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Class of 2022: A guide to all the UK's graduate shows this summer

Creative Boom

So whether you're a senior designer scouting around for talent, a creative student looking ahead to your own event in the future, or just someone wanting to be inspired by great work, check out these great shows. And if you're exhibiting yourself, we wish you the very best of luck! Degree Show , Slade School of Fine Art.

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Iconic buildings from movies and architecture recreated as birdhouses

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This was inspired by Philip Johnson's AT&T building in NYC," says Jason. We find out what inspired the project and the thinking behind it. We find out what inspired the project and the thinking behind it. There's even one inspired by the legendary Manchester nightclub The Hacienda!

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Artist Sarah Graham on raising awareness for bipolar disorder and how art saved her life

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Now in recovery from 18 years of mental health difficulties and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder eight years ago, Sarah strongly believes that if it weren't for art, she wouldn't be here today. Her experience with bipolar disorder has helped inspire and shape her work. She admits that art has always got her through difficult times.

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Yayoi Kusama’s Current Exhibition Offers a New Infinity

Design Milk

Ten years later, the 94-year-old Kusama presents a brand new (and much bigger) Infinity Room , included within a dazzling four-room exhibition that includes polka-dotted pumpkin walls, towering flowers, and new abstract paintings. The exhibition page features some great full images of individual paintings (scroll near bottom of that link).

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Patrick Nelson's breathtaking collages bring a graphic design sensibility to the world of art

Creative Boom

He explains how he transitioned from graphic designer to full-time artist and what inspires his work today. In 2020 he was featured in the De Young Open in San Francisco, a juried community art exhibition. In mid-2020, I took the leap of faith and began a full-time art career. © Patrick Nelson.

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Textile artist Anya Paintsil incorporates humour, hair and folklore to tell stories of her dual heritage

Creative Boom

A lot of my work is inspired by my own life, childhood memories and experiences," says Anya Paintsil , an artist who grew up in a town located in North Wales. She grew up speaking Welsh and always had a "weird little art practice" going on the side, even though she wasn't much a fan of school or art, for that matter.

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Against the Ream: An Expansive Exhibition Invites Thirteen Artists to Explore the Vast ‘Possibilities of Paper’

Colossal

All images courtesy of the artists and the Torggler Fine Arts Center, © the artists, shared with permission From intricate, laser-cut tendrils to vibrantly patterned collages, a new exhibition at The Torggler in Newport News, Virginia, explores the vast potential of a conventionally utilitarian material.