Coventry Artspace

Coventry Artspace is a charity dedicated to supporting and developing the visual arts in Coventry for the benefit of its citizens.

SHOOT Festival 2019

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Artspace supported Shoot Festival 2017 with an exhibition from our graduate resident of the time, Natalie Seymour.  In 2019 we were delighted to be a partner supporting the the development of a visual art strand to the Festival alongside the music and performance strands.  Industry judges Ryan Hughes (Coventry Biennial), Craig Ashley (New Art West […]

Bev Hartley

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  Bev is a founder member of Coventry Printmakers Instagram: @coventryprintmakers   Photograph by Taskin Capar

Chidera Ugada

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Chidera Ugada   Chidy makes artwork incorporating mixed media in the field of painting and drawing. He focuses on mark making and texturing as a way to re-interpret images. website   Photograph by Taskin Capar

Photo Archive Miners

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Photo Archive Miners, Mark (left), Jason (right) and Ben (out!) work with communities to create new narratives of everyday life through exhibitions, films and online and print publications.   www.photomining.org @PhotoMining

Andy Webster

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Andy has a doctorate in Fine Art practice, awarded by the University of Arts, London, a Masters in Fine Art from the University of Brighton, and BA (Hons) Fine Art from Manchester Metropolitan University. Andy currently works between Coventry and Belfast.  He works individually and collaboratively across sculpture, performance, moving image, sound, drawing and curatorial […]

Adam Neal

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Adam is a visual artist who seeks to investigate, explore and define ‘working-class’ culture through the lens of his family relationships and upbringing. Adam predominately realises his ideas through the use of digital processes such as film, photography and sound. Website Instagram   Photograph by Taskin Capar

Bottle Blonde

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Bottle Blonde is a creative business developed by Artspace Studio Holder and Fashion Designer Chloe Hollingworth.  They produce clothing for the bold and brave.

Launch of ‘We Are Luminous’ Nov 18 – Review

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Last month, artist and Artspace trustee Hannah Sutherland and artist studio holder Carol Breen launched a new, Coventry based, moving image forum called ‘We Are Luminous’.  To get involved with the group follow them on instagram (we_are_luminous) or Facebook (WeAreLuminous). Carol told us, ‘Our inspiration for the launch event came from Cai Guo Qiang’s One […]

Graduates-in-residence November blogspot

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Our graduate artists Adam and Helen reflect here on the first month of their residency and the challenges recent graduates face when they no longer have access to the support of peers and tutors.  Their honesty and openness will no doubt chime with many others.  While Adam and Helen will of course benefit from the […]

On Backbone, by artist Ann Simpson

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Ann Simpson is a member of The Shared Collective and comments here about her experience of working on an Art of Curation project with curator Anna Douglas to create the exhibition Backbone at Arcadia Gallery (2-10 November 2018).   Working as an artist collective under the guidance of Anna Douglas Curator has been the key to […]