BA (Hons) Painting, Edinburgh College of Art, the University of Edinburgh. Louis Lisle says: “My practice has led me to produce a series of paintings, drawings and objects that mimic the raw materiality of construction sites and create scenarios which […]
BA Fine Art (International), University of Leeds. “My praxis is centred upon the notion of ‘lumphood’,” explains Poppy Jones-Little. “I strip away appearances, exposing the lumpen substances within.” Utilising found ‘waste’ materials, her approach is in part informed by a […]
Molly McAndrews, BA Fine Art final-year student at University of Plymouth speaks to Rachel Marsh. “This feels like an investigation, like a tool to learn new things” “What I focus on is the departure of thought from the body.” Molly […]
BA Fine Art, Newcastle University. In the work of Adonia Hirst, communication, intimacy and movement is explored through tactile sculpture that distorts the viewer’s perception of touch and interaction. Unsettling while also humorous, her use of textiles reflects gendered ideas […]
BA Fine Art Sculpture, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL. Martha Scott works primarily with everyday and mass-produced objects, exploring the materiality they hold. “Often through intuitive arranging and building, I explore the tensions and tenderness between the domestic and the […]
Catherine Gittens, BA Fine Art final-year student at Sheffield Hallam University, talks to Orla Foster about her work. “I like making organic forms that people can interact with” Degree shows are not known for being havens of tranquility, but Catherine […]
BA Fine Art final-year student at Manchester School of Art Torin Bagueley speaks to Valerie Zwart about his work. “I’ve completely fallen in love and gotten addicted to painting” The art department at Manchester Metropolitan University is thrumming. Downstairs, 2020-2021 […]
BA (Hons) Fine Art final-year student at Leeds Arts University Archie Brooks speaks to Joanna Byrne. “I feel like my work creates a lot of anxiety.” Archie Brooks is a video artist in his final year of BA (Hons) Fine […]
BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL. Louisa Clark says of her practice: “My work aims to form different perspectives on familiar things, inviting a type of playful observation. My practice is primarily concerned with the translation […]
BA Fine Art (Sculpture), Leeds Art University. Speaking about her work, Aisha Matraxia says: “Throughout the past two years, my work has been a gradual development into looking at the home and our relationship with objects and the domestic. My […]
BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, University of Arts London. Speaking about his work, Jonah Fried says: “My practice revolves around mark-making as an aid to my core research, which looks at uniqueness and mass production. In my quest […]
BA Fine Art, The Cass, London Metropolitan University final-year student Preeti Shannon Tak speaks to India Nielsen. “I am fascinated by the genetic make-up of everything” London artist Preeti Shannon Tak is in her final year of BA Fine Art […]
BA(Hons) Fine Art, Sculpture and Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art final year student Jack McElroy speaks to Jamie Limond. “It’s about making an artwork that can be enjoyed by people who don’t want to enjoy it as an artwork” […]
As Brexit gives way to Covid-19 as the defining factor shaping all our futures, Chris Sharratt asks lecturers and course leaders about the kind of art this year’s graduates are making. “I think this stuff comes from an anxiety about […]
BA Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art. Working with materials such as plaster, soil and paper, Gwyneth Machin focuses on our relationship with the Earth, from “the visceral feeling in landscape to the oppressive canyons of a cityscape”. Drawing on childhood […]
BA Fine Art Painting, University of Brighton final-year student Charlotte Guérard speaks to Kitty Bew. “The painting becomes an object or an archive of my gestures, something that happened in my body separate to what happened in my head.” Charlotte […]
BA Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, London final-year student Lydia Makin speaks to Isaac Nugent. “I’m trying to find something through the process of painting itself” Moving between abstraction and figuration, Lydia Makin’s paintings brim with energy. Using […]
In this profile, Ellen Wilkinson speaks to Izzy Kroese of Manchester-based Shy Bairns. Collective action hit the art headlines at the end of 2019 when that year’s four Turner Prize nominees formed a collective to split the award and share […]
In this profile, Ellen Wilkinson speaks to Jenny Male, Phil Root and Felicia Cleveland Stevens of Bristol-based Caraboo Projects. Collective action hit the art headlines at the end of 2019 when that year’s four Turner Prize nominees formed a collective to […]
In this profile, Ellen Wilkinson speaks to artist, designer and writer Mei Yuk Wong of Manchester-based supportive network The Centre for International Women Artists. Collective action hit the art headlines at the end of 2019 when that year’s four Turner Prize […]
BA Fine Art, MIMA School of Art and Design, Middlesbrough. Jemma Jelf is interested in how we represent ourselves sexually and the way that attitudes to this are determined by factors such as gender, age, sexual orientation, background and religion. […]
BA Fine Art: Painting, Drawing and Printmaking, Carmarthen School of Art, Coleg Sir Gar. Rithika Pandey says of her work: “I am yearning for a spiritual, perhaps enlightened escape.” Working in painting, collage, animation and installations, her approach combines the […]
British artists Jane and Louise Wilson began working collaboratively in the late 1980s when studying at different art colleges in Newcastle and Dundee. Nominated for the 1999 Turner Prize, the Newcastle-born twins are known for their moving image and photographic […]
The Cass Summer Show 2019, which includes work by graduating art, design and architecture students, takes place at the university’s East London campus located just a few hundred metres from a-n’s London office. Stephen Palmer took time out to visit a-n’s […]
For our first a-n Instagram take over this week, a-n’s Narbi Price was on hand to post from the Fine Art Degree Show at Newcastle University, where he is currently a PhD candidate. As Price explained in his first post […]
