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27 APRIL – 27 MAY

 

VISIT EXIBITION

 

 

For acquisition and further information: Adarsha Ajay Amy Fitzsimons Anders Granberg Andreas Perlick Antoine Marelle Bbblob Brett Nickell Björn Nilsson Cay Schroder Colin Wright Daniela Stopponi Devid Biscontini Dorin Stefan Mogda Déy Roper Ellie Goodliffe Elisabetta Cameli Erica Wang Federico Arcangeli Francesco Niccoli Stultus Giorgia Capolongo Giulia Candotti Inga Dzintare Izzy Hart Jessica Reader Julie Abijanac Lisa Lebret Lothar Janssen Marco Pecoraro Marie Louise Elshout Melissa Graham Paola Bertoncini Qinyunyi Zhang RA Burlingame Robert Obier Robin Lind SAM [Studio Kleurklaas] Setta Muller Sung Mok Jung Thomas Ekdahl Valentina Etzi Vincent Serbin Viola Nerstrand Waldemar A.S. Buczynski Willy Vecchiato

Jonathon Downing: Idols and Projections

Jonathon Downing is a young painter originally from Town and Country, Missouri, and currently lives and works in Westland, Michigan. He is recognized for his distinctive aesthetic, which he developed during his studies at the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. Downing creates portraits that combine digital photo montage and realistic painting, resulting in visually complex and psychologically charged compositions. He draws inspiration from the public sphere of celebrities, trendsetters, and athletes, exploring how their identities are shaped through public perception. Constructed Realities Through his painterly approach, he examines the powerful influence public figures have […]

Deborah Saks: Circles of Life

Deborah Saks is an artist originally from the East Coast of the United States, who has been living in Liverpool since 2022. With a background in photography and design, Deborah unexpectedly found her way into collage after attending a workshop led by Rosemary Luckett at the Torpedo Factory Arts Center in Alexandria, Virginia. This was a key moment in which she encountered the medium of collage and became captivated by it. Collage opens up possibilities for exciting, innovative ideas and new areas of interest. Layers of Becoming Deborah creates her collages using hand-cut paper and materials such as vintage and […]

Devid Biscontini: Between Painting and Sculpture

Devid Biscontini is an artist from Gualdo Tadino, Italy, who creates sculptures and paintings by exploring the expressive potential of plastic through a unique thermoforming process. Biscontini uses coextruded plastic films that he personally selects and works with as his primary material. He shapes his sculptures using open flame and high-temperature air, creating layered surfaces marked by melting, ruptures, and chromatic stratifications. Some of his sculptures depict the female figure. The works are produced by superimposing plastic films of different colours, allowing heat to fuse, tear, or perforate the layers and reveal the tones beneath the surface. Visual language and […]

Livia Tiwari: Feminine Essence

Livia is a British-Hungarian artist whose life spans across different continents and various creative disciplines—currently based in Belgium, where she paints from the quiet alchemy of her atelier. Through her work, Livia explores surreal presences, feminine essence, metamorphosis, and states of consciousness through the relationships between vulnerability and power. Livia celebrates femininity that is bold yet gentle, reflecting the essence of feminine energy. In her artistic approach, she connects metamorphosis, raw desire, and subconscious states of consciousness. Her works invite viewers beyond the laws of nature, where she depicts floral symbols that grow into female silhouettes, coherent with the rhythm […]

Manon Wertenbroek – In guts and heads at Rose Easton, London

Rose Easton223 Cambridge Heath RdLondon E2 0EL7 March – 25 April 2026 Manon Wertenbroek’s solo exhibition In guts and heads is now on view at Rose Easton in London until 25 April The Swiss-Dutch artist presents a new series of leather and glycerin sculptures that explore the body, skin and emotional projection. Her work often investigates the tension between intimacy and discomfort, focusing on the fragile relationship between material and sensation. For this exhibition, Wertenbroek uses leather injected with glycerin, creating works that remain wet and cold to the touch. The sculptures require continuous care, introducing a strange dynamic between […]

Andreas Perlick: Chiaroscuro Fleeting Moments of Happiness

Andreas Perlick is a photographer based in Southern Germany who explores architecture and landscape through his work using a pinhole camera. Instead of presenting panoramic views of space, his focus is directed towards details—structures, light, and subtle changes within the landscape and architecture. Andreas is not interested in what can be seen with the naked eye or superficially in photography, such as a simple depiction of a building or landscape.Instead, he is drawn to the deeper experience that a place or space leaves on a person—the feelings, mood, and changes in perception that occur while being present in that space. […]

Hannah Murray – Charm at Ginny on Frederick, London

Ginny on Frederick99 Charterhouse StreetLondon EC1M 6HR6 March – 10 April 2026 Hannah Murray’s solo exhibition Charm is currently on view at Ginny on Frederick in London from 6 March to 10 April 2026 About exhibition A woman sits poised on a plush rose scalloped chair. Heavy crimson velvet curtains line the walls, their folds multiplying in the large mirror that looms behind her. Pastel pink marble sinks carved in a similarly elaborate scalloped rim complete the dressing-room tableau. She is clutching a compact mirror. Her skin is porcelain, carrying a faint, unnatural luminescence. The sequinned yellow top she wears […]

Brigitte Verstuyft: A Practice Shaped Across Generations

Belgian artist Brigitte Verstuyft returns to artistic creation following a lifelong immersion in a family of artists. Raised among canvases, brushes, and creative gestures, art has never been a profession alone, but a way of inhabiting the world. Working intuitively, Verstuyft allows colour, material, and texture to guide her process. Her recent body of work explores personal reflection through mixed media compositions, often incorporating fragments of cardboard and layered materials. Her ongoing project, Cartons volants ( Flying Cardboard ) , tranforms everyday remnants into visual narratives – capturing moments of life, memory, and transformation on canvas. Through collage, paint, and […]

Daniel Cleal: Where Chaos Becomes Composition

Daniel Cleal is a Caribbean-British graphic artist based in North London. His work explores the transformation of chaos into visual harmony, creating pieces that inspire reflection and emotional connection. Working primarily in abstract contemporary expressionism, he also creates portraits influenced by tribal line work. His multidisciplinary practice includes tattoo design, illustration, and photography. His work has been exhibited in both digital and physical exhibitions across the United States, Europe, and London, and is held in private collections internationally.

Rita Matos: Layers of Memory

Rita Matos is an abstract painter based in London whose practice is grounded in the act of leaving a trace, where her artistic expression becomes a space of continuous exploration, change, and accumulation.Her works develop intuitively, through a gradual process of adding, covering, and removing layers.Each stroke leaves an imprint as a record of a certain moment and a visual structure of emergence through the emotional depths of memory. Process and Mark-Making Through such a process, the painting ceases to be a static object and becomes a dynamic field of relations between gesture, material, and time.The layers do not function […]

Ulrike Pichl: Photography and Poetry as a Form of Expression

Today, we are writing about Ulrike Pichl, a German artist who is also a photographer and poet. Born in 1985 in Nuremberg, from an early age she combined art and language, eventually graduating in communication design with a thesis in photography. Photography has accompanied her throughout her life, first through her family tradition of analog photography and working in the darkroom, and later through formal education. Writing is also a constant presence in her life; her artistic expression is a blend of photography and poems. What makes her work special is the personal dimension that, through her pieces, conveys an […]

Anna Shipulina’s Ceramic Practice as Self-Discovery

Anna Shipulina is a ceramic artist currently based in the United States, where she moved from Russia in 2011. Before discovering ceramics, she was balancing family life, homeschooling her son, and contributing to a successful family business — a period she describes as overwhelming and disconnected from her creative side. However, in 2020, when the lockdown occurred and the world quieted down a bit, Anna began an intensive journey of self-work and self-discovery. She worked on herself through therapy, reading books, and attending various workshops on self-awareness.   It was during this period that she first encountered ceramics, which would […]

Open Call — Artist Features

Noire Journal is currently accepting submissions from artists for editorial features and showcasing their work on the platform. The call is open to authors from various fields — painting, photography, ceramics, objects, textiles, jewelry, design, installation, and other contemporary art practices. We are particularly interested in individual approaches, material exploration, and works that develop a personal visual language. What the feature includes:— editorial text and presentation of the work— selection and structuring of materials— publication on the platform— sharing via digital channels To apply, please send:— bio— artist statement (if available)— 5–10 works— link to website/s or social media to: […]

Diane Benoit du Rey – A Sense of Light

Today’s feature is Diane Benoit du Rey, a French painter whose practice develops at the intersection of perception and the presence of light. Born in 1989, she studied painting at an art school, and her path was shaped through residencies in France and abroad; after graduation, she chose to settle in Paris. The year 2023 was significant for Diane, as her work was presented in the major institutional exhibition Hypnose at Espace Richaud in Versailles. In 2025, she presented her work at Art Basel — the largest art fair in the world — in Paris and Miami Beach. At the […]

Marylocki: A Practice of Inner Reflection

Today, we present Mary, an inspirational artist working under the pseudonym Marylocki. She is originally from Ukraine, where she studied at the Grekov Art College in Odessa. There she developed her relationship with colour, both technically and emotionally. Colour theory has become an important part of her artistic thinking and creative expression. Making art has been a daily part of her life for as long as she can remember; she says she cannot imagine living without it. She describes it as an essential daily ritual. The goal and purpose of her works are for people to experience visual peace and […]