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Talented Northern artists exhibit in the Capital
Eight talented artists who were included in the recent New Light Prize Exhibition are showing their work around the capital during the Summer of 2016. Newcastle-born artist Joshua Waterhouse, whose work ‘Josephine’ won the Patron’s Choice Award at the New Light Prize Exhibition has had his...
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A New Light in London
Visual arts charity New Light is pleased to announce that it is coming to the renowned central London gallery Panter & Hall, from 27 June – 1 July 2016. Director of Panter & Hall and New Light Judge, Matthew Hall, has selected a number of artists from this year’s Prize Exhibition to show...
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Durham Artist Donates to New Light's Growing Collection
Durham-born artist and printmaker Anja Percival has generously donated three of her etchings to the New Light Collection. Award-winning artist Anja had a career in science working as a research assistant at the department of Developmental Biology at Bath University before deciding on a radical career...
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Knaresborough Artist donates to New Light's Northern Collection
Knaresborough painter and printmaker David Morris has generously donated two of his etchings to the New Light Collection. Morris, a successful printmaker based in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, studied painting and printmaking at Harrogate School of Art before continuing his studies in painting and...
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New Light prize-winner’s solo exhibition at Swinton Park
New Light prize-winner Anna Poulton whose piece ‘Figs’ won the Swinton Foundation Prize at the 2015 New Light Prize Exhibition, is showcasing an exhibition at Swinton Park in North Yorkshire. The exhibition is on show from 9 April to 3 June and will feature Anna’s mixed media drawings which lean...
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New Light prize-winner's solo exhibition at the Zillah Bell Gallery
New Light prize-winner Emma Lawrenson whose piece ‘Stone Pen’ won the Zillah Bell Printmakers Prize at the 2015 New Light Prize Exhibition, is showcasing a solo exhibition at the Zillah Bell Gallery in Thirsk as part of her prize. ‘Piecing the Landscape’ is on show from the 9 – 30 April and...
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MAXWELL DOIG DONATES TO NEW LIGHT’S GROWING COLLECTION
Huddersfield-born artist Maxwell Doig has generously donated ‘Figure Reading on Grass 1’ to The New Light Collection. Doig, a successful artist based in Yorkshire, studied at The Manchester School of Art and The Slade School of Art before launching his first solo exhibition in 1990. In 1993 he...
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Sheffield Artist wins Top Art Prize
New Light, a forward thinking charity that supports talented contemporary artists in the North of England, is delighted to announce that Broken Brutalism by Mandy Payne has been awarded the £10,000 Valeria Sykes Award at the New Light Prize Exhibition 2015. A Sheffield-based artist, Mandy studied...
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Middlesbrough Artist aims for Top Art Prize
Middlesbrough-born printmaker Neil Bousfield is celebrating having two works shortlisted for this year’s New Light Prize Exhibition which offers the region’s largest and most exciting prizes for Northern contemporary art. Neil, who studied at Teesside University, is in with a chance of winning the...
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Lancashire Artists aim for Top Art Prize
Twelve Lancashire artists are celebrating being shortlisted for this year’s New Light Prize Exhibition which offers the region’s best prizes for Northern contemporary art. All are now in with a chance of winning the £10,000 Valeria Sykes Award, and will see their work hung at the prestigious Bowes...