Members Interview
Mónica Nicolau creates textile artworks that transform as light moves across their richly stitched surfaces. Working with commercial cotton fabrics, oil paint, cotton batting, and free-motion machine quilting, she builds dimensional compositions that sit somewhere between painting and sculpture
Discover five practical ways artists can make their work easier to find, from targeted visibility and searchable profiles to physical spaces and creative communities.
Five art documentaries that offer fascinating glimpses into artists, the art market, museums, collections, and the stories behind the art world.
Leigh Witherell uses the human figure to explore the emotions people often struggle to put into words. Working primarily through figurative painting, she creates intimate images shaped by grief, love, vulnerability, loss, and resilience. Her practice is deeply intuitive, beginning with emotion rather than anatomy or gesture, and her figures have evolved alongside her own experience of grief after the unexpected loss of her daughter in 2021. Witherell’s work also examines male vulnerability, unspoken feelings, and the stories carried quietly by those around us. Through projects such as The Invisibility Project,…
Discover four upcoming open calls for women artists, from virtual exhibitions and international competitions to fellowships and physical group shows.
Meet five women who stepped beyond the role of the muse to become artists in their own right, from Suzanne Valadon to Lee Miller.
Social media can be a powerful tool for artists, but it can also affect creativity, confidence, and wellbeing. Discover five practical ways to build a healthier relationship with social media while protecting your creative practice.
J Reeves creates flowing abstract paintings inspired by nature, memory, water, and the freedom of seeing something different in every shape. Working primarily in acrylic, she builds organic compositions without sketches or predetermined plans, allowing one form and colour to respond naturally to the next. Her paintings may suggest birds, fish, leaves, or sea life to different viewers, but she embraces that uncertainty as part of what makes abstraction personal. After spending years creating work based on what she thought others wanted, J eventually gave herself permission to paint more intuitively,…
Explore five artworks from Life, Love and Everything She Creates, a virtual exhibition featuring 50 women artists and their unique perspectives on life, love, memory, and everyday experiences.
Discover the creative journey of Joanna Pilarczyk, from her childhood in Poland and television-inspired colour palette to her vibrant figurative paintings in London.