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3 Ways To Increase Your Self-Believe As An Artist
Articles, Art Career Claudia Elliott Articles, Art Career Claudia Elliott

3 Ways To Increase Your Self-Believe As An Artist

Working in solitude only magnifies these fears until our own confidence is left decimated – leaving us hovering nervously over a project we no longer trust or recognize as ours!

Believe in yourself and the possibilities are endless! They say.

It may sound simple, but taking that first step to believe in your own artistic capabilities can be daunting.

How do you begin? Where do you start?

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How To Have A Positive Mindset As An Artist - 4 Tips
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How To Have A Positive Mindset As An Artist - 4 Tips

One of the biggest lessons I have ever learned as an artist, in business and in life is that mindset is everything.

Have you ever found yourself dreaming of success but stopping short, thinking to yourself that "it's impossible"? We’ve all been there.

Let’s be honest, we’ve all got dreams and goals floating around in our heads that we’d love to make happen, but many times we never get them out of our heads… they just stay there, locked inside and never see the light of day

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Architecture, Multi-Dimensional Domains &  Tracing Paper: An Interview With Ryota Matsumoto
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Architecture, Multi-Dimensional Domains & Tracing Paper: An Interview With Ryota Matsumoto

Ryota Matsumoto has seen the world and then some. Growing up between Tokyo, Hong Kong, Japan and further studies in the UK inspired his artistic experiments featuring traditional techniques fused with digital media. His work is a captivating look into how our societies are changing amid rapid social, economic and cultural shifts - it's truly out of this world!

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We’re Excited To Present EUPHORIA
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We’re Excited To Present EUPHORIA

EUPHORIA is the latest online group exhibition at Smart Artist Hub - in collaboration with Stephen Feather. Featuring a series of fascinating and evocative works of five artists whose paintings interpret the theme of ‘EUPHORIA’.

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Illustrations, Black Coffee & Horror Movies: An Interview With Daniella Batsheva
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Illustrations, Black Coffee & Horror Movies: An Interview With Daniella Batsheva

Kerrang! is one of the biggest alternative music magazines in the world and earlier this year visual artist Daniella Batsheva has been named its first-ever female lead illustrator.

Daniella is known for fusing digital line work, with traditional hand drawing. She combines detail-heavy and bold-coloured images with issues such as mental health, sex, drugs and female empowerment.

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Architecture, Sound & Transformative Powers: An Interview With Lena Pozdnyakova and Eldar Tagi
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Architecture, Sound & Transformative Powers: An Interview With Lena Pozdnyakova and Eldar Tagi

Dive into the world of multimedia artist duo The 2vvo. Based in Los Angeles musician Eldar Tagi and architect Lena Pozdnyakova weave together their influences to create and perform evocative and expressive audio-visual sets. Their work spans from minimal electro-acoustic ambient to raw techno and industrial noise.

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Guest Curator Juliana Lauletta Highlights The Works Of Angela Brittain, Anthony Tanner & Zifeng Zang
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Guest Curator Juliana Lauletta Highlights The Works Of Angela Brittain, Anthony Tanner & Zifeng Zang

Brazilian independent curator and multimedia artist Juliana Lauletta curates and organises international exhibitions in Brazil and the UK. She also runs photography/creativity workshops to empower people to rekindle their creative side and highlight the importance of art in mental health.

She has been featured on the BBC, TimeOut London and Londonist, and participated in exhibitions in London, Edinburgh, Arles, Prague and Brazil.

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European Paintings, Cutouts & Robots: An Interview With William Brown
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European Paintings, Cutouts & Robots: An Interview With William Brown

William Brown’s artistic practice pushes the boundaries of what constitutes art and in the process, transforms the way in which his work is created and consumed.

He is currently working with Art Matr in Red Hook, New York which is the creator of the most advanced robotic painting system to date. Read on to gain insight into his amazing, creative process.

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Artist Of The Month For April 2022: Glenn Badham
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Artist Of The Month For April 2022: Glenn Badham

Glenn is a contemporary British artist specialising in oil and other mediums.

Glenn uses a synthetic palette to create bold and bright visions of experiential and surreal worlds. From sketching to materialising it into a full-fledged oil painting, his work explores the dynamic interaction between the natural world and human beings and their constantly evolving relation.

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Artist Of The Month For March 2022: Ruben Cukier
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Artist Of The Month For March 2022: Ruben Cukier

Seeped in surrealism, Ruben Cukier’s works explore the essential dilemma of existence through highly stylized, caricature-like figures that evoke a world of absurd fantasy and fragile reality. Considered one of the most influential proponents of the bio-constructionist movement that has its roots in classical Surrealism, Ruben Cukier was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1964.

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Almost every successful artist begins with two beliefs:

  1. THE FUTURE CAN BE BETTER THAN THE PRESENT

  2. I HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE IT SO

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