Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2023

In a new show at London's Jealous Gallery, artist Adam Bridgland brings together wild hues, dynamic patterns and the powerful pull of nostalgia in an alluring visual display. Interdisciplinary artist Adam Bridgland hasn't, though, as his second solo exhibition stands as a testament to.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 4, 2022

And so a new exhibition, highlighting how youngsters have played in the Covid era, can provide some revealing insights indeed. Play In The Pandemic is the first-ever online exhibition by Young V&A, formerly known as the Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood in London. Gathering the exhibits. Curation and categories.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 23, 2022

Playful and kitsch, it's easy to see why the emerging textile artist is fast becoming a leading name in the field. The Brighton-based artist's latest series of works will go on show in her first London solo show this September. They're not like anything we've ever seen. Flat on my Face, 2022 © Selby Hurst Inglefield.

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2024

Somerset-based illustrator, Charles Bailey channels the likes of Quentin Blake and Spike Milligan in his naive, expressive artwork, which explores complex themes. Its simplicity and innocence make it easier to discuss complex emotions and themes. Regarding subject matter, nature is a recurring theme in Charles's portfolio.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

And the collections, which focus on applied arts, decorative arts and design, are beautifully curated and cover themes and topics rarely explored in other museums in the capital. To learn more, we chatted with project curator Veronica Castro about the thinking behind the exhibition and how it was put together.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 16, 2023

It's been 40 years since McNuggets first hit McDonald's, and to mark the occasion, WOAW Gallery founder Kevin Poon has curated an interactive art exhibition that explores their cultural impact. These pieces look at the enduring popularity of Chicken McNuggets and focus on their cultural impact in the exhibition's home, Hong Kong.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 3, 2023

The show, titled Adore, runs until May and is a major exhibition celebrating Fabian Miller's practice throughout his life – including those featured in the artist's first-ever solo show, also at Arnolfini, back in 1979 when the artist was just 19 years old.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 24, 2024

Delve into the back catalogue of Japanese painter Keiko Kimoto in a new retrospective exhibition of her work at Impulse Gallery. The exhibition titled Okurerutaiyou: Delayed Sun runs from 29 February to 16 April. For viewers new to the work of Keiko Kimoto, the exhibition offers a unique glimpse into her creative practice.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 6, 2023

David Hockney at Lightroom © Justin Sutcliff 2023 What better way to launch a new cultural destination onto the London art scene than host a unique and immersive exhibition that brings some of David Hockney's most celebrated paintings to life? We look closer at the artist's much-anticipated new show at London's latest venue, Lightroom.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

If you're looking for inspiration fuelled by bright colours with swirls of surrealism and sprinkles of absurdity, then illustrator Andrey Kasay's latest exhibition to hit London is worth a slot in your diary. So, the selection of images at the exhibition is based on these themes. How did the baguette become a giraffe?

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Photo credit - Full house Partners © The Nigerian artist explores colourful connections between people and flora, inspired by her mother and former career as a florist. But right now, she's back in Blighty for the opening of her first major UK solo exhibition, The Dance of People and the Natural World , at Hastings Contemporary.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 5, 2023

Brighton-based paper artist Owen Gildersleev has teamed up with masters of screen-printing Harvey Lloyd Screens to host Like No Other, an exhibition which celebrates the magic of collaboration and the beauty of imperfection via uplifting, one-of-a-kind artworks. We are all one-of-a-kind and all the more amazing for it.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 21, 2022

Some of our recommendations are sold directly by creatives themselves, while others are from larger stores that commission artists and illustrators to create unique designs for them. As she grew up in Turkey, it was the picture books from Aysha Tengiz's childhood that kept her sane and inspired her to become a freelance artist.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 30, 2023

Photo: Anna Arca Unique to UK festivals, Green Man not only exhibits artwork out in the wild, but commissions original pieces from working artists. But here at Creative Boom, we also love the idea of occasionally taking art out of the gallery and exhibiting it in a different kind of environment altogether. Kathryn Ashill.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Nature's beauty, fragility, and those rare moments when we feel at one with it are key themes for this Irish artist, who brings them to life through soft details and bold contrasts. Mark Conlan is an artist whose journey began in Dublin as an animator. Artwork entitled The Place to Be. "I In Your Head.

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Creative Boom

JULY 11, 2024

David Hockney - Lightroom courtesy of the Artist A David Hockney art show based on digital projection and a Laurie Anderson premiere examining 21st-century America are among the highlights of the autumn/winter season at Factory International. At 87, he's considered one of Britain's most influential living artists. Laurie Anderson.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

The Swiss artist's new installation, Arena For a Tree, encased in a basket-type structure of wooden ribs, not only asks audiences to reflect on themes of nature and sustainability, but delivers a stark warning on climate change. The decision to showcase a bald cypress tree is no coincidence either. Geiger | KBH.G

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Creative Boom

MARCH 27, 2024

Contemporary London-based artist Ant Hamlyn is back with a new solo show at Berlin's Weserhalle art gallery. We've previously seen how his flower sculptures have reflected on memories, magic and mythology , and now he's taken these themes one step further with Terrarium, a new exhibition which runs at Weserhalle until 13 April.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 19, 2023

It takes place at the beautiful Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Thursday 24 August and brings together an audience of 1,000 creatively attuned attendees from across Asia-Pacific. The Royal Exhibition Building, venue for the event, is a worth a visit by itself! You can buy tickets here. Who's speaking?

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Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2023

Cassandra Yap & Sophia, 9 A new series for International Women's Day combines the skills of experienced artists with the creativity of talented young women. Online art gallery Aunt Joy is bringing the talent of creative young girls with established and emerging artists. And so here's a project that's gone right up our flagpole.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 30, 2023

All photos taken by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery The artist's latest exhibition in Lucerne showcases both philosophical insight and innovative technique. It's an age-old question, both for the artist and everyday people in general. What is beauty? Sometimes, art can provide a fresh way to look at things.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 24, 2024

This year's National Festival of Making in Blackburn, Lancashire, will host four new commissions for which artists have paired with industrial sector factories to reinforce Lancashire as a centre for making in the UK. Since the programme's inception, 31 artists have been commissioned to work with 24 artisan makers and manufacturers.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Zhongwen's work has been exhibited in multiple cities across China, the United States and the UK.
And We chatted to the artist to learn more about the thinking behind it. Beyond this process and general themes, she's unsure she has a specific style. But when I paint, I always think of expressionism," she says. "I

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 3, 2024

But the visual theme symbolises more than just the local geography. In the exhibition space, the identity was subtly reimagined, using minimalist lines and typography to complement the artworks of the shortlisted artists Jesse Darling, Ghislaine Leung, Rory Pilgrim, and Barbara Walker.

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Creative Boom

MAY 16, 2023

Neptunes, 2023 (Detail) © Andrew McIntosh Scottish artist Andrew McIntosh experiments with the imagery of Romantic painters in his upcoming exhibition featuring run-down shops incongruously positioned in rolling landscapes.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Returning this month to Saudi Arabia is a unique art exhibition set in an ancient desert region of the Arabian Peninsula, using only the natural landscape and surroundings as inspiration. Featuring works by 15 global artists, the theme for Desert X AlUla this year is Sarab, which explores ideas around mirage and oasis.

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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

AUGUST 1, 2023

Having studied graphics at university, Shotaro Kitada started his artistic career in 2018 as an illustrator. Curiously enough, though, Shotaro does not consider himself a sculpture artist. Shotaro's work appears singular, so it's no surprise that his artistic influences are similarly unique.

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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. Photo: © Thomas Adank. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia and A Practice for Everyday Life.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 22, 2022

Created by nonprofit arts organisation Art At A Time Like This in collaboration with SaveArtSpace , 8X5 is a billboard exhibition which aims to provoke a dialogue about America's criminal justice system. Two other renowned artists with direct experience of incarceration, Sherrill Roland and poet Faylita Hicks, cap off the roster.

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Creative Boom

MAY 18, 2022

The National Brain Appeal's art fundraiser A Letter in Mind has returned for the ninth year, and it's put the call out to artists and celebrities to get involved. This year's theme is 'A Sense of Movement', and all you need to take part is an envelope. It is also accessible, with all pieces priced identically at £85.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

We’ve seen a whole raft of virtual exhibitions, events and other digital experiments in response to the pandemic. HTC Vive has also announced two additional at-home VR experiences inspired by the exhibition. Due to be released on October 22, Curious Alice is based on Icelandic artist Kristjana S.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 8, 2022

Image courtesy the artist and Huxley-Parlour. Sexuality, creativity, fertility, and relationships are all enduring themes in Eileen Cooper 's works. The British artist's latest series of paintings, however, take a darker turn by considering desire and isolation, mortality and conflict. Beyond the Wandering Moon, 2022.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Made up of Abigail and Phebe Cameron, the Cameron Twins are London-based artists who recently graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Fine Arts. We like to use unexpected, sometimes shocking, images and forms hidden within our child-like and naive aesthetic," the pair reveals.

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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

MARCH 12, 2024

The prestigious new Saltzman Prize, an annual award which recognises the Emerging Photographer of the Year, has gone to Keisha Scarville for her striking images that reflect themes of belonging and place. This title reflects on her artistic journey and her family history via materials such as stone, water, skin and fabric.

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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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