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Art On a Postcard returns with their fifth annual International Women’s Day Auction featuring artist picks from eight guest female curators. Bidders can anticipate high-caliber, original postcard-sized artworks from a variety of emerging and established female artists with all proceeds going to the Hepatitis C Trust, specifically supporting the work they do with women affected by the criminal justice system, both in prison and local communities.
This year the auction will span two weeks, encompassing International Women’s Day on 8 March, with eight concurrent mini auctions taking place. Each of the guest curators will platform a selection of female artists, reimagining their relative disciplines and unique thematic approaches to fit bespoke postcard sized designs. There will be a preview of all the works at Bomb Factory, Covent Garden, where patrons can see all the work collectively in person before placing their bids.
Amongst this year’s curatorial line up is ‘All About Art’ podcast host, writer, and historian Alexandra Steinacker-Clark. Steinacker-Clark will bring artworks from the intimate and evocative Unskilled Worker, the wonderful and grotesque amalgamations of multi-disciplinary artist Flora Bradwell and the ‘mad-scientist’ approach of London-based, Australian artist Eva Dixon.
Art advisory and curatorial specialists Cura Art will showcase multidisciplinary artist, model, and art director Precious Opera, the emotionally drenched reimagined icons of painter Gill Button and the winner of the 2023 Emma Thompson Women in Art Prize, Svetlana Semenova.
Vanessa Murrell is a writer, co-host of Art Fictions Podcast and co-founder of Ye Collective, a Curatorial collective co-creating cultural actions and amplifying solidarity within the art industry. For AOAP Murrell champions the nostalgic and humorous adolescent depictions of Super Future Kid, the Chinoiserie influenced works of sculptor and ceramicist Hannah Lim and the digitally native aesthetic sensibilities of Maja Djordjevic.
Art historian, curator, writer, and presenter of ‘Jo's Art History Podcast’, Jo McLaughlin has selected Rhona Taylor with her explorations of space and dimension, paint and paper collage artist Jo Hummel and cross-cultural painter Elaine Woo MacGregor.
Vittoria Beltrame, an independent curator, art dealer and advisor, is auctioning works by abstract painter Rebecca Hardacker, socially driven feminist painter Roxana Halls, abstract figurative artist Gal Schindler, fashion illustrator Jessica Bird and Phoebe Boddy with her signature poppy still-life’s.
Female-led not for profit community, Women in Art who aim to support, mentor, and promote women artists will also join the curatorial bill. Their auction line-up includes oil painter turned photographer Tracey Goldfinch Elson, the curiosity driven and ever-evolving multi-disciplinary artist Maayan Sophia Weisstub and portrait artist Han Han.
Art On a Postcard Founder, Gemma Peppé’s own selection includes sculptor and curator of the 2024 Royal Academy Summer Show Ann Christopher RA. Christopher is accompanied by the provoking works of artist Justine Smith, the culturally rich depictions of Simona Rusheya’s Bulgarian heritage, the dystopic media inspired stylings of Louise Reynolds, the surreal and uncanny figurative works of oil painter Xanthe Burdett, the familial narratives of Catherine Repko and renowned illustrator Magda Archer.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS A-Z
Adele Aproh • Alex Foxton • Alexandra Beteeva • Alison Griffin • Anaja Hvastija Gaia • Anke Roder • Anna Pakosz • Ashley January • Blair Martin Cahill • Brooke Fitzsimons • Camilla Mihkelsoo • Carlos Quirarte • Carol Robertson • Caroline Cornelius • Cecil Touchon • Chloe S.Moncrieff • Christian Franzen • Christina Niederberger • Chrysa Kanari • Corbin Shaw • Craig Jefferson NEAC • Darren Reid • Daryl Waller • David Gamble • David Ryan • David Stubbs • Diane Meyer • Dianne Kaufman • Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia • Emerson Pullman • Errol Theunissen • Eve Pettitt • Fiona Carver • Fiona Curran • Guillermo Martin Bermejo • Haitie Malcomson • Heidrun Rathgeb • Helen Latham • INKTERAKTIV aka Caro Clarke • Jacky Oliver • Jill Mandeng • Jim Brook • Jiro Osuga • Jochen Muhlenbrink • Johanna Seidel • John Luke Kent • Joseph Black • K.T. Kobel • Kate Lyddon • Kwaku Osei Owusu Achim • Laura Critchlow • Lily Hargreaves • Louisa Chambers • Luke Anthony Rooney • Lydia Merrett • Mahesh Baliga • Mandy El-Sayegh • Mandy Payne • Marcelle Hanselaar • Mark Entwisle • Martin Kerrison • Mary Blue • Mary Stephenson • Miya Ando • Mole Hill • Navot Miller • Nicki Mayne • Nicole Price • Nisha Duggal • Olha Pryymak • Orsola Zane • Paulina Archambault • Peter Newell - Price • Rachel Hobkirk • Rosalind Robinson RWA SWA • Rosanna Dean • Sarah Ball • Sarah Miska • Sarah Spackman • Sheila Rennick • Shelter Serra • Simon Burbidge • Sofya Tagor • Sona Asemani • Stephanie Noble • Tahnee Lonsdale • Tamara Dubnyckyj • Tamsin Relly • Temitope Adebowale • Toby Holmes • Waswo X Waswo • William Wright • Yuma Radne
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PLEASE DO NOT BID ON ARTWORK IN OUR ART ON A POSTCARD AUCTIONS IF YOU INTEND ON SELLING THE ARTWORK AFTER YOU HAVE PURCHASED IT. THIS AUCTION HAS BEEN ORGANISED FOR CHARITY AND ALL ARTWORKS HAVE BEEN GENEROUSLY DONATED BY THE ARTISTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE HEPATITIS C TRUST. WHEN THE WORK PRODUCED FOR THE CHARITY IS SOLD ON THE SECONDARY MARKET IT DAMAGES OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARTIST AND PREVENTS US FROM FUNDRAISING.