Friday, November 15, 2013 The ‘My North Yorkshire’ interview with Hannah Ostapjuk There’s something in the air in North Yorkshire. One breath is all that is needed to feel at ease, according to Hannah Ostapjuk, a North Yorkshire based autobiographical figurative oil painter. Hannah focuses on colour and chiaroscuro lighting effects combined with techniques employed […]
I have reached the next stage of the SAATCHI GALLERY’s Saatchi Online Showdown Competition ‘Painted Faces’. The online competition, portrait based this year, where artists from all over the world can showcase their work and be given the chance for it to be judged by internationally acclaimed artists and curators. Judges for the competition so far […]
I received another fantastic opportunity through being shortlisted for the New Lights Art Prize 2013 – to be interviewed by Crispin Rolfe for BBC Look North (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire). The interview focuses on the importance of art prizes like New Lights and the difficulty faced by artists living in the North of England as opposed to those living and working […]
My work has been chosen by THE INDEPENDENT to feature in their online arts article about the New Lights Art Prize 2013. View my chosen portrait in the Gallery. The New Lights prize, first awarded in 2011, attracted entries from across the North and is designed to draw attention to artists working outside the London arts scene. […]
Yorkshire Artist and Portrait Painter Hannah Ostapjuk was shortlisted for several prizes through New Lights 2013 including The Valeria Sykes Prize. The Private View on 20th September was a well attended event and a very enjoyable evening. A room full of extremely talented emerging artists’ work. I received some great comments about my portraits. It is fantastic to know […]
On Monday 16th September I had my first radio interview at BBC Radio York and am very pleased to be able to say it went very well. “Hannah Ostapjuk has been short listed for the New Lights Art Prize 2013. This prize is only given out once every 2 years to a young emerging artist […]
Last Friday was the YORK CEMETERY EXHIBITION Private View and what a fantastic turnout! Thank you to all that came, it was lovely to see lots of familiar faces. For those of you that haven’t yet visited the exhibition it is well worth an hour of your time. There is such a rich range of artwork […]
In celebration of the 175th Anniversary of York Cemetery 35 of York’s leading artists will exhibit a piece of work inspired by the Cemetery – “York’s hidden gem.” “Though primarily a painter, I have submitted a beautiful, large scale drawing of one of the cemetery’s monuments. It has been a lovely experience getting back to my […]
What a fantastic opportunity York Open Studios is for an artist, especially a portrait painter like myself. It’s the art event of the year in York, with many of the city’s best artists getting involved, visitors can plot wonderful routes through a range of studios and see some beautiful contemporary art. Over the first weekend I had a phenomenal number of […]