Emerging Artists Programme 2022/23
Mandeep Dillon
We are excited to announce the artists selected to be part of the 2022- 2023 Emerging Artists Programme, designed for early-career artists in the first 10 years of their development. We had a total of 75 applications from artists and collectives from all over the world.
The successful artists will exhibit their work at Orleans House Gallery from August 2022 until April 2023, transforming it into a vibrant space where they will be able to learn, engage and experiment with our visitors.
We are looking forward to working with Anna Blom, Pía Ortuño, Bianca Rafaella, Mandeep Dillon and Rudy Loewe and continuing to support artists at exciting points in their careers.
Today we are introducing Mandeep Dillon who will exhibiting the show Objects of Disquiet at Orleans House Gallery from 27 August to 9 October 2022. Look out for profiles on the rest of the emerging artists in the coming weeks.
Using sculpture and collage Mandeep Dillon’s practice draws on a personal malaise to explore the fragility and vulnerability of human and non-human bodies.
She completed an MA in sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 2019. Before graduating, Mandeep was a creative director and also documentary film producer making programmes about conflict, natural disasters and environmental issues in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Find out more about Mandeep’s work here:
Anna Blom and Pía Ortuño
Anna Blom is a Swedish born, London based artist who recently completed a Masters in Painting at the Royal College of Art. She holds a First-Class Honours Bachelor of Fine Art Painting from UAL Wimbledon College of Arts (2020) and has curated, led and participated in a number of group exhibitions and independent solo installations in the UK, including at 24 Cork Street and Copeland Gallery. Anna divides her practice between her south London studio and Stockholm, where she works in an interdisciplinary manner combining painting, drawing, sound, words and found objects.
Pía Ortuño (b. 1996 San José) is a Costa Rican artist currently living and working in London. She graduated from the University of Costa Rica with a BA in fine arts (2019) and later moved to Pietrasanta, Italy to work and learn ancient marble and bronze techniques. She apprenticed under Jimenez Deredia in his Carrara studio and worked at the Fonderia Artistic Mariani (2020). Currently attending the Royal College of Art, Pia is pursuing her Masters in painting and is the co-founder of Sala Salon (2020). Her work has been exhibited internationally, most recently at Fold Gallery in London.
Bianca Raffaella
As a visually impaired artist, Bianca Raffaella works with essential lines and tactile marks to describe her subjects, whether these are abstracted figures or atmospheric landscapes. The colour pallets Raffaella chooses are comprised of subtle and faded shades, which are distinctive to her work. She paints exactly what she sees and with the colours which she recognises as the most noticeable in her chosen compositions. For example, reflections from moving shapes that are prominent in Raffaella’s work describe how her eyes respond and fixate to light. Using the strength of her peripheral sight, she can replicate her visual perception to the sighted world.
Rudy Loewe
Rudy Loewe engages histories, politics and Caribbean folklore through painting and drawing. They interrogate what has become truth in the collective memory, envisaging alternate futures that centre black queer and trans experiences. In 2021 Rudy began a practice-based PhD at UAL, critiquing Britain’s relationship to Caribbean Black Power during 1967-1976. Recent exhibitions include Back to Earth, Serpentine Gallery; Open 22, New Art Exchange; and Civil Olydnad, Vallentuna Kulturhus.