Curtis Holder wins ArtEvol 2025 Award and Audience Choice Award at Saatchi Gallery

I am honoured to share that I received both the ArtEvol 2025 Award and the Audience Choice Award at ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined, presented by the London Art Collective at Saatchi Gallery, London.

The ArtEvol Award recognises artistic excellence and celebrates works that demonstrate exceptional creativity and depth of thought. The Audience Choice Award, determined through a public vote during the exhibition, reflects the work that resonated most strongly with visitors and highlights the importance of audience engagement in shaping artistic dialogue.

Dance of Eshu is a panoramic drawing created through a sustained, collaborative process with the dancer DMAC. The work captures the rhythm, presence, and evolving dimensions of his identity, translating movement and emotion into an expansive, layered portrait.

Curated by Nelson Qin, ArtEvol 2025 ran from 13 to 19 September and featured 80 international artists. The exhibition showcased diverse and often underrepresented voices, including artists from marginalised, diasporic, and conflict-affected backgrounds, and highlighted experimental practices that challenge conventional approaches to art.

Through a wide range of materials and approaches, the exhibition encouraged reflection on identity, resilience, and transformation. It invited audiences to engage with perspectives that question traditional ideas of art and its role in society, exploring how contemporary creative practices can respond to both personal and collective experiences.

ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined was held in Gallery 4 at Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London.

Dance of Eshu (graphite pencil on paper, 150 × 460 cm, 2024) on display at Saatchi Gallery in ArtEvol 2025 exhibition