AWOL Studios

01/06/2026

✨ Comme Ca Art x AWOL Studios Open Call 2026 Private View ✨

Join us for an exclusive VIP preview evening as we launch this year’s Open Call exhibition and announce the Highly Commended and overall winners of the show 🙌

Be among the first to experience the exhibition, featuring work by 23 shortlisted artists and an exciting range of contemporary practices!

⭐️Preview: Friday 19th June 2026, 6-8pm
⭐️Comme Ca Art Gallery, Hope Mill, 113 Pollard St, Manchester, M47JA

Guest list spaces are limited. Please email [email protected] to RSVP.

See you there! 🫶

Exhibiting artists:
Anastasia Borodina .borodina
Anita Memarzadeh .memar
Andrew Watson .art
Anthony Lewis-Dowell .ld_art
Daniel Hester
Dylan Lisle
Gabriel Baker Bennett .b.b_photo
Hannah Fray
Helen Davies .art
Ima Picó
Jacqui Barrowcliffe
Jake Davis .creates
Jasmine Gardner
Kim Stuttard
Luke Skiffington
Maggie Hargreaves
Olga Mun
Paul Mellor
Simge Vurtak
Stefanie Trow
Steve Sutton
Victoria Ellis
Yvonne Blair .prints

30/05/2026

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We are so excited to announce our next event 📣
This talk is an honest look at what it takes to run a creative practice as a solo woman. Danielle Molyneux is the founder of Dotto Studio, a Manchester-based creative practice built around typography and lettering and the belief that the best work comes from genuine connection.

In this talk she’ll walk through how Dotto came to be, what she’s learned about building something on her own terms, and the challenge of balancing life as we know it with a creative brain. She’ll explore the benefits of finding your own rhythm, knowing your limits, and knowing when to ignore them. An ode to the beauty of creating something uniquely yours that works with your life.

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27/05/2026

Beautiful video featuring our amazing Mark Kennedy!!
https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/john-stones-bernardo-silva-mosaic-feature-63915478?fbclid=PAVERFWASD0K1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAae8aWgkDL_hBK-TnpQKiLxoubK2gbF5chugwX7-P97FBd7ALtSUuIjJ8SbDmQ_aem_SnA37BJSrfpkUSgco0tWXA

Go behind the scenes of the creation of the mosaics to honour departing heroes John Stones and Bernardo Silva.

27/05/2026

✨ We’re thrilled to announce the shortlisted artists for the AWOL Studios x Comme Ca Art Open Call 2026!✨

Exhibition - 19.06.26 - 11.07.26
Preview details to come!

Congratulations to the 23 shortlisted artists:
Anastasia Borodina .borodina
Anita Memarzadeh .memar
Andrew Watson .art
Anthony Lewis-Dowell .ld_art
Daniel Hester
Dylan Lisle
Gabriel Baker Bennett .b.b_photo
Hannah Fray
Helen Davies .art
Ima Picó
Jacqui Barrowcliffe
Jake Davis .creates
Jasmine Gardner
Kim Stuttard
Luke Skiffington
Maggie Hargreaves
Olga Mun
Paul Mellor
Simge Vurtak
Stefanie Trow
Steve Sutton
Victoria Ellis
Yvonne Blair .prints

We’re so excited to see the exhibition come together, and want to say a huge thank you to everyone who submitted work to this year’s open call. The standard was incredibly high and our judges had a very difficult task selecting the final shortlist ✨

26/05/2026

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First batch of Dotto cards have landed with a selection of sentiments. Cheers / Sorry / Big Love / Smooth / Birthday / Oh Baby Baby

Catch em at the studio, or from dotto.studio/store/cards.

12/05/2026

A huge huge thankyou to everyone who entered our AWOL Studios X Comme Ca Art Open Call!
Here’s us welcoming our guest judges Sarah Walters, Pasta Paul and Matthew Frost in the gallery, just before they embarked on the difficult mission of selecting works!

Results will be emailed out on or before 25th May so keep an eye on those inboxes 🙏

29/04/2026

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4 colours screen printed onto A2 “Mist” 350gsm stock for & for the joint open evening in 2022, illustration by me.

From the CC Archives, printed on 09/07/22, link in bio for screen printing services.

27/04/2026

⭐️LAST DAY TO ENTER!⭐️
Please share - The Deadline to enter our Open Call is midnight tonight!

👉More info, T&Cs and how to enter:
www.awol-studios.co.uk/opencall2026 (link in bio)

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We’re inviting artists based in Northern England* to submit 2D, 3D and Video work completed within the last two years.

⭐️Deadline: TODAY - Monday 27th April 2026 (midnight)
⭐️1st Prize: £2,000
⭐️Highly Commended Prize: £500

Entry fee: £10 per work (max two submissions per artist)

Judges:
✨ Sarah Walters
✨ Pasta Paul
✨ Matthew Frost

📩 Enquiries: [email protected]

*check our website for eligable regions

26/04/2026

Exhibition opening
‘We’ve made an exhibition of ourselves’
Featuring:
Phil Hughes, Angela Herd-Hall MAFA & Stephen Johnson

✨Preview Sat May 16th, 1-5pm
✨Exhibition continues 17th-20th May, 12-5pm

Saan1 Art Gallery
5 Kelvin st
M4 1ET