Just been asked to do The Angle Christmas Fair at The Candid Galleries if anyone fancies coming this weekend... http://www.candidarts.net/events/profile/43

Featured Artist with Fiumano Fine Art too! Boy this is my week!!! http://www.fiumanofineart.com/featured-artist/beth-nicholas-2/

Oooooh I got "Spotlight Artist" on the Debut contemporary web-site! http://www.debutcontemporary.com/ Read all about me!!

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARTIST

I would like to invite you all to come along this Saturday, 26th November 12-4pm when there will be a spotlight on my work at the Debut Contemporary Gallery, 82 Westbourne Grove, London W2. As you may know, a lot of my work features the written word - streams of consciousness that become integrated within the context of each piece. Throughout the day at Debut, I will be working on this aspect of my work. People can even select a piece that they would like to see me working on and have a conversation with me while I work. They can talk to me about anything that comes into their heads, the beauty of my writing being that it is barely legible, so that whatever I write will remain confidential, absorbed into the piece of art it will hold its secret for ever.

Hope to see you there.

Fundraising to get my work "Out there"!

Please help my work go to LA! Art work for sale by brilliant emerging artists from £15!! Every little helps! http://tinyurl.com/c7f77ks

LONDON CALLING - LA

THE LONDON EMERGING ART SCENE HITS ORANGE COUNTY

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

December 21, 2011 – January 12, 2012

This December, an intrepid group of emerging Contemporary British Artists from London’s Debut Contemporary exhibit in LA at The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) - known to present cutting-edge artwork since 1980.

The roster of artists reads like a who’s who of the young, UK art scene with involvement from Rosie Emerson, Tahnee Lonsdale and Agnetha Sjogren, amongst others. The incredibly talented artists have a wide number of achievements amongst them including Nicola Anthony who has received exhibition sponsorship from Tate Britain, had pieces shown at Tate Modern; Tinsel Edwards who has both Saatchi and Banksy as collectors of her work; and Rosie Emerson who recently exhibited at The Southbank Centre as part of The Women of The World Festival, Somerset House, as well as being featured in Vogue.

Selected by OCCCA Executive Directors and Curators, the flavour is undeniably British. It centres around the culture and vibrancy of the London and LA scenes, with works such as 'Benji' by Victoria Heald which references a pose taken from Antonioni's iconic 1966 film 'Blow-Up' - the epitome of 1960s 'Swinging London'.

Perhaps the most exciting thing about this collective is that in our climate of limited art funding, the artists have taken<> it upon themselves to promote and raise the profile of the London Art scene overseas. They are working collaboratively to come up with creative solutions, opposing the diminution of diversity in art, and extending the reach of UK arts: Fundraising to get as many of the talented artists to LA as possible, to be true ambassadors of the London art scene. They are empowering themselves to create their own opportunities. Find out more on their fundraising platform and Etsy art shop.

The Debut Contemporary artists were invited to show at OCCCA - having been discovered by their Head of Outreach, Joella March at a unique alternative LA Art Fair which they were showcased at during September 2011, alongside some of LA’s leading artists, curators and art industry heavyweights. During September, the artists attracted attention from the likes of LACE of Hollywood Boulevard and MOCA amongst other galleries from the buzzing Los Angeles art scene.Samir Ceric, Director of London’s Debut Contemporary notes passionately, “I feel this is just the beginning of a very exciting project which has come out of this unique way of collaborating between Debut Artists and art professionals in the industry... One of Debut's very important roles is to serve as conduits of information and opportunities between the Debut collective and community and the art world at large.”

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Find more of their work in the fundraising Etsy art shop

LONDON CALLING – LA

OCCCA, Orange County, USA

December 21, 2011 – January 12, 2012

List of London Calling exhibiting Artists:

Abigail Box, Agnetha Sjogren, Alyona Larinova, Azadeh Fatehrad, Beth Nicholas, Carlos Martyn Burgos, Chantal Powell, Darren MacPherson, Katerina Stavrou, Katerina James, Kimi Wylde, Henry Wood, Joe Cruz, Lloyd Durling, Lyndsay Martin, Masa Suzuki, Nicola Anthony, Rachel Noble, Rosie Emerson, Robert West, Senghye Yang, Silvia Krupinska, Sylvia Morgado, Sun Ae Kim, Tinsel Edwards, Tahnee Lonsdale, Twinkle Troughton, Victoria Heald, Vikram Kushwah

OCCCA acts as a catalyst for self-organised initiatives with a keen focus on social engagement, intellectual and cultural exchange and endeavours to produce a forward-thinking intellectual framework. LA  www.occca.org

Debut Contemporary showcases new works by a group of internationally bold and incredibly talented contemporary artists http://www.debutcontemporary.com

For press enquiries and high res images, please contact Ben Austin at Fluff PR , Tel: 020 7424 9599/ 07703 185291 ben@fluffpr.com

 

Come and see me!

I have my very first "Open Studios" coming up, it would be lovely if you could make it!

If you need any more information please do not hesitate to contact me.

On another note and a quick update, the gallery sold 11 pieces at the Affordable Art Fair and has asked me to be in her Christmas show, which is great news. As we speak she and some of my work are flying to Singapore, as of this weekend I will be an internationally exhibiting artist!

I've also been selected through Debut Contemporary to be part of a show going to LA exhibiting at OCCCA - Orange County Center for Contemporary Art!

That's all for now!

The Affodable Art Fair

This is just an update of work available from Fiumano Fine Art Gallery at The Affordable Art Fair (Hampstead) 27th-30th October. The gallery has made me a "Gallery Artists Page" click here to see it! So that's very exciting, they have decided to take all the new work that I have produced since moving back to London, so we have to keep our fingers crossed it ALL sells! Below are some more images of new work heading for the fair. I have half price tickets so let me know if you would like one.

 

Dreaming Again

2011

Ink

45 x 50cm

 

Dreaming

2011

Ink

30 x 50cm

 

Floating

2011

Ink

30 x 40cm

 

Life in a Title

2011

Ink

30 x 40cm

 

Living and Learning

2011

Ink

30 x 50cm

 

Looking After You

2011

Ink

30 x 40cm

 

Stary Night

2011

Ink

23 x 30cm

 

Waterfalls

2011

Ink

33 x 60cm

Keeping up to date

Oceans of Time

2011

Ink

56 x 30cm 

So a week has gone by since I last wrote to you and during that time we've had a media training session at Debut Contemporary, which was so frightening I can't tell you!

I was shaking like a leaf!

We had to do a pitch for our work in front of a camera, it was called an "Elevator Pitch" basically the theory is a pitch that takes as much time as you would have in a lift with a stranger. I decided that I wouldn't do what I normally do, I would get involved immediately and stand up within the first few people. Essentially in my enthusiasm that meant I was the third person up. I took "The Garment" as a prop and tried to tell everyone about my work.

Of course later I regretted standing up SO quickly, I suppose the best thing is to stand up three quarters of the way through, before they run out of time but when you've gleaned as much information as you need and have seen lots of other people shaking like leaves, so that it doesn't feel so bad!

Needless to say I'm not too sure my pitch went very well and I can usually do that sort of thing,  I generally really like talking about my work. I didn't give myself enough time to think things through. I learnt a huge amount though and think that I would do much better next time.

Any way went to pick up some work from the framers this week to deliver to Fuimano Fine Art Gallery on the 19th and everything looks beautiful so I'm really happy about that. Here is some of it...

 

Fading Memories

2011

Ink

55 x 30cm

 

Sifting Through

2011

Ink

55 x 30cm

 

Still Thinking Of You

2011

Ink

55 x 30cm

 

Oceans of Time 2

2011

Ink

56 x 30cm

 

Still Missing You

2011

Ink

40 x 25cm

 

The Warmth of Your Embrace

2011

Ink

55 x 30cm

 

Your Gentle Soul

2011

Ink

50 x 40cm

Don't forget folks this Wednesday 5th October is the Private View at Debut Contemporary 6-9pm and I have some brand new work there this time... I haven't even published it on my blog, it's the biggest piece I have made since leaving Wycombe and sits 113cm x 26cm long, its called "Catching the Waves".

As always, any feedback is very thankfully received.

New beginnings...

Beginning Again.

2011

Ink

38 x 26cm

My residency at Wycombe Abbey School ended in July and I have moved back to London. Everything's taking a little time to get settled but exciting things have happened in the mean time which I'm dying to tell you all about!

Before the end of term I was contacted by a gallery called Debut Contemporary and invited to apply for their scheme for emerging artists. Once I had applied and been given an interview I was offered a place out of over 1000 applicants! I am with them initially for three months and if everything goes smoothly and we both feel we would like to carry on I will stay for three more and so on. Below is a little bit about them in their own words...

DEBUT Contemporary is an innovative platform aimed at talented and ambitious artists interested and eager to turn their art practice into a successful career and a viable business. DEBUT is the only professional development and career empowerment platform of its kind in the UK and follows on from the success the founders Samir Ceric and Zoe Knight, husband and wife duo, achieved through the launch of Salon Contemporary and Wolf & Badger which earned them the industry titles such as ‘One of the UK’s Most Powerful Couples in Art & Fashion’ (The Times Magazines), ‘Kingmakers of Creative Talent’ (International Life Magazine), ‘London’s Top Tastemakers’ (Time Out London), to name a few. The couple appeared in more than 100 publications in the past 18 months and has been labelled by many industry heavyweights as ‘the force to be reckoned with’.

So I have a lecture by different people in the art industry every week and I get taught how to push my work and gain a successful career and a viable business, as well as my work being on permanent display in Notting Hill for three months at least!

I have had the first Private View on the first Wednesday of September and the second is fast approaching- Wednesday 5th October. If you would like to come please send me a message and I will get you on the guest list.

 In other news I have produced some new work which will be taken to The Affordable Art Fair by a lovely Gallery called Fiumano Fine Art, what ever is not sold will be making it's way to Singapore for an arts fair there in November, so it's all go! Below are some images of the new work and my new direction- working on cartridge paper, the ink reacts completely differently which is very exciting. I hope you like them, please do give me some feedback, it's always important to know what people think.

Hiding Away

2011

Ink

37 x 46cm

Hoping

2011

Ink

26.5 x 51cm

Seeing You

2011

Ink

26.5 x 59cm

Watching You Drift
2011
Ink
38 x 26cm