Natalia Gonzalez Martin is a London based artist and curator who’s work explores Catholic motifs in contemporary art. She creates small scale paintings that depict the motifs of food, the body and classical religious paintings, each work being a view into the world. Natalia grew up in Spain and is heavily Influenced by how religion is ingrained into the society. Natalia is also the co director of Subsidiaries Project which is an exhibition platform that supports contemporary artists. Follow...

Jo kitchen is an abstract painter that pushes the conventions of traditional painting techniques. Her process evolves around being fascinated by a concept and exploring that creatively. For example she recently created a series of work that focused on a chair inspired by Patti Smith’s writings, from this she created a whole series that was then published into a book. Jo works in bright colours, but she doesn’t plan or have rules to her process, she goes with instinct and what feels right. Jo...

George Wilson is a London based painter and curator who is currently studying at the Royal College of Art. George creates paintings that enter into the magical world the Goblins, with the landscape and environment inspired by the English countryside. George started this series of work a year ago while in Lockdown in Cornwall, where she has spent a large proportion of her life. George finds the colours and drama of the landscape often comes into her work. George is currently exhibited in...

Episode 21, Anna Woodward in joined by London based artist Kate Burling. Kate creates abstract paintings that investigate the concept of gunman stillness and music. Kate is interested in the feeling and energy that is felt when something is restricted and looks to portraying this in her work. Kate is currently in her second year at Camberwell however has spent most of her degree working from home. This has influenced and altered her practice, through the light and scale of her work, but also...

Lily German is a London based artists who’s work is inspired but materiality and physicality. Lily makes clay ceramic sculptures that balance between abstraction and figuration through the shapes and physical impressions made by Lily. Lily is currently exhibited in Back to Back by Bowes-Parris Gallery, which is co curated by Cassandra Bowes and Anna Woodward. The exhibition is avaliable to view on the Bowes-Parris Gallery website. Lily and Anna also discuss how lockdown has brought...

In episode 18 Anna Woodward is joined by artist and curator, Stacie McCormick. Stacie is an abstract painter who sees her making of her work as a performance through the creating of her abstract paintings. Stacie is passionate about the supporting of contemporary artist and is the founder of Unit 1 Gallery Workshop in Notting Hill. The gallery has been open for 5 years and hosts exhibitions and residencies for artists from all over the world. In the aim of the residency Stacie wanted to...

In episode 17 Anna is joined by artist Nettle Grellier, Nettle’s practice focuses on drawing and painting within the subject of portraiture and creating unique worlds. Nettle graduated from Her undergraduate at Brighton in 2015 and then moved to Spain where for two years she travelled around making work. In 2017 she set up a residency that supported emerging artists in making work on a farm in Spain. Nettle now finds that her paintings are very influenced by Spain from the landscape and arid...

Rose Shuckburgh is a Bristol based artist who’s work is inspired by the Welsh Landscape and her personal connection to the landscape. Rose works in watercolours to create abstract paintings on handmade paper, these paintings are very subtle in their tones that create rich paintings. Rose is also really interested in standby stones and the myths behind them, there is a stone circle where apparently women were dancing in a Sunday and were turned to stone. Rose has recently started to...

For episode 15 Anna is joined by the London based sculpture and painter Rafaela De Ascanio. Rafeala makes coil puts and abstract oil paintings, within her work she looks to create worlds which are inspired by sci fi, art history, the plants and performance art. She studied a Foundation at CSM and then went onto study Art History at the Courtauld, she feels that her time studying Art History actually took her away from her practice which she has now come back to making art. As a child she...

In this weeks episode Anna is joined by Tuesday Riddell a London based painting who focuses on the painting practice of Japanning. Tuesday studied BA Fine Aft at City and Guilds of London Art School where she focused on painting, however after her BA she felt that she had not found her grove in her own practice. In 2017-18 won a scholarship from the Paint Stainers Guild to a fellowship at City and Guilds focusing on traditional painting practices. This is where Tuesday learnt about japanning...

Join Anna chatting to Beatrice Hasell Mccosh, Bea is a London based artist who recently had a solo show at Blue Shop Cottage and curated All These Gestures a group show for Bowes-Parris Gallery. All these Gestures was an online exhibition that investigated artists process alongside final pieces. Due to lockdown curators Bea and Cassandra used social media to really engage viewers with the exhibition and artists practice. Bea is really inspired by tapestries and nature and often finds her...

Anna Woodward is joined by founders Jacob (Soft Punk Magazine) and Ellie (Guts Gallery.) This autumn they have co curated 13 back to back solo shows of contemporary emerging artists in London and have also had shows virtually scanned to increase accessibility, which is particularly important at the moment with less people being able to travel to exhibitions. Both Jacob and Ellie believe strongly in supporting and championing under represented emerging artists, breaking down barriers. As white...

In episode 11 Anna is joined by artists Victoria Cantons and Xu Yang and is also joined by curator and art historian Joséphine Bailey. Learn more about Victoria and Yang’s practise and how they respond and influence to each other’s work. The artists met at Wimbledon Art School while both studying their BA and soon became friends through sharing a studio together. Victoria is an incredibly creative individual having been an actor and musician before coming to art, which she feels is her best...

Chris Cawkwell is an artist and director of Art Lacuna. Chris is an installation artist who investigates commercial brands advertising such as Nike, the idea of buying into a brand and a lifestyle. Chris graduated from Wimbledon Art School in 2012 from a MA and with fellow graduates started Art Lacuna. Art Lacuna is a non for profit artist run project space in Clapham Wandsworth., they strive to support emerging artists through exhibitions and affordable studio space and believe strongly in...

Listen in to learn more about London figurative painter Kim Booker. Kim is currently exhibited in ‘After Hours’ which is curated by Anna Woodward and Cassandra Bowes. Kim graduated from City and Guilds of London Art School in 2019. Kim’s work references art history, erotica, self portrait through the abstraction of the human body. Kim sees herself as a painter and was most inspired by Roy Oxlade’s exhibition. Whilst studying Kim set up Assemblage, an artist run magazine for artists, she most...

This week Anna is joined by Joséphine Bailey who runs the Instagram account - Procrastinarting. Joséphine studied Art History at Oxford University and has now gone on to studying a Masters in Curating at Goldsmiths. Joséphine is passionate about championing female contemporary artists through exhibitions and interviews. Also listen in to hear Joséphine’s thoughts on art institutions, the commercial gallery world and the importance of supporting artists from all backgrounds. Whilst studying at...

Luke Silva is a London based artist who is currently completing a BA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins. Luke works in watercolours on paper and canvas, his work investigates video games and escapism. Luke used video games as a child to escape his reality and has family members who have used the games to escape their own mental health struggles. Luke speaks about how games create a window into another world. Luke’s work tends to be in portrait to create distance from a landscape shape seen...

This weeks guest Marcus Nelson is a painter who is currently completing a BA at Central Saint Martins. Marcus’ paintings explore male representation in masculinity and male mental health. Marcus talks about his own struggles with mental health and how he uses painting as an outlet. Last year Marcus did a placement year and worked at Mall Gallery and Parasol Unit before taking part in a residency at The Fores Project. In the last year Marcus has really started to investigate the medium of...

Manon Steyaert is a London based artist who recently graduated from a masters at Chelsea College of Art. Manon’s work investigates contemporary painting through materiality and how to approach painting as a contemporary medium. She creates abstract silicon paintings that investigate texture, colour and form. Manon recently went to Pada Studios residency in Portugal where she explored the idea of creating freestanding silicon works. In her studio she has been prepping work for a serie of solo...

In this episode Anna is joined by her studio partner Amélie Peace. They meet while both studying at City and Guilds of London Art School. Listen to learn more about Amélie’s practise and how it has developed over the past couple of years. Amélie’s work investigated human touch and the idea of embrace, a concept which is so natural to embrace your friends and family but at the moment we aren’t allowed to. Amélie’s figures hold each other so tightly they become one. What further distorts her...

Learn more about Curator Cassandra Bowes and Bowes - Parris Gallery. In this episode Cassandra talks about her role as Gallery Manager at international gallery Robilant + Voena, her experiences of studying Art History at UCL and setting up her own gallery. Find out what is Cassandra’s favourite piece in her own collection and which emerging artists and exhibitions you should check out. Find Cassandra on Instagram at @the_arts_editor and @bowesparrisgallery.

In this episode Anna interviewed Ocki from Blue Show Cottage in south London, a gallery that champions emerging artists. Learn more about Blue Shop Cottage and it’s ethos, the latests exhibitions and the advice Ocki has for emerging artists. This episode is a part of Ocki’s Blue Shop Cottage takeover on The Artists Contemporary for Frieze Week 2020. Thank you so much for listening.

Listen to the first episode of The Artists Contemporary Podcast with host Anna Woodward. This episode is all about why The Artists Contemporary was created, its ethos and who Anna Woodward the creator is. Learn more about Anna as an artists and her experiences of graduating in 2020.