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Colourful portraits celebrate the success of London's refugee entrepreneurs

Creative Boom

All have had to overcome adversity to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams in sectors ranging from fashion and fine art to food and beverage and social impact. Lightcraft Family Razieh Then there's Max, a Sri Lankan Tamil who sought asylum in the UK in 2015 and faced persecution and mistreatment before battling PTSD.

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

Creative Boom

She attempted suicide by overdose twice between 2005 and 2015 until she was sectioned in 2017 and then reclassified as Type 1 bipolar. If you want to pop along to Sarah Graham's upcoming show, you can visit Arkley Fine Art gallery in Hitchin from June. To discover more about her work, visit sarahgraham.info.

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Diverse Expressions: 5 Artwork Themes to Discover at The Other Art Fair Brooklyn This May

Colossal

Carrie Lipscomb, “Blocks (small)” (2024), thread on fine art paper Embossed and Embroidered Guided by pure geometries, Brooklyn-based mixed-media artist Carrie Lipscomb explores space and texture, urging viewers to engage with the subtleties in found materials.

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F5: Leyden Lewis Loves the Internet, Pork Belly Buns + More

Design Milk

They specialize in creating poetic, culturally sensitive spaces that emphasize the importance of fine arts, design, and structure. One of the things I love about collecting art is its ability to communicate ideas and reflect feelings. What fine art refers to as “mediums,” architecture calls “technologies.”

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Florence Henri: the forgotten female pioneer of surreal photography

UX Collective

Meet Florence Henri, the Under-Acknowledged Queen of Surrealist Photography, 2015) This black and white photo was created during the Gelatin silver print period (Florence Henri | Self-Portrait (1928) | Artsy, n.d.). Atlas Gallery | Fine Art Photography. The Museum of Modern Art. 2015, February 20). Www.artsy.net.

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“Always Moving Under the Surface”: Organic Typography by Alex Ortiga

Design You Trust

In 2013 he entered with commitment and awareness in the world of painting and figurative arts, the same year he decided to enroll at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, where he graduated with full marks and honors. During the academic years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 he was tutor of the Decoration – Contemporary Art Lab.

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Peacock Arts Trail 2015

Chris Dunn Illustration/Fine Art

I'm very pleased to announce I will be opening my studio to the public during the Peacock Arts Trail this year. My studio is at the Pound Arts Centre, Corsham, SN13 9HX. The trail is an artists open studio event encompassing Corsham and surrounding towns and villages.

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