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Highlights: ⁠https://buff.ly/h40mXei ⁠ 1. /ˈtrɛmbl/, 2021 - 2024 by Katrina Cowling 2. Crip Zines - The Slow Practice Collective, 2024 - 2025 by Luminara Florescu 3. Junk Mail, 2022 - 2024 by Lucy Bevin 4. Spring, 2023 by Darius Martisius

During February, artist Katrina Cowling presented a curated selection titled ‘Embodied Knowledge: Knowing from the Inside'. Included in this selection is 'Thuringian Detour', 2019, by Ewan Robertson. See more of Ewan's work here: buff.ly/LIoq8ed

During February, artist Katrina Cowling presented a curated selection titled ‘Embodied Knowledge: Knowing from the Inside'. Included in this selection is 'The Invigilator', 2013, by Jill McKnight. See more of Jill's work here: buff.ly/SNh55nR

During February, artist Katrina Cowling presented a curated selection titled ‘Embodied Knowledge: Knowing from the Inside. Included in this selection is 'Lives of Spaces', 2011 - 2012, by Lisa Traxler. See more of Lisa's work here: buff.ly/8HImaXF

During February, artist Katrina Cowling presented a curated selection titled ‘Embodied Knowledge: Knowing from the Inside. Included in this selection is 'Wood and Thread. 3', 2022 by Gill Forsbrook. See more of Gill's work here: buff.ly/k6twnIA

🗣️ TOMORROW! We'll chat about finding success and an audience for work that straddles multiple domains, and when to say 'goodbye' to art worlds that don't fit you. ❕This event is FREE to join!❕ To RSVP for this event, please here: buff.ly/iVAFxLD

🗣️ TOMORROW! We speak to Marcelle Joseph, an independent curator and collector about what makes her tick, and why she wants to use curation as a tool for fostering a more equitable art world. ❕This event is FREE to join!❕To RSVP for this event, please click here: buff.ly/p42RxBD

Highlights ⁠ ⁠ 1. Lifting the Curse, 2021 - 2023 by Tim Shaw 2. Google Building Construction - Kings Cross, 2025 by Jeanette Barnes 3. Before and After the Bang, 2023 - 2024 by Leanne Bell Gonczarow 4. Madison 39, 2025 by Irini Urania Politi

March Critical Friend Conversations with Lydia Catterall and Lucy Wright! These one-to-one sessions are available to Professional Members. Deadline to register interest: 5pm - 10th March 2025 Click here to register: buff.ly/41mhdZi

🗣️ A WEEK TO GO! Finding YOUR audience - in conversation with Vex Ashley [Content warning - explicit language and imagery] Not all audiences are made alike! ❕This event is FREE to join!❕ To RSVP for this event, please click here: https://buff.ly/4aUD3as

🗣️ A WEEK TO GO! What curators want, part 2: Marcelle Joseph @marcelle.joseph on curating for a more equitable art world. ❕This event is FREE to join!❕ Please click here to RSVP: https://buff.ly/4aUD3as

🗣️ TOMORROW! Artist, Nicola Singh asks, 'What's up with wellness?' and offers a somatic account of how sound, listening and breath feature in personal moments of grief, trauma and healing. ❕This event is FREE to join!❕Click here to sign up: https://buff.ly/4aUD3as

🗣️ Resilience, self-care and what keeps you making art... As part of our Mental Health for Artists season, we asked you to share what resilience means to you. Here are some responses from our community. To read the full article click here: https://buff.ly/4gSCvDG

Highlights: https://buff.ly/41sI8DR ⁠ 1. Losing Things, 2025 by Jill McKnight 2. Modern Agriculgure, 2025 by Ursula Leach 3. Veneer, 2025 by Robert McCubbin 4. Pink Altar, 2021 - 2022 by John Jennings

🗣️ Resilience, self-care and what keeps you making art... As part of our Mental Health for Artists season, we asked you to share what resilience means to you. Here are some responses from our community. To read the full article click here: https://buff.ly/4gSCvDG

🗣️ A WEEK TO GO! What's up with wellness? - with Nicola Singh @nicolasingh Artist, Nicola Singh asks, 'what's up with wellness?' and offers a somatic account of how sound, listening and breath feature in personal moments of grief, trauma and healing. RSVP here: https://buff.ly/4aUD3as

🗣️ Resilience, self-care and what keeps you making art... As part of our Mental Health for Artists season, we asked you to share what resilience means to you. To read the full article, click here: https://buff.ly/4gSCvDG Do these responses resonate with you?

🗣️ TOMORROW! Networking for artists who don't like to network - With Short Supply! @shortsupplymcr This Wednesday 19th February, from 7:00pm until 8.30pm, online RSVP here: https://buff.ly/40Wd4uN

Resilience, self-care and what keeps you making art... As part of our Mental Health for Artists season, we asked you to share what resilience means to you, your best self-care tips, and what keeps you making art in a challenging climate. Here’s what you told us: https://buff.ly/4gSCvDG

Highlights ⁠ ⁠ 1. Ouroboros, 2014 - 2024 by Ben Sanderson 2. Forma Retorta 1, 2023 - 2024 by Stephen Towns 3. The Ruins of Fiction, 2022 - 2023 by Siana Serres 4. Untitled, 2024 by Ollie Daniels See more here: https://buff.ly/4i3HNND

APPLY NOW - 2025 Axis Bursaries - Round 1 We are very happy to announce that 2025 Axis Bursaries - Round 1 is now open for applications. Win a £500 Bursary! For more information, click here: https://buff.ly/431eG9d

🗣️ A WEEK TO GO! Networking for artists who DON'T like to network We've all heard that it's the secret to art world success, but what if you HATE networking? Mollie and Bek from Short Supply get it, and share some of their advice and tips! RSVP here: https://buff.ly/40Wd4uN

Call Out to update profiles and tag your artworks!⁠ ⁠ This month we are thrilled to have Axis Fellow Katrina Cowling @katrinacowling searching through the Axis Artist Gallery to curate an online selection of your work! ⁠ Available only to Axis PROFESSIONAL Members.

🗣️ TOMORROW! An artist's guide to perfectionism—with Babeworld! This Wednesday 5th February from 7:00pm until 8.30pm, online To RSVP for this event, please click the link in our bio, which will take you to our website. Ensure you are signed in on our website before clicking the RSVP button!

PRAXIS Graduate Exhibition Zainab Sheikh's practice is deeply personal, rooted in cultural exploration, and driven by themes of womanhood, ethnic identity, and spirituality. Embodying one's fluidity, she balances tradition and modernity in her work. @waszaihere | @silkzai

PRAXIS Graduate Exhibition Inspired by her experiences of multiple cultures, and conceptual research into the "human" and the "more-than-human", Pamella Gomes broadens her artistic practice into an interdisciplinary, endless, and active experiment. @pamella.f.p.gomes | https://buff.ly/4aFhtH5

PRAXIS Graduate Exhibition Heidi Lucca-Redcliffe’s practice is a continuous exploration of portraying the self. A significant body of her work considers herself through the colour red. Working with red removes her security and comfort, replacing it with an intense provocation. @hlr_artt_

🗣️ A WEEK TO GO! An artist's guide to perfectionism—with Babeworld! Do you struggle with perfectionism? Are you on a mission to create a perfect piece of art? ❕This event is FREE to join!❕ To RSVP for this event, please click the link https://buff.ly/4hcP9OH

PRAXIS Graduate Exhibition Sitting at the intersection of fibre-art and computation, Tom Hardwick's practice addresses the impact of digital technology on human systems of knowledge, with a focus on the archive as a site of cultural and personal memory. @tom.hrdwick | https://buff.ly/3CwfKXM

PRAXIS - Graduate Exhibition Annabelle Keyes' practice is deeply rooted in site-responsive, practice-based research. exploring sacred encounters in the natural world, weaving together themes of ecology, ethnography, mysticism, and romance. @annabellekeyes | annabellekeyes.com

PRAXIS - Graduate Exhibition Carys Tupper’s work exists at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and performance, exploring the ephemeral nature and transience of the body as both site and vessel. @carystupper | carystupper.com

PRAXIS - Graduate Exhibition Prajvi Mandhani is a multidisciplinary artist from India living in the UK, working across video, sound, performance, drawing and installation. She recently graduated from Arts University Bournemouth with a BA(hons) Fine Arts. @poetic_licence_ | prajvi.co.uk

PRAXIS - Graduate Exhibition Nancy-Violet’s interdisciplinary practice spans textile installation, drawing, painting, performance, and video. Her work delves into feminist cosmologies, communities of care, and contemporary spiritualities. @nancyvioletartist | nancyviolet.com

Highlights ⁠ ⁠ 1. Delusion, 2024 by Sonny Williams 2. Home for One Who is Away from Home, 2020 by Chris Alton 3. Remains, 2024 by Clare Chapman 4. Felled, yet unfurling, 2024 by Holly Slingsby https://buff.ly/3PQ74i9

PRAXIS 🎾 Join us at Cardiff Umbrella for Praxis, the 2024 AXIS Graduate Programme exhibition; showcasing fresh and thought-provoking work by emerging artists from across the UK. Opening Night is 31st January, 6 to 8pm, and the exhibition runs from 1st - 7th February.

The Axis Graduate Programme is an artist-led professional development programme tailored for Third-year fine art students/graduates transitioning from academic study to the professional arts sector. We’ll be sharing highlights from the exhibition and insights into each artist’s practice.

Members' Meet Ups In the next session on January 30th at 12:00 PM, we will be encouraging members to share work & artists’ practices, or discuss struggles and progress in your artistic journey. If this sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, reach out to us at [email protected]

Highlights ⁠ ⁠ 1. Substitutes for bread, 2023 by Kelly Ballett 2. Floating Revolutions, 2023 - 2024 by Johana Hartwig 3. Wayfaring/Lines and Interior Spaces: Materials of movement and attention, 2024 - 2025 by Russell Moreton 4. Vanity, 2024 by Olivia Irvine https://buff.ly/3DWuCza

It's back! Now in its fourth year, we are delighted to announce the programme for our popular 'Mental Health for Artists' season. With a series of talks and Q&As featuring artists, curators, and writers, this programme is FREE TO JOIN! Find out more information here: https://buff.ly/40p2lKm

This month we were delighted to have artist and Axis Fellow Uma Breakdown to curate a selection of Axis Member’s work to form 'The Animal Double'. Read more about Uma here: https://buff.ly/40ygq8b and revisit the collection here: https://buff.ly/3C0Xkyb

Grandmother Tree, 2023 by Marianne Walker This work has been selected as part of the January curated selection by Uma Breakdown, titled ‘The Animal Double’. Explore the selected works here: buff.ly/3BUN9LF

A Stroll in the Countryside, 2017 by Patricia Chu This work has been selected as part of the January curated selection by Uma Breakdown, titled ‘The Animal Double’. Explore the selected works here: buff.ly/40msbhU

All that I ever was, 2024 by Jo Cohn This work has been selected as part of the January curated selection by Uma Breakdown, titled ‘The Animal Double’. Explore the selected works here: buff.ly/3Pnv9g5

DOOMCHARMS, 2022 - 2023 by Laura Lulika This work has been selected as part of the January curated selection by Uma Breakdown, titled ‘The Animal Double’. Explore the selected works here: buff.ly/3Pnv9g5

Highlights ⁠ ⁠ 1. Without, 2024 by Jo Cohn https://buff.ly/4j2VJbV 2. Hybrids, 2024 by Alex Hetherington https://buff.ly/4aeiJk2 3. Fairyland Log Lady, 2023 by Caroline Watson https://buff.ly/4he2CFl 4. Portals, 2021 by Erin Donnelly https://buff.ly/4agFbZN

GPS Signal Lost, 2011 - 2016 by Penny Hallas This work has been selected as part of the January curated selection by Uma Breakdown, titled ‘The Animal Double’. Explore the selected works here: buff.ly/3Pnv9g5

Dykes for Trans Rights, 2021 by Sarah-Joy Ford This work has been selected as part of the January curated selection by Uma Breakdown, titled ‘The Animal Double’. Explore the selected works here: buff.ly/3ZY41ck

Announcing 'Mental Health for Artists'! Now in its fourth year, this season focuses on artist wellbeing. We approach ‘mental health’ in its broadest sense, exploring the systemic, individual, and intersectional challenges that impact artists’ lives. This programme is FREE TO JOIN. Click below:

I miss you still, 2017 by Rhiannon Lowe This work has been selected as part of the January curated selection by Uma Breakdown, titled ‘The Animal Double’. Explore the selected works here: buff.ly/3ZY41ck

The Sleep of Reason, 2012 - 2013 By Victoria Rance This work has been selected as part of the January curated selection by Uma Breakdown, titled ‘The Animal Double’. Explore the selected works here: buff.ly/3ZY41ck