maw25: in all possible worlds
For 2025, Middlesbrough Art Week weaves together diverse artistic voices and community perspectives into a collective expression of solidarity. Under the evocative theme In All Possible Worlds, the festival dares to imagine a future — one shaped by creativity, resilience, and hope. Delivered by The Auxiliary Project Space, Middlesbrough Art Week is built on collaboration, support, and the nurturing of creative practices.
The North East’s leading contemporary art festival, Middlesbrough Art Week, returns for its eighth edition with an ambitious program of artist and community exhibitions, performances, workshops, talks, and public interventions happening across the town from September 25th to October 4th.
In a world where shared spaces and collective experiences define the human condition, it’s increasingly difficult to make sense of the complexities around us. MAW25 embraces this uncertainty, offering a space where we see and feel through one another’s eyes. By providing space for mutual support and creative nourishment, the festival becomes a platform for new ideas, new perspectives, and the possibility of new worlds — In All Possible Worlds.
Featuring Rosie Gibbens, Corbin Shaw, Bex Masey, Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Jonathan West, Petra Szemán and Jeremy Hutchison.
Now that the theme is out, we’re excited to share the full list of artists bringing MAW25 to life.
From established to emerging artists, from locals to those from further afield, this year’s roster is a rich and eclectic line-up.
A Man Called Adam // Alina Akbar // Andrea Hasler // Azraa Motala // Bethany Dallas // Bex Masey // Bobby Benjamin // Carl Truscott // Charlotte Baldwin Hay // Clare Massey // Close & Remote // Corbin Shaw // Darren Cullen // Demdike Stare // Elen Murgasova // Elliot Kitchener // Erin Dickson // Faye Magkanari // Filippos Tsitsopoulos // FurtherField // Hira butt // Iris Ollier // Jack Willshaw // Jeremy Hutchison // John B Ledger // Jonathan West // Kirsten Luckins // Kitty McKay // Lauren Shilling // Liberty Hodes // Lily-Grace Dawson // Linda Cassels // Nika Krykun // Oksana Kazmina // Petra Szemán // Regis // Richie Culver // Rosie Gibbens // Sigita Silina // Sophie Beresford // Simon Poulter // Slow White Fall // Svitlana Dolbysheva // Zaeemah Bashir // Zara Saghir
Middlesbrough Art Week 2025 is set to be the biggest and boldest edition yet.
Find out more about each artist at https://middlesbroughartweek.com/artists25.