Founded in 2017, the ACS Studio Prize returned for the eighth year to offer one student or recent graduate a £6,000 prize to help contribute to the cost of an artist’s studio in a UK city of their choice.

As the premium collecting society for the administration of the Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) and copyright, the Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) realises how difficult it is for emerging artists to focus on their practice, especially after leaving university. The ACS Studio Prize was founded with this in mind.

Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia is a figurative painter and installation artist, who recently completed her MFA at the Glasgow School of Art. In 2023, Onwochei-Garcia was selected as a Bloomberg New Contemporary, shortlisted for Robert Walters UK New Artist and awarded the RSA John Kinross Scholarship. Onwochei-Garcia has exhibited in group shows in Lisbon and across the UK. The artist enjoyed her first solo exhibition at the New Glasgow Society last year, and will feature in a solo show at Twilight Contemporary in London later this year.

For more information about the ACS Studio Prize and the 2024 winner, visit the ACS Studio Prize page.