Volume 15
Friend of The Artist is dedicated to showcasing the work of talented emerging artists from around the world. Each volume is unique and features a diversity of aesthetics and ideas as we invite guest jurors to select artists. For Volume 15, we are excited to partner with newcube who curated a wonderful group of artists. newcube is a platform connecting collectors, curators, and art enthusiasts with promising new artists while providing career development opportunities to the new generation of artists on the rise. We are delighted with their selection and thank newcube staff, Bibi Zavieh, Claire Toole, Laura Day Webb, Nazgol Kashani for their selection of artists.
Within the pages of FOA’s Volume 15, we are proud to feature 50 artists from 13 countries who work in various mediums. We feel that FOA’s printed volumes can provide a physical encounter for the viewer to not only take in the works in a tactile form and experience them in context with other curated works.
Release Date: Aug 27, 2022
Binding: Hardcover
Page count: 238 pages
ISBN: 9798218039448
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Artists
ShaziA Ahmad, Chanell Angeli, Sophie Asselin, Danny Balgley, Yasmin Barakat, Anna Berghuis, Agathe Bouton, Nate Burbeck, Neena Buxani, Ethan Caflisch, Mae Chan, Camryn Connolly, Antony Densham, Adam Dressner, Andrea Ehret, Dara Engler, Stephanie Frondoso, Marianna Gefen, Bootsy Holler, Sarah Jentsch, Jia Jia, Joseph Justus, Justin N. Kim, Annike Limborço, Hélène Lindqvist, Dustin London, Yin Lu, Jamie L. Luoto, Kaima Marie, Heather Martindale, Evelyn Morgan, Austin Moule, Anushka Nair, Hannah Nijsten, Vasilios Papaioannu, Rebecca Potts Aguirre, Mia Risberg, Kaoru Shibuta, Alma Sinai, Merritt Spangler, Hidetaka Suzuki, Pedro Troncoso, Anna Valdez, Hendrik Van Doorn, Anne von Freyburg, Julia Whitney Barnes, Holly Wong, Areum Yang, Ellaya Yefymova, Rachael Zur
Jurors
Bibi Zavieh
An art historian graduate from Sorbonne University, a creative entrepreneur with a passion for art & tech, new markets, and the next generation of artists and collectors, Bibi Zavieh is newcube’s Founder. After a brief passage in the Parisian gallery world, she joined Christie’s, based between their London and Dubai offices for nearly 8 years, as a senior specialist and co-head of sale. There, she helped grow the business and the market in the Middle East and North Africa, and contributed to the broader exposure of contemporary art in the region. While at Christie’s, she co-founded darz.art, a platform that sheds light on Iranian collectors with interest in the art of the region. Later recruited by artnet Auctions to bring her expertise in new markets and help grow their online auctions, she was appointed co-head of their global contemporary art department. Bibi Zavieh departed artnet Auctions to establish newcube, a platform that supports and promotes the most promising and diverse of artists on the rise, and guides new and seasoned collectors throughout their acquisition process. As a specialist and advisor in Contemporary art and new markets, Bibi Zavieh works with various art & tech startups and has been featured in publications and news channels including CNN, Bloomberg, Le Monde, the Art Newspaper, artnet News and Harper’s Bazaar Art.
Claire Toole
A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, majoring in Art History with a focus on Black Canadian Art History, Claire Toole is newcube’s Director of Business & Strategy. Following her Bachelor’s, she went on to complete her Master’s in Art, Law and Business at Christie’s Education, and then joined Christie’s in London, where she was appointed Senior Client Strategy Analyst. During her time at the auction house, she worked closely with art departments in London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong to strategically target new and existing collectors, for both auctions and private sales. Claire joined the newcube team in its early stages, playing an instrumental and executive role in the development and strategy of the platform. With our founder, she works towards defining and implementing a vision for newcube’s future and working closely with our artists. Passionate about supporting emerging artists globally, Claire’s goal is to actively contribute to the art world that is more transparent, accessible and democratic. Alongside newcube, Claire is the Artist Operations Lead at Avant Arte, facilitating collaborations with artists to create high quality editions.
Laura Day Webb
Currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Art Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York City, Laura Day Webb is newcube’s Brand & Partnerships Lead. She made her foray into the art world as Co-Founder of La Doyenne, a demi-couture womenswear line at the crossroads between art, fashion, and technology. It is this experience that prompted her to pivot her career fully into the art world and led her to join newcube in early 2021. In her role at newcube, Laura fosters and develops meaningful partnerships with key players in the art world, with the goal of expanding the brand’s exposure and relationships. Alongside newcube, Laura continues to pursue her passion for supporting early career artists through various curatorial projects including “The Art of Resilience”, held at NYC’s High Line Nine in September 2021 and featuring works by eight contemporary Kenyan and British artists. The exhibition examined the interplay between art, community, and conservation through the eyes of the community surrounding Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Northern Kenya, as well as the tangible shift in environment wrought by the pandemic. A portion of the
proceeds from the sale of the works benefitted Lewa, a non-profit UNESCO World Heritage site.
Nazgol Kashani
A filmmaker based in Berlin and Content Producer at newcube, Nazgol Kashani has directed, produced and edited insightful videos of the artists we work with. Her videos lead the audience into the inner and outer worlds of the artists, and reveal the uniqueness of their practice. A graduate of ICART in Paris in Cultural mediation, she went on to pursue her first Master’s Degree in Cultural Policy in London and later a Master of Fine Art at Ohio University with a focus on film. She kicked off her career in galleries before joining Sotheby’s France and then IHF, the Iranian Heritage Foundation, a non-political UK registered charity with the mission to promote and preserve the history, languages, and cultures of Iran. As a freelance curator and documentary producer, she worked with the BBC and since has dedicated her career to filmmaking. She made various documentaries and narrative shorts and has received several awards and grants, such as the Arte Short Film Prize at the 33rd Filmfest in Dresden, in July 2021 for her short “May She RIP”.
