The Bakery Gallery is delighted to invite artists working in any medium to participate in our upcoming exhibition The Cat Show: The Artist’s Mews. 

This show will bring together gallery artists, invited guests, and this open call for artwork inspired by the cat: as a muse, as a companion and friend, as a symbol of independence…  

From realistic to abstract, from reflective to humorous, we welcome all things cat and cat-adjacent.

Selection process

The works for the exhibition will be carefully selected by the gallery director and a steering committee of cat-owned artists.

Logistics

The exhibition will be held in Central London at the Bakery Gallery’s Camden Passage site, a short walk from Angel underground station (6 Charlton Place, N1 8AJ)

Deadline for submissions is 1st of December 2025

Selected artists will be notified by the 15th of December 2025

Artwork delivery January 31 and Feb 1st 2026

Exhibition Dates: February 3 – 15, 2026

Private View: Thursday, February 5th 2026

Finassage: Sunday, Feb 15th 2026

Entry requirements 

Artists may submit up to 3 artworks related to the theme in any media.

2D artwork must be ready to hang with d- rings and wire

Fees and commission

Application fee is £15 per submission (up to 3 artworks)

The gallery will take 25% commission on sales

No participation fee

At the Private View and throughout the exhibition we will raise funds for Cats Protection UK, the country’s largest cat welfare charity, by donation via QR code.

Benefits for artists

All selected work will be for sale with 25% commission

Show will be promoted on social media with approx 4.5k followers, newsletters, and gallery listings

Exhibition in Central London location, curated and invigilated by gallery

Private view and finissage

About us

The Bakery Gallery is an artist-run gallery with two central London locations. The gallery first opened in 2021 in a 19th-Century bakery in Notting Hill’s iconic Portobello Road, and in 2023 a second location opened in Camden Passage, Islington.

We provide a friendly space for artists to share their work. The gallery consists of member artists who put on a rolling exhibition of current work, curated by the artists themselves, as well as a series of week-long solo and small group shows by visiting artists.

The gallery is always manned by one of the artists, so any time you stop by, you’ll be able to have a conversation with a practising artist about work currently on display. 

Our goal is to create an accessible way for artists to interact with the public and to allow the public to discover new artists and engage with contemporary art today.