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Artwork Galleries

When the Koestler Awards started in 1962 there were just two Awards artforms: Writing and Fine Art. Now we have over 50 categories across six artforms.

Artforms in the Koestler Awards have evolved with the times, and in response to feedback from our entrants and from teaching staff in secure settings. More established categories include Painting, Poetry, Life Story and Portrait.

Newer categories include Computer Generated Music, Song Writing, Digital Art and Spoken Word.

We invite experts in each field to judge the Awards, individually or as part of panels.

Click on the categories below to see examples of the original and unique artworks entered in the Koestler Awards each year.

A papier-mache sculpture of a tree with roots growing on top of a tiny earth. The tree has CCTV cameras hidden inside the leaves that look like birds.

Visual Art

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A traditional clock made of matchsticks.

Craft & Design

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A white book with text reading, 'For Louis', next to a silhouette of a bird on top of a set of stones.

Writing

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A painting of the back of the head of a young person with headphones on, listening to something on their laptop.

Performance & Audio

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A film still of a piece of oval shaped cardboard peeled back to reveal a blue-coloured eye.

Film & Animation

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Two figures stood in prison outdoor space playing chess. They are wearing medical masks and prison-issue loose blue t-shirts.

Multi-artform

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Koestler Exhibitions

Take a closer look at more work created by our participants in our exhibition archive.

Exhibitions

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