Arts, Culture & Heritage Community & Social Justice 2025
Federation of British Artists (Mall Galleries)

Federation of British Artists Impact Report 2024

The Federation of British Artists (FBA) at Mall Galleries is a self-funded visual arts charity founded in 1961, running one of the UK's most significant programmes of open exhibitions for contemporary figurative art. In 2024 it attracted 60,000+ gallery visitors and 1 million+ online visits, hosted 24 exhibitions, sold nearly £1 million of artwork, and awarded over £100,000 in prizes to emerging and established artists. The open call model — with 11,739 submissions in 2024 — enables artists of any background to exhibit at 17 Carlton House Terrace. Professional development opportunities include the Crinan Residency, NEAC Scholarships and Hesketh Hubbard Bursary. The charity is entirely self-funded, reinvesting all surplus into its mission.

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8 annual FBA Society open exhibitions (Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, New English Art Club, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Pastel Society, Royal Society of Marine Artists, Society of Wildlife Artists); Hesketh Hubbard Art Society life drawing (London's largest); 16 additional exhibitions including UAL Origins Creatives, Oliver Enwonwu, Women in Art Fair, ING Discerning Eye, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year; Art for All online fundraising auction; Artist Professional Development (Hesketh Hubbard Bursary, Crinan Residency, NEAC Artist Scholarships); Art Consultancy (private and commercial portfolio curation, commissions); 100+ prizes and awards programme; extended evening opening hours; artist-led workshops for Friends Custom geography from upload: UK (Carlton House Terrace, Westminster) with global reach

📊Key Metrics

60,000+ gallery visitors in 2024; 1,032,264 online visits; 11,739 artists submitted to 8 open calls; 3,164 works exhibited by 1,309 artists across 8 Society Shows Key Metric 1
Nearly £1 million in artwork sales across all exhibitions; over £600,000 through 8 Society Shows alone; over £100,000 in prizes and awards to artists; £28,769 raised through Art for All fundraising auction (1,301 bids) Key Metric 2
24 exhibitions held; over 120 events; 500+ member artists; 1,500+ Friends network; 40 new members elected; 35 artworks placed for 12 young artists through Art Consultancy; 20 portrait and 11 fine art commissions secured Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 46,000+ visitors to Society shows; 23,729 visitors to additional exhibitions; open exhibitions enable artists of any background to exhibit alongside established names — 50/50 member/selected artist balance increasingly achieved
  • Rizza Zahid (NEAC Scholar, self-taught working-class artist): 'Winning awards like The Hermione Hammond Drawing Award and the NEAC Artist Scholarship has been pivotal, enabling me to transition into working from a dedicated studio space'
  • Joined Westminster City Council's Sustainable City Charter; extended gallery opening hours into evenings to reach working population; global distribution of exhibiting artists — international submissions welcomed across all open calls

📍Geography

London

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