FEATURE GUIDE Issue 20 autumn/winter 2021 difficult and expensive it is to try to do this by yourself, which is the concept behind the magazine: it allows artists to share space in the publication and reach our database of art gallery curators and directors. It’s a great way of capturing the attention of industry leaders; similar to exhibiting your work at an art fair where the visitors are directors and curators of the UK’s top galleries. It would be impossible to get all of these people in one room for obvious reasons, so the magazine is a great way of showcasing your work through the platform of a publication. Inside Artists covers a broad spectrum of the art world. • Exclusive interviews with artists. • Curated profiles of talented emerging and established artists. • Previews of upcoming events & exhibitions. Mission Statement We believe art to be one of the most important parts of humanity and culture. About Us It inspires, guides and challenges us, making people and society better and happier. Art should be accessible for everyone, as well as the opportunity to Inside Artists is a national contemporary arts and culture magazine, experience viewing work directly from the artist’s perspective. showcasing talented emerging and established artists to industry leaders and art lovers alike. Copies are sent out to over 600 of the UKs top galleries and Our publication encourages the contemporary arts by connecting artists, agencies, directly to curators and directors. Digital copies are also sent to galleries and exhibitions to industry leaders and art lovers alike. curators and directors at over 400 galleries across selected European cities and over 600 USA galleries. The magazine is also available to read for free online giving art lovers all over the world the opportunity to see your work. 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We know from experience how 14 | ARTIST PROFILES | HELEN WELLS HELEN WELLS | ARTIST PROFILES | 15 58 ARTIST PROFILE CAROL BROWN CAROL BROWN ARTIST PROFILE 59 Miss Ives, 2016, digital photograph, 66 x 97 cm Tears From My Eyes, 2014, digital photograph, 69 x 122 cm The Holiday, 2014, watercolour paint and ink pen Connected Planet, 2014, watercolour paint and ink Carol Brown on watercolour paper, 41 x 31 cm pen on watercolour paper, 41 x 31 cm hotographer Carol Brown’s that have caught her attention now holding the time working in independent viewer as we take on her perspective and find HELEN WELLS film helped to develop her style the meaning in the seemingly mundane. as an artist; whether working ased overlooking the sea on the Utilising the transparency of her medium to create with wardrobe, or as a still Originally from the UK where she studied Fine South Coast of England, the water bright and clear other-worldly scenes, Wells builds photographer, she used the Art and Photography in Birmingham, Brown has is a constant presence and source up layers of colour and pattern, each one revealing Pexperience to learn as much as possible. since relocated to New York. Continuing her of inspiration for mixed media artist elements of what lies underneath, before adding work in independent film, she was awarded Helen Wells, who takes elements from complex details in paint or ink. As an artist, Brown’s images hold an the best director award from the Thanet nature and blends them into beautifully autobiographic quality, as we are offered International Filmmaker Festival in 2010 while Bintricate abstract works. Wells’ artworks can be found in private collections snatched glimpses into her everyday movements also earning nominations for best documentary all over the world from America to New Zealand, albeit from an abstract perspective. We are the and cinematography for her documentary film Combining mediums such as ink and watercolour and having recently won Winsor and Newton’s fly on the wall her explorations and heightened ‘Jamaica Jamaica’. Her first solo show took place paint on paper, Wells works instinctively and Watercolour Revolution competition, her work Still awareness of her environments. As the in Artifact Gallery, New York, at the start of the intuitively, finding rhythms in her process while she Waters - a watercolour painting of an ornamental photographer turns her gaze to the world around year, and she has been selected to show her paints. The repetitive flowing motion of her line and pond in St Leonards on Sea - was exhibited in The her, the lush textures and tones of her images work at The XI Florence Biennale in 2017. mark making mirror the patterns in nature which often Saatchi Gallery, London. reveal darkened tunnels, cracks and decay. We act as a catalyst for new paintings; from the patterns are witness to her leafy, watery investigations carolbrownphotography.com Tunnel Vision, 2014, digital photograph, 50 x 89 cm of the water left in sand, to textures on shells and helenwellsartist.co.uk and night time city walks; the fleeting moments [email protected] fossils, the structures of snowflakes and the marks on [email protected] feathers and wings. Deep Water, 2014, watercolour paint and ink pen on watercolour paper, 41 x 31 cm Carol Brown Helen Wells "I am absolutely thrilled to have been featured in Inside Artists. "Being featured in Inside Artists magazine provided amazing exposure My work was beautifully laid out on six pages of Issue 6. Working to a spot-on audience. Appearing in the magazine led directly to an with the team at Inside Artists was an absolute pleasure, they really exhibition in a celebrity chef's London restaurant. A curator read it, connected with my work and their sensitivity and insight is reflected in got in touch and now I have 6 paintings in this world famous chef's the way they arranged my layout and in the way they described my restaurant. Brilliant!” helenwellsartist.co.uk work and the passion behind it. With their Industry wide distribution, the exposure I got was tremendous. Within a week of publication I was contacted by several galleries expressing interest in my work. Inside Artists is a great resource, an effective way for artists to get international exposure and I hope to continue working with them into the future.” carolbrownphotography.com Distribution Inside Artists targets two markets; industry leaders and art lovers. The publication is a platform for showcasing your work; like a mini-exhibition that gets sent out both in print and directly to email inboxes across the world. Our readers are always looking to discover their new favourite artist! UK Industry targeted distribution in print: 150+ Hard copies sent to over 200 of the UKs top galleries and agencies; directly to exhibition and gallery curators, directors and agents. The magazine is printed to the highest standards, perfect bound with premium paper and a thick cover. It’s a magazine to hold onto, keep and collect. UK Industry targeted digital distribution: 600+ Digital copies are sent to independent and national galleries and art agencies across the UK. The digital copies are sent directly to exhibition and gallery curators, directors and agents. European Industry targeted digital distribution: 400+ Digital copies are now sent to curators and directors at over 400 galleries across selected European cities. USA Industry targeted digital distribution: 600+ Digital copies are now sent to curators and directors at over 600 galleries across selected USA cities. Subscribers: 9,000+ Our audience of art loving subscribers is growing every day. 30 ARTIST PROFILE ANDY MCINTOSH ANDY MCINTOSH ARTIST PROFILE 31 Gullane Beach, 2013, steel, zinc, plaster, plastic & concrete, 59 x 76 cm Andy McIntosh etal, wood, concrete and postmodern humour. Through this process What does the cost cover? paint collide and combine of reclaiming and repurposing, the finished in Andy McIntosh’s assemblages contain a variety of materials such intriguing works which as aluminium cans, scrap metal and broken explore the possibilities machinery. Recently pieces foraged from nature for recycling and renewal have also found their way into the artist’s works; The feature rates cover time spent writing and producing your feature, as well Min found objects and scrap. 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