UK 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 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 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 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 MoreArtist talk from emerging painter, Jarvis Brookfield. Drawn from imagination, Jarvis Brookfield’s paintings contemplate his experiences with mystical visionary states, celebrating the transcendental. A graduate of De Montfort, this will be a great opportunity to hear about Jarvis’ journey ahead of seeing his work at UK New Artists’ Leicester City Takeover in 2022.
Read MoreArtist talk. Navneet Virk works across fashion and fine art, creating sustainable art from waste material. A graduate of De Montfort, this is a great opportunity to hear about her post graduate journey ahead of seeing her work at UK New Artists’ Leicester City Takeover in 2022.
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 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 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 introduce you to the selected artists for the ‘Sustainability’ residency as part of our City Takeover in Leicester. The artists represent a range of art forms, from photography to cabaret, film to immersive performance.
Thumbnail image: Convex, Photo by Laura Guarch
Read MoreUK New Artists is delighted to introduce you to the selected artists for the ‘Common Interest’ residency as part of our City Takeover in Leicester. The artists represent a range of art forms, from performance to poetry to dance.
Thumbnail image: Niamh Seana Meehan, photo by Jordan Hutchings
Read MoreUK New Artists is delighted to introduce you to the selected artists for the ‘Placemaking’ residency as part of our City Takeover in Leicester. The artists represent a range of art forms, from theatre to drag to socially engaged art, and a breadth of practices, exploring migration; queerness; colour; history; comedy and more.
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Read MoreLearn more about the selected and visiting artists for UKYA Skegness Weekender: Terrain Vague, 26-29 April 2019.
Read MoreMeet the selected artists for the up and coming Work In Common residency at Primary in Nottingham. Here we share more information about their backgrounds and work...
Read MoreUKYA is delighted to announce a new arts partnership South Korea with Seojung Art Centre and Superior Gallery, Seoul and Chung Ang University. Selected through a national open call, 13 of the best young artists in the UK will travel to Seoul in October 2017 to present their work alongside 10 young Korean artists. Read on to find out more about the artists.
Read MoreUKYA is delighted to announce Lena Peters as the winner of the UK Young Artists Associate Prize at New Designers 2017. Lena will travel with us to South Korea this year to exhibit her work alongside 10 UK and 10 Korean artists. Read more about Lena and her work here.
Read MoreUK Young Artists is delighted to announce the artists selected to represent the UK at the Biennale of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean (BJCEM). This year's international multidisciplinary event takes place in Tirana and Durrës, Albania from 4-9 May.
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