Ministry of Arts Podcast

In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Laxmi Hussain (@thislakshmi)   Elegant and ethereal but also precise and geometric, Laxmi Hussain’s drawings and paintings exist somewhere between the abstract and the realistic, often presenting what appear to be the free-flowing organic forms of the body through intricately ordered patterns. Her finely detailed line forms are rooted in a fascination...

    In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Dean Kelland (@deankellandofficial)   Dean Kelland is a UK Based Artist who works across performance, photography and filmmaking. His practice touches on cultures of taste and histories of class in order to produce engaging observations on collective and mediated identities. Kelland has exhibited nationally and internationally and undertaken residencies...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to James Vaulkhard (@jamesvaulkhard)   James Vaulkhard holds a BA degree in History of Art from Leeds University, and has both trained and taught at Charles Cecil Studios and Studio Della Statua in Florence, Italy. Here, he gained a formidable reputation for his ability to embrace and manifest traditional techniques in both portraiture and sculpture. Notably,...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Kare Turner (@karen_turner_artist)   A figure and portrait artist, her paintings mostly feature women and are a commentary on the weight of expectations placed on the female sex. With a particular focus on the physical body and the scrutiny to which it is commonly subjected, she works in oils and seeks to highlight pigments in the skin that can often go unn...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Rich Miller (@richmillerpots) Richard studied ceramics at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, graduating in 2003. For the last 12 years he’s been running Froyle Tiles, a handmade tile company based in Surrey. Specialising in the bespoke production of high fired stoneware tiles, they have to date carried out a range of commissions for a variety of notabl...

This MoA bonus episode focuses on Tanya Ling’s artist in residence project at Haberdashers’ Askes’ Borough Academy in Southwark, London.   Gary Mansfield speaks to Artist Tanya Ling and head of art Deborah Britton Field about the project undertaken by Tanya, which involves every child within the school.   (This was an impromptu recording, recorded on a smartphone)   To see the results of this proj...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Megan & Kieran from Gallery no.32 (@gallery_no.32) Gallery No.32 is an artist-led gallery and project space built in the summer of 2020. We provide a safe space for artists to show their work for free. Encouraging participatory and site-specific exhibitions and community events. Artists can exhibit their work horizontally in an anti-elitist environment, bri...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to John Dalton (@johndaltonart)   John Dalton is an artist, writer and podcast host (John Dalton’s Easy Does It)   The work of John Dalton arises at the intersection of consciousness and love. With influences as diverse as Anish Kapoor, Charles Bukowski and Krishnamurti, new insights are distilled from both internal and external dialogue.   Art, for John, is a...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Camille Walala (@camillewalala)   Known for her ambitious, large-scale and explosively colourful interventions in public spaces, Camille Walala uses the man-made landscape as a platform for disseminating positivity.   Her work encompasses full-facade murals, immersive 3D installations, street art, interiors and set design – characterised by a fusion of bold...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Bob & Chaz of The London Police (@thelondonpolice)   The London Police is an art collective started in 1998 when two English geezers headed to Amsterdam to rejuvenate the visually disappointing streets of Hollands capital. They were part of a small group of artists at the end of the last century that helped pioneer the street art movement. After a few years...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Carolyn Tripp (@carolyntceramics)   Carolyn Tripp is a classically trained ceramic artist receiving her degree in ceramics from Camberwell School of Art under the professorship of Richard Slee in the 1990’s.   “Working with clay is a constant learning curve and in order to improve my practice I regularly top-up my learning by attending classes in groups or...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Keith Brymer Jones (@keith brymerjones)   Keith Brymer Jones is a British potter and ceramic designer, known for his homeware Word Range with retro lettering and punk motifs. In 2015, he debuted as an expert judge alongside Kate Malone on BBC2’s The Great Pottery Throw Down where his readiness to shed tears at the contestants' work attracted comment. He has...

In this episode Gary Mansfield gives a round-up of the episodes that stood out for him during 2021, from episode 99-158 (@mizogart)   To Support this podcast from as little as £3 per month: www.patreon/ministryofarts   For full line up of confirmed artists go to https://www. ministryofarts.org Email: ministryofartsorg@gmail.com Social Media: @ministryofartsorg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Sam Haynes (@samhaynessculpture)   As an artist that initially felt isolated and uncomfortably distanced from everyday life working within a studio, I started my practice over twenty-five years ago creating site specific public art installations, engaging local communities with the belief that art has the power to bridge divides within society. The creative...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Charley Peters (@charleypeters) Charley Peters lives and works in London and exhibits internationally, showing recently at Saatchi Gallery (London), Eagle Gallery at London Art Fair (London), Hauser & Wirth Showroom (London), Fold Gallery (London), Z20 Sara Zanin Gallery (Rome), Yantai Art Museum (Yantai), Art 2 (New York) and National Museum of Gdansk (Gda...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Patrick Colhoun (@patrickcolhoun)   Originally trained as a ceramicist, Patrick Colhoun's practice is now multi-disciplinary with sculptures and installations combining black clay, hosiery, latex, piercings and metal spikes.   The first public exhibition of his work coincided to the day with redundancy after a twenty-year career. This was followed one year...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Pauline Amos (@paulineamos_art)   British born Pauline Amos is a creative performance and painting artist with a unique style of work combining performance, painting and music. Amos has a PhD from Dartington College of Arts, and has drawn international acclaim for her provocative, powerful and bold works.   Amos experimented in Liverpool’s music and acting...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to MJ Paranzino & Ginny Dougary of Liberty Choir (@libertychoiruk)   The overall aim of Liberty Choirs is to provide for excluded and isolated people (for example, those in secure psychiatric settings or people who are serving custodial sentences) a ‘through the gate’ programme of high-quality singing and social development. It is designed to help develop skil...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Bran Symondson (@bransymondson)   Bran Symondson is a British photographer, artist, philanthropist entrepreneur, and art collector. He is considered to be one of the most acclaimed reportage photographers of the 21st Century.   In 2004, Bran started the selection process to join the British Army Special Forces Reserves. After completing pre-deployment train...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Ally Rosenberg (@allyrosenbergartist)  Ally Rosenberg is a London-based artist from Manchester, primarily working in sculpture. His work takes an irreverent look at the body, through slicing and casting materials with a structural quality that reveal a relationship between image and object. After graduating from Central St. Martins, he took an academic deto...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Rosalind Davis (@rosalindnldavis)   Rosalind Davis invited Gary Mansfield to join her in conversation, in front of an audience at Thorp Stavri’s FACTORY PROJECT (21.10.2021), a museum scale exhibition where Rosalind was a curator and Gary showed via The Skip Gallery.   As an artist the central concern of Rosalind Davis is the transformation and reconfigurat...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Lois Keidan   Lois Keidan is a British-born cultural activist and writer. Until recently, she was the Director of the Live Art Development Agency which she co-founded with Catherine Ugwu in 1999. She was the former director of live arts at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) from 1992 to 1997. Prior to working at the ICA, she was responsible for nation...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Dr. Jasmine Pradissitto (@jasmine_pradissitto)   Pradissitto was born in Taunton, Somerset, to an Italian father and a French mother. She would travel to Italy in the summer as a child and has said she sees Italy as her spiritual home. She has said her interest in art started with copying from nature picture books and encyclopaedias, before she took an inte...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Three curators from Thorp Stavri’sThe Factory Project (@thorpstavri)   1. Rosalind Davis (@rosalindnldavis) 2. Fiona & Anna of Recreational Grounds (@recreationalgrounds) 3. Pacheanne (@pacheanneanderson)   The Factory Project is one of the largest curated events during London's Frieze week and will be held at the Thameside Industrial Estate, from 9 - 22 Oc...

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to LUAP (@luap)   Paul Robinson, known professionally as LUAP is a British contemporary artist. A skilled fine artist who dynamically fuses painting and photography, Paul Robinson aka LUAP, born in Grimsby in 1982, is fast gaining critical recognition and a celebrity following for his exciting work.   His most iconic series depicts a pink teddy bear come-to-li...