The Artists Contemporary Podcast

Episode 49 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is with painter @lewis_brander @lewis_brander is currently exhibited in First Light at @collectivending alongside @sonyaderviz curated by @campbell.hector. In this epsjdoe Anna and Lewis talk a lot about Lewis's journey to this show. After graduating from Goldsmiths in 2019 Lewis was exhibiting in a wonderful range of exhibitions and really picking up momentum. He then took the decision to move to Athens, here Lewis' work took a shift and his whole way of working developed. In Athens Lewis started sketching and working from what was around him. He started heading into the mountains studying the buildings, the sky and ancient ruins. The was a drastic shift from the figurative work Lewis had been making in London. Lewis moved back to London just before the pandemic and First Light is his first exhibition since leaving London. It is a series of work that references both London and Athens as long as his own personal experiences. Lewis talks about being ready to show this body of work and almost sees it as a homecoming to the London art scene. Anna and Lewis also discuss the gallery side of the art world and Lewis wants to mention all the support he has received form @campbell.hector and the @collectivending team! Tune in to learn more about Lewis and his practice.

Episode 47 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is with @shaq.whyte Shaqúelle Whyte is a London based artist currently studying an undergraduate in Fine Art at The Slade, UCL. Whyte's practice evolves around the narrative and life of a series of characters. He depicts them traveling through different scenes and experiences, from running free in fields in a dream like scape to referencing his Grandma's bible study groups in the domestic. Whyte's practice is also so much about the way he uses paint and colour to create depth. In the episode Whyte discuss the process of making moments in paintings, the shift in texture and brush stroke to make an impasto area of flesh or cloth. The energy in Whyte's mark making comes through to allow the works to become other worldly and site between utopia and dystopia in the realm of his characters. Whyte talks about his experience of art school and the process of re learning how to painting and make work that he has gone through. He found going back into art history and really getting to understand how and why artist such as Bacon, Rothko and many many more made art. This allowed Whyte to find his own hand writing as he put it in his practice. Whyte is an artist who when out of the studio is always busy seeing contemporary art and a few of his favourite spots are @theforesproject @plop.residency and @theartistroomgallery and he has also exhibited with @delphiangallery and @danielraphael_gallery. Listen to the episode to learn more about @shaq.whyte practice and the world in which this characters exist in and to see his works in person visit the @sladeschool BA show in May!

The Artists Contemporary Podcast is back! The Podcast will be released every two weeks :) In episode 46 @anna_s_woodward is joined by London based artists @samking_art. Sam is currently exhibited on The Artists Contemporary Atelier. In the episode learn more about Sam's practice and how it has developed recently due to something very personal to Sam. Sam uses his work to understand and process his own experiences of his body. Sam first experiences of art was through street art before studying at The Art Academy in London. This is where he combined his interest in street art and the body. Sam is currently working towards his first solo show with @brushes_with_greatness which will open later this month. Beforehand tune into the Podcast to learn more about Sam and his practice.

Episode 45 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is out and this episodes guest is London based painter @kristychanart Kristy studied at @sladeschool for her undergraduate and then went onto @sothebysinstitute where she studied contemporary art theory. She found having the theory based master after her practice focused undergraduate really helped her look into and understand her work. Kristy makes abstract paintings that respond to day to day events in her own life. Kristy will often depict moments of humour and this is reflected in the titles of her work. In the episode kirsty talks about her experience of painting while in hotel isolationism Hong Kong and her connection to those pieces and the process. Kristy currently has a solo show with @theartistroomgallery on until the 15th January, Visit their Instagram/website to learn more about the exhibition. Kristy was so recently exhibited with @the_artistellar group exhibition. Follow @kristychanart to keep up to date with all her latest exhibitions and works. Thank you for listening!

Episode 44 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast with London based artist @rene_thatpainterguy Rene's practice revolves around painting and his own relationship to nature and his environment. Having lived in Canada, Costa Rica and London, he depicts worlds that merge and fantasies these habitats. Rene studied at @cglartschool which saw his practice change from street art to painting. Rene creates mostly large scale paintings that depict a world that feels familiar to the viewer yet has a utopian feel to. Rene has exhibited within the UK and internationally including shows at @messumswiltshire and @kristinhjellegjerdegallery, in 2021 Rene will be taking part in Arc Painswick first exhibition ‘The Garden of Eden' @arc.stay Tune in to learn more about @rene_thatpainterguy and the worlds that he creates within his work.

‘Luisa Me have operated as an artistic duo since meeting at the Accademia di Belli Arti di Urbino in 2016, their pseudonymous title borrowed from an Italian colloquialism roughly translated to ‘him with me'. Their interdisciplinary practice engages with the artistic and cultural traditions of their Italian heritage, depicting distinctive Christ-like characters, employing altarpiece arrangements and recalling religious architecture through sculptural reliefs. Similarly, the beachfront existence of the artists' native, coastal Pesaro aesthetically invades through sun-bleached, weathered textures, produced by a sustained addition and sanding back of paint (at points perforating the canvas), as well as ornamental marble dusted vase visage, their surface akin to seaside salt crystals. In The Crab Chair, Luisa Me introduce for the first time an extended narrative framework, with the artworks and accompanying short story not only inspired by Camusian concepts of absurdity and late-20th century Italian cinema's fondness for a skyline punctuated by cranes and construction, but also their first-hand experience of maintaining a studio in South Bermondsey, a target in recent years for property developers speculatively seeking to preempt the area's inevitable gentrification. Here, figures partake in cultish, tribal rituals within a paradisal, spa-like oasis inside the surrounding scaffolding and concrete cityscape, a marine mirage of high-heeled clawfoot bathtubs. This primitive, pious populace parade one another around, arms linked to form a four-handed seat (‘Pope chair' in Pesaro parlance), as a tale of Kafkian metamorphosis unfolds across the three-floors of 9 French Place, resulting in therianthropic human-crab hybrids, hard-shelled, thick-skinned and ready to face the trials and tribulations of a city in constant construction. Luisa Me and Hector Campbell would like to thank Mauro Mattei for facilitating the exhibition. For press enquiries please contact campbellha96@gmail.com ‘ Hector Campbell

Episode 42 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is now live and this weeks guest is @alfie.rouy who is currently exhibited on The Artists Contemporary Atelier in A Fingers Click of Time. Alfie is a London based artist who recently graduated from @camberwellual. Alfie's work looks into the representation of feelings and investigating those moments. Through the use of his own imagery Alfie is representing different energies and emotions. Alfie finds a lot of inspiration from the natural world and isn't an artist who references history/contemporary art. Within Alfie's work you can see his fascination with the natural world through the forms and tones within his work. A Fingers Click of Time is an online presentation of Alfie's work that looks into those moments of energy when people are really happy, sad or angry. To view the exhibition in full please visit our website. Thank you so much for listening!

The Podcast Evening with @stacie_art, @manonsteyaertart and @allyrosenbergartist hosted by @anna_s_woodward at @hackneydownsstudios is now available to listen to on The Artists Contemporary Podcast. On the 23rd September @the_artists_contemporary hosted a live podcast evening to run alongside its exhibition at @hackneydownsstudios - The Podcast. The Podcast Exhibition celebrated 1 year of The Artists Contemporary Podcast, through curation the exhibition celebrates artists working across a range of different genres and mediums showing the breath of artists that @the_artists_contemporary works with. Thank you to @stacie_art @manonsteyaertart and @allyrosenbergartist for joining and to @hackneydownsstudios for their support with the exhibitions.

Episode 41 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast, Anna is joined by London based curator, writer and @collectivending member @campbell.hector. Hector studied Art History at Bristol University, while studying he immersed himself in the street art scene and eventually working with Lonely Planet to produce a publication. After graduating Hector moved to London and shifted his focus into the contemporary emerging art world. After graduating Hector worked in research within the Christie's contemporary at department. Here was an amazing chance to learn more about the contemporary artists going through the auction houses. He then moved onto a sales position within a contemporary gallery in Mayfair. Post covid he is has moved to becoming a freelance writer and curating his own projects/exhibitions in an out of @collectivending. Hector's most recent exhibition ‘Wishbone' at @yamamotokeikorochaix with work by @billy_fraser and @mitchvowles. Wishbone transports you back to childhood memories through Mitch's personal childhood identity and ancestry, and Billy's memories of bone fire night, fun fairs and Halloween. This summer Hector launched his weekly newsletter than takes the content of his Instagram into a weekly release. The newsletter holds a 400-500 word review of a contemporary exhibition, exhibition recommendations and creative opportunities. As mentioned Hector is one of the founding members of @collectivending. Collective Ending is a south London studio and gallery share house founded by 12 artists and writers. Each year they run a different exhibition and project program that exhibits their members but also gives the opportunity to artists and curators outside the collective. Follow @campbell.hector to keep up to date with all his exhibitions, recommendations and reviews. Also follow @collectivending to learn more about the collective but also for the exhibition program.

Episode 40 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is now out and this weeks guest is @mady_berry who has recently been exhibited in To the power of 5. In the episode @mady_berry and Anna discuss in depth Mady's work and it's representation. A lot of Mady's works investigates and explores her own personal emotions through abstract representation and mods. Mady's is trained and works as a custom designer and also creates performance pieces. The worlds that are built in the paintings started to come into themselves during covid. But also Mady as an artist to make the whole world that she is imagining and not just the world to make the costume. As Mady's practice moves forward she wants to look into bringing the two together. To view the works discussed in this episode please email Anna to receive the exhibition catalogue for To the power of 5.

Episode 39 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is now Live! This weeks guest is London based painter @grace__mattingly. Grace has recently graduated from an MFA at @sladeschool, before she was studying liberal arts at Columbia. Grace's work is an investigation into colour, material and being through her bold mark making and deep research into colour theory. Grace work is currently focusing on the colour palette of orange, red, yellow and pink. With these colours she works between paper and watercolour to larger oil paintings. Grace talks about her research into mediums snd surfaces to get oil paint to work in the same fluidity as watercolour on a larger scale. Grace meditates every day before going to the studio, from here she quickly sketches down what she has seen. The second sketches are loose and almost note . When in the studio Grace will work from these drawings to create her pieces. Grace is currently exhibited in The Artists Contemporary's online exhibition - To the Power of 5. To view the exhibition please visit our website. Thank you so much for listening and please remember to like and share the podcast.

This weeks guest on episode 38 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is @dianechappalley Diane is a London based artist whose practice focuses on painting and most recently ceramics. She studied at @cglartschool and the @sladeschool. Diane work explores the forest floor and the world within in. She depicts the worlds that we don't see or focus on as walk, pushing them beyond reality and into their own world. When creating work Diane doesn't have a fixed plan, she carves the painting out of the raw painting. This technique can also be seen in her recent exploration into ceramics. Diane is currently working on a brand new series of clay flowers for a duo show in September with @annareading. Diane talks about her approach to scale and how she feels that her large and smaller works have a different feel and energy to them. They are doing completely different things, Anna and Diane discus how the different scales almost create two different mediums with her work. From the smaller works being a close and intimate moment on the canvas to the large works depicting a large section of flowers and forest. Follow @dianechappalley to keep up to date with all her latest work and exhibitions! Thank you for listening! Also remember that if you like the podcast please like, share and tell and friend

Episode 37 of The Artists Contemporary podcast ! This weeks guest is Camberwell 2021 graduate @oliviamundy_ Olivia is a London based painter who creates large scale paintings, that depict a foreign world. She creates her piece through the building up of thin layers of acrylic set on a white or black background. Through the process of thin layering creates intense and vivid colours, that often centre around the palette of rich and dark reds, browns and purples. Olivia is currently working towards a project with @thorpstavri which will be her first major exhibition since leaving @camberwellpaintinggraduates. Olivia and Anna discuss the changes and working life adjusting that happens after you graduate from art school. @marcus___nelson recent solo exhibition Scar Tissue at @thebombfactoryartfoundation has really inspired and influenced Olivia. Particularly Marcus' use of colour but also the way he applies the paint. Thank you so much for listening to The Artists Contemporary Podcast. Please remember to like and share to help others find it. Follow @oliviamundy_ to keep up to date with all her amazing paintings!

Episode 36 of The Artists Contemporary is now available to listen to! This weeks guest is the amazing @elsa.rouy Elsa is a London based artist who's practice explores the representation of the inner self and the side that one is told not to show society. Elsa is a painter and has recently graduated from @camberwellual. Elsa paintings depict a distorted being that you see repeated and travel through her work in different situations and engagements. Elsa is fascinated with the idea of bodily fluids and how we are told they are ‘disgusting' but without them we are dead. Elsa looks into the normalisation and exposure of these fluids and makes them just as much the subject of her work. Elsa is currently preparing for her second solo show with @guts_gallery. In this exhibition Elsa will be incorporating her installation/3D work with 5 paintings. The work to the viewer will be able to read as one piece and taken through a journey of experiences and emotions. Follow @elsa.rouy to keep up to date with her latest work and also @guts_gallery to find out about their latest exhibitions and championed artists!

Welcome back to The Artists Contemporary Podcast! This weeks episode is slightly different with Anna chatting to two artists in two parts. The episode is all about The Artists Contemporary's most recent duo show Rough Around the Edges. The Artists Contemporary is proud to present Rough Around the Edges an online duo show exhibiting the work of Megan Rea and Bislacchi. The exhibition investigates the artists fascination with colour, form and materiality, with both artists pushing and challenging the conventional ideas around what is a canvas and paper based work. Rea creates her own handmade paper as the base to her fresco inspired paintings, the handmade paper has a unique texture that works with the imagery. Yet Rea's rich palette and elements of ribbons and stars transport you into a world of warmth and fantasy. Bislacchi creates sculptural paintings that completely flip the traditional use of canvas. He paints and fold the canvas around the stretcher, the works feel strong yet tensed through the folding and creases ofstrong canvas. Bislacchi pushes his work further through his use of colour, scale and pattern.

Episode 34 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is with the amazing @salome___wu. Salomé is a London based artist who's practice spreads across multiple mediums and genres from painting, video, writing and performance. Salomé is exhibited on The Atelier from the 10th June - 9th July. Please visit our website to see the exhibition in full. Salomé's work is an extension of her identity and personality, a visual representation of her. She finds that her themes and use of colour is often focused on her own fascinations at the time. As an artist who works across multiple mediums she finds that she will focus on one genre for a prolonged period of time before switching it up. This allows her attention to really develop her work. A lot of Salomé's work features the subtle reference of the female form and imagery whilst also looking at the petal. Salomé reads into a lot of feminist theory's and her own experience of being a women. Follow @salome___wu to keep up to date with all her latest work, exhibitions and projects. Thank you for listening!

Episode 33 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is now live and this weeks guest is @o_artdujour. @o_artdujour was the first Writer in Resident on The Artists Contemporary, tune in to learn more about the pieces that she wrote for the platform. Olivia did a range of works and one included an in conversation with @kemionabuleart - you can read this in full on our website. Olivia is currently studying at Sotheby's institute and while being there she has joined the student run magazine @madeinbedmag. Olivia writes all the reviews for the magazine and this is something that she wants to pursue after her masters. One of Olivia's favourite artists is @amandapandaba who is currently exhibited in Get A Load of This by @mollieebarnes (@she_curates_) and @danielraphael_gallery. Amanda's work is currently Olivia's most wanted work for her own collection. Tune in to also learn about what books she recommended and to learn more about her. Remember to follow @o_artdujour to keep up to date with her projects snd @madeinbedmag.

Episode 32 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast with @mark__connolly is now live! Mark is a London based painter and set designer who studied at Edinburgh College of Art and The Royal Drawing School. Mark creates large scale paintings that are all a part of a world and his creative language. Mark's favourite Friday night activity is to go to the National Gallery and to really connect with the work. While at the Royal Drawing School he worked on a project where he spent many weeks just creating one drawing in the National Gallery. Mark also talks about the importance of taking a weekend and time as an artist to get fresh eyes and separation from your work. In 2020 Mark collaborated with @alice__mac on a painting installation at @wellsprojects. The artists embraced the history of Wells Projects in Clapham of being a night club. They used their painting language snd set design background to create dancing figures. This created and interactive experience for the which is something that you don't expect to see in a painting exhibition. Follow @mark__connolly to keep up to date with all his latest work and collaborations with @alice__mac.

Episode 31 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast @anna_s_woodward is joined by @c.lucy.r.whitehead Lucy is a London based artist currently completing an MFA at @royalcollegeofart and already in 2021 has exhibited with @grove_collective and @blueshopcottage. Lucy's creates abstract figurative paintings that look into the representation of the female body. The idea of looking at the body in its everyday form, removing of the sexualisation and pornographic connotations seen throughout art history when representing the female form. She starts all her paintings by working from a charcoal sketch and then builds up with oil paint, however she likes to keep the charcoal present. It is the anchor into her work. To a ire the preservation of the rich fleshy tones, Lucy will work on multiple pieces at once. When talking about colour lucy's refers to her fleshy colour palette as being more masculine in its deep rich tones and her muscular mark making. She also uses a lot of blue within her work that is a reference to her experience of panic attacks and how she used to cope with them through looking at the colour blue. The colour blue is now incredibly rich within her consciousness. Follow lucy to keep up to date with all her projects and latest works at @c.lucy.r.whitehead !

Episode 30 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is now live and this weeks guest is @douglas.cantor. Douglas is a Colombian artist currently working in Glasgow alongside is wife and fellow painter @im_na_naina. Douglas work is autobiographical and he explores the idea of identity, questioning what is his identity of an emigrant male artist. Douglas uses the South American icon of the cowboy and the horse to investigate his own emotions and thoughts. The idea of the cowboy being sent out to work the land for months at a time alone with only their horse for company. Douglas looks into the how he relates and responds from this idea. Douglas' biggest inspiration is @im_na_naina, they met while studying at Camberwell and have been together since. Sophie is the person encouraged Douglas to start painting and exploring his creativity through his painting language. Opening today at @liliya_artgallery is Douglas solo exhibition Cry Cowboy Cry, the exhibition explores Douglas practice and themes. Visit @liliya_artgallery to learn more about the exhibition and when you can visit the show. Thank you so much for listening to the episode and make sure you follow @douglas.cantor and @im_na_naina to keep up to date with all their fantastic work and projects.

Episode 29 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is now live! In this weeks episode Anna is joined by @morgane.mbw and @jacob_pbarnes co founders and curators of @grove_collective. Grove Collective is a new contemporary art gallery that works with early and mid career artists. Whilst launching in the pandemic the curators have embraced and championed technology with the exhibitions. This have altered they way they think about exhibitions for example they will only curate an exhibition that can be 3D scanned. Through the use of technology it means as a collective they are excited to expand and have the opportunity to work in different cities. As a result this will further support artists through increased opportunity. Tune in to learn more about Jacob and Morgane's curating process and the way they bring exhibitions together. The collaborative process to an important factor of @grove_collective and working together to create opportunities. When asked who people should be following in the contemporary arts, Jacob thinks that you should follow people who you are interested in and really engage and respond to them. Morgane's shout out was the amazing Mollie Barnes at @she_curates_. Tune in to the episode of Apple Podcast, Spotify and Google Podcast!

Episode 27 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is now out and in this episode Anna is joined by London based surrealist painter @daisydoddnoblestudio. Daisy creates contemporary surrealist paintings often inspired by trees and sunsets. While on evening walks she will make notes of her surroundings and the forms and then she will use her imagination to form the compositions in her paintings. She has describe the trees as the characters within her works and see that they represents symbols rather than literal trees. Daisy describes her use of colour as an impulse and was always drawn to bright colours and in particular pink. As her work has developed she has really tried to get into and understand the relationships between colours that you see in a sunset. She also looks at other artists who's use of colours that Daisy is drawn to. Daisy has recently exhibited at @thecolumbialondon with @romanroad_ curated by @mymarisworld. This was one of the first times Daisy made portrait paintings which are around 6ft, this made the trees become a lot more personified and confrontational. Visit @romanroad_ to learn more about Daisy solo show and the accompanying essay. Daisy recently exhibited in @bowesparrisgallery exhibition series Back to Back with @georg.kitty curated by @the_arts_editor and @anna_s_woodward. Follow @daisydoddnoblestudio to keep up to date with her latest exhibitions and works! The episode is available to stream on Apple aka Google Podcast, and Spotify!

Episode 26 of The Artists Contemporary Podcast is now available to stream from Spotify, Apple and google podcast. In this weeks episode Anna is joined by London based artist India Nielsen. India studied at Slade and Royal College of Art and speaks about the differences between the two art schools and how they developed her practice. India talks about the hierarchy in different disciplines within art school and how she moved away from performance work and into painting. India's work is inspired by the internet and as a child growing up in the age of the internet. She uses memories and experiences to create modern and dynamic paintings that balance between figuration and abstraction. In 2020 India took part in a duo exhibition with @yuliusprime curated by @campbell.hector. Both artists studied at the same institutions and the exhibition reflected on their own practices. India was also exhibited in Fight or Flight by Roman Roads at The Columbia in 2020. This exhibition took place in the old bakery at the hotel and was a group show that brought a range of different artists together exploring materiality. India is currently exhibited in her first ever solo show Crybaby at I'm Labor in Tokyo, Japan. Please visit their Instagram/website to learn more about the exhibition. Follow @indianielsen to learn more about her practice and to keep up to date with all her amazing new works and projects.

Ally Rosenberg is a London based sculpture who's work investigates the human body in cross sections and the perception of materials. Ally is currently exhibition in The Artists Contemporary's online exhibition Back to Back - co curated with Cassandra Bowes. Ally uses materials to represent the human body in cross sections in a playful and stylised manner. Ally will use a range of materials including marble and expanding foam, and his use of materials makes the viewer questions the tactility and texture of the work. For example the sculptures are often hard to touch but to the eye they look soft and body like. Ally also discuss the idea of just allowing an artist to make without the pressure of every work having to be perfect and sellable. Listen to learn more about Ally, and visit our website to view Back to Back

Natalia Gonzalez Martin is a London based artist and curator who's work explores Catholic motifs in contemporary art. She creates small scale paintings that depict the motifs of food, the body and classical religious paintings, each work being a view into the world. Natalia grew up in Spain and is heavily Influenced by how religion is ingrained into the society. Natalia is also the co director of Subsidiaries Project which is an exhibition platform that supports contemporary artists. Follow Natalia to keep up to date with all her latest work and projects.

Jo kitchen is an abstract painter that pushes the conventions of traditional painting techniques. Her process evolves around being fascinated by a concept and exploring that creatively. For example she recently created a series of work that focused on a chair inspired by Patti Smith's writings, from this she created a whole series that was then published into a book. Jo works in bright colours, but she doesn't plan or have rules to her process, she goes with instinct and what feels right. Jo studied sculpture at CSM, but like many artist post graduating didn't have the space or money to continue this practice. This is when she started to bring her sculptural background into 2D works and as a result she found her style and work. Jo creates abstract works but they are beyond the image that she is creating and they are also about the textures of the surface and colours. Anna and Jo also discuss the financial restraints of the art world for early career artists. Follow Jo on Instagram and stay tuned on The Artists Contemporary for an exciting group project that Jo is taking part in.

George Wilson is a London based painter and curator who is currently studying at the Royal College of Art. George creates paintings that enter into the magical world the Goblins, with the landscape and environment inspired by the English countryside. George started this series of work a year ago while in Lockdown in Cornwall, where she has spent a large proportion of her life. George finds the colours and drama of the landscape often comes into her work. George is currently exhibited in Bowes-Paris Gallery's latest exhibition Back to Back with Daisy Dodd-Noble. The exhibition series brings together artists who's work sits between reality and fantasy. George is also the co founder of All-Mouth, a gallery that supports contemporary artists and has an ethos of slow looking. Follow George Wilson and All-Mouth to keep up to date with all their latest projects, exhibitions and work.

Episode 21, Anna Woodward in joined by London based artist Kate Burling. Kate creates abstract paintings that investigate the concept of gunman stillness and music. Kate is interested in the feeling and energy that is felt when something is restricted and looks to portraying this in her work. Kate is currently in her second year at Camberwell however has spent most of her degree working from home. This has influenced and altered her practice, through the light and scale of her work, but also through her subject. In Kate's abstract paintings she depicts beings and domestics objects, she feels the domestic objects act as anchors and help the viewer read her work. The use of drones tic objects has been heavily influenced by working at home rather than in a studio. Kate career highlight so far was her November solo show with Guts Gallery, this was her experience of creating a body of work and she felt it really developed and pushed her practice forward. Follow Kate to keep up to date with her practice and also check out her work on The Artists Contemporary website under collect art !

Lily German is a London based artists who's work is inspired but materiality and physicality. Lily makes clay ceramic sculptures that balance between abstraction and figuration through the shapes and physical impressions made by Lily. Lily is currently exhibited in Back to Back by Bowes-Parris Gallery, which is co curated by Cassandra Bowes and Anna Woodward. The exhibition is avaliable to view on the Bowes-Parris Gallery website. Lily and Anna also discuss how lockdown has brought positivities to their own artistic practices through having more time to work through ideas. Lily is currently working on a series of new works that further investigates the idea of making ceramic installations that exist within themselves. Follow Lily on social media to keep up to date with all her work and projects!

I'm episode 19 Anna is joined by Glasgow based painter Sophie Vallance Cantor. Sophie work sits between reality and fantasy, and she uses her own cats as a motif to represent this. Sophie collects inspiration from films, social media and writing to create the bases of her paintings. When working she will then push these motifs into their own world through her bright and colourful palette to the style of her forms. She will often see that through her inspiration of her own cats, when represented in her paintings she has now formed her own breed, that sits somewhere between domestic and wild. Yet exists only in Sophie's paintings. Anna and Sophie discus the realities of being an early career stage artist, through finding a work routine, social media and being confident in what you are doing, but also the financial reality of having a part time job and the expense of art materials. Sophie believes that the support of her husband Douglas Cantor who is also a widely exhibited artist is the reason she has been able to continue with her own practice through his support and dedication. Sophie is also currently exhibited in Bowes - Parris' latest instalment of the Back to Back series alongside Lily German. This exhibition is curated by Anna Woodward and Cassandra Bowes and and is a available to view in the Bowes- Parris Gallery website. Thank you so much for listening !

In episode 18 Anna Woodward is joined by artist and curator, Stacie McCormick. Stacie is an abstract painter who sees her making of her work as a performance through the creating of her abstract paintings. Stacie is passionate about the supporting of contemporary artist and is the founder of Unit 1 Gallery Workshop in Notting Hill. The gallery has been open for 5 years and hosts exhibitions and residencies for artists from all over the world. In the aim of the residency Stacie wanted to create a positive and supportive masters experience that she had at City and Guilds of London Art School. She also believes in helping the artist not only develop their practice while on the residency but to help and support artists in having a sustainable career through support. Unit 1 Gallery Workshop is a one of the kind galleries that puts artists and their practice at the core of everything they do. Follow Stacie and Unit 1 on social media to keep up to date on her work and exciting exhibitions and residencies at the gallery. Thank you for listening !

In episode 17 Anna is joined by artist Nettle Grellier, Nettle's practice focuses on drawing and painting within the subject of portraiture and creating unique worlds. Nettle graduated from Her undergraduate at Brighton in 2015 and then moved to Spain where for two years she travelled around making work. In 2017 she set up a residency that supported emerging artists in making work on a farm in Spain. Nettle now finds that her paintings are very influenced by Spain from the landscape and arid colours where she will often use reds and yellows. Nettle is really interested in bring humour into her work and feels it is particularly important after the year of 2020, in her portraits you will often find a figure playing with a slug or flowers. Nettle is moving back to Cornwall where she is going to take herself on a drawing residency to draw new inspiration for her work. She also has a duo exhibition at Blue Shop Cottage alongside Plum Cloutman opening in 2021. Thank you so much for listening and make sure you follow Nettle to keep up to date with all her work and projects.

Rose Shuckburgh is a Bristol based artist who's work is inspired by the Welsh Landscape and her personal connection to the landscape. Rose works in watercolours to create abstract paintings on handmade paper, these paintings are very subtle in their tones that create rich paintings. Rose is also really interested in standby stones and the myths behind them, there is a stone circle where apparently women were dancing in a Sunday and were turned to stone. Rose has recently started to incorporate film and photography into her practice - through capture the welsh landscape and human interactions. One of Rose's biggest inspiration is Barbara Hepworth and more recently she is really drawn to Mary Herbert's work. From January - February Rose is exhibiting with The Artists Contemporary Atelier, please visit our website to learn more about Rose and the works exhibited.

For episode 15 Anna is joined by the London based sculpture and painter Rafaela De Ascanio. Rafeala makes coil puts and abstract oil paintings, within her work she looks to create worlds which are inspired by sci fi, art history, the plants and performance art. She studied a Foundation at CSM and then went onto study Art History at the Courtauld, she feels that her time studying Art History actually took her away from her practice which she has now come back to making art. As a child she lived on the Canary Islands, but for years didn't go back however when she was pregnant she felt this desire to return to her home and to where her family are from. She is inspired by the mixtures of cultures, festivals and landscapes. The colours of the island you can often see mirrored in her paintings where she creates these unique worlds. Rafaela is currently exhibited in Back To Back with Nettle Griller by Bowes Parris Gallery and is co curated by Anna Woodward and Cassandra Bowes. To see the exhibition please visit Bowes Parris Gallery website to learn more about the exhibitions and artists.

In this weeks episode Anna is joined by Tuesday Riddell a London based painting who focuses on the painting practice of Japanning. Tuesday studied BA Fine Aft at City and Guilds of London Art School where she focused on painting, however after her BA she felt that she had not found her grove in her own practice. In 2017-18 won a scholarship from the Paint Stainers Guild to a fellowship at City and Guilds focusing on traditional painting practices. This is where Tuesday learnt about japanning and was the most influential period of learning for her practise. In Tuesday's work she creates worlds of naturally beauty filled with animals, landscapes and plants. From a young age Tuesday has always been really interested by nature and as a child used to try to collect butterflies to play with. Tuesday has exhibited in London and beyond and one of her favourite shows was her solo show with Messums London. Check out Tuesday's Instagram to learn more about her unique practice.

Join Anna chatting to Beatrice Hasell Mccosh, Bea is a London based artist who recently had a solo show at Blue Shop Cottage and curated All These Gestures a group show for Bowes-Parris Gallery. All these Gestures was an online exhibition that investigated artists process alongside final pieces. Due to lockdown curators Bea and Cassandra used social media to really engage viewers with the exhibition and artists practice. Bea is really inspired by tapestries and nature and often finds her colour palette is influenced by her childhood spent growing up in the Lake District. Colour is really important to Bea and she has spent time looking into colour theory and the influences of different colours on your mood. Bea then applies this to her large scale abstract paintings working in oils and building up the layers.

In episode 11 Anna is joined by artists Victoria Cantons and Xu Yang and is also joined by curator and art historian Joséphine Bailey. Learn more about Victoria and Yang's practise and how they respond and influence to each other's work. The artists met at Wimbledon Art School while both studying their BA and soon became friends through sharing a studio together. Victoria is an incredibly creative individual having been an actor and musician before coming to art, which she feels is her best outlet. But is still very inspired from the other creative disciplines. Yang grew up in a small town in China in a very conservative up bringing, as a child she was drawn to fairy tales and unicorns as a form of escapism. Yang came to London to explore drag culture and was particularly drawn to the beauty and the way people can use make up to transform themselves. Check out Victoria on Instagram at @victoriacantons and Yang at @_xu.yang_ and a massive thank you to Joséphine Bailey for joining Anna on this episode!

Chris Cawkwell is an artist and director of Art Lacuna. Chris is an installation artist who investigates commercial brands advertising such as Nike, the idea of buying into a brand and a lifestyle. Chris graduated from Wimbledon Art School in 2012 from a MA and with fellow graduates started Art Lacuna. Art Lacuna is a non for profit artist run project space in Clapham Wandsworth., they strive to support emerging artists through exhibitions and affordable studio space and believe strongly in championing emerging artists. Chris has his own studio at Art Lacuna working alongside the other artists and feels the space and his practise work well along side one another. Through the artistic engagement to helping with exhibitions. Check out Art Lacuna and Chris Cawkwell on Instagram to learn more about the space and his practise.

Listen in to learn more about London figurative painter Kim Booker. Kim is currently exhibited in ‘After Hours' which is curated by Anna Woodward and Cassandra Bowes. Kim graduated from City and Guilds of London Art School in 2019. Kim's work references art history, erotica, self portrait through the abstraction of the human body. Kim sees herself as a painter and was most inspired by Roy Oxlade's exhibition. Whilst studying Kim set up Assemblage, an artist run magazine for artists, she most enjoyed interviewing Gordon Cheung who was the first person she interviewed for the platform. Check out Kim's Instagram at @kin___booker and come and see her three paintings in ‘After Hours'. Thank you for listening!

This week Anna is joined by Joséphine Bailey who runs the Instagram account - Procrastinarting. Joséphine studied Art History at Oxford University and has now gone on to studying a Masters in Curating at Goldsmiths. Joséphine is passionate about championing female contemporary artists through exhibitions and interviews. Also listen in to hear Joséphine's thoughts on art institutions, the commercial gallery world and the importance of supporting artists from all backgrounds. Whilst studying at Oxford Joséphine wrote her dissertation on Georgia O'keefe and was really interested in the Tate's lack of representation of her whole sexuality in her 2016 retrospective, this fired her desire to learn more about the artist. Be sure to follow Joséphine at @procrastinarting to keep up to date with her interviews and a very exciting new project which is launching soon.

Luke Silva is a London based artist who is currently completing a BA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins. Luke works in watercolours on paper and canvas, his work investigates video games and escapism. Luke used video games as a child to escape his reality and has family members who have used the games to escape their own mental health struggles. Luke speaks about how games create a window into another world. Luke's work tends to be in portrait to create distance from a landscape shape seen in Televisions and laptops. Luke's work takes a concept that could be regarded as low culture and kitsch in art, yet transports it into fine art through his painting technique and personal relationship to the games. Check out Luke's Instagram at @lukesilve__ and thank you for listening !

This weeks guest Marcus Nelson is a painter who is currently completing a BA at Central Saint Martins. Marcus' paintings explore male representation in masculinity and male mental health. Marcus talks about his own struggles with mental health and how he uses painting as an outlet. Last year Marcus did a placement year and worked at Mall Gallery and Parasol Unit before taking part in a residency at The Fores Project. In the last year Marcus has really started to investigate the medium of painting and sees himself as a sculptor making paintings. Away from his painting practise Marcus also co founder Boys Don't Cry with Brooke Wilson. It is an art collective raising awareness and funds to support mental health through art. The collective has over 30 members who have all been affected by mental health. Be sure to check out Marcus' amazing paintings and work with Boys Don't Cry on Instagram. Thank you for listening!

Manon Steyaert is a London based artist who recently graduated from a masters at Chelsea College of Art. Manon's work investigates contemporary painting through materiality and how to approach painting as a contemporary medium. She creates abstract silicon paintings that investigate texture, colour and form. Manon recently went to Pada Studios residency in Portugal where she explored the idea of creating freestanding silicon works. In her studio she has been prepping work for a serie of solo shows and is about to start making work for a large scale installation show curated by Cassandra Bowes and Anna Woodward called ‘After Hours', in a disused department store. Check out Manon's Instagram to keep up to date with all her exciting exhibitions, projects and works. Thank you for listening!

In this episode Anna is joined by her studio partner Amélie Peace. They meet while both studying at City and Guilds of London Art School. Listen to learn more about Amélie's practise and how it has developed over the past couple of years. Amélie's work investigated human touch and the idea of embrace, a concept which is so natural to embrace your friends and family but at the moment we aren't allowed to. Amélie's figures hold each other so tightly they become one. What further distorts her work is her bright contemporary palette which really developed over lock down. Learn more about why Amélie finds Elsa Rouy's work so inspiring and ground breaking. Thank you so much for listening and please follow Amélie at @amelie_peace.

Learn more about Curator Cassandra Bowes and Bowes - Parris Gallery. In this episode Cassandra talks about her role as Gallery Manager at international gallery Robilant + Voena, her experiences of studying Art History at UCL and setting up her own gallery. Find out what is Cassandra's favourite piece in her own collection and which emerging artists and exhibitions you should check out. Find Cassandra on Instagram at @the_arts_editor and @bowesparrisgallery.

In this episode Anna interviewed Ocki from Blue Show Cottage in south London, a gallery that champions emerging artists. Learn more about Blue Shop Cottage and it's ethos, the latests exhibitions and the advice Ocki has for emerging artists. This episode is a part of Ocki's Blue Shop Cottage takeover on The Artists Contemporary for Frieze Week 2020. Thank you so much for listening.

Listen to the first episode of The Artists Contemporary Podcast with host Anna Woodward. This episode is all about why The Artists Contemporary was created, its ethos and who Anna Woodward the creator is. Learn more about Anna as an artists and her experiences of graduating in 2020.