Future Map 2009

About

Hosted by 20 Hoxton Square Projects, Future Map is London's premiere annual exhibition of the best emerging talent from the current graduating year at London's creative powerhouse, University of the Arts London. Future Map has steadily built a reputation for being the only showcase of tis kind to offer a comprehensive overview of the next generation of artists and designers who will define our visual landscape. Works range from fine art, sculpture, design, fashion and new media. This year a jam packed schedule of interactive and collaborative events accompanies the exhibition in an effort to not only show tomorrows hottests artists but to expand on why they're one's to watch and how to start collecting them.

Final Exhibitors

An expert panel of industry insiders such as Frieze founder Matthew Slotover, Caroline Daniel Assistant Editor of the Financial Times, internationally renowned collector Fatima Maleki and Alasdhair Willis of Established & Sons, have selected this year's Future Map exhibitors:

Adam Dix (Painting), Celine Fitoussi (Installation), Cindie Gottlieb Cheung (Digital Media), Coei O (Jewellery), Craig Barnes (Drawing), Elia Strozyk (Textiles), Emma Yeo (Jewellery), Fred Mercer (Digital Media), Jaime Tarazona (Painting), Kristian de la Riva (Animation), Leila Kashanipour (Jewellery), Lillian Pau (Jewellery), Maurice Citron (Sculpture), Momoko Suzuki (Installation), Momoko Tamura (Jewellery), Nick Bailey (Sculpture), Raju Rahman (Design), Sam Knowles (Painting), Sam Pilling and Chris Lee (Digital Media), Sonny Sanjay Vadgama (Digital Media), Stuart Middleton (Sculpture), Una Burke (Fashion), William Luke Jarvis (Painting) and Zoe Paul (Sculpture).

The 176 / Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize

This year, the 176 / Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize has been founded to support a graduating student from the University of the Arts London. Selected from the exhibition by a panel of experts, including Anita Zabludowicz herself, artist Jeremy Deller, Nancy Durrant Arts Commissioning Editor at The Times and Emily Pethick Director of The Showroom, the prize is a £3,000 award and a chance to make an edition for 176 / Zabludowicz Collection.

Events

A strong body of events and collaborations will accompany Future Map this year. Top picks include:

Tuesday 1 December
13:00 ' 13:40
Lunch & Learn
Art Tactic ' Collecting Today: New Environment / New Opportunities
Leading art market analysts, ArtTactic, and its events partner, ArtInsight, invite you to share key insights into the very latest trends and collector opportunities in today's rapidly evolving contemporary art market. Bring your lunch and join us for this informal seminar.

Thursday 3 December
18:00 ' 21:00
First Thursday - The Critics' Confessional
Created by SHOWTIME, the web based student art platform from University of the Arts London, The Critics' Confessional is an interactive project based on the Big Brother Diary Room. Visitors will have the chance to record their own review of the show in a private diary room. These amateur critiques will then be available on the Future Map website for public viewing. It's your chance to truly have a voice and for it to actually be heard

Tuesday 15 December
18:00 ' 19:30
In-Conversation
Curator and Head of Collection for 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, Elizabeth Neilson hosts an in conversation with the 176 / Zabludowicz Future Map Prize winner.
www.projectspace176.com

Future Map 09 Facts

Dates: 26 November ' 23 December 2009
Opening Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11am -6pm, Thursday until 9pm, Saturday 12am- 6pm.
Location: 20 Hoxton Square Projects, 20 Hoxton Square, N1 6NT. Nearest Tube: Old Street

Admission Free

www.20hoxtonsquare.com
www.arts.ac.uk/futuremap