Badger in the Wall Gallery

Now Open

in Clapham, North Yorkshire

About the Gallery & Our Exhibitions

Badger in the Wall Gallery opened its doors to the public in May 2024. We are a rural independent gallery and  have a fantastic exhibition space inside our converted barn. The Gallery is based in the village of Clapham, North Yorkshire, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The village is a key tourist destination with local attractions such as Ingleborough Cave, Ingleborough Nature Trail, Gaping Gill Cave and the Yorkshire 3 Peaks. 

One of our key aims on establishing the gallery was to provide true open call exhibitions in the area and give an oppotunity to as many artists as possible to exhibit their work to a new audience.

To date we have exhibited work from over 280 different artists and many of these have returned for multiple exhibitions. For many of these artists it has been the first time that they have exhibited in a formal exhibition and, for those choosing to sell their work, it has also been the first time they have sold some of their work. We usually select between 50 to 70 artists for each exhibition depending on the theme and size of artwork submitted. 

Whilst we love to make sales for our artists and send artwork off to their forever homes, we are also just as happy to exhibit work that is not for sale. We usually have a good proportion of each exhibition where artists are looking just to exhibit their work, and actually do not make it for sale.

For those that do have their work on sale, we usually sell on average between 10-15% of the exhibition pieces and have a footfall of 500-700 visitors in a normal month long exhibition. Of course sales figures can vary depending on the theme of the work and footfall does have some seasonal variation during busier holiday periods. 

We are keen to build lasting partnerships with our returning artists and for many we stock and sell their prints and greeting cards on a long term basis. We also held an invitational exhibition for those artists who were ever-present in our 2024 exhibitions, as well as awarding cash prizes in our 2024 Autumn Open. 

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