Explore Artists in London

Find Contemporary, Modern, and Emerging Artists in London

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Vinca Petersen photograph of a group gathered outdoors, documenting community and free party culture
London, United Kingdom

Vinca Petersen

Vinca Petersen is a British artist and photographer known for her documentary work capturing youth culture, particularly the European rave and free party scene. Her intimate, empathetic photographs offer a raw, authentic glimpse into alternative communities, exploring freedom, identity, and shared experience.

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London, United Kingdom

Dale Lewis

Dale Lewis is a British painter known for his raw, energetic, and often grotesque narrative paintings of contemporary urban life. His work satirizes societal anxieties and human behavior, capturing the dark humor and absurdities of the everyday with a distinctive, visceral style.

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London, United Kingdom

Jodie Carey

Jodie Carey is a British artist known for her sculptural installations that often use fragile, organic, or cast materials. Her work explores themes of time, memory, and the human condition, often creating monumental yet delicate forms that evoke natural processes of decay and transformation.

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London, United Kingdom

Eva Gold

Eva Gold is a British artist known for her sculptural works that often use unconventional materials and industrial processes. Her practice explores themes of transformation, fragility, and the tension between organic and artificial forms, creating compelling pieces with a raw, tactile quality.

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London, United Kingdom

Jessica Wilson

Jessica Wilson is a British artist known for her sculptural and installation works that often incorporate everyday objects and industrial materials. Her practice explores themes of labor, utility, and transformation, creating compelling pieces that challenge conventional perceptions of value and function.

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London, United Kingdom

Caragh Thuring

Caragh Thuring is a British artist known for her distinctive paintings that often blend landscape, portraiture, and abstract elements. Her work employs a unique process that incorporates found linen, challenging traditional notions of the canvas and exploring themes of place, memory, and the act of looking.

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London, United Kingdom

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen is a British artist and filmmaker, a Turner Prize winner, known for his powerful, visually arresting films and video installations. His work explores themes of identity, race, history, and social justice with a stark, unflinching intimacy that confronts uncomfortable truths.

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London, United Kingdom

Walead Beshty

Walead Beshty is a British-American artist known for his conceptually rigorous works across photography, sculpture, and installation. His practice often exposes the processes of art production and distribution, using materials subject to change and entropy to explore themes of value, circulation, and institutional critique.

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London, United Kingdom

Michael Landy

Michael Landy is a British artist, a prominent YBA figure, known for his conceptually driven, often performative, works that critique consumerism and value systems. His practice frequently involves meticulous acts of cataloging or destruction, exploring themes of obsession, waste, and the transience of possessions.

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London, United Kingdom

Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley is a seminal British artist, a leading figure in Op Art, known for her mesmerizing abstract paintings that create optical illusions. Her rigorous practice explores perception, movement, and the psychological effects of color and form, generating dynamic, often disorienting, visual experiences.

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