Creative Boom

AUGUST 16, 2022

What Artists Wear by Charlie Porter. On the one hand, there's a long-running stereotype of artists and bohemians wearing black, featureless clothing. What Artists Wear by Charlie Porter. Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s by Eddie Chambers. I Paint What I Want to See by Philip Guston.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 16, 2024

On display at a new London exhibition, the artist's evocative work helps us explore the impact of dementia. Artist Carey Bennett, whose latest exhibition, titled Memory and Remedy, is now on show at the Museum of Brands in London.

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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2024

With a passion for storytelling and a distinctive graphic novel style deploying bold line work and flat colours, Yuanhao Tang thrives in the world of publishing. However, he has paused all his commercial work to create pieces for his community and gallery exhibitions. To learn more about Yuanhao Tang, visit his website here.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Baroque Church © Barbara Cole The Canadian artist's latest series of images are sub-aquatic, but you wouldn't think so to look at them. Somewhere combines the Canadian artist's pioneering underwater photography with historical architecture to create timeless, ethereal scenes that exist between the real and the imagined.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2024

© Dong Qiu The Chinese artist's distinctive style blends Asian tradition with modern sensibilities, attracting global clients and resonating with audiences worldwide. I like to draw pictures with smooth lines, strong decoration, and deep meaning," begins the artist, who is based in Shanghai, China. © Dong Qiu

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Creative Boom

APRIL 12, 2022

Founded in 1985, London Original Print Fair is an unrivalled opportunity for people to view and buy original prints from top international dealers, publishers and studios. This inspiring piece is a collaboration between Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke and artist Stanley Donwood, which will be on display for the first time at the Fair.

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

While objects melt together and creatures emerge from alternate dimensions, the artist perfectly handles everything from plush textures to transparent surfaces. But she manages to achieve it, and the effect is instantly striking yet at the same time full of fascinating nuance.

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Creative Boom

MAY 3, 2022

With the 59th Venice Biennale well underway, our attention turns to the Italian exhibition's graphic identity for 2022. It matches themes running throughout the entire exhibition of dreams, identity, the body, and reflection. Catalogue published by La Biennale di Venezia. Photo: © Thomas Adank. Photo: © Thomas Adank.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2024

© Dong Qiu The Chinese artist's distinctive style blends Asian tradition with modern sensibilities, attracting global clients and resonating with audiences worldwide. I like to draw pictures with smooth lines, strong decoration, and deep meaning," begins the artist, who is based in Shanghai, China. © Dong Qiu

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Creative Boom

MAY 15, 2024

And the artist himself couldn't be happier. Once complete, the project will provide exhibitions, tours, and events that shine a light on illustrators and their impact on our lives. The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration – the UK's only public arts organisation dedicated to the craft of illustration – has found its perfect home.

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Creative Boom

MAY 28, 2024

Now, a Kickstarter campaign for a newly published collection is set to right that wrong. In recent years, Charlie has called the ordinary people he shot in Notting Hill "the silent minority", a strata of society whose lives would have gone undocumented had they not had an artist living among them, taking photos with them barely noticing.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2022

Originally from China, Megan Du is a London-based artist studying illustration at the University of the Arts London. It was like my first mini-exhibition," Megan tells Creative Boom. I learned that every Chinese student who wants to study art or design in college must take an art exam," she explains.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Magazines to devour Aperture : From its base in New York, Aperture is a nonprofit publisher that leads conversations around photography worldwide through an acclaimed quarterly magazine, books, exhibitions, digital platforms, public programs, limited-edition prints, and awards.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Photography by Andrew Benge Teaming up once again with partners LeedsBID, Thought Bubble Festival 2023 will present a week of talks, workshops, exhibitions, public art installations, film screenings, venue takeovers and more. Photography by Andrew Benge Thought Bubble. Dapo Adeola will be hosting a family-friendly library workshop.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

An author and curator specialising in photography, Nathalie is the director of Photo Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, one of the most important museums dedicated to photography, and a curator with FEP (Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography). Deborah Turbeville: Photocollage by Nathalie Herschdorfer is published by Thames & Hudson.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 18, 2022

Below we share some examples of typical things we tell ourselves and follow up with some advice from artists and designers to help beat them. Artist Michelle Heron confesses that she also finds Instagram challenging sometimes: "It makes me compare myself with other artists. Chatting to artists helps, too.".

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2024

New York-based artist Jen Yoon has adapted Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic short story The Yellow Wallpaper for a modern audience in her series of AR illustrations brought to life with Adobe Aero. Although The Yellow Wallpaper was published in 1892, it still resonated and reflected some parts of our lives," Jen adds.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 10, 2023

It also includes fresh contributions from filmmaker Roman Coppola, industrial designer Sabine Marcelis, architect Bjarke Ingels, artist CJ Hendry, and digital entrepreneur Mikaela Jade. Designed in-house, the book archives significant projects from the past as well as significant ideas that can guide us into the future.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 30, 2022

"I got so inspired that I decided to start experimenting with digital art and 2D, and publish it online every few days, no matter what. Growing an audience, Nikita started receiving commissions, and it wasn't long until he began working with his favourite music artists and exhibiting worldwide. And there we have it.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Published by Union Square & Co. She's just released a new coffee table book, published by Union Square & Co (an imprint of Barnes & Noble) called Cone of Shame. The series has exhibited most recently at Fotografiska New York, Fotografiska Tallinn, and Fotografiska Stockholm.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 7, 2023

The continent, with its sheer size and cultural diversity, is home to resilient, community-minded people who are all too often represented artistically through an inaccurate, Western lens. But after graduation, Ndumiso found work as a motion designer and digital composite artist in a 3D animation and VFX studio.

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Colossal

JULY 31, 2024

“Hymn to the Big Wheel” by Liz West Every month, Colossal shares opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. The project budget is $6,000 with an additional $1,000 artist stipend. Chosen applicants will produce a fanzine and exhibit work at the RAISE YOUR ZINE!

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Illustration by Marija Tiurina Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. The Susannah Kelly Art Award Featured The newly launched Susannah Kelly Art Award offers three $2,000 grants for artists working in drawing, painting, and sculpting.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Every month, Colossal shares opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Open Calls 2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards (International) Artists and illustrators are eligible for this inaugural award worth $2,500 in cash prizes. 2025 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition (U.S.)

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Mural by Adele Renault Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. 3,500 Artist Grants | The Hopper Prize Featured The Hopper Prize offers two awards of $3,500 and four of $1,000. Thirty artists will be selected for a shortlist.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Radically different from your common selfie, these artistic images pushed the boundary of what a photographic self-portrait could be. When I published the image, I got a lot of answers from people on how that impacted them. These images eventually became known as a series called Seeking.

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Creative Boom

JULY 5, 2023

Ivory by Lineto Ivory is an unusually solid and sturdy serif with pronounced shapes and character and exhibiting relatively little contrast and sharpness. JAF Cupidus Light by Just Another Foundry Designed by Tim Ahrens and Shoko Mugikura and published last year, JAF Cupidus is distinguished by its very high x-height.

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Colossal

JUNE 1, 2024

Via The Met Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. 1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Featured Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. . Deadline: 11:59 p.m.

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Colossal

AUGUST 30, 2024

Image © Thomas Jackson Every month, Colossal shares opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. 1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Featured Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. . Deadline: 11:59 p.m.

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Colossal

MAY 1, 2024

Lisa Ericson, “ Chariot “ Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. 3,500 Artist Grants | The Hopper Prize Featured The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2024 artist grants. Deadline: 11:59 p.m.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 12, 2022

The fantastical story has inspired countless artists through three centuries and continues to do so today. These themes fit well with Vicky's wider body of work, which has been widely published, exhibited nationally and internationally, in solo and group shows across the US and Europe, and won her several awards and nominations.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Asha Kama Wangdi, VAST Bhutan, “The Windhorse (lungta)” (2024), cloth and metal By Bhutanese artist Asha Kama Wangdi , the monumental work utilizes the Buddhist tradition of lungta (wind horses), which are symbols of positive energy and good luck thought to carry prayers to the heavens.

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Just Creative

APRIL 27, 2020

Lee has been published in The New York Times, BBC, ABC News, Wired, The Guardian, and more. Hanoch Piven, the mixed media artist has created the Digital Painting for Characters: Color and Light with the belief that play and art are two of the most important factors in debunking the idea that not everyone can be an artist.

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Colossal

JULY 1, 2024

Image © Lernert & Sander Every month, Colossal shares opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. VII: Annual Filter Photo Members Exhibition (International) VII is looking for up to four images from a single body of work for this online and projected exhibition.

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Colossal

JANUARY 1, 2024

“The Height Of Folly” by Michelle Kingdom Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Tulsa Artist Fellowship 2025-2027 Award Term Featured U.S.-based You can also join our monthly Opportunities Newsletter.

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Creative Review

JANUARY 4, 2022

German typographer, designer, teacher, and writer Jan Tschichold cited the first Bauhaus exhibition as directly leading him to forge a more experimental way of working with letterforms that was also simple and practical; and he went on to lay out his principles in seminal book Die Neue Typographie (The New Typography).

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Typography Exhibition Printmaking Print 145

Colossal

JANUARY 5, 2024

On view at Japan House Los Angeles , the exhibition showcases more than 70 sculptures and installations that recreate the fantastical animated characters from Squirtle to Pikachu in ceramic, metal, fiber, and more. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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