a portrait photograph. His elbow rests on a table that has various equipment on it. It is a black and white image.

Sawangwongse Yawnghwe

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