In September 2022, New Contemporaries annual exhibition of emerging and early career artists launched in Hull at Humber Street Gallery and Ferens Art Gallery. The hotly anticipated 2022 exhibition included artists selected through an open submission by internationally renowned artists James Richards, Veronica Ryan and Zadie Xa.

Established in 1949, New Contemporaries gives visibility, recognition and support to the incredible breadth and depth of emerging talent, enabling artists’ practices to become more sustainable long-term.

Drawing on personal and universal narratives, 2022’s exhibition demonstrated a rich diversity of voices and approaches to making. The 47 selected artists included final year students and recent graduates from UK arts institutions, as well as practitioners on alternative peer-to peer learning programmes.

As well as taking part in the annual touring exhibition, artists benefitted from inclusion in the New Contemporaries online platform and gained access to a range of mentoring, talks, discussion groups and workshops through New Contemporaries bespoke Bridget Riley Artist Development Programme.

Selected artists for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022 were: Lou Baker, Ashton Blyth, Adam Boyd, Tom Bull, Velvet Butler Carroll/Rudi Blu, Danying Chen, Josh Clague, Eugenia Cuellar, bill daggs, Francesca Dobbe, Charlotte Edey, Paola Estrella, Winnie Hall, Hamish Halley, Deborah Hobson, Eva Hopper, Steph Huang, Kneed – Ishwari Bhalerao and Leonie Rousham, Gabriel Kidd, Yun Kim, Sarah Lang, Akinsola Lawanson, Lorena Levi, Rudy Loewe, Catarina Ludovico, Jemisha Maadhavji, Leily Moghtader Mojdehi, Mehmil Nadeem, Abi Ola, Beverley Onyangunga, Ciara Otuokere, Meitao Qu, Bishwadhan Rai, Divya Sharma, Nicole Sheppard, Sherie Sitauze, Katie Surridge, Yukako Tanaka, Kialy Tihngang, Emma Todd, Rosalie Wammes,Theresa Weber, Andre Williams, Dawn Wilson, Zearo and Zish.

Ferens Art Gallery

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022 was also hosted by Ferens Art Gallery, with different works displayed in each venue.

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For more information download our Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022 exhibition guide:

Learn more about the artists and their work on the New Contemporaries Online Platform: platform.newcontemporaries.org.uk

You can also check out our online artist talk with Theresa Weber, a member of the New Contemporaries cohort below:

Related Events:

Bloomberg New Contemporaries Guided Tour

Sunday 27 November 2022
1pm/2pm/3pm
Humber Street Gallery & Ferens Art Gallery
Free, no booking required

Experience a guided tour of the exhibitions at both Humber Street Gallery and Ferens Art Gallery from HEY! Volunteers. Visit either venue on the hour to enjoy the tour, which includes a 10-minute walk between the two host galleries so you may experience the full exhibition.

Thursday Lates: Bloomberg New Contemporaries Artist Talk – In Person

Thursday 10 November 2022
7-9pm
Humber Street Gallery
Pay what you can, booking required

Kialy Tihngang, a Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022 cohort member, joins us for this Thursday Lates event. Tihngang’s practice is informed by textiles, sculpture, costume, animation and moving image, which combines and contrasts hand and digital techniques. The talk will take place in person at Humber Street Gallery amongst the exhibition and provides an opportunity to meet the artist.

Exhibition Launch Party

Thursday 22 September 2022
6-9pm
Humber Street Gallery
Free, no booking required

Join us to celebrate the opening of Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022 at Humber Street Gallery. This event is a chance to meet the artists, visit the exhibition and bring people together from across the city for a drink or two.

Bloomberg New Contemporaries Guided Tour

Sunday 25 September 2022
1pm/2pm/3pm
Humber Street Gallery & Ferens Art Gallery
Free, no booking required

Experience a guided tour of the exhibitions at both Humber Street Gallery and Ferens Art Gallery from HEY! Volunteers. Visit either venue on the hour to enjoy the tour, which includes a 10-minute walk between the two host galleries so you may experience the full exhibition.

Bloomberg New Contemporaries Artist Talk – Online

Wednesday 28 September 2022
6-7:30pm
Online
Pay what you can, booking required

This online event is an opportunity to hear from one of the artists from Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022, Theresa Weber, followed by a Q&A. Weber will be introducing listeners to the concepts of several of her bigger works, which deal with mythologies in connection to social issues, and post-colonial research topics in relation to her materiality.