Camden Art Centre will host New Contemporaries for the first time in over 20 years.
Since 1949, New Contemporaries has presented an annual survey exhibition of emerging and early career artists from UK art schools and alternative peer-to-peer learning programmes. 2023's exhibition includes 55 artists selected through an open call by internationally renowned artists Helen Cammock, Sunil Gupta, and Heather Phillipson.
The exhibition presents an important picture of emerging practices taking place across the UK today. Recurrent themes in the artists’ work include care, kinship, climate justice, world-building, geographical borders and identity politics, and are explored through diverse approaches and mediums. The exhibition is a unique platform that provides emerging artists the opportunity to present their work to a wider audience, alongside a programme of artist development opportunities to support the growth of their practice.
For more info on the artists visit the NC23 Online Platform platform.newcontemporaries.
The 55 artists featured in the exhibition are: Savanna Achampong, Bunmi Agusto, Ahaad Alamoudi, Adama Dercilia Bari, Alexandra Beteeva, Cai Arfon Bellis, Matthew Burdis, Thomas Cameron, Yingming Chen, Helen Clarke, Sarah Cleary, Alannah Cyan, Nina Davies, James Dearlove, Harriet Gillett, Haneen Hadiy, Joseph Ijoyemi, Jennifer Jones, Bessie Kirkham, Noa Klagsbald, Iga Koncka, Emily Kraus, Margaret (Weiyi) Liang, Harry Luxton, Ranny Macdonald, Jil Mandeng, Anne McCloy, Phyllis McGowan, SAM (Ayrton Mendes), Zayd Menk, Efrat Merin, Rhys Morgan, Joe Moss, Lili Murphy-Johnson, Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia, Abi Palmer, Emerson Pullman, Harmeet Rahal, Daniel Rey, Alicja Rogalska, Luke Anthony Rooney, Jeremy Scott, Holly Sezer, Emma Sheehy, Charan Singh, Jame St Findlay, Korallia Stergides, Samuel Thompson-Plant, Jiayi Wang, Sidney Westenskow, Georg Wilson, Joshua Woolford, Hester Yang, Osman Yousefzada, and Samuel Zhang.
The exhibition will travel to Camden Arts Centre from The Grundy Blackpool. A public programme that includes workshops, talks, performances and artist-led events will accompany the exhibition at Camden Art Centre. More information to follow.
Situated in Hampstead, North London Camden Art Centre is a place for art and artists; a place for the curious, the novice and the expert alike. It’s a place to see, to make, to learn and to talk about contemporary art, whether in our building, attending off-site projects or via our digital forums. Founded by artists in 1965, the Centre continues to be a space for the most vital and diverse mix of practices and ideas and is dedicated to supporting artists at every stage of their careers.
New Contemporaries Public Programming at Camden Arts Centre
New Contemporaries Workshops: Documenting & Distributions
New Contemporaries Roundtable: Exchange
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