A category for contemporary artworks created by young artists whose careers are on the rise. In addition to younger artists and newer works, the category also includes artists who are relatively under-recognized but for the most part considered on the path to critical and/or market acceptance. While characteristically championed by smaller galleries and art fairs focused on younger artists, larger galleries and institutions regularly focus their energy on so-called emerging artists to define new styles and careers.
An emerging artist is someone who’s in the early stage of their career, someone who’s caught the eye of an art critic and/or gallery, but hasn’t yet established a solid reputation as an artist amongst art critics, art buyers, and art galleries
14 May 2021 • Lee Sharrock
For the latest edition of ‘The Upcoming’, Lee Sharrock spoke to French sculptor Nicolas Dobkine. Dobkine studied Art History at the Sorbonne in Paris, becoming interested in anthropology and the representation of human beings throughout the history of art.
22 April 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Artist Amy Beager spoke to Lee Sharrock about her career to date, the ‘Cassandra Syndrome’, her inspirations ranging from classical… Read More
21 April 2021 • Mark Westall
New gallery where’s the frame? has announced PAPER MODE – their first-ever virtual exhibition presenting up-and-coming London based artists
26 March 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Lee Sharrock connected with self-taught Los-Angeles-based artist Devon DeJardin in advance of his upcoming solo show with DENK Gallery in… Read More
13 March 2021 • Mark Westall
Frieze today announced details of the 2021 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award, in collaboration with Endeavor Content and… Read More
10 March 2021 • Lee Sharrock
In a week that kicked off with International Women’s Day celebrating women all around the world, Lee Sharrock talks to upcoming artist and interior designer Celine Ali
9 March 2021 • Verity Babbs
Masha Keryan’s works are concentrated punches of colour that hit you with a real force. Keryan’s understanding of colour is… Read More
8 March 2021 • Mark Westall
Katrina Russell-Adams is a South London based, self-taught artist known for her vividly abstract two and three-dimensional artworks which feature geometrical shapes and a refined colour palette.
3 March 2021 • Mark Westall
In a cross over between the comfort of the kitchen and the dominion of the studio, it felt perfect that… Read More
13 November 2020 • Mark Westall
Revealed as part of the BOMBAY BRAMBLE Ripe for Discovery campaign, three up and coming artists have been commissioned in… Read More
11 November 2020 • Mark Westall
Revealed as part of the BOMBAY BRAMBLE Ripe For Discovery campaign three up and coming artists have been commissioned in partnership with art-lover and actor Russell Tovey to create distinctive limited-edition artwork labels.
6 November 2020 • Mark Westall
Revealed as part of the BOMBAY BRAMBLE Ripe For Discovery campaign three up and coming artists have been commissioned in partnership with art-lover and actor Russell Tovey to create distinctive limited-edition artwork labels.
23 September 2020 • Irene Machetti
The School for Curatorial Studies Venice is back with the project ‘Whatever it takes’ — a three-day barter market. Visitors will be able to secure the exhibited artworks at one condition: no money is allowed.
1 September 2020 • Mark Westall
We managed to catch up with up & coming contemporary painter Kwesi Botchway at his studio Worldfaze to ask some questions about his art practice and his up coming solo exhibition in London.
19 March 2020 • Mark Westall
A new major sculpture commission from emerging artist Alice Irwin has turned the iconic grand piazza in Halifax’s Piece Hall into a playground for the artists cast of distinctive characters
24 September 2019 • Irene Machetti
Michelle Poonawalla will present a large-scale work titled Introspection at the START Art Fair (Saatchi Gallery, London, 26-29th September).
20 November 2018 • Mark Westall
Alice Irwin is a recent MA graduate in Printmaking from the Royal College of Art. Working with themes and imagery drawn from childhood memories, she creates bold and distinctive work
24 September 2018 • Mark Westall
Sarah Martin is a bold up and coming artist, Sarah’s first solo exhibition is set to launch at the Alex Eagle shop in Soho during Frieze Week
11 June 2018 • Mark Westall
‘SMUT’ is a two-person exhibition of emerging British artists Jamie Fitzpatrick and Lindsey Mendick, whose practices explore a shared interest in gender, high and low cultural histories, and the relevance of the figure in image-making. Opening during Art Basel at Vitrine gallery Basel.
14 March 2018 • Mark Westall
Marlon Diggs is a self-taught artist from Newport News, VA living in the Washington DC area. Born in 1987 Diggs began to pursue art as a child drawing everything from cartoons, comics, action figures and athletes.
16 November 2017 • Mark Westall
Charles Jeffrey’s first solo exhibition, THE COME UP will be an interactive and three-dimensional representation of the LOVERBOY brand and cult club night.
15 June 2017 • Staff
Italian London-based artist Bea Bonafini creates sumptuous immersive environments that hover on the border between functionality and objet d’art, craftsmanship and artistry.
26 May 2017 • Staff
British artist Hannah Perry took over Manhattan during Frieze New York this year, with a solo show that opened on 3rd May at Arsenal Contemporary entitled Viruses Worth Spreading (on until 2nd July 2017).
27 April 2017 • Staff
2016 Slade graduate and future Bloomberg New Contemporary Devlin Shea reveals what drives her figurative drawing and painting practice.
