by Lisa | May 7, 2020 | Artist Profile
Tamara Savchenko is an artist-explorer who never likes to be put in a box with the label on it. Savchenko has experienced life in so many ways that it is impossible for her to stick to one form of art.
Savchenko has lived in four countries, graduated as a doctor and has a PhD in medicine – she has worked as a librarian, a researcher, taught anatomy in a medical school in Russia; a sales assistant, an Avon representative, a science technician and finally a science teacher in the UK. In addition to beening a mother of two children and a wife to a successful professor of physics.
by Lisa | Apr 30, 2020 | Art News
Visual Arts Scotland are delighted to announce B!D, a 24-hour online auction featuring the work of Turner Prize winner Martin Boyce and Turner Prize nominees, Calum Innes and Christine Borland.
B!D will officially launch on the evening of Friday 1st May at 6pm
by Lisa | Apr 29, 2020 | Artist Profile
Philip James Chandler is a 29 year old portrait and figurative painter, currently based in North Yorkshire, England.
His paintings are derived from continued fascination and research of the human body, specifically the figure and the mind that occupies. Drawing on his own experiences and those of others, he explores subjects such as aesthetic satisfaction, mental health and their abstraction.
by Lisa | Apr 25, 2020 | Artist Profile
Although she grew up in an artistic environment, Kuala Lumpur-based Peisy Ting did not set out to be an artist, but a lingering affection for art and design which led her to Birmingham City University, UK where she graduated with a degree in Visual Communications in 1999. Upon her return to Malaysia, she then spent more than a decade and a half as an art director in advertising before taking a heartfelt leap to pursue her hidden passion to paint.
by Lisa | Apr 23, 2020 | Artist Profile
Katie Hallam is fascinated with the complexity of a digital image and also the unpredictable nature of how an image can be altered either intentionally or via the simple product of an error; a glitch. These errors in technology are normally fleeting moments or ‘hiccups’ in transmission where screens freeze, break up the data, crackle the sound or fuzz out completely! We all find these errors a lot less tolerated and something that just shouldn’t happen in ‘today’s world’ as we continue to strive for perfection and instant, seamless results.
