Founders Award Winners 2025
Founders Award Winners 2023
Bethlem Gallery is delighted to share here the work of the 2025 Founders Prize Award Winner: Beth Kale.
Every year as part of the Bethlem Art Fair, we invite a judge to select artists for the Founders Prize, highlighting artists who are submitting work for the first time. Awardees receive prize money and are invited to be part of an exhibition later in 2026.
This year we asked MP for Beckenham and Penge, Liam Conlon to judge the award.
Liam said:
“It is an absolute pleasure to have the opportunity to engage with the work of artists at Bethlem Gallery and to support our local arts organisation.’
The team at the Gallery provide a vital service supporting artists to grow and prosper in our community, and we are very lucky to have them here in Beckenham and Penge.”
Liam also awarded three artists a Highly Commended Award, which includes an invitation to be part of the 2026 exhibition. The selected artists are Claire Blundell-Jones, Leah Jaipersad and Pascale Wasching.
Many of these works are still for sale in the Bethlem Art Fair which runs until 10 January 2026.
Thanks to MP Liam Conlon for judging the Founders Award, and congratulations to Beth Kale and the Highly Commended artists too.