Speaking about her work, Mapes states:

“In a desire to be truthful about the reality of my new life, I have fully embraced the idea of play in relation to my paintings and sculptures. Recent works celebrate the realness, messiness, colour, brightness, boldness, joy, sadness, loneliness and dangers of parenthood”.

This year has been another memorable one for New Blood Artists. Both in Britain and internationally, there is much to celebrate. This spans renowned art prizes, publications, museum shows, and commercial exhibitions. As the emerging artists’ practices develop, so does the scope of the opportunities landed. 

Graduate Sophie Lloyd has been chosen as the first recipient of the Anthony Caro Sculpture Prize.

Congratulations to both David Rae and Edward Jones who have both been shortlisted for the Gilchrst-Fisher Award 2024. This is a notable achievement with previous winners of the prize including Peter Doig, Alasdair Wallace and Angela Hughes.

Congratulations to David Rae who has been shortlisted for the Scottish Landscape Awards 2023.

2 New Blood Artists have been selected for the prize and both these artists were also shortlisted for the New Blood Art Emerging Art Prize.

Artworks for sale, currently on show at StART Art Fair, Saatchi gallery London

Delighted to announce that Masters Artist Lindsay Mapes is exhibiting as part of MELT which will take place as part of FRIEZE week.

Many of us are now working from home, self-isolating, and generally limiting the scope of our social lives. Undeniably, our worlds and the movements we make in them have gotten much, much smaller. But can the same also be said for artists, and the works they produce? We consulted some of the artists at New […]