An ArtCan Exhibition sponsored by Suna Interior Design 25th – 31st October 2024‘Downstairs at The Department Store’ – 248 Ferndale Road, Brixton, SW9 8FRCurators: Rebecca Tucker, Lee Eveson and Jill Desborough Strands… · different parts of an idea, a plan, a story, etc  · an element that forms part of a complex whole. 70 artists,… Read more: Strands

International non-profit arts organisation ArtCan will host another edition of it’s popular annual fundraiser ‘From ArtCan With Love’, at Bermondsey Project Space in London Bridge on 23rd July. From ArtCan with Love is a one-night-only event offering postcard sized contemporary artworks donated by ArtCan artist members worldwide. Hundreds of unique pieces will be available for just… Read more: Postcard Sized Masterpieces on Sale Supporting Artists Worldwide

Inky Fingers, London3rd-14th July 2024Private View: 3rd July, 6-9pm Curators: Liz Whiteman Smith – Emmanuelle Orr – Debbie Tearle – Sarah Hamilton ArtCan invites you to Fiesta! – an exciting new summer exhibition celebrating ArtCan artists’ incredible talent, being held at Inky Fingers gallery in London. Fiesta! is a visual response to the act or feeling of… Read more: Fiesta!

16th – 28th APRIL 2024 Anteros Art Foundation, 11-15 Fye Bridge Street, Norwich, NR3 1LJ Curators: ArtCan East Anglia ArtCan is pleased to present Passing Through, an exhibition of eleven ArtCan East Anglia artists. The artists share the belief that ‘we mark our time here through our experiences and imagination in our work.’ Each artist… Read more: Passing Through

Curators: ArtCan East Anglia STAMFORD ARTS CENTRE GALLERY27 St Mary’s St Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2DL 5th – 16th March 2024 ArtCan is pleased to present ‘ILLUMINATE’ exhibition organised by the ArtCan East Anglia group in the town of Stamford. Stamford Arts Centre Gallery will host the work of 10 artists who worked together to create… Read more: ILLUMINATE

RuptureXIBIT & The Landmark Arts Centre11th – 17th March 2024 International non-profit arts organisation, ArtCan, will be popping up in South West London this March for a dual venue group exhibition focused on its artist members working with fibre and textiles. ‘ArtCan – Unravelled’ is co-curated by ArtCan members Catherine Sweet and Melanie Jordan. Catherine… Read more: ArtCan Unravelled

The ArtCan Virtual Gallery 1 Dec 2023 – 1 Feb 2024 Curator: Kate Enters Then & Now is a group exhibition curated by Kate Enters and presented by ArtCan.org, the prominent non profit artist community, from December 1st, 2023 to February 1st, 2024. The Virtual opening is on 5 December at 20.00 GMT. The exhibition… Read more: Then & Now

‘Connecting across physical and metaphorical borders’ Ten Swedish and ten international artists collaborate on a series of art installations, in order to blur cultural, social and political barriers. BRIDGE is the result of a speed networking exercise between curators Pernilla Iggstrom and Christel Lundberg at Stockholm Supermarket Art Fair in May 2022. “We clicked at… Read more: BRIDGE

Join us for an exciting fundraising evening that will be the grand finale to our 10th year anniversary! Challenge your friends in the general-knowledge quiz, join the battle to win original art pieces at auction, or try your luck with our Christmas raffle for some lovely prizes generously donated by our artist members. All proceeds… Read more: ArtCan Festive Fundraising Quiz 2023

We would like to share our huge congratulations to our Founder and Director, Kate Enters, on winning the Great Companies Women Entrepreneur Award for 2023!

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Italo Calvino’s birth, we are delighted to announce the joint Arte Borgo  / ArtCan exhibition ‘Transparent as a Dragonfly’ , which will open on the 5th of October at Arte Borgo Gallery, Borgo Vittorio 25, Rome ITALY. Curators Anna Isopo and Martina Scavone of @arteborgo, and Rita Carta Manias and Lesley… Read more: Transparent as a Dragonfly

Celebrating ten years of The National Brain Appeal’s A Letter in Mind exhibition, join leading artists and celebrities in creating art on envelopes to support NHS hospital This year marks ten years of The National Brain Appeal’s art fundraiser, A Letter in Mind, where the charity asks artists to get creative on an envelope. The… Read more: A letter in mind

As one of the artists taking part in our ‘Alchemical’ exhibition, we invited Léa Layeux, known as Oxalea, to share her processes and inspiration… I mainly work with plants that I pick responsibly in the Alps. I then press these so that the plants retain their colours; occasionally I work with already dried plants. For instance,… Read more: Artist Feature: Lea Layeux

International non-profit arts organisation ArtCan is launching a new group exhibition, ‘Alchemical’, at Gallery 475 in Fulham Broadway, London from 18th – 28th April. The exhibition focuses on the materials and processes which create each piece, as well as the finished works themselves – hearkening to the medieval practice of alchemy, and involving seemingly magical transformations, creations,… Read more: ArtCan ‘Alchemical’ Exhibition to Showcase Magical Transformations in Fulham this April

ArtCan is pleased to present the first virtual exhibition in its virtual gallery for its 10th anniversary year, ‘The Power of Pencil’. The exhibition comprises 103 contemporary works by 45 ArtCan artists celebrating the pencil. “This exhibition unites ArtCan artists of all mediums. I wanted to discover their ideas. What was the first thing they… Read more: The Power of Pencil

ArtCan is delighted to announce the appointment of Marine Costello to the board of trustees. Marine is half-French half-American and grew up near Paris. She studied an MA in Art History at the Ecole du Louvre (where the Mona Lisa andVenus de Milo live) and took a minor in arts management. During her studies, Marine… Read more: New Trustee Appointment

I was born in Hereford in the UK but spent a great deal of my childhood moving from one country to another; this developed into a love of travel and experiencing new places. I spent a year after my Fine Art degree travelling and immersing myself in other cultures. I absorb these memories knowing they… Read more: Artist Feature: Claire Chandler

An ArtCan Climate Change Virtual Art Event exploring artists response to Climate Change through painting, sculpture, and video, joining the conversation for COP27. We have arrived at a moment where we need startling change, a restructure of our accepted way of life, and to quickly learn and use any emerging technologies that will lead us… Read more: <strong>Breathing Out</strong><strong><br></strong>6th November 2022 – 6th January 2023<br><em>Private view Tuesday 8</em><em>^{<em>^th</em>}</em><em> </em><em>November </em>

What is your art practice? What themes do you explore and why? My art practice is a little unconventional as my approach to mark making is not commonplace in the art world. I compose my pieces with tiny handwriting, and tiny paint drips created with medical-grade syringes.  I aim to stimulate opposing parts of the… Read more: Artist of the Month: Taya De La Cruz

9th – 23th September 2022 Galerie Art Pool Vienna Atelier Coolpool and ArtCan present 34 international and Austrian artists in Vienna in a group exhibition.  The exhibition ‘Vienna Calling III – Take a chance on me’ is curated by ArtCan artists Manfredo Weihs and Christine Manderla, in the Galerie Art Pool Vienna. Private View: September… Read more: Vienna Calling III / ‘Take A Chance on Me’

My art practice has become a daily meditation triggered by how I see light and its movement in the ether and on light-sensitive surfaces, whether outdoors in nature or interior spaces. I’ve always been drawn to philosophies and nature even when I lived in bustling urban cities in Asia, Europe and, now, America. Both my… Read more: Artist Feature: E Bee Bantug

4th – 16th July 2022 Private view: 7th July, from 6pm (RSVP to info@dcontemporary.com) Featuring: Ben Snowden, Brian Reinker, Cath Stocker, Day Bowman, Despina Symeou, Doris Ernst, Eunjung Seo Feleppa, Fran Fell, Katya Kvasova, Laura Fishman, Linda Chapmamn, Lisa-Marie Price, Marigold Plunkett, Mieke Douglas, Miranda Boulton, Naila Hazell, Nirali Patel, Paul Flanders, Sylvia BAHRI, Taya… Read more: Inspire 2022

International non-profit arts organisation ArtCan will host their third online postcard fundraiser on 22nd June 2022. From ArtCan with Love is a one-night-only event offering unique postcard sized contemporary artworks donated by their members, raising funds for their vibrant programme of events and exhibitions. It will be ‘fastest fingers first’ to bag one of more than… Read more: Fastest Fingers First to Snap Up Postcard Sized Original Artworks as ‘From ArtCan With Love’ Fundraiser Returns

ArtCan presents Explore 01, a vibrant and varied ensemble of members’ work to mark the launch of Kroll’s new headquarters in New York located on 55 E 52nd St between Madison and Park Ave. On the heels of successful exhibitions at Kroll’s London offices at The Shard and the News Building, Explore 01 continues ArtCan’s… Read more: Explore 01 Opens at Kroll NYC

The 2020s seem to have thrown everything at us so far. Many thought that scarcity, tragedy and crisis would drive us to be aggressive and selfish, but in fact we have seen inspirational levels of kindness and a generosity of spirit that has renewed our faith in people around us. Now once again we are… Read more: ArtCan Statement – March 2022

International non-profit arts organisation ArtCan is launching a new group exhibition, ‘Eye of the Beholder’, at 508 Gallery on the King’s Road in London. The phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ is attributed to Irish novelist Margaret Hungerford – to describe the fact that beauty is subjective, that what appears beautiful to… Read more: Eye of the Beholder: ArtCan Artists Challenging and Redefining Beauty

Wilma Woolf is a Visual Artist working in London. In 2020 she completed a Masters in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, graduating with a Distinction.  In the last two years she has exhibited her work at The Tate Modern, Lethaby Gallery and had a solo show at Richard Saltoun Gallery showcasing her installation, Domestic.… Read more: Framing Our Future: Meet the Curators

Hilary has been an artist for over 40 years.  She did her BA Hons at Nottingham University and her Masters at the Royal College of Art.   Central St Martins was to follow to hone her printmaking skills. Caroline is a self-taught artist and sculptor having only worked full time on her artistic practice for… Read more: Framing Our Future Interviews: Hilary Rosen and Caroline Wheaton

Heloise is an artist based in London. Her work is predominantly based around the human form. She first became fascinated by life drawing when she began her studies in Amsterdam while living there for a year. After moving back to the UK and wanting to pursue her studies she went on to study the Sight-size… Read more: Framing Our Future Interview: Heloise O’Keeffe and Francesca Ciudano

What’s been the biggest driver compelling you to create new works over the last year? Molly: I have an exhibition coming up in Stockholm that is under the theme ‘holy fluff’- this theme has encouraged me to think about the light as well as dark and to take a lighter approach to making. I also… Read more: Framing Our Future Interviews: Molly Lambourn and Fiona Pearce

I am an artist based in East Anglia. I have a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MA in Fine Art from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge School of Art where I graduated with a Distinction in 2017. I was one of 25 artists shortlisted in The Ashurst Emerging Artist… Read more: Framing Our Future Interview: Emma Copley

What’s been the biggest driver compelling you to create new works over the last year? I have a general constant need to create. It is like breathing, I cannot exists without it. My new works last year are not compromising and are far more conceptional than in previous years. It was the joy to explore different materials, invent my own techniques… Read more: Framing Our Future Interview: Christine Manderla

How did you come across ArtCan, and what inspired you to get involved? It was my partner, Hamish Macaulay, who introduced me to ArtCan. He was experimenting with printmaking and researching art organisations online when he discovered the ArtCan community. He applied and was accepted to become a member. ArtCan provided him with a wonderful… Read more: An Interview with Jenni Wiggle

Intuit30th November – 3rd December 2021 An ArtCan and D Contemporary Partnership What were your thoughts after being awarded the prize early this year? I was totally over the moon! Couldn’t quite believe that they had chosen me, with so many wonderfully talented artists to choose from! After the initial disbelief and wonder had worn… Read more: Interview with Mirella Bandini, Winner of ‘Inspire 2021’ Exhibition Award.

June 26th – July 11th PV/Curators talk and artist talks – 27th June Hampstead Garden Gallery, 46 Falloden Way, London NW11 6JP Now more than ever, the connections we have with the places and spaces we live in are some of the most important. Our streets, parks and green spaces have offered an escape from… Read more: ArtCan are Crossing the Liminal this June with a group exhibition at Hampstead Garden Gallery, curated by member artist Lucy Pickford

Join us for an evening of celebration and fun competition at ArtCan’s 3rd Annual *virtual* Christmas Quiz! Book your tickets now >>    About this Event ArtCan is pleased to present another fun night of trivia to support the continual works of our member artists. All proceeds from the night benefit our developing 2021 programme of… Read more: ArtCan Virtual Christmas Quiz 2020

Our next ArtCan exhibition Set in Stone was originally planned to take place during the summer at the lovely 44AD gallery in Bath. While our physical exhibition has been postponed until February 2021, we wanted to celebrate the selected works with a virtual show this autumn. ArtCan artists were invited to respond to the theme ‘Set in Stone’: To… Read more: Set in Stone – Virtual Exhibition

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our very first online fundraiser, From ArtCan with Love 2020! We are hugely grateful to everyone who purchased pieces, and to all our artists who donated such amazing one-of-a-kind artworks. If you missed out on the night, never fear – we have a select number of postcards… Read more: From ArtCan with Love 2020

Paraphrasing from artist Rosalind Davis: If it wasn’t for artists, what would people watch, read or listen to in these days of quarantine? Through our international roster of artists, ArtCan brings you our very first virtual reality exhibition to share our creativity during these uncertain times, and to provide you with a moment of temporary… Read more: Introducing ArtCan’s First VR Exhibition – Transient

Cat Sweet for ArtCan The London Art Fair takes over the Business Design Centre in Angel every January with a mixture of classic and contemporary art from a great selection of galleries, plus a cutting edge collection of art projects. Top picks this time around included works from David Wightman with Long & Ryle –… Read more: ArtCan Visit: London Art Fair 2020

The October edition of the Affordable Art Fair brought a welcome slice of cheer to a quite dreary world this weekend, with a good mixture of old favourites and some bright newcomers showing with an eclectic mix of galleries at Battersea Evolution.                 Tim J. Fowler was live… Read more: ArtCan VISIT: Affordable Art Fair, 2019

It’s a fair like Roy’s that reminds you with a smile that contemporary art is about so much more than just pens, paint and paper. The atmosphere was buzzing in Old Truman Brewery this week as an eclectic and vibrant selection of artists came together to showcase their wares for a long weekend of arty… Read more: ArtCan VISIT: Roy’s Art Fair, 2019

ArtCan is celebrating artists’ ingenuity on International Artist’s Day on 25th October by showcasing artwork by artists that was challenging in its creation or concept. The online exhibition will run 7th-31st October on our website. We find inspiration in great ideas working to combat climate change or to improve the world around us. That’s why… Read more: Ingenious! An online exhibition during International Artist’s Day

We’re hiring a bookkeeper! It’s no secret we’d rather be creating. Help us spread the word to find the right person to mind our pounds and pence. Our Trustees have approved the new role of bookkeeper to support the Director of ArtCan in her day to day running of the organisation. The ArtCan Bookkeeper will… Read more: Do you have a head for numbers? ArtCan is hiring a part-time bookkeeper.

ArtCan Volunteer Role: PA to Kate Enters and administrative support ArtCan is a non-profit arts organisation that supports artists through profile raising activities and exhibitions, an open network of ‘likeminded’ peers, and practical support structures.  The ArtCan team strive to develop a vibrant exhibition and events programme for their members and international artists who have no… Read more: Volunteer Needed: ArtCan PA to Kate Enters, Founder & Director of ArtCan