Three new artworks from NC22 enter the Government Art Collection

The Government Art Collection have purchased three painting-based works by artists Lorena Levi, Zearo, and Winnie Hall through the New Contemporaries 2022 selection.

We are delighted to continue this integral partnership with works of art from the collection being displayed in UK Government buildings in nearly every capital city, making it the most dispersed collection of British art in the world.

About the artists:

A narrative portrait painter, Lorena Levi uses the internet in her practice, speaking to strangers on chat-room sites and listening to podcasts with real people to gather stories. She collages found images with her own to create an imagined narrative and tell a story in a snapshot.

Zearo centres his work on lived experience by exploring ideas of longing, memory, desire, male gaze, and masculinity through oil paint and pastel. Influenced by his Southeast Asian background where same-sex desires are obscured, he attempts to create a space where the same-sex figures are approachable, a space where care and secrecy are being represented.

Winnie Hall aims to create art that anyone can relate to. Adidas tracksuits are a recurring symbol in her paintings; symbolic of growing up in London, the symbolic three stripes have allowed Winnie to venture into an abstract way of working, zooming in and prioritising line and colour, almost always aiming for playfulness, humour and pop culture to create other possible worlds.