LUNGS

A contemporary art publication featuring the work of emerging artists. North East, UK

[lungsproject]

We had such a great time at the launch of Lungs!! So grateful to all of the artists who participated and to everyone that made it down to Independent. Copies of the magazine are still available here.

[lungsproject]

Party, Party!

We are celebrating the launch of Lungs with a party at Independent, September 15th! Included will be an exhibition featuring 15 of the 30 artists whose work appears in the magazine.

[lungsproject]

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Louise Winter

http://louisewinter.hotglue.me/

Louise is an artist, writer and curator based in Newcastle and a studio holder at The Newbridge Project. In 2011 she graduated with an MA in Fine Art from Northumbria University and, since then, has exhibited regularly across the UK and internationally.

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Simone Truong

www.simone-truong.com

Simone Truong’s pieces juxtapose the beautiful with the morbid, offering euphoric moments emerging from stark backgrounds graced with fragile flowers to instances of despondency, often dark in appearance, yet remaining equitably as elegant.

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Sheyda Porter

www.sheydaporter.com

Sheyda Porter’s practice involves collecting discarded everyday objects and unifying them under one colour through a painterly process. She has created Idea Generating Machines to be able to investigate the lineage of contemporary sculpture through surface, form, texture and composition, while at the same time, to ignite a thinking process in producing ideas for both the audience and herself.

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Rosario Rivas Leal

http://purplekyloe.com/

Rosario Rivas Leal, A.K.A. Purple Kyloe is an Animator and Designer based in Newcastle, via Argentina. A recent graduate from the University of Sunderland, she has a special interest in post-production and compositing.

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Rebecca Gavigan & Victoria McDermott

Rebecca Gavigan and Victoria McDermott are visual artists based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Gavigan graduated from Northumbria University in 2016 and is currently one of the directors of CSN: Colour Studio Northumbria. Victoria McDermott is a current Northumbria University student. Their most recent collaboration, BRACKET SPACE BRACKET was held at Woon Space, Baltic 39.    

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Paul Burgess

www.pbgd.co.uk

Graphic Designer / Illustrator from (and based in) South Shields. Inspired by folklore, cult film, symmetry and duality.

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Namita Vijayakumar

namitavijayakumar.com

Namita Vijayakumar is an artist from Stockton-on-Tees, who graduated from Newcastle University in 2015 with a BA Honours degree in Fine Art. Her practice primarily consists of abstract, intricate drawings made with pencil or ink, and also includes other mediums such as sculpture and installation. 

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Michael Daglish

Michael is a visual artist working with the constructed image as a form of investigation into ideas around existence and existential phenomenology. His work takes great influence from both philosophical teaching as well as the encountered world around him.

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Mary Trodden

http://marytrodden2.wix.com/mary-trodden

Mary Trodden is an artist who grew up in the north of England with a strong love of mythic and local stories. She studied at Newcastle College and Edinburgh College of Art with a great interest in the tradition of painting and classically constructed image. 

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Mary Lou Springstead

www.marylouspringstead.com

Mary Lou Springstead was born in Brooksville, Florida. She creates visceral narrative paintings which juxtapose characters, signs and settings. She is influenced by Surrealism, Expressionism, Visionary and Outsider Art.

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Maria Ferrie

Maria Ferrie creates depictions from northeast England, where she now works, to Southern Spain, where she spent her adolescence. She uses cameras intuitively, with a reflective intention and a cathartic purpose. Her photography is driven by a sense of intrigue and the interconnectedness of being in daily reality.

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Louise Scott

Louise Scott is concerned with the delay, the state that occurs intuitively between thought and action in the process of art making. Playful decisions, gestures are toyed with and become forms. The presentation is stripped of extraneous detail to maintain the ‘truth’ to the moment when the ‘right’ image is captured.

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Leanne Pearce

leannepearce.co.uk 

Leanne has specialised in portraiture since the early 2000's over which time she has developed a fresh and dynamic approach to capturing the likeness and character of the sitter.

[lungsproject]

Lungs Project, 2016: Julie Bemment

http://juliebemmentfineart.com

Julie Louise Bemment is an artist known for working across photography, sculpture, and painting. Her practice explores our relationship to the world around us, inspired by an interest in astronomy, therefore considering human perception, experience and the presence/non-presence of 3 dimensional objects.