Ministry of Arts Podcast

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Alison Jackson (@alisonjacksonartist) Alison Jackson, a contemporary, BAFTA and multi award-winning artist, photographer and filmmaker explores the cult of celebrity – an extraordinary phenomenon manufactured by the media, publicity industries and the public figures themselves. To raise questions about this, Jackson creates celebrity ‘news’ that appears rea...

In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Katy & Jo of CONART (@conartglobal) Conart is a social art marketplace, combining the community engagement of a social network with the trust of a curated marketplace. Designed for artists, art lovers and collectors to connect, discover and buy art, all on one app.  Conart was born out of our personal frustration and struggle to access and pu...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Piers Secunda (@pierssecunda) Piers Secunda was born in London in 1976 and studied painting at Chelsea College of Art in London. Since the late nineties Piers has developed a studio practice using paint in a sculptural manner, rejecting the limitations imposed by the canvas. Piers’ work has developed into a research heavy practice, which examines some of th...

In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Zoë Allen (@zoedolcevita) Zoë Allen is the founder and director of Artistic Statements. Artistic Statements create impactful art installations. Connecting people to place through engaging artistic interventions whilst supporting creative talent by finding unique opportunities to showcase artistic skill.   Artistic interventions can take...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Lee Wagstaff (@lee_wagstaff) Lee Wagstaff was born in 1969 in London, I am an English artist living in Italy. He studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art in London and Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan. He has exhibited his body, large format photographic self-portraits and graphite works at art...

In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Steve Bannatyne (@steve.bannatyne) Steve Bannatyne was born and raised in Belfast during the troubles. After leaving home at 16, he studied Art and Design at Exeter College, then earned a BA in Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins.   Steve’s work for an environmental protection charity has led him to explore working exclusively with waste mate...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Abigail & Phoebe Cameron a.k.a The Cameron Twins (@the_camerontwins) and Ned Kelly from The Don't Wakk Walk Gallery (@dontwalkwalkgallery) The Cameron Twins are a collaborative artist duo of identical twins who work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation .Their wor...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Dameon Preistly (@dameon_priestly_artist) Dameon Preistly's work focuses on times and events of social and cultural change, often set in an historical context, but with direct relevance to the present. These stories are intensively researched and results in works with a strong narrative and an emphasis on the people involved in the unfolding dramas. The mot...

In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Julie Bennett (@Julie_Bennett) Julie Bennett is a portrait painter living and working in London. Her bold, unapologetically confident portraits appropriate pop culture icons from the music industry and art world, creating contemporary homages to the likes of David Bowie, Elvis, Frida Kahlo, Boy George, Patti Smith, and Her Majesty The Queen. Defined a...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Jessica Worrall (@jessicaworralldigitalcollage) Originally from Yorkshire and now based in Glasgow, I’ve worked as a theatre designer for over 30 years working in both the mainstream and the experimental with my designs being seen from a disused bus in a Bethnal Green car park to the main stage at Shakespeares Globe. During lockdown I took advantage of the...

Today's episode is one of several featuring some of the artists from the 2023 Kensington & Chelsea Art Week/Trail, for info go to: https://www.kcaw.co.uk or @KCAWlondon   In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Junior Tomlin (@juniortomlin)   Junior Tomlin was born and raised in Ladbroke Grove, west London. Renowned for his stunning flyer and record cover art, mostly produced during...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Jimmy Cauty (@towerblock1) Jimmy Cauty aka James Cauty, Musician, K Foundation artist, deconstructed rock star, part time model village builder, honorary undertaker, town planner, record producer, wooly-back-misfit, armchair rioter, head composer/conductor/AV mixer for The L-13 Light Industrial Orchestra Over a diverse and productive anti-career Cauty has d...

Today's episode is one of several featuring some of the artists from the 2023 Kensington & Chelsea Art Week/Trail, for info go to: https://www.kcaw.co.uk or @KCAWlondon In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Lee Baker of Baker & Borowski @skipgallery A partnership between artists and curators Lee Baker and Catherine Borowski, Baker & Borowski cultivates and commissions incursions of...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Angry Dan (@angrydan) Angry Dan is an artist, musician, and a writer from London. He depicts his writing through illustration, animation, and song. Sometimes tragic, sometimes witty, sometimes beautiful, and more often with a hint of irony. His ongoing Instagram project, Angry Dan's Lunchtime Limerick, is intended to be an entry point for his long-form work...

Today's episode is one of several featuring some of the artists from the 2023 Kensington & Chelsea Art Week/Trail, for info go to: https://www.kcaw.co.uk In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Misha Milovanovich (@mishamilovanovich ) Misha is a Belgrade-born artist living and working in London. She works across several mediums, from sculpture to painting and digital art. Characterised by viv...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Fredrix Vermin (@fredrix.vermin) Fredrix Vermin is an interdisciplinary artist from South-East London, the founder of The House of Parakeet as well as part of the micro publishing collective GROTTI. Working across mediums such as print, object making, performance, video and installation; drawing is always a vital starting point and an integral thread throug...

Today's episode is one of several featuring some of the artists from the 2023 Kensington & Chelsea Art Week/Trail, for info go to: https://www.kcaw.co.uk or @KCAWlondon In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Josephine Chime @jaccartist Detangling MBS: One Hoopers Court, Knightsbridge Underground Station ‘Detangling The MBS’ is a mixed media sculpture, a response to the confining narratives a...

  Today's episode is one of several featuring some of the artists from the 2023 Kensington & Chelsea Art Week/Trail, for info go to: https://www.kcaw.co.uk or @KCAWlondon   In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Lucy Oats @overnit.oats   Lucy Oates is a London based multidisciplinary artist “I designed a piece for KCAW based off collages I’ve been doing over the years in respo...

Today's episode is one of several featuring some of the artists from the 2023 Kensington & Chelsea Art Week/Trail, for info go to: https://www.kcaw.co.uk In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Satur Chong(@satur.chong) THE MANHOLE TEA SET CEREMONY by Satur Chong 24 + 25 June 30-minute performances at 1 pm + 3 pm The Manhole Tea Set is a performance piece where the artist, Satur Chong, and ra...

  Today's episode is one of several featuring some of the artists from the 2023 Kensington & Chelsea Art Week/Trail, for info go to: https://www.kcaw.co.uk or @KCAWlondon   In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Saira Jamieson @sairajamieson     Born in London, to Pakistani parents, Saira Jamieson was raised in a household of both immense cultural pride as well as deep re...

Today's episode is one of several featuring some of the artists from the 2023 Kensington & Chelsea Art Week/Trail, for info go to: https://www.kcaw.co.uk or @KCAWlondon In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Malgorzata Lisiecka @malgorzata­_lisiecka Malgorzata is an artist based in London whose practice is located between sculpture, public art, installation, costume, and performance. S...

Today's episode is one of several featuring some of the artists from the 2023 Kensington & Chelsea Art Week/Trail, for info go to: https://www.kcaw.co.uk or @KCAWlondon In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Birungi Kawooya & Bokani (@Birungiart& @bokani) Birungi Kawooya: My art passionately embodies the beauty of the African diaspora with a focus on dance, nature and wellbeing. I ta...

  In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Sarah Graham (@sarahgraham_art)   British painter Sarah Graham was born in Hitchin in 1977, and works almost exclusively in oil on canvas. She completed a BA (hons) in Fine Art painting from De Montfort University, Leicester in 2000, and has been pursuing her practice ever since. From 2001 - 2007 she exhibited at independent galleries and a...

In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to The Other MA (TOMA)(@TheOtherMA) The Other MA (TOMA) is an 18-month artist-run education model and nomadic exhibition space based in Southend-on- Sea which supports artists who have faced barriers accessing art education and the ‘art world’.  The Other MA (TOMA) is an independent, not for profit art organisation, providing a free or low cost mean...

  In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Peter Morris (@ petermorrisarchitects )   Peter Morris is primarily an architect, who has been running his own practice  for over a decade. But his other creative work – as an artist, illustrator, model-maker and designer of products and interiors – has always sat alongside his architectural work, and he loves to bring the colour, quirkines...