Cultural identity art

Winner at Waes Diversity Competition

Lost identity

When the children are gone will I be something flimsier, something less than I was before? By Lauren Apfel

Thai-Australian artist Nathan Beard navigates hybrid perspectives by reframing objects uncovered at his mother’s abandoned home

From his Brighton-based studio on the seafront, Mark Powell (previously) pieces together crinkled book pages and postcards laden with travel dispatches. The vintage collages serve as backdrops for the artist’s oversized portraits of older folks, whose pensive stares and deep wrinkles are rendered gently in ballpoint pen. Often magnified, the subjects complement the weathered, ephemeral surfaces that span multiple feet. “I’m currently working on a series of larger works because they have much…

Fatinha's illustrations have travelled the world. From a children’s book for MOMA up to a banner wrapping Antwerp city hall and covers for magazines.

"What's in your head?"

Mexican textile artist Victoria Villasana applies colourful embroidery to pictures of artists, musicians and politicians