Episode 8: Sax ImpeySax Impey’s parallel careers as artist and sailor merge in his work, which brings the experience of the open ocean back to land through the medium of paint. Awe defines them: our perceptual and emotional response to the momentous. In this interview Sax talks about the importance of working on a scale […]

In this series of interviews, Bold Beginnings, the spotlight is on a group of 2021 graduates who emerged with a flourish. These artists are immediately noticeable for their distinctive styles: the exciting results of very different research choices. The promise of their achievements has been recognized by universities and awarded prizes; we wanted to find […]

“Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a colour”. So embarks poet Maggie Nelson on a book-long meditation on this one colour and everything it contains and mediates for her. Browse here a selection of works in this palette: a rejuvenating spin on those January blues! 

Listen to informal conversations – on a range of topics, between NewBloodArt founder Sarah Ryan and emerging artists.

Lewis Deeney has had an exceptional year, following on from previous years populated with shows, prizes, and shortlists. He graduated with distinction in MFA Art & Humanities from DJCAD, and the university bought his piece “the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible’, for their public collection – the second time they’ve bought one of his […]

2018 Brighton graduate Morag Caister has had a stellar year. She was winner of The Curators (New York/Paris) EROS Project (commissioned by Richard Curtis) and selected for: The Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2021Figurative Art Now 2021Blue Shop Cottage WOP3Brighton Fringe ‘Altered’London Paint Club Spring Edition. Morag has exhibited in 10 exhibitions in total during 2021 […]

Both Natalie Chapman and Emerson Pullman were identified as making an outstanding contribution to the self-portrait genre in 2021 and were long listed for The Self-Portrait Prize 2021. Emerson Pullman left North Wales and moved to London to start his MA at City&Guilds of London Art School and has been selected for a physical exhibition […]

Its the end of the year, and time to celebrating the artist’s highlights from the past year. It’s incredibly impressive to see the diverse achievements showcased here, with prizes, residencies, acquisition by notable collectors and solo shows all in abundance. All of these are good reasons to invest in an artist, on the basis of […]

What do a dog, a painting, and a pot of flowers have in common? Many of us are familiar with how nonhuman company can put us back in touch with ourselves, recontextualising our attunement to our environment. The popularity of houseplants before and during lockdown is no passing fad, but our predominantly urban population reconnecting […]

In this series we chat to NewBlood artists, finding out more about their practice, what makes them tick, and what we’re looking forward to seeing from them in the future.   This week’s artist is Emiko Aida. Emiko is a NewBlood Art Master, having shown with us for over a decade as her career’s progressed, taking […]