2018 Selected to the British art prize Ashurst Emerging Art prize London with catalog and exhibition for three months
“The judges wrote about my work:
"Manuel Remeggio is originally from Italy and studied Fine Art in Venice and then at Middlesex University. Manuel’s practice explores the idea of aporia – an internal contradiction or battle. He uses his work to create a dialogue on this battle, explored through his visual decisions. His shortlisted work is part of the ‘Painting to Improve Life’ series which represent the internal faces or people through their composition."”
.Who selected my works:
Conrad Carvalho Art Advisor and Corporate Art Consultant (Panel Chairman) An expert in emerging art, having started Oaktree & Tiger in South Kensington to launch a diverse selection of international emerging artists, organising exhibitions and placing their artworks with private clients around the world. Conrad has also given lectures, at Sotheby's Institute of Art and University of the Arts London, and various talks on art and business. He is currently advising artists on promoting their own work to gain new collectors and attract gallery representation for themselves. He works on a wide range of art projects and places carefully chosen emerging artists in a variety of projects and spaces, including corporate and commercial spaces. He also gives art investment talks to private and corporate clients.You can see more at www.oaktreeandtiger.com
Dr David Anfam Curator, Art Historian and Writer
David is Senior Consulting Curator at the Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, and Director of its Research Center. Based in London, Anfam’s many books and catalogues over the past forty years include studies of Jackson Pollock, Edward Kienholz, Howard Hodgkin, Wayne Thiebaud, Brice Marden, Jeff Elrod, Anish Kapoor and Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas – A Catalogue Raisonné (Yale University Press, 1998), which received the 2000 Mitchell Prize for the History Art. He is the preeminent authority on Abstract Expressionism and his exhibition Abstract Expressionism, held at the Royal Academy of Arts last year, was described by Jackie Wullschlager, Chief Art Critic at the Financial Times, as "the most pleasurable, provocative exhibition of American art in Britain this century". You can see more at www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/abstract-expressionism and www.clyffordstillmuseum.org/research-center/
Dr David Bellingham Art Historian, Art Lecturer and Writer Art historian, author and Programme Director at Sotheby's Institute of Art, the leading school in art business education. David also lectures on Classical Art and Architecture, holds a special honours degree in Latin and Classical Archaeology, and a doctorate for his thesis on the cultural and socio-economic aspects of sympotic scenes in ancient Roman and Pompeian wall-painting. You can see more at www.sothebysinstitute.com.
Aindrea Emelife Art Journalist and Presenter
A groundbreaking new and unique voice in the art world, she currently writes for BBC Online and The Guardian and contributes to Tatler, The Financial Times, RA Magazine, amongst other international publications. She has presented art films for the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hepworth Wakefield Museum, the Dairy Art Centre, The Courtauld Gallery and Waldemar Januszczak (renowned art critic, formerly for The Guardian and The Sunday Times, and documentary producer). You can see her current and previous projects at www.aindreaemelife.com
Howard Lewis Collector Director of the Schorr Collection, a collection of 400-plus artworks, predominantly Old Masters acquired over four decades. Howard currently spends his time managing the collection and the numerous long term loans to institutions in the UK, US and beyond, including the Bodleian Library at Oxford University and The Walker Gallery in Liverpool.
Rosa Sepple PRI is a self taught artist, starting her painting career in the late 1990’s. She was elected the First Female President of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in January 2017. http://www.rosasepple.com/