The degree shows are the perfect place to discover fabulous original art by talented emerging artists and though not widely attended they are open to the general public. The degree shows are a culmination of art students work over the course of their degrees and as the artists are right at the start of their […]

In his Reith lectures Grayson Perry called artists “Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning”. At New Blood Art we wanted to gain insight into our artists personal roads to meaning so we asked them 3 questions: Rob Lyon The moment when you are at a party (for example) and someone asks: ‘What do you do?’ […]

The world’s largest philosophy and music festival returns to Hay-on-Wye – How The Light Gets In  runs from 26th May – June 5th 2016.  Bringing together 700 carefully curated events that will make you think, talk, dance and play in the beautiful setting of Hay.. Nobel Prize-winners and Mercury Prize-nominees alike gather in one place for a week of […]

Anne Baudequin’s paintings of still life have rich, impressionistic presence. Working from life in “alla prima” allows spontaneity, and an ability to capture fleeting, sun cast shadows. Baudequin’s still life arrangements of fruit are painted in subtly sumptuous colour and there’s a sense of the objects being touchable. Harmonious compositional relationships characterise each piece.   […]

John Moores Prize 2016 – Enzo Marra selected. Enzo Marra’s ‘Invigilator (John Virtue)’ has been selected for the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition; the prize was launched in 1957 with the aim of showcasing “the best and most vital work being done today throughout the country”. Enzo Marra is one of 54 exhibiting artists […]

William Arnold is a photographer influenced by the first pioneers of the medium and perhaps of the theory that has pervaded photography since its birth. Sir William Newton, the academic painter, declared in 1853 that photography could never capture the ‘atmospheric veil’ which nature throws across the world, and yet Arnold seems to both refute […]

The play between myth and reality is explored with a political edge in the work of Oliver Bragg. Materialism, capitalism and globalization are explored in relation to technology’s export of humanity from its natural environment. Bragg’s work suggests a turn towards simplicity and the folk tradition of myth to develop our sense, once again, of […]

Pastel shades and complementary hues are brought into play with loose circular forms in the paintings and drawings of Sylwia Kaden. The work explores the dynamics of shape and colour and is certainly testament to Man Ray’s theory, that the ‘creative force’ within painting must ‘reside materially in the colour and texture of pigment’ and […]

It is hard for me to define what exactly influences me – it is rather a sum of many separate elements that are around me and with whom I come into contact. The nature is very important though. When it comes to art, it is the cave paintings and antique frescoes, but also the poster […]

I am concerned with the visual and conceptual aspects of erasure, obfuscation, obstruction and secrecy. My work is largely autobiographical – borne from memories, conversations and experiences. By withholding or obscuring elements whilst leaving “hints” for the viewer in each of my works, I am investigating the notion of secrecy and how relationships are formed […]