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Poster for Grace Lee: Fitting Room at Huxley Parlour
Poster for Grace Lee: Fitting Room at Huxley Parlour, 2023

Grace Lee has a solo show, Fitting Room, at Huxley Parlour, 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE, from 25 October - 25 November 2023.

Grace Lee completed their MFA in 2021 and was awarded the Bartolomeu dos Santos Award in 2021. They said: "The award really has been such a help since graduating, and allowed me to keep working as an artist without constant financial pressure".

Installation photograph: Lydia Merrett (paintings) and George Richardson (sculptures), MA/MFA Degree Show
Installation photograph: Lydia Merrett (paintings) and George Richardson (sculptures), MA/MFA Degree Show, 2023

©Thomas Jenkins

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

Horror Flick
Horror Flick, Joe Moss, 2023, moving image

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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

Poster for Time, Labour, Process at Unit 1 Gallery
Poster for Time, Labour, Process at Unit 1 Gallery, 2023

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

Water Dancers
Water Dancers, Clotilde Jiménez, 2023, collage

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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.

The Zizi Show, 2020, montage of deepfake drag artists
The Zizi Show, 2020, montage of deepfake drag artists, Jake Elwes

©Jake Elwes

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.

Phyllida Barlow, with Dog Door print (2013), film still, Slade Print Studio, 2013
Phyllida Barlow, with Dog Door print (2013), film still, Slade Print Studio, 2013, 2013, film still

We were very sorry to hear the sad news about Phyllida Barlow.

As well as being a brilliant artist, Phyllida was a much loved part of the Slade community, having been a student (1963 - 1966) and a tutor until 2009. She was a generous friend and colleague, and a great supporter of the Slade. She will be sadly missed. Our thoughts and condolences to her family and friends.

Read the UCL News article: Tributes paid to sculptor and art educator Dame Phyllida Barlow

Image: Phyllida Barlow, with Dog Door print (2013), film still, Slade Print Studio, 2013

Saltburn 54°34 07.37 N 0°57 42.87 W, No.3
Saltburn 54°34 07.37 N 0°57 42.87 W, No.3, Onya McCausland, 2019, pigment in oil on canvas, 136 x 167 cm 

©Onya McCausland

Onya McCausland is showing in Art + Social: Deep Horizons presented by the Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA)  and the Roberts Institute of Art, 10 March - 18 June 2023.

Bringing work together from the Middlesbrough Collection and the Roberts Institute of Art, the exhibition starts with the topic of excavation to present sculpture, drawing, painting, installation, ceramics, photography and moving image from the last 90 years. The show also includes work by alumni Paula Rego and John Stezaker.

Bhajan Hunjan
Bhajan Hunjan, 2023

Photo of Bhajan Hunjan: Bruno Cattani Photography. Courtesy Collezione Maramotti.

Congratulations to alumna Bhajan Hunjan, who has been shortlisted for the Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2022-24. The winner will be announced on 28 March 2023 at the Whitechapel Gallery, London.

The Max Mara Art Prize for Women, in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery is a biannual award established in 2005. It is the only visual art prize of its kind and aims to promote and support artists identifying as women based in the UK, enabling them to develop their potential with the gift of time and space. The winner is awarded a six-month Italian residency tailored to fit the artist and their winning proposal for the Prize. During the residency, which is organised by Collezione Maramotti, the artist has the opportunity to realise an ambitious new project which is presented in major solo exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, UK and at Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Read more on the Whitechapel Gallery website.

Photo of Bhajan Hunjan: Bruno Cattani Photography. Courtesy Collezione Maramotti.

The Jumbee sugar cane and the Cutty Wren (panel 2)
The Jumbee sugar cane and the Cutty Wren (panel 2), Mataio Austin Dean, 2020, enlarged etching printed on Tyvek, two hessian sacks sewn with red nylon thread, dimensions variable

Alumnus Mataio Austin Dean has been selected as one of Art Review magazine's Future Greats 2023. Read the article by Larry Achiampong in Art Review, 8 February 2023.

Screenshot, holt journal, vol 1, Methodologies, January 2023
Screenshot, holt journal, vol 1, Methodologies, January 2023

The first volume of holt, a peer reviewed journal and a meeting place for sharing artistic and practice-led research, a space for generating conversations, and supporting the transition between making and disseminating, is now online. The journal was co-founded by Slade alumnae (PhD) Dana Ariel, Sarah Fortais & Dawn Gaietto. 

The papers included in this issue focus on the exploration and development of diverse creative arts research methodologies. In this publication they aim to share not only the outcomes of artistic research but the processes, reflections and methodologies through which these outcomes emerged.

Please visit the holt journal website to view the full issue.

Poster: Jos Nyreen, Patrick H Jones And Minami Kobayashi At Dinner Party Gallery
Poster: Jos Nyreen, Patrick H Jones And Minami Kobayashi At Dinner Party Gallery, December 2022

Alum Jos Nyreen is showing with Patrick H Jones and Minami Kobayashi at Dinner Party Gallery, 70 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5QA. The show is curated by Lucas Dillon. The opening is Thursday 15 December 2023, 6-9pm.The show is open until the 21st of January 2023.

When Our Worlds Meet (2022).  Photo by Rob Battersby
When Our Worlds Meet (2022).  Photo by Rob Battersby, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, 2022, installation view at FACT Liverpool

photo by Rob Battersby

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley is showing in Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley & Josèfa Ntjam at FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ, from 2 December 2022 - 9 April 2023.

This exhibition will be the final instalment of Radical Ancestry, FACT’s year-long exploration into the sense of belonging. This programme of exhibitions, projects, residencies and events look at how history, geography, biology and culture shape our ancestral history and question how technology can help us to explore new ways of thinking and experimenting with who we are.

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Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley & Josèfa Ntjam - FACT Liverpool

Wallpaper by Abi Ola at UCL Pool Street, 2022
Wallpaper by Abi Ola at UCL Pool Street, 2022

©Richard Stonehouse

Alumna Abi Ola's wallpaper “Cray and Indigo” has been installed in UCL’s new east London site, UCL East, Pool Street.The design, inspired by William Morris wallpaper designs and African textiles, was  commissioned by Professor Paola Lettieri, Pro-Provost UCL East.

Photo credit: UCL, Richard Stonehouse

Collage of photos of Stuart Cameron
Collage of photos of Stuart Cameron

We are sad to hear of the passing of alumnus Stuart Cameron, who studied at the Slade between 1970-1974. There will be two celebrations of his life in London on 12 November and Cardif, 27 January 2023. For details, please contact Sarah Wyld.