Preview Event: Thursday 11 May 2017, 6-9pm

The OVADA Seven Counties Open provides exhibition opportunities, support and development for contemporary artists based in Oxfordshire and the surrounding Counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Wiltshire and Warwickshire. Artists at any stage of their career were invited to submit work in any medium. Artwork was chosen by independent selectors Paul Hobson and Isabel de Vasconcellos for inclusion in the diverse Open exhibition at OVADA’s Warehouse during Oxfordshire Artweeks.

The selected artists are: John Blythe, Lydia Brockless, Eric Butcher, Kieran Cox, Aileen Creegan, Giorgio Garippa & Oliver Palmer, Tom Milnes, Jezella Pigott, Duncan McAfee, Catalina Renjifo, Cally Shadbolt, Brigitte Stepputtis, Kim Thornton, Tess Tallula.

OVADA would like to thank all of the artists who submitted work to the 2017 Open.

This project is kindly supported by: Oxfordshire Artweeks, Arts at the Old Fire Station and Broad Canvas.

[Image: Work by Alexandra Charlotte Pullen – Rishi Mullett-Sadones Memorial Prize Winner, 2015, photographed by Hannah Wilmshurst /. Design: Jonathon Place]