News 2023
Katrina Palmer awarded Honorary Doctorate
Congratulations to Dr Katrina Palmer, Undergraduate Sculpture Lead, who has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Sussex. She received the award in July 2023, which recognises those who have made outstanding contributions to society. This year's awardees were Baroness Amos, Paul Barber OBE, Lord Peter Hain and Dr Gail Lewis.
Full details are on the University of Sussex Broadcast webpage.
Research symposium: "Dreams and Guilt. Exhibiting counter-narratives"
Lockdown research residency, Beaconsfield London.
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Research symposium: "Dreams and Guilt. Exhibiting counter-narratives" at Beaconsfield, 22 Newport Street, London SE11 6AY, on Wednesday 19 July 2023, 10.00-17.00, convened by Ioana Marinescu and Naomi Siderfin.
Presentations include those by current PhD students and alumnae Jumana Abboud, Ioana Marinescu, Bindu Mehra, Naomi Siderfin and Shino Yanai.
A small number of audience tickets are available via Eventbrite. Lunch included.
Dreams and Guilt. Exhibiting counter-narratives is convened by Ioana Marinescu and Naomi Siderfin to reflect on their respective, recently completed, doctoral research at Slade School of Fine Art, and Smaranda Găbudeanu as part of her MA research at CESI (Center of Excellence in Image Studies) Bucharest. This practice-led symposium takes place a few days before the public opening (21 July) of PAST PRESENT. Fragments of Memory: Bucharest–Pompeii–London, co-produced by Beaconsfield and PETEC – and contributes to the process of exhibiting.
Prize and scholarship awardees 2023
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Congratulations to the students who have been awarded as follows:
Boise Scholarship: Chantal Goulder and George Richardson
Dolbey Scholarship: Enzo Vieira Medeiros
Jeanne Szego Scholarship: Bowen Zhang
Painter Stainers: Beth McAlester
Almacantar Studio Award: Lydia Merrett (Studio Prize) and Rosie Kennedy (Runner up prize)
Adrian Carruthers Award: Sam Meredith
Cass Art: Alessia Marullo
Kenneth Armitage: Elinor Haynes
The Olive: Antonia Holguin Caicedo
Bartolomeu Dos Santos: Raphaella Pester
Max Werner Drawing Prize: Jack Kinsman
Michael Farrell: Scarlet Griffiths
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023
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Current MFA student Joe Moss and alumni Cai Arfon Bellis, Ranny Macdonald, Jil Mandeng, Joe Moss, James Dearlove and Korallia Stergides have been selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023.
The exhibition will launch at Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, from 30 September to 16 December 2023 before travelling to the Camden Art Centre, London, from 19 January to 31 March 2024.
Details of artists can be found on the New Contemporaries website.
Time, Labour, Process - Unit 1 Gallery
Alumna Elora Kadir is showing in Time, Labour, Process, an exhibition of works by Acme’s Alternative Pathway Awards recipients, celebrating their shared experiences and individual practices. A Genesis Kickstart Fund project, supported by the Genesis Foundation, the awards provided space, time, and support for recipients of the award to work on their practices, culminating in this exhibition. The show takes place at Unit 1 Gallery, 1 Bard Road, London W10 6TP, from 16 - 24 June 2023.Spanning moving image, installation, and pencil drawings, the works address themes of labour, uprising, bureaucracy, violence, and migration.Free, reserve your ticket on: https://artsvp.com/6350a4
Clotilde Jiménez invited to take part in Artistic Poster programme for Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad
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Congratulations to alumnus Clotilde Jiménez, who has been invited to take part in the Paris 2024 Artistic Poster programme, part of the Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad. Each artist was tasked with creating two posters: one representing the Olympics Games Paris 2024 and one representing the Paralympic Games Paris 2024.
He writes: "My job as an artist is to represent and document the world that I exist in and I want these artworks to reflect the Paris that I know and that reflects the Olympic Ideals of excellence, friendship, and respect.
It's an immense honour to be a part of the time-honoured tradition of crafting these iconic posters. Here's to the world uniting in the spirit of sport, breaking down barriers and celebrating the power of unity—Let the games begin! "
Read more about the project on the International Olympic Committee News website.
Contemporary Art Lecture - Rhea Dillon
This week's Contemporary Art Lecture is given by Rhea Dillon. The event takes place on Wednesday 7 June, at the Cruciform Lecture Theatre, B404 - Lecture Theatre 2, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT at 5pm.
Rhea Dillon graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2019 and recently completed a course at the Institute of Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles, California, USA. Dillon works with mediums such as video, painting, photography, installation & olfaction.
Rhea Dillon An Alterable Terrain is showing at Tate Britain until 1 January 2023.
Jake Elwes, The Zizi Show - V&A
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Jake Elwes' large multi-channel commission for the V&A, The Zizi Show - A Deepfake Drag Cabaret, is presented in the first room as part of the launch of the new Photography Centre at the V&A, South Kensington. Opening 25 May 2023 – 20 April 2024.
The Zizi Show is a deepfake drag cabaret that explores the ethical problems which exist in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
See the V&A website for more information.
Jesse Darling nominated for Turner Prize 2023
Photos by Eva Herzog. Courtesy of Camden Art Centre
Congratulations to Jesse Darling, who has been nominated for the Turner Prize 2023 for his solo exhibitions No Medals, No Ribbons at Modern Art Oxford and Enclosures at Camden Art Centre.
An exhibition of shortlisted artists' work will be held at Towner Eastbourne, East Sussex, from 28 September 2023 to 14 April 2024. The winner will be announced on 5 December 2023 at an award ceremony in Eastbourne’s Winter Gardens.
Waiting as a form of resistance
This symposium organised by Slade School of Fine Art students, as part of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiative, UCL, will present films and art works that range from direct engagement with politics and protest, to forms of quiet and sustained refusal.
Date
Thursday 1 - Friday 2 June, 2023
Location
The IAS Common Ground is room G11, on the ground floor of the South Wing. It is step-free / wheelchair accessible.
Booking/Registration
Organisers
Jumana Emil Abboud
Moza Almazrouei
Niki Kohandel
Nastassja Simensky
BA/BFA Degree Show 2023
Designed by James Graham Keith
Our BA/BFA Degree Show is open from 19 - 25 May (Mon - Fri 10am - 8pm, weekends 10am - 5pm) at the main Slade Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. Come and see the work by our talented finalists!
The Critical Perspectives on Racism and Colonialism Conference
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PhD student Bindu Mehra will be presenting a paper Silence of the Well, ‘Aur Mein Bhi’ (and me too): Women’s Silence and the Unsaid in Contemporary Narratives in India as part of Panel Session 1: Colonial Legacies, 10:30-12:30 at The Critical Perspectives on Racism and Colonialism Conference at the Institute of Advanced Studies, 25 May – 26 May 2023.
Backdrop by Ivan Kashdan
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Current MA student Ivan Kashdan recently completed 'Backdrop', a 5 x 10m triptych created on the Bloomsbury Theatre paint frame, formerly used by students on the Slade Theatre Design course, which closed in 2003.
The photos show the work installed in the Bloomsbury Theatre auditorium. 'Backdrop' will be returning to the stage next week as part of Platform 1 at Bloomsbury Theatre on the 4th and 5th May. Book your tickets now via UCL ticketing for a night of exciting performances by current Slade students.
With thanks to Ellen Frost at the Bloomsbury Theatre, Stephanie Nebbia, Liquitex and Colart.
For more images and a time lapse video of the work's creation, see the Backdrop webpage.
Inter Worlds Talk: Suki Chan, Dr Alice Correia, Bhajan Hunjan
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Part of a series of talks, presenting South and East Asian British contemporary women artists’ practice by artists, writers and curators: Suki Chan, Dr Alice Correia, Bhajan Hunjan, in association with Chai Shai: Asian British Art Research Group. Friday 12 May 2023, 2 - 4pm BST, online via Zoom. Free, reserve via Eventbrite. See event page for more information.
Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photo by Paul Lachenauer, courtesy of The Met
Alumna Cecily Brown has a solo show, Cecily Brown: Death and the Maid, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from 4 April - 3 December 2023.
The show unites some 50 paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, and monotypes — many never before seen in New York and several recently completed — to focus on Brown’s enduring and intertwining themes of still life, memento mori, mirroring, and vanitas, symbolic depictions of human vanity or life’s brevity.
Read Edward Helmore's interview with Cecily Brown in The Guardian, 16 April 2023.
Slade Undergraduate Virtual Q&A
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Join us for the Slade Undergraduate Virtual Q&A on 27 April. There are two sessions available (you only need to book one session), at 10am and 5pm.
Book now via the UCL website, please select the Slade School of Fine Art Information session.
Vivan Sundaram
We were very sorry to hear of the passing of Vivan Sundaram, who studied at the Slade from 1966 - 1968. Our thoughts and condolences to his family and friends. Read an appreciation of his life in Art News.
Booking for Slade Summer School 2023 now open
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Booking for Slade Summer School now open! Slade Summer School will run from 10 July - 2 September 2023. We are delighted to return to teaching in person. Further information on our Summer Short Courses webpage.
Dr Sally Witcher awarded an honorary degree from the University of Stirling
Congratulations to alumna Dr Sally Witcher, who has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Stirling.
Dr Sally Witcher OBE is a high-profile campaigner on disability, inequality and exclusion. She has held a range of senior leadership roles in related fields in third and public sectors, and was awarded an OBE in 2006 for her services to people with disabilities.
Read more on the University of Stirling website.
Fevers, Frets and Futures
Fevers, Frets and Futures: Uncertainty and New Ecologies for Post-Covid Healthcare - call for abstracts and conference, and student competition. Deadline for submissions has been extended to 9am, Tuesday 11 April 2023. See the IAS webpage for further details regarding the call for abstracts and student competition.