Saatchi Gallery collaborates with curators to select works direct from the studios of artists in order to present a range of diverse & experimental artworks to a larger audience.
Artists featured in Studio: Response[#2] are:
Luke Hannam
Tom Norris
Luke Routledge
Luke Hannam is a contemporary romantic painter based in Rye East Sussex. He is also the bass player and formative member of Post Punk band Gramme. Hannam describes his paintings as raw, romantic responses to the visceral experience of love and desire. Hannam’s work is instantly recognisable by their scale and intense ferocity. Hannam is represented by the internationally respected Anima-Mundi Gallery in St Ives Cornwall and had his first solo show with the Gallery in 2021.
Tom Norris is an artist that lives and works in London. His work is collected and exhibited across the UK. For him the process of making ceramic vessels embodies ideas about communication through objects and surface.
Luke Routledge works across a range of media including sculpture, painting, animatronics and animation. These various media are employed to detail a fictional landscape and its inhabitants in an ever-expanding world building project.
Curated by Dominic Beattie
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Our doors will stay open late until 9PM, with our headline exhibition ‘London Grads Now. 21’ on view. Some additional exhibitions may also be on view in our Ground & Lower Ground floor galleries.
UPCOMING:
FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER, 6PM – 9PM
Walk-ins welcome. Prebooking advised.
Gallery 1: UAL: Chelsea College of Arts 5PM: Meet artist Michael Dohr + meet curator Juan Bolivar
Gallery 2: Slade School of Art 6PM: Join in with artist Magnus Ayers ‘speed runner’ performance by playing a video game to compete for a world record + performance & reading by artist & curator Victoria Cantons
Gallery 3: Goldsmiths University Scan the QR codes to interact with featured artworks
Gallery 4: UAL: Camberwell College of Arts 6PM: Long Yuan screening of his West Bund, Shanghai exhibition & meet artist Matt King for a Q&A + meet curator Juan Bolivar
Galleries 5 & 6: Royal College of Art 7.30PM: Performance by artist Yukako Tanaka, 8PM: Performance by artist Anna-Lena Krause & group + meet co-curator Thomas Hjelm
Gallery 7: UAL: Central Saint Martins 6PM: Performance by artist Niko Pazzaglia with her bridle & flyers 8PM: Reading performance by artist Ying Xin
Gallery 8: Kingston School of Art 7PM: Performance by artist Amy Gillies & her experimental spoken word piece curated by the II Platform.
Gallery 9: Joint universities room Meet artist Ronan Porter
Please check our website & social media for news on special curator talks, live performances & entertainment – unique to each late and all at no extra cost.
More dates to be announced. Galleries are open to the public for extended hours from 10am to 9pm.
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“London Grads Now. 21is a wonderful world of stranger things, both reflecting on the pandemic & rising above it” – Ruth Millington, Art historian, critic & author
London Grads Now. 21 is a graduate-led showcase running from 4 November 2021 through to 16 January 2022. Initially conceived in 2020 as a response to the unprecedented cancellation of degree shows, the second edition aims to support and highlight emerging artists of today and features fresh work from over 200 MA graduates of seven leading London art schools, all under one roof. All the proceeds from sales of artworks are retained by the artists.
“This exhibition will showcase some of the best new artistic talent our city has to offer and represents another brilliant reason for visitors and Londoners to come back into central London to visit our world class galleries as part of the Mayor’s Let’s Do London campaign. More than 200 artworks created by the next generation of artists will be on display – each one represents a triumph for art against the setbacks faced by so many emerging artists during the pandemic.”- Justine Simons OBE, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries
The major exhibition presents a survey of London’s emerging art scene, with new works selected, spanning moving image, assemblage, installation, performance, painting, sculpture, photography, and drawing. Curators have selected artworks focusing on themes including environmentalism, gender identity, post-pandemic reflections, UK racial politics as well as explorations of the human psyche.
The exhibition will include MA graduates from: Goldsmiths University (curated by LaTosha Monique), UAL: Camberwell College of Arts, UAL: Chelsea College of Arts (both curated by Juan Bolivar), UAL: Central Saint Martins (curated by Jingwen Weng & Lingfei Rena Song), UCL: Slade School of Art (curated by Victoria Cantons), Royal College of Art (curated by Thomas Hjelm & Lauren Bevan), and Kingston School of Art (curated remotely from Tehran, Iran by Shahrzad Jahan). The exhibition identity was developed by UAL: Camberwell College of Arts MA graduate Tom White.
Nine galleries across two floors will be utilised for this headline show, with dedicated exhibition space allocated to each school: including new participating school, Kingston University, and a Saatchi Gallery curated space featuring large-scale works from all the schools combined.
London Grads Now. 21 offers a unique insight into exceptional teaching techniques, artistic practices, and cultural approaches – a microcosm of the diversity of London.
Curators Quotes:
“A second wave of provoked ingenuity; this selection of graduates continues to define themselves through their fortitude and resilience. It has been our privilege to work amongst this community of artists that relentlessly inspire and uplift one another – a willingness to embrace the raw and unknown with unflinching certainty.” – Thomas Hjelm & Lauren Bevan, Royal College of Art
“The artworks selected reveal the confines of human knowledge, demonstrate the artists’ tolerance and diverse understandings of the unfamiliar and the unusual, and highlight mankind’s relentless quest for adventures and new discoveries.” – Jingwen Weng & Lingfei Rena Song, UAL: Central Saint Martins
“London Grads Now .21 at Saatchi Gallery has been such a uniquely incredible project to be a part of. From my personal experience, to curate an exhibition space without even stepping foot in the gallery itself is incredible and I feel honored to be part of the project, defying the odds – a testament to the power and beauty of collaboration we must take from overcoming challenges in lockdown and how connecting virtually can sometimes be a powerful tool to connect, and break down barriers.” – Shahrzad Jahan, Kingston University
“The London Grads Now. 21 exhibition is a beautiful opportunity to show the works of dedicated artists who persevered through the most challenging of times due to Covid-19. The selected work provides a look as to how creativity plays an active role in sustaining our collective well-being. This collection is reflective of the safe havens explored internally, which informed a diverse form of creative processes.” – LaTosha Monique, Goldsmiths University
Featured Artists
UAL: CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ARTS
Michael Dohr
Nisa Khan
Emma Liao
Yuxuan Shi
Lanhe Sun
Melania Toma
Rosalie Wammes
UCL: SLADE SCHOOL OF ART
Latifah A Stranack
Haydn Albrow
Fiorella Angelini
Magnus Ayers
Jaz Bartlett
Flora Bradwell
Sophie Mei Birkin
Victoria Cantons
Chunshu Cao
María Camila Cepeda Gnecco
Ziwei Gong
Kyle Howie
Hee Jyung Kim
Minyoung Kim
Megan Klosterman
Eva Kraljic
Penelope Kupfer
Bichsaem Kwon
Grace Mattingly
Lindsey Jean Mclean
Hannah Morgan
I. Nakhla
Louise Oates
Abi Ola
Yuli Serfaty
Khushna Sulaman-Butt
GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Ahren Warner
Ana Dzinic
Charlie Yetton
Diana Zrnic
Elad Argaman
Eleni Zervou
Evelina Hägglund
Georgina Hill
Iva Laterza
Jan Berger
LaTosha Monique
Liwia Dekert
Loftomattic
MH Sarkis
Maddy Plimmer
Mariana Pessoa Mauricio
Niamh Schmidtke
Nana Wolke
Paweł Dziadur
Sara Rainoldi
Sherie Sitauze
Sihan Ling
Uchercie Tang
Yian Chen
UAL: CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ARTS
Koshiro Akiyama
Afrah Omar Babkair
Heidi Borg
Olivia Bouzyk
Sayan Chanda
Hugh Goodfellow
Reda Grigaraviciute
Kishwar Kiani
Matt King
Yi Lin
Melitta Nemeth
Augustus Nweke
Margarida Pinheiro
Constanza Pulit
Yoel Ramis
Victoria Rotaru
John Sachpazis
Gemma Thompson
Tom White
Mel Woo
Yue Xiao
Long Yuan
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART
Albeiro R Tomedes
Alex Lewis
Alexandra Diez de Rivera
Amalie Gabel
Anna-Lena Krause
Anne Carney Raines
Art Sokoloff
Catherine Repko
C Lucy R Whitehead
Camilla Bliss
Daniel Wheeler
Esther Merinero
Emil Lombardo
Frances Knee
Graham Martin
Ġulja Holland
Hamit Üçok
Hawazin Alotaibi
Hoa Dung Clerget
Hsi-Nong Huang
Janina Frye
Jesse May Fisher
Junwei Chen
Kalman Pool
Katya Granova
Kirsty Sim
László von Dohnányi
Lauren Bevan
Melanie Issaka
Mia Faithfull
Myro Wulff
Ning Zhou
Noah Petri
Nour Jaouda
Nuno Gil
Oisín O’Brien
Po Lam Chan
River Cao
Richard Burton
Rin Coppola
Ronan Porter
Savvas Theofanous
Samuel Padfield
Sergei Zinchuk
Sophie Giller
Sophie Goodchild
Sten Link
Svetlana Talanova
Thomas Hjelm
Yukako Tanaka
UAL: CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS
Clara Fantoni
Charlotte Cuny
Feng Feng
Holly Hewitt
Leanne Wiggers and Lisa-Marie Harris
Louise Ward Morris
Marie-Louise Jones
Niko Pazzaglia
Rochak Timilsina
Samson Shepheard-Walwyn
Steffi Callaghan
Tristan Albrecht
Whitney-Jade Halsted
Will Britten
Ying Xin
Yuezhu Chen
Zeynep Sagir
Zhengwei Li
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
Amirali Kalantari
I-Ling Lai
Xiaoxuan Long
Gabriela Pitanga
Little Red
Lyndsay Russell
Paula Wilkins
Weishan Yang
COMBINED SCHOOLS GALLERY
Kalman Pool (ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART)
Ronan Porter (ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART)
Marta Klara (UAL: CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS)
Lindsey Jean McLean (UCL: SLADE SCHOOL OF ART)
Meg Klosterman (UCL: SLADE SCHOOL OF ART)
Melania Toma (UAL: CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ARTS)
John Sachpazis (UAL: CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ARTS)
Weishan Yang (KINGSTON UNIVERSITY)
LaTosha Monique (GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)
Charlie Yetton (GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)
About Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. The only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the world, it offers postgraduate degrees in art and design to students from over 60 countries. Notable alumni from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries include the sculptors Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, painters Frank Auerbach, David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Sir Peter Blake and Charles Tunnicliffe, artists Jake and Dinos Chapman, Tracey Emin and R. B. Kitaj, fashion designers Ossie Clark and Zandra Rhodes, industrial designers James Dyson and David Mellor, film directors Tony and Ridley Scott, writer Travis Jeppesen, designers Thomas Heatherwick and Sir David Adjaye, prominent member of the suffragette movement Sylvia Pankhurst, the musician Ian Dury and the actor Alan Rickman.
About UCL: Slade School of Fine Art
The UCL Slade School of Fine Art is the art school of University College London and is based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1871, it has offered female students education on equal terms as men from the outset and has been ranked on numerous occasions as as the UK’s top art and design educational institution. Since its inception the Slade has been at the forefront of developments in the field of contemporary art and welcomed students from all over the world. The school is organised as a department of UCL’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Notable alumni include include Gwen John, Augustus John RA, Walter Sickert RA, Paul Nash, Sir Stanley Spencer CBE RA, Dora Carrington, Euan Uglow, Richard Hamilton CH, Derek Jarman, Martin Creed, Dame Paula Rego DBE RA, Mona Hatoum, Sir Eduardo Paolozzi CBE RA, Sir Antony Gormley OBE, Cecily Brown, Dame Rachel Whiteread DBE, Jenny Saville RA, Phyllida Barlow CBE RA, Tacita Dean CBE RA, Michael Armitage, Zhi Lin, Raymond Briggs CBE and Charli XCX.
About Goldsmiths, University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London is a public research university in London, England, specialising in the arts, design, humanities, and social sciences. It is a constituent college of the University of London. It was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths’ Technical and Recreative Institute by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in New Cross, London. Notable alumni include Damien Hurst, Antony Gormley, Lucian Freud, Bridget Riley, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Gary Hume, and Sarah Lucas. The inclusion of alumni from Goldsmiths was generously supported by the Exhibitions Hub, Goldsmiths University of London.
About UAL: Chelsea College of Arts
Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London based in London, UK, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation. It offers further and higher education courses in fine art, graphic design, interior design, spatial design and textile design up to PhD level. Notable alumni include Frank Bowling, Helen Chadwick, Anish Kapoor, Steve McQueen, Haroon Mirza, Mariko Mori, Mike Nelson, Chris Ofili, James Richards, Mark Wallinger, and Saskia Olde Wolbers.
About UAL: Camberwell College of Arts
Camberwell College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, and is regarded as one of the UK’s foremost art and design institutions. It is located in Camberwell in South London, England, with two sites, located in Peckham Road and Wilson Road. It offers further and higher education programmes, including postgraduate and PhD awards. The College has retained single degree options within Fine Art, offering specialist Bachelor of Arts courses in painting, sculpture, photography and drawing. The College also runs graduate and postgraduate courses in art conservation and fine art as well as design courses such as graphic design, illustration and 3D design. Notable alumni include Franko B (artist), Jeff Banks (graphic designer and TV presenter), Sue Clowes (fashion designer), Neisha Crosland (textile designer).
About UAL: Central Saint Martins
Across art, design and performance the students and staff of Central Saint Martins create ideas, materials and actions for a better future. Among our alumni shaping the world through creative action are Grace Wales Bonner, Matty Bovan, Michael Fassbender, Isamaya Ffrench, Antony Gormley, Craig Green, Isaac Julien, Jean Julien, Ib Kamara, Christopher Kane, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Morag Myerscough, Mowalola Ogunlesi, Sandy Powell, Laure Prouvost, Simone Rocha, and Yinka Shonibare.
About Kingston University London: School of Art
Kingston School of Art is an art and design faculty located in south-west London. It is a constituent part of Kingston University, London. The school was first established in 1899 as Kingston School of Science and Art. In 1930 it was established as a separate school and has been based on its own art school campus since 1939. During the 2018 / 2019 academic year the school started to teach humanities and social sciences. Notable alumni include artists David Nash and Fiona Banner, designer Jaspar Morrison and fashion designers John Richmond and Helen Storey as well as architect David Chipperfield. Professors in the faculty include Mike Nelson and Elizabeth Price.
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Saatchi Gallery and CW+, the charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, have partnered to present a first-of-its-kind ‘Arts in Health’ exhibition.
Journeys: The Healing Arts, is a selection of bespoke artworks from the CW+ art collection, commissioned to enhance the environment and improve patient outcomes at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. This is the first time CW+ has exhibited artworks from its collection on this scale to a wider public within a gallery setting.
Featuring comissioned works by the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CW+) including:
Anouk Mercier, Gary Embury, Lucy Ward, Emily Thomas, Olivier Kugler, Tim King, Carlos Penalver, Accademia, Paolo Estrella, Min Young Kim, James Hope-Falkner, Owen Diplock, Dan Stockmann, Morgan Beringer, Kit Mead, Eda Sarman, Sara Choudhrey, Stateless Studios, Genesis Arts and a never-before-seen digital work by Brian Eno.
Brian Eno, British musician and featured artist, says: “To be part of the CW+ exhibition at Saatchi Gallery is a great honour. For a number of years, I’ve worked with the CW+ team in creating works that provide a positive and calming environment, something that seems vital in a patient’s experience and recovery. My latest work, Midlands, aims to take patients on both a physical and emotional journey, to hopefully relieve some of the anxiety or pain they might be experiencing. It is fantastic to be exhibited in such a splendid gallery alongside so many other wonderful artworks all with a mutual aim of expediting healing through art.”
Laura Uccello, Director of Partnerships at Saatchi Gallery, says: “Working closely with CW+ has allowed Saatchi Gallery to share free access to contemporary art to their wide hospital community. We are delighted to be exhibiting ‘Journeys’ and sharing with our visitors the meaningful impact that the visual arts have on Chelsea Westminster Hospital’s commissioned artists, patients, volunteers and staff members.”
Trystan Hawkins, Arts Director at CW+, says: “We are thrilled to be partnering with Saatchi Gallery to present this unique exhibition. Thanks to our generous supporters, we’re able to work with these incredible artists to transform the hospital experience and environment for our patients, their families and our hardworking staff. I am delighted that for the first time the wider community can now also enjoy these artworks and learn more about our innovative programme of work.”
ABOUT CW+ AND THEIR AWARD-WINNING ARTS IN HEALTH PROGRAMME
CW+ is the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust including its hospitals and clinics. The charity’s generous supporters and partners enable it to:
• Build and enhance clinical facilities to create an outstanding healing environment for patients and staff
• Deliver a unique arts in health programme to transform the experience and wellbeing of our patients
• Invest in health innovation to deliver exceptional patient care
Our arts in health programme combines digital, visual and performing arts with innovative design to transform the hospital experience and environment for patients, their families and the staff who care for them. Our visual and digital arts collection, displayed in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, is made up of over 2,000 artworks, many of which are bespoke commissions.
CWPLUS Registered Charity No.1169897
ABOUT CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top ranked and top performing hospital trusts in the UK. We employ more than 6,000 staff over our two main hospital sites, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and across 12 community-based clinics within North West London. We were rated Outstanding for Well-Led and Use of Resources by the Care Quality Commission.
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LG presents ‘Media art; reinterpreted time’, showcasing LG OLED Art, which reinterprets the concept of time in contemporary art through newly commissioned works by emerging artists. Each represents different core themes embedded within time; resistance, infinity, mortality and nature. The emerging artists include Luke Stephenson, JEBAAK and Ruofan Chen.
Breathing new life into digital art, Media art; reinterpreted time will display works created by a a group of international artists, including Ruofan Chen, JEBAAK and Luke Stephenson. Recognised for his collaboration with fashion designer Dries Van Noten, British photographer Luke Stephenson will present a series of playful artworks portraying birds, drawing on his lifelong obsession with the species. Alongside Stephenson’s works, Media art; reinterpreted time will show a selection of video installations by JEBAAK, a Korean artist, whose practice focuses on Zen Buddhism. Using data from Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, JEBAAK created Morpho Luna: data-based artworks exploring energy flows and human spirituality. Also featured in the exhibition, Ruofan Chen will showcase a selection of works comprised from dog hair and tree trunks, drawing on the significance of creating emotional connections with the natural world.
LG’s OLED technology utilises pixels that turn on and off individually (‘self-lit’) to achieve immaculate colour reproduction and infinite contrast, resulting in exceptionally lifelike colours as well as deep blacks and a contrast ratio that maximizes immersion and realism. The OLED technology utilised to display these works creates a unique visual experience.
The exhibition at Saatchi Gallery has been curated by Jason Kim of BESIGN and will be presented within an immersive temporary architectural structure, inspired by Venetian palazzos and created by London-based designer Je-Uk Kim of JiB design studio. Media art; reinterpreted time is the next step in LG’s series of artistic programming, following a recent partnership with Frieze London. With the recently announced Seoul’s plan for a metaverse platform, LG is planning to join the augmented reality in the near future.
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To mark the launch of Halo Infinite, the latest installment in the iconic video game franchise, an original epic, large-scale oil painting is on view in Gallery 4. Created by Iva Troj, the Brighton-based 2016 Palm Award Winner and 2019 CAF Artist Of The Year, the 6m x 3m canvas depicts in minute detail a scene inspired by Halo Infinite. The scene shows franchise protagonist, The Master Chief, locked in battle with his alien enemy: the spark of rebellion in the center of the painting ignites scores of battles nearby, as the Chief inspires the marines around him to become heroes.
The work was created in Troj’s Brighton studio using oil on canvas, with details and techniques that Troj is known for in her original works, which typically blend Renaissance and postmodern styles giving a dreamlike feel. Titled the ‘Master Piece”, playing on Halo’s lead character’s name, the piece elevates a decades-old cultural icon from pop culture to high culture, blending Renaissance art with cutting edge entertainment and reminding fans and new audiences alike that videogames are, indeed, works of art. “I was challenged to create a work in my own style, which typically has a dreamlike and sometimes fantastical quality, but ensuring that it’s instantly recognisable as Halo,” said artist Iva Troj. “I consequently spent a long time immersing myself in Halo’s universe to bring this to life in the manner of an old master but depicting a modern battle, and I hope Halo fans and gamers everywhere enjoy the results – including those smaller Easter eggs that you might not notice at first glance. A rare combination of digital and traditional painting skills was required, as I worked alongside the 343 Industries development team; the painting was completed in just over a month.”
The public can view the painting for free at Saatchi Gallery, as well as at the world-renowned Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, where a smaller replica will be on display until December 19
Oxford Circus also saw a Halo Infinite themed takeover with a stunning projection mapped onto the Microsoft Experience Centre facade in which a Warthog, the famous transport from the Halo games, is air-lifted to the ground in front of the iconic Halo ring.
“It’s fantastic to see London coming alive as part of the huge global launch for Halo Infinite,” said Joseph Staten, Head of Creative at Halo developer 343 Industries. “We’re so excited to get this game in the hands of our players – both those that have been with us since the beginning as well as newer gamers – all ready to jump into an epic sci-fi universe and experience our most adventure-filled Halo game yet.”
“Xbox and Halo both turned 20 last month and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate that than with such unique activities, giving our fans and the public a chance to see something special,” said James Butcher, Head of Xbox UK & Ireland. “They are a fitting way to conclude what has been a string of successful AAA game releases over recent weeks.” ‘Master Piece’ is available to view now for free at Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea; the public can find the piece in Gallery 4.
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The Thousand Year Kingdom is the first solo museum exhibition in London of work by artist, writer and curator Cedar Lewisohn.
The Thousand Year Kingdom features a series of large scale woodblock prints primarily made throughout 2013; a group of works that have not previously been shown together. These prints combine images relating to African and Mesopotamian objects from museum collections in the UK and Europe with recognisable details and depictions of contemporary life. The works are the antecedent to much of the visual language that Lewisohn’s current practice focuses on.
The brutal yet delicate method of production plays with the idea of “primitivism” and the connotations of labelling artworks as primitive. In these works, images are repeated, and new contexts and meanings are created with the addition or subtraction of colours or abstract landscapes. These repetitions play with the medium of printing, and the ways in which the viewer receives and processes visual information.
The exhibition includes a selection of prints from Lewisohn’s acclaimed comic book The Marduk Prophecy published in 2020. Produced from handmade woodcuts and Lino prints, the images portray objects found in the British Museum – whose Benin Bronzes were looted and whose ownership is contested – as well as other museums such as the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Petrie Museum. These depictions of objects from ancient civilisations are mixed with symbols of the contemporary world that refer to youth culture in the UK, such as Drill Music creating an abstract narrative that references social, ethical and political issues.
About the Artist
Cedar Lewisohn (b. London 1977) is an artist, writer and curator. He has worked on numerous projects for institutions such as Tate Britain, Tate Modern and The British Council. In 2008, he curated the landmark Street Art exhibition at Tate Modern and recently curated the Museum of London’s Dub London project. In 2020 he was appointed curator of Site Design for The Southbank Centre.
He is the author of three books (Street Art, Tate 2008, Abstract Graffiti, Merrell, 2011, The Marduk Prophecy, Slimvolume, 2020), and has edited a number of publications. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally for over twenty years and belongs to a number of collections. In 2015 he was a resident artist at the Jan Van Eyke Academie in Maastricht.
Lewisohn has been included in numerous group exhibitions and had solo projects at the bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht (2015), Joey Ramone, Rotterdam (2016), in VOLUME Book Fair at ArtSpace Sydney (2015) and Exeter Phoenix, (2017). Most recently he participated in the group exhibition UNTITLED: art on the conditions of our time at Kettles Yard, Cambridge where his work was named by The Guardian as “the highlight of the show”. Lewisohn lives and works in London.
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On 4 November, in collaboration with HERVISIONS and 50 of the UK’s most exciting creators, Instagram will unveil a first of its kind digital celebration of British youth culture at London’s Saatchi Gallery. It will bring to life the cultural diversity and lived-experience of British Gen Z today, as expressed on Instagram Reels.
The motion art installation, called ‘Yours to Make: Fluid Imaginarium’, has been produced using gaming technology and is an experimental artwork reflecting the fluidity of British youth. The viewer is taken through various immersive dimensions that follow the different guises of youth self-expression.
The 50 creators including @elliejg16_zebedeemodel – the first model with Down’s Syndrome to work for a major fashion house, beauty creator @pradaolic, Drag Race UK star and drag artist @krystalversace, comedian @akafiali and author and broadcaster @Jamie_Windust worked with HERVISIONS to create the artwork by sharing how they explore their identity.
Zaiba Jabbar, founder of HERVISIONS, says:
“More than any generation before, British Generation Z have unlimited access to information. This has created a constant state of open-mindedness and change. They are fluid; in a state of creative self-evolution and always connected with the world.”
My work with Instagram celebrates this exciting approach to self-exploration, specifically the way in which Gen Z use the platform to create communities and explore who they can be. Myself and the HERVISIONS team have been inspired by the Instagram Reels that create the foundations of the artwork; the breadth of creativity and methods of which it’s expressed.”
About the Artist
Zaiba Jabbar is an award-winning director, commissioner, mentor, independent curator and moving image artist. She is the founder of HERVISIONS, an antidisciplinary agency and platform celebrating the intersection of art, technology and culture. HERVISIONS is an investigation into how people in the margins are using technology to create art outside of traditional formats, making space for themselves through the experience of expanded moving images. She is a leader in augmented reality and digital art, exhibiting both online and offline.
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Key dates for 2021
Call for entries open: Thursday, 1 July 2021
Deadline for entries: Tuesday, 31 August 2021 (11:59pm)
Ten finalists announced: Monday, 4 October 2021
Prize-giving: Thursday, 4 November 2021
Exhibition dates: Friday 5 – Monday 7 November 2021
The Awards
This year, Robert Walters are proud to offer three prizes, for which each of our ten shortlisted artists will eligible.
First Prize: £10,000 cash prize; the first-prize award winner’s work will also be shown at the Robert Walters Group head office in London for a period of twelve months after the award is given.
Second Prize: £5,000 cash prize
People’s Choice Award: The winner of the People’s Choice Award will be decided by a public vote during the virtual exhibition, open from 5 November – 10 December and will be announced Monday, 13 December. The winner will have the opportunity to take part in one of UK New Artists’ international presentations.
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The Robert Walters Group and UK New Artists (UKNA), in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery, is proud to present the Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award. The award helps to discover and champion the work of exceptional young artists whose work and vision represent contemporary Britain.
From an open call across the UK, we provide a platform for ten finalists whose work demonstrates a strong and original voice and is of exceptional artistic quality. In the process, we look for artists who represent the UK’s richly diverse population and embody the experiences of their respective communities — artists who create bold, unique pieces of art that reveal their own perspectives and experiences, and who represent original viewpoints that will start new conversations across the UK art scene. The selected shortlisted artists will be invited to the awards evening held on Thursday, 4 November at the Gallery where the winners of the award will be announced. The exhibition will be open to the public Friday 5 – Monday 8 November 2021.
“The past year has been difficult for a number of industries and even more so for our arts and culture sector – an industry that simply would not have the chance of survival were it not for both public and private funding. Providing a steppingstone for ambitious individuals is what the foundation of Robert Walters Group is built on. And now, more than ever, when so many people have had a rare opportunity to step into and act on their genuine passions – such as the arts – I feel proud that we are able to champion such inspiring work in the hope of launching careers from the next generation of exceptional artists.”, Robert Walters, CEO of Robert Walters Group
“The 2019 Awards discovered some of the most compelling new artists working today and I’m excited to see how a new generation has faced the extraordinary pressures and challenges of the last year and how this will inform their artistic practice as they look to the future.”, Michelle Bowen, Director of UK New Artists
Further details on such as theme, selection criteria, eligibility criteria, financial support for shortlisted artists can be found in the
About Robert Walters Group
Robert Walters Group is a global recruitment group committed to powering people and organisations to fulfil their unique potential. With vast experience in helping professionals grow their careers, Robert Walters Group is now aiming to help emerging UK artists express their unique voices and launch their artistic careers.
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About UK New Artists (UKNA)
UK New Artists (UKNA) is a registered national charity that champions the next generation of creativity, supporting collaboration and intercultural dialogue, ensuring a vibrant and diverse creative future for the UK. We develop artists’ practice through cross art form opportunities and celebrate creativity at national & international festivals.
Learn more at