RAW Contemporary
Sponsorship, Blog and Shows
RAW Contemporary is a sister operation to RAW Modern focusing on 21st-century artists with a special focus on the LGBTQIA+ community and work that challenges preconceptions of heteronormative sexuality and the stigma that shapes sexual representations. Our £10,000 yearly sponsorship program aims to support an up-and-coming contemporary artist each year working to challenge the status quo. For this purpose, a selection panel with five judges (Maudji Mendel, Anna Sampson, Patricia Cronin, Sade English and Ananya Mukhopadhyay) consider applications every year to decide the winner of the prize. We run a monthly blog in which we interview artists, and work closely with museums and institutions (including the Barbican, The National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain, Carolee Schneemann Foundation) to highlight current shows and provide a platform for discussion and research into today’s topics. RAW Contemporary will be curating two shows in 2024 around the topics of sexuality and queer visibility, more to be announced soon.
Maudji, Curator:
Maudji is a freelance antique dealer and curator whose area of interest lies within questions around gender, sexuality and identity. They co-founded the RAW platform with Sacha Llewellyn, which subsequently gained charitable status. They now run the charity on a daily basis, and are expanding the artist sponsorship program as well as managing the art collection and international loans. They founded the antique jewellery dealership, Mendel’s Antique Jewellery in 2024.
Meet the Team
Ananya Mukhopadhyay, RAW Trustee and Director of Yavuz Gallery, London
Amy Hale, RAW Trustee , Scholar & Writer
Sacha Llewellyn, RAW Trustee, Award-winning writer and Founder of RAW.
Rachel Thomas, RAW Trustee and Chief Curator at The Hayward Gallery.
Eva Oh, RAW Trustee and International Dominatrix.
Meet the Team