BNC21 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021

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The exhibition, which will launch for the first time at Firstsite, Colchester, will be complemented by an exciting online platform and a range of public programmes allowing audiences to further engage with the artists’ work.

This longstanding and vital organisation gives visibility and recognition to an incredible breadth and depth of emerging talent whilst also providing access to development opportunities that enable artists’ practices to become more sustainable long-term.

The rigorous two-part selection process was headed by a panel of three internationally renowned artists comprising Hew Locke, Tai Shani and Michelle Williams Gamaker, who have selected a new generation of artists in what has been a challenging year for all, especially those emerging from art education. Their selection celebrates the tenacity of the artists who applied.

The exhibition will include the work of 75 emerging and early career artists. New Contemporaries has developed an online platform that will compliment the exhibition by offering audiences further insight into the artist's practices. This years cohort of artists will participate in a range of public programmes and development opportunities and have access to digital residences and projects, studio bursaries, talks and workshops.

Selected artists for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021 are: Susan Atwill, Mataio Austin Dean, Christopher Bond, Shannon Bono, Alice Bucknell, Richard Burton, Thomas Cameron, Maya Gurung-Russell Campbell, Anna Choutova, Bo Choy, Kedisha Coakley, Noemi Conan, Lauren Craig, Angelina May Davis, Femi Dawkins, Charles de Agustin, Darya Diamond, Pete G. Donaldson, Freya Douglas Ferguson, Karolina Dworska, Max Göran, Janina Frye, Enorê, Aoibheann Greenan, Benjamin Hall, Tom Harker, Christopher Hartmann, Serena Huang, INCURSIONS, Asuf Ishaq, Elsa James, Nisa Khan, Sarah Khan, David Leal, Jinjoon Lee, Hannah Lim, Laila Majid, Seren Metcalfe, Haeji Min, Karabo Monareng, Willy Nabi, Christof Nüssli, Sora Park, Rebecca Parkin, Krystle Patel, Hanne Peeraer, Lydia Pettit, Sandra Poulson, Leon Pozniakow, Anne Carney Raines, Katarina Ranković, Aaron Ratajczyk, Davinia-Ann Robinson, Bryan GIUSEPPI Rodriguez Cambana, Rebeca Romero, Benjamin Rostance, Temitayo Shonibare, James Sibley, Billy Smith-Morris, Sid Smith, Sean Synnuck, Agnieszka Szczotka, Jukan Tateisi, Liorah Tchiprout, Beth Waite, Jaime Welsh, Adrianna Whittingham, Tom Connell Wilson, Nana Wolke, Zhuanxu Xu, Rafał Zajko, Orsola Zane, Adam Zoltowski and Žaneta Zukalová.

The exhibition will travel to the South London Gallery from 10 December 2021 to 20 February 2022.