Salon Contemporary is dedicated to discovering and fostering some of the best new and emerging artists both in the UK and internationally. Based in London, we work with artists, curators, and gallerists. We run programmes whose aim is to present these dynamic individuals onto the international platform.
Salon Contemporary is not another art dealer. This is a vibrant hot-bed and network for new talent, carefully selected by director Samir Ceric from the UK's leading art schools, offering an array of original works that explode onto the art market with refreshing vivacity. Ceric's mission to champion emerging artists manifests itself in an unprecedented apprenticeship programme, which challenges, as well as invests in and nurtures tomorrow's artists, curators and gallerists. Salon Contemporary's unique position, specialising in close work with art programmes in institutions all over the UK, is not only focused on finding the future greats of the art world, but on assisting people at the time when they need it the most. The result is the emergence of the very best of new British talent onto an international programme that spans across Europe, Asia and America and is spreading to the remaining continents.
Salon Contemporary is an expanded and re-branded programme that began as SaLon Gallery in Notting Hill in 2006. Ceric, and those involved with Salon Contemporary have pursued their dedication to new and emerging art to an international level, and in turn, developed as a new organisation with the resources and enthusiasm to pursue supportive and dynamic art platforms for UK artists not only in entering the British art scene, but also the global art scene.
First Wednesdays
First Wednesdays, initiated by Salon Contemporary in 2010 in partnership with Flux Magazine and West London Living, promotes greater cultural communication and exchanges in West London’s cultural spaces with a series of art and design launches, exclusive collaborations and one-off events on the First Wednesday of each month with many of the area’s galleries and design studios keeping their doors open until 9pm.
www.firstwednesdays.co.uk
Best of The UK
The Best of The UK is an annual exhibition selecting the most promising emerging artists in the UK's graduate art pool from across the country to present and assists in forwarding their careers.
Salon Summer Exhibition
Specially selected graduates from the most prestigious art schools across London compete in Notting Hill’s answer to Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: The Salon Summer Show. The Gallery director and chief curator, Samir Ceric, sources the most refreshingly talented exhibitors, across broad spectrum of disciplines, from degree shows at the Royal College of Art, Goldsmiths, Central Saint Martins, Kingston, Chelsea, The Slade and more to present a prophetic vision of tomorrow’s art stars, today. These graduates have all received notable recognition and support through Salon Contemporary.
Artist of The Week
Artist of The Week is a project initiated by Salon Contemporary to promote and support the practice of young artists on a regular basis with the chance to receive national and international exposure and potentially be shown at the Salon Contemporary Gallery in Christmas Show. Each week a new artist is selected whose work will be displayed on the Artist of The Week blog featuring their images/ videos and a mini review of their work along with their artist profile.
saloncontemporaryartistofthewe ek.blogspot.com
