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How living in the desert gave new life to Melissa Lakey's mixed-media art

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Moving to the high desert in 2015 brought me back to art after a long hiatus," she recalls. The wide open spaces, the expanse of the sky, the sunrises and sunsets — it felt like there was space in my life to explore art again." For Melissa, making art is about happiness. "I

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Food illustrator Tom Hovey talks Bake Off, Bristol and building a creative community

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He was never really interested in anything else and was set on doing "an art thing". Since his parents weren't necessarily what you'd call "arty people", his perception of art was limited to big, grand formats. In the 'off-season' in 2015, Hovey tried to focus on more general food illustration.

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Artist Sarah Graham on raising awareness for bipolar disorder and how art saved her life

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She considers art to have saved her life and is launching her biggest solo show next month to help others. Now in recovery from 18 years of mental health difficulties and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder eight years ago, Sarah strongly believes that if it weren't for art, she wouldn't be here today.

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Somerset House art show revisits the last 50 years through the prism of horror

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An imaginative new art show points to how the horror genre influences rebellious artists and helps us to understand a chaotic world. There are modern works, too, including Pam Hogg's new Exterminating Angel (2021) and art by Gareth Pugh and the late Leigh Bowery. Juno Calypso, The Honeymoon Suite, 2015. © Kerry Stewart.

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Adrian Cox's visionary art explores mythic narratives and spiritual meaning

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Typically, they draw inspiration from art history, science fiction, mythic archetypes, and his experience of growing up in a closeted queer family and explore questions of identity, spirituality, and our relationship with the natural world. The Los Angeles-based creative is known for crafting intricate and epic mythology with his paintings.

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Veronika Bolotina's fight against misinformation is a book that helps us understand propaganda

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Created during her final year at Berlin University of the Arts, she is now revisiting the project to support the people of Ukraine. "I Veronika graduated from The Belarusian State Academy of Arts in Minsk and later studied her undergraduate and postgraduate courses in graphic design in Germany. It already happened in 2015.

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Kind Studio crafts a floral identity for UAL's 2024 graduation ceremonies

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University of the Arts London is known for incubating some of the world's most creative students. It was a dream gig for the studio, which was founded in 2015 by Sean Vellacott-Murphy and James Stockton. Sean then went on to do a course at UAL himself: a master's in Graphic Communication at Chelsea College of Art & Design.