Art Not Oil is an annual event aimed at encouraging artists to create work that explores the damage that companies like BP and Shell are doing to the planet, and the role art can play in counteracting that damage.

It is designed in part to paint a truer portrait of an oil company than the caring image manufactured by events such as the BP Portrait Award, The Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and other 'cultural activities' of the oil multinationals which also happen to divert public attention away from their actual activities. Climate chaos is set to have a catastrophic effect on all of us, while hitting the poorest hardest. The companies most responsible are profiting handsomely, yet they're still welcome it seems in many of our most prestigious public galleries and museums.

 In 2007, our Art Not Oil and 'Shell's Wild Lie' exhibitions will be touring the UK as well as growing in their online galleries.

Art Not Oil includes paintings, photos, sculpture and other creations that address issues like climate chaos, corporate sponsorship & greenwash, and the suicidal madness that proclaims 'profit is king' and 'money can solve any problem'. We also warmly welcome work dealing with the cancerous impact of the oil industry on the planet, and of course work that dares to imagine what solutions to these serious but not insoluble problems might look like.

Art Not Oil is a project of London Rising Tide.

If you have any queries, or would like to get involved, whether submitting artwork, hosting an exhibition,doing publicity or  getting involved with many other tasks that need doing to highlight the actions we need to take to combat climate chaos and social injustice then...

Please contact us on: 07708 794665

or email at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

or write to London Rising Tide c/o 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES.

or come to a meeting (held more or less every Thursday evening at LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES, (Whitechapel tube).