The brainchild of Muz Azar, HQI is an artist run non-profit which works with owners of vacant buildings to provide long-term arts facilities to visual and recording artists. The initiative’s first space, HQI The Rotunda, is inside a former BBC social club in White City, London. The project was born from a desire to establish…
Nassau-based Bahamian artist Cydne Jasmin Coleby considers the matriarchs of the family in her latest body of work. The digital and mixed media collage artist attended The University of The Bahamas, and following a career in graphic design returned to her art practice, going onto exhibit extensively in her native country as well as more…
From 7 April–15 May 2021, New York’s Fridman Gallery is set to present the first major solo exhibition in the US of Remy Jungerman, whose works explore the intersection of pattern and symbol in Surinamese-Maroon culture, the larger African Diaspora, Jazz, and 20th Century Modernism. Entitled Brilliant Corners, the exhibition deals with the intersecting histories…
Presented by MAAT, Lisbon’s Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, and running until 6 September 2021, X is Not a Small Country — Unravelling the Post-Global Era is an exhibition that tangentially explores our current post-global condition. Curated by Aric Chen, with Martina Muzi, the show includes nine newly created projects by international practitioners working…
Cairo-born, Toronto-based artist Nadia Gohar’s work tangentially explores themes of memory and identity, confronting cultural dislocation through objects, habits and language. Embracing diverse mediums from installation and sculpture to painting, the artist examines the complex relationship between object and memory, pondering the notion that objects can convey and ultimately preserve our identities. Regarding memory as…
London born and based artist Jessie Makinson’s mesmeric paintings are funhouse mirrors of historical and literary references, reflecting eclectic allusions askew. Discover nods to 18th century brothel scenes and Georgian parlour games, ancient folklore and contemporary eco sci-fi. The titles of her works come from similarly diverse and diffuse sources – overheard snippets of conversation,…
Launched in 2019, Yueqi Qi, the eponymous label of Chinese designer Yueqi Qi, takes inspiration from traditional Chinese culture, playfully exploring mutations of tradition through contemporary expressions of craft. Complex and delicate beadwork take centre stage in the designer’s collections, which include everything from intricately crafted tops and dresses, to footwear, jewellery, and even homeware…
South Korean designer Goom Heo, behind the eponymous label GOOMHEO, was raised between Jinju, South Korea and Springfield, Illinois, before relocating to London, where she attended Central Saint Martins to study fashion design. Both her BA and MA collections earned her venerable L’Oréal Professionnel Creative Awards, and the young designer was swiftly taken under the…