Virtual tour of the 2021 Prismatic Minds exhibition at Flowers Gallery in London

With Project Art Works nominated for the Turner Prize in 2021, and growing institutional interest, the art world is waking up to "outsiders" but advocates fear their exploitation. Tess Thackara writes for The Art Newspaper.

During Prismatic Minds in August 2021, I was interviewed by Limna - the AI-powered Art Advisor in your Pocket.

London Art Critic Tabish Khan listed Prismatic Minds within his top 6 exhibitions to see in London in late August 2021

Interview featuring Yoshihiro Watanabe and his mother in ‘Diversity in the Arts Today’ in Japan from 2019

Join The Big Draw X Jennifer Lauren Gallery for a series of monochrome workshops this autumn.

Five artists from the Jennifer Lauren Gallery have been selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2021

Online talks with disabled and neurodivergent artists

Art et al. is a new, inclusive, curated online platform that commissions and presents collaborations between artists from supported studios, artist peers and arts professionals.

Paul Laster listed Shinichi Sawada as one of fifteen works he wanted from the Takashi Murakami curated ‘Super Rough’ show in New York, June 2021.

Artnet listed Shinichi Sawada as one of five outstanding artists in the ‘Super Rough’ exhibition in New York in June 2021.

Jerry Saltz visited the Shinichi Sawada solo exhibition at Venus over Manhattan to record this short video for New York Magazine, March 2021.

In The Art Newspaper March 2021, Tess Thackra said of Sawada’s work, “Shinichi Sawada’s irresistible spiky ceramic creatures look like they might have emerged from the archeological dig of an ancient civilisation.”

Professor Colin Rhodes reviewed Monochromatic Minds in issue #105 of Raw Vision Magazine in Spring 2020 saying, “a sophisticated system of compelling art.”

Artist Judith McNicol reviewed Valerie’s work in issue #105 of Raw Vision Magazine, in Spring 2020 saying,“To me, Potter’s remarkable embroideries are brave, dramatic and compelling, revealing both harshness in her imagery and tenderness in her craft.