Gallery Les Bois is proud to announce that Founder and Director Claire-Julia Hill has been nominated across five categories at the Women in Green Business Awards 2026, a recognition that reflects both her personal leadership and the gallery's wider mission to reshape how sustainability is understood within contemporary culture.
Claire-Julia has been nominated in the categories of Business of the Year, Campaign of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Leader of the Year and Rising Star - SME, placing Gallery Les Bois among a growing movement of organisations redefining what innovation in the green economy can look like.
Hosted by BusinessGreen, the Women in Green Business Awards celebrate women, businesses and initiatives driving meaningful change across the UK's sustainability landscape. The awards seek to recognise those advancing the green economy while also championing inclusion, leadership and long-term systemic impact.
For Gallery Les Bois, the nominations represent something larger than professional recognition. They mark an important moment for sustainable art itself, a field that has historically existed at the margins of both the art world and the sustainability conversation, despite its enormous cultural potential.
Since founding Gallery Les Bois, Claire-Julia Hill has worked to challenge outdated assumptions around sustainable art. Rather than framing sustainability as limitation, compromise or niche practice, the gallery has consistently demonstrated that environmentally conscious art can also be museum-quality, potentially investment-worthy and conceptually rigorous. Through exhibitions, partnerships, artist representation and public programming, Gallery Les Bois has positioned sustainable art not as a trend, but as part of a wider cultural shift toward more thoughtful forms of creation and collecting.
Under Claire-Julia's leadership, the gallery has built a platform for artists whose practices engage deeply with material innovation, environmental consciousness and future-facing creativity. From large-scale exhibitions and advisory work to collaborations with sustainability organisations and hospitality spaces, Gallery Les Bois has focused on bringing sustainable art into conversations and environments where it has historically been absent.
The nominations also reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of climate leadership. Sustainability is no longer confined to energy, infrastructure or policy. Culture plays a critical role in shaping values, emotional connection and public imagination - and art has a unique ability to help people envision different kinds of futures.
This philosophy has become central to the gallery's identity. Through projects such as 'Future Forms', 'She Creates' and collaborations with organisations including the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP), Gallery Les Bois has sought to create experiences that invite audiences to engage with sustainability not through fear or obligation, but through beauty, emotion and curiosity.
The Entrepreneur of the Year and Rising Star - SME nominations recognise the rapid growth and vision behind Gallery Les Bois as a young business operating within the green economy. Meanwhile, the Leader of the Year nomination reflects Claire-Julia's role in helping establish sustainable art as a serious and credible space within contemporary collecting and cultural discourse.
The Campaign of the Year nomination highlights the gallery's wider commitment to advocacy and public engagement, using exhibitions, partnerships and storytelling to expand awareness around sustainability within the arts. Meanwhile, the Business of the Year nomination acknowledges Gallery Les Bois not only as a commercial gallery, but as a values-led organisation attempting to model a different way of operating within the creative industries.
A GALLERY LES BOIS COLLECTOR NOTE
The relevance of these nominations to collectors lies in the recognition of leadership beyond a single exhibition or artwork. The five categories span business performance, public engagement, entrepreneurship and individual leadership, reflecting an operating model that seeks to place artistic excellence, environmental responsibility and cultural influence within the same framework.
Awards do not determine the artistic or financial value of an artwork. For collectors, their significance is contextual: they can provide evidence of the gallery’s external recognition, public engagement and commitment to a responsible long-term model. Acquisition decisions should still be grounded in artistic quality, provenance, condition, rarity, an artist’s career trajectory and the strength of the work itself.
Readers can explore the Women in Green Business Awards and the gallery projects cited in the original announcement, then browse represented artists, available artworks or Gallery Les Bois’s in-depth Guides. The gallery can also provide tailored advice concerning provenance, materials, condition, placement, care and acquisition through its Art Advisory and Contact services.
QUESTIONS COLLECTORS MAY ASK
What do the five nominations recognise?
They cover Business of the Year, Campaign of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Leader of the Year and Rising Star – SME, reflecting both Gallery Les Bois’s organisational work and Claire-Julia Hill’s leadership.
Do award nominations affect artwork prices?
No. Pricing reflects factors including artistic quality, provenance, scale, rarity, demand and the artist’s career trajectory. External recognition provides useful context but does not create an automatic premium.
How can collectors assess gallery stewardship before acquiring?
Collectors can request available provenance and condition information, material and process details, dimensions, care and installation guidance, transport considerations, pricing and current availability.
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