Collect Open 2026
Collect Open is the fair's platform for pioneering craft installations by individual artists and collectives.
We are delighted to announce that eleven cutting-edge artists have been selected by our expert advisory panel for Collect 2026.
- Kamilah Ahmed (UK)
- Amelia Dennigan (Portugal)
- Olly Fathers (UK)
- Katherine James (UK)
- Jihyun Kim (UK)
- Chloe Lennon (UK)
- Ella Merriman (UK)
- Jynsym Ong (UK)
- Hanna Salomonsson (UK)
- Zofia Sobolewska Ursic (Poland)
- Oriel Zinaburg (UK)
Exhibitors will create projects especially for the fair that take their creative practices to the next level and challenge material, social, political or personal perceptions.
New for 2026 are Collect Open bursaries which were launched in May 2025 to support UK-based artists from global majority backgrounds and to increase representation and equity across the programme. Developed in response to research conducted by Crafts Council that highlights how financial barriers can hinder participation in Collect as well as career progression in craft, the bursaries help to cover the costs of exhibiting and provide a one-off financial allowance for each recipient. The three recipients of the inaugural bursaries are Kamilah Ahmed, Jihyun Kim and Jynsym Ong.
Congratulations to all the Collect Open 2026 artists and a warm thank you to our Collect Open sponsor, Spinocchia Freund, as well as our advisory panel:
- TF Chan, fair director, Collect
- Lewis Dalton Gilbert, independent curator
- Caroline Jackman, creative industries business consultant
- Brigitta Spinocchia Freund, founder and creative director, Spinocchia Freund
