Hanging my work is something that I’ve never been to precious about. I’m more than happy to bang a couple of nails in the wall or drill some screws into a painting and that be it. Funnily enough, for someone […]
Before I started hanging any work on the wall I had to decide a) what I was going to put up and b) how it was going to all be situated on the wall. I didn’t want to start randomly […]
I was very happy with the space I was allocated for the degree show, it was a long corridor style space which actually looked quite over whelming at first. I’ve seen this space before, obviously, but never this bare. It […]
I started writing a post for this blog yesterday, but because the wifi seems to go in waves here, it switched off as I tried to publish and I lost everything. Learning from that, I’m saving as I go along. […]
A quick synopsis of what has been keeping me busy in May: Being Tim’s assistant: costumes for a new (Swedish language) version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and three kits each consisting two mascot costumes for a holiday company […]
Here’s my view out of the studio window today. I was meant to go to the beach with Ricky today but it was raining too much so we cancelled our plans. He also got stuck while in the rain […]
The 2016 Frieze Artist Award goes to Yuri Pattison for a networked project that aims to reveal trending consumer data from Frieze London live during October’s edition of the fair.
Research trip to the Wheal Martyn Museum & the white alps of St Austell, 2016.
Well it isn’t exactly Tracey Emin and my bed is not the title ,but if have finally partly put together part of my installation of embroideries titles’The worst Journey in the world ‘which was a phase coined by Whinston Chirchill […]
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
This week is an admin week. So this week I am pleased to have been offered membership of Plastic Propaganda, and so am preparing the documentation necessary for their website etc. I have an Open Studios coming up with […]
I’m on the ferry from Macau to HK, which takes about an hour. I said goodbye to Craig and Isobel. Isobel has been helping me to plan my route across Mainland China. I don’t want to see all the typical […]
Tickets booked, passports found… In a month’s time Rebecca Ilett and I will be heading off on a fact-finding foray to Europe to meet like-minded artists and see if we can create new opportunities to show work in the UK […]
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news. This week includes artwork pulled from Hong Kong’s tallest tower over political message, Courtauld Institute revamp and Arts Council England agreement with De Montfort University.
I have just re-red three early Margaret Atwood novels, triggered by a chance discovery in a charity shop of a green spine Virago Lady Oracle. They fit my theme of transforming/multiple women. In this novel Joan/Lady Orace/Louise K Delacourt was […]
A £15,000 prize and £90,000 production budget has been awarded to a team based in Treviso, Italy to develop a project that uses digital technology to explore art on display at Tate Britain and the Tate website.
Well, I’m busy busy, on the 10am to 10pm shift, in preparation for the Degree Show, 2016 UCS. Working non-stop, till I drop. I am blessed with two amazing daughters’ that have dinner ready for me! #degree show, #homelife walls, […]
Finally the last few days are upon us and we are all busy working and busy withthe mundane jobs such as painting the floor ,the walls and fixings on the back of the paintings.I have also filled in my risk […]
Finally all done!
Hi folks Doe’s anyone have any advice for getting work sold through galleries? Do you know of any good galleries that are happy to take on new artists etc? Thanks
