The New Artists Collective #2 is a cross-disciplinary group of 12 artists, who will be working collaboratively for six months as part of UKNA’s second iteration of ‘Taking Place’ (People, Place and Practice), embarking on an exciting journey in Derby; sharing their work, undertaking residencies and collective activities.
Read MoreAfter a record breaking 1,300+ entries, the shortlist has been announced for this year’s Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award 2022.
Now in its third year, the awards will see 10 shortlisted artists have the honour of exhibiting their work at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in London on Thursday 10 November 2022, where the overall winner of the £10,000 cash prize will be announced at a VIP awards evening.
Read MoreWe’re over half way through the Call for Entries for the Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award 2022, in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery, and it’s time to meet the judges! We are delighted to have such a stellar judging panel for the Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award 2022.
Read MoreUK New Artists (UKNA) is delighted to launch an exciting new partnership with global company 4C Hotel Group, which will create valuable opportunities for new artists in the UK over the next three years. The partnership will include the annual 4C Hotel Group Bursary managed by UKNA - a twelve month programme of support and significant investment, for one new artist each year, over three years.
Read MoreBetween 25-27th February 2022, UK New Artists took over the city of Leicester with exhibitions, performances, talks and residencies from 70 of the UK’s most exciting new artists. Come along with us as we reminisce on a fantastic weekend of art and culture!
Read MoreMeet the artists selected for UKNA’s 5th Weekender residency, organised in partnership between Centre for Contemporary Art and UK New Artists. The Weekenders are micro-residencies: an opportunity to take some time, meet other artists, collaborate and replenish thinking and possible directions for practice.
Read MoreWhilst UKNA City Takeover: Leicester 22 might be over, you can now explore the UKNA exhibition at Attenborough Arts Centre, virtually! The exhibition at Attenborough Arts Centre was curated by Saziso Phiri, and featured work by Mustafa Boga, Claye Bowler, Jarvis Brookfield, Morgan Dowdall, Beverly Duckworth, Lucy Gregory, Pratima Kramer, Piotr Krzymowski, and SLQS.
Read MoreFollowing a nationwide call out, UKNA is delighted to announce the first members of its new ‘Creative ThinkTank’.
The Creative ThinkThank is a new advisory panel whose members represent a diverse range of practices and perspectives from across the UK . The panel will contribute to the development of the organisation and its programming, to ensure that we are best meeting the needs of new artists and that the voice of artists is at the heart of what we do.
Read MoreReet Good is an electric, dynamic and trail blazing event of Live Performance Art that seeks to break down barriers, challenge preconceptions and boldly centre and illuminate the work of Deaf, Disabled and Nuerodivergent Artists.
The event, which will take place in various spaces at QUAD on the evening of 18 February, is the culmination of a four day co-creation and collective sharing of artistic practice between six Deaf, Disabled and Nuerodivergent artists who have been provided much needed space to share, create and reimagine work within the context of the Derby City Landscape.
Read MoreA Little Bit of Rebellion is a Good Thing is a digital installation created by UK New Artists in collaboration with five Nottingham-based artists for Nottingham City Council’s Light Night 2022. Together we will share stories of everyday rebellion with the people of Nottingham. UKNA have collected short stories of everyday rebellion from five artists - Aja Ireland, Benjamin Rostance, Ryan Boultbee, Sara Mahmood and Wingshan Smith.
Read MoreArtist Jarvis Brookfield from Leicester has won the People’s Choice Award for his paintings in this year’s Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award, in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery.
Read MoreUKNA is excited to HYPE UP margomool’s new EP, misconceptions, which takes you on a soul-jazz-prog rock journey through a five-track EP and three visual projects. Self-produced by margomool, utilising live recording and electronic production, margomool has worked with an eclectic range of musicians residing in South East London to shape the EP.
Read MoreAnne von Freyburg, was named as the winner of the Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award, at an awards ceremony held at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery on Thursday 4th November.
Anne was recipient to the £10,000 cash prize presented by global recruitment consultancy Robert Walters Group, after being selected ahead of the other nine shortlisted artists.
Read MoreAs the 2021 Robert Walters Group UK New Artist Award approaches, UKNA catches up with 2019 shortlisted artist Linnet Panashe Rubaya, and chats to collectors Al-Karim Makhani, Vice-President at TransPerfect Legal Solutions, and restaurateur, Edin Gondzic, about the works they bought from the 2019 exhibition.
Read MoreFrom a record breaking 963 submissions, the top 10 entries have been shortlisted for the second edition of the Robert Walters UK New Artist of the Year Award 2021.
Read MoreA pun on the term ‘outing’ as the act of disclosing one’s sexual orientation or gender identity, ‘First Outing’ is the first physical exhibition produced by Queerly Made, a curatorial project organised by Daniel Fountain and Matthew Gale to examine queer approaches to materials and making in artistic practices and spotlight work by LGBTQIA+ artists. ‘First Outing’ has been made possible through Future Producers, a project by UK New Artists, kindly funded by Arts Council England through National Lottery Project Grants.
Read MoreUK New Artists is delighted to announce the three selected projects for Future Producers, kindly funded by Arts Council England through National Lottery Project Grants.
Future Producers is a new and exciting programme to support artists and creatives across the UK and invest in the next generation of creativity. This summer, UKNA ran a ‘call for ideas’; seeking three projects, led by artists.
Read MoreAmelia Seren Roberts was the winner of the Surface Gallery X UK New Artists Prize in 2019, which resulted in her solo exhibition, Cauldron Born: How Long I Have Thirsted to be a God Among Men (26th June - 10th July 2021 at Surface Gallery Nottingham).
UK New Artists visited the exhibition and caught up with Amelia; discussing the show, her work and influences, and what advice she has for new artists.
Read MoreUK New Artists is delighted to announce that through Arts Council England we have been awarded funding thanks to the government’s Culture Recovery Fund. This funding enables us to deliver a programme of support for new artists with and for the city of Leicester and be #HereForCulture. Stay tuned for more news in the coming weeks!
Read MoreIt is 13:30 in Oslo. I am sitting by my kitchen table in my one-room apartment and from a tiny window on my computer screen. A woman is reading a poem from her house in the UK. Several people have tuned in through their webcams, listening to her while she reads. The experience feels intimate and personal because although the performer is far away from my physical location, her art is located in my home.
Writer, Katja Fjeld reflects on her experience of the No Jobs in the Arts Fringe Festival.
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