**** End of Year Show 25 ****

DEC 12-JAN 20 // INFO

Welcome to the End of Year Show 25! This group exhibition is open to artists of all backgrounds, experience levels and disciplines. It’s the fifth edition of this inclusive, no-rejections show which I have hosted at my studio-gallery in Surrey Quays, south-east London.

It started with the inaugural Art of Isolation back in 2020, which celebrated the creative output of people during lockdown. And then there was Class of 2020 later that year, followed by a similarly titled End of the Year Show and then last year’s Connect 24.

Around 1,000 artworks have been displayed in that time, with almost as many artists involved. The shows usually sqeeze in around 200-250 works of art, from painting to drawing, to digital, mixed media, sculpture and film, all hung in an eclectic salon hang.

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When does it run?

It opens on Fri Dec 12 with an opening party and Private View at the gallery in Surrey Quays, and all submissions will also go into an online gallery. There is also an ‘Online Only’ option if you want to submit work but can’t make it in person.

It runs daily until Fri Jan 2, closed from Dec 24-27, and Dec 31-Jan 1 and the online gallery will be accessible on my site during that period and beyond.

There is no theme as such this year, it’s a bookmark to mark and celebrate this 12-month period. Ideally submissions should be made in 2025. I was thinking about technology a lot this year, and how that speaks to artists, how it affects art and its production. That may have affected the design of this year’s front page – stripped back, raw, no fluff, just the message.

The growth of AI has raised questions about how we produce our work. And whether we are threatened as creatives by the rise of artificial intelligence. On a surface level, maybe. But on a deeper, more spiritual level, I think not. Machines synthesise, humans express feelings, emotions, and are uniquely creative in a way that cannot be faked.

So how about we use this exhibition to celebrate how human we are, and how unique and special the human experience is.

Look forward to seeing your work and more importantly, seeing you, at the opening.

// Rod Kitson, Nov 3, 2025

Any questions for me, email: endofyearshow25@gmail.com

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FAQs:

?  Q: What kind of work will be accepted?

A: All 2D and 3D work – painting, drawing, printing, sculpture, digital, film all within the size parameters, subject to available space. 2D work must be ready to hang with a wire or string across the back. Digital or film work must have its own means of display provided.

?  Q: Will my work be judged or rejected?

A: No. No work will be rejected except if I deem it unsuitable for the family audience we get to the shows. In which case I will ask for a replacement artwork or refund will be given.

?  Q: When is the deadline for entries?

A: Midnight on Monday Dec 1, 2025.

?  Q: Where will the work be shown?

A: At the Art of Isolation gallery, Upstairs in Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, SE16 7LL. And all submissions go into an online gallery which will be accessible from rodkitson.com homepage.

?  Q: When and where do I drop off my work?

A: Work drop off is on Sunday Dec 7, 3-5pm, and Monday Dec 8, 12-7pm at the Art of Isolation gallery, upper Floor, Surrey Quays shopping centre, SE16 7LL

?  Q: When do I collect my work?

A: Pick up will be on last day of exhibition, Friday Jan 2, and Saturday Jan 3, 10am-4pm.

Full address:

Art of Isolation gallery, upper Floor, Surrey Quays shopping centre, SE16 7LL

Whatsapp: +4478995454113

Email: endofyearshow25@gmail.com

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Entering your work

• Closing date for entering is midnight on Dec 1
• Drop off work on Sunday 7 Dec (3-5pm) & Monday 8 Dec (12-7pm)
• £15 entrance fee for works up to 50x50cm including frame
• £25 for works up to 70x70cm including frame
• £10 for online only works (any size)
• Excess may be charged or work refused if it exceeds sizes
• Max 5 pieces per person (subject to change pending demand)
• Max sizes of work subject to change pending number of entrants
• Closing date may change if capacity fills before then
• Pick up work on Friday Jan 2, 11-6pm, and Saturday Jan 3, 10-4pm.

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Sales T&Cs

• Artist chooses whether their work is for sale or not, and sets the price
• 20% commission charged on all sales of work
• Gallery manager processes sales: receives funds from buyer, gives receipts, pays artist
• Online-only exhibitors’ sales are made direct between buyer and artist, including delivery/collection arrangements

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Tips for sellers 

• For most saleability sell under £100
• Size around A4/A3 sell best
• Prints sell well