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Artes Mundi to be shown across Wales again
The arts prize and exhibition will have a presence in Cardiff, Swansea, Llandudno and, for the first time, Aberystwyth
The next Artes Mundi (AM11) biennial exhibition and international contemporary art prize will again be presented across Wales following the success of the last edition, which could be seen at multiple venues outside Cardiff for the first time, as well as in the capital.
Six artists have been shortlisted and all of them will have work on show at the National Museum Cardiff, while there will be solo presentations at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; Mostyn art gallery, Llandudno; Chapter arts venue, Cardiff; and Aberystwyth Arts Centre, which is participating for the first time. The Oriel Davies Gallery in mid-Wales took part in AM10, but is currently undergoing a major capital project.
The shortlisted artists are Jumana Emil Abboud (born Shefa’amer, lives and works in London and Jerusalem); Anawana Haloba (born Livingstone, lives and works in Oslo and Livingstone); Antonio Paucar (born Huancayo, lives and works between Berlin, and Huancayo); Kameelah Janan Rasheed (born East Palo Alto, lives and works in Brooklyn); Sacintya Mohini Simpson (born in Brisbane, and lives and works there); and Sawangwongse Yawnghwe (born Shan State of Burma, lives and works in Amsterdam).
Nigel Prince, the director of Artes Mundi, said: “Following the success of AM10, we are excited to again work with venue partners across Wales to present a sequence of interrelated presentations. We look forward to revealing more details about our plans for the exhibition and welcoming new and returning audiences to Wales in 2025.”
Exhibitions featuring the artists will take place from 17 October 2025 to 22 February 2026. The winner of the £40,000 prize, the UK’s largest contemporary art prize, will be announced during the exhibition run.
AM11 is being run in partnership with the Bagri Foundation, which works to give artists and experts from across Asia wider visibility on the global stage.
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Artes Mundi is designed as platform for cultural exchange between the UK and global artistic communities and centred on the ongoing examination of the “human condition”.
Past editions of Artes Mundi have featured artists such as Dineo Seshee Raisibe Bopape, Prabhakar Pachpute, Ragnar Kjartansson, Theaster Gates, John Akomfrah, Teresa Margolles, Xu Bing, and Tania Bruguera.
The winner of the Artes Mundi 10 Prize was Taloi Havini.