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NBA SPONSORS WINCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART 2008 DEGREE SHOW
NBA takes pleasure in sponsoring the 2008 BA Fine Art Degree Show at Winchester School of Art.
We have found many of our new graduate artists at WSA and look forward to seeing what this year's new crop of artists will produce for the show.
NBA SPONSORS NATIONAL OPEN ART EXHIBITION
NBA will be sponsoring, for the second time, the Viewers Choice Prize at the 2008 National Open Art Exhibition In November. You can view the work of last year's winner, Johanna Wilbraham, on her pages.
This event, previously the Chichester Open Art Competition, will be building on its success last year under the guidance of the new chairman, Neil Lawson-Baker. Professor Maurice Cockrill RA, Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools will continue as Chair of the Judges. The First Prize will now be £15-20,000, with other prizes including Young Artist 21 and under.
You can keep abreast of developments by going to www.chichesteropenart.co.uk where artists can download an entry form.
POPULAR ARTIST OFF TO CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Arnet is one of our most unusual artists. Self-taught, Arnet’s chronicle of the changing sky from his bedroom window has proved extremely popular. Having obtained a First in BA English he will be starting a post graduate degree at Cambridge University later this year. In the meantime he continues to hone his artistic skills and dazzle our eyes with his photorealistic paintings.
PRIZEWINNING ARTIST AT THE MARCH FINE ART SHOWS
Viewer’s Choice Chichester Open Art Exhibition prizewinner Johanna Wilbraham will be showing six new portraits at the forthcoming art fairs.
In addition to gaining the popular vote of the viewing public, Johanna’s large portrait work was also highly commended by the panel of judges including the Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools, Maurice Cockrill R.A.
New paintings have been inspired by her work at an orphanage for destitute children in India during 2007. Part of the proceeds from the sale of her work will be donated to the orphanage.
View biography of Johanna Wilbraham
New Work from Li Chevalier
Li Chevalier is one of the emerging contemporary Chinese artists working at the crossroad of West and East. After studying art in France Li completed a post-graduate degree at one of the top London art schools in 2007.
Li has staged more than 35 solo and group exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East and the Far East during the last 10 years. Her works have been shortlisted by some major French Art Salons including the Salon of the prestigious French National Fine Arts Society. More recently, Li was among the shortlisted artists for the Celeste Art Prize and a finalist for the Mercury Prize. Her work was also exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2007. We were very pleased to show her work at the October 2007 Affordable Art Fair where she sold out.
Currently studying and working in Beijing we now have three new works to offer exclusively at the forthcoming Northern Art Show and Glasgow Art Fair, both in March 2008. These paintings are also available now from the website.
Li's artistic roots originate from her Chinese heritage but also draw upon her exploration of European culture. In empathy with the spirit of the Experimental Ink and Wash movement, a new Chinese art form, her collection of ink and wash paintings on canvas represent a unique approach and fruitful union of Chinese and European aesthetics, a successfully mixture of western and eastern art media.
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