Visual Art - Ventnor Exchange

Artist Interview: Hugo Bilton

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 by admin

Hugo Bilton is an Illustrator from the Isle of Wight, now based in Richmond. Recent commissions have included merch for musician Lauran Hibberd and the artwork for Ventnor Fringe By Megan Stisted Hi Hugo, life under lockdown - how is it for you? Life under lockdown is slow and very hot. Luckily, Richmond Park ...

Phlegm’s Pandemic Diaries

May 8, 2020 by admin

World renowned artist and muralist Phlegm has been sharing a visual diary of life in lockdown. Free to download artwork by one of our favourite artists! British artist Phlegm, best know for his incredible murals around the world, has been busy documenting daily life during the lockdown since it began at the beginning of March. ...

Artist Interview: Katy Rose

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 by admin

We spoke to Ventnor based artist Katy Rose about life in lockdown as part of our extended interviews with Island creatives. Interview by Megan Stisted Hi Katy, how are you? How are you finding life under lockdown? Hi Megan, good thank you - I hope all of you at Exchange HQ are keeping well ...

Artist Interview: Skye Reed

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 by admin

The first of a series of extended interviews with Island creatives during the Lockdown. Interview by Megan Stisted Hi Skye, two weeks since the lockdown started, how are you doing? I found lockdown really hard at the beginning; having my course cut off at a vital time to have access to facilities was really difficult, ...

5 Minutes with… Chris Jones

March 19, 2019March 18, 2019 by jack

This year is Ventnor Fringe’s 10th Birthday and you may have started to spot some people with some special 10th edition badges which you can get hold of in the Ventnor Exchange. We had a chat with the designer behind them, Chris Jones. Hi Chris, Tell us a little bit who about who you …

Phlegm Mural in Ventnor

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 by jack

CREATING THE VENTNOR GIANT When street artist Phlegm came to the Isle of Wight… How do we breathe new life into our town centres? Ventnor Exchange has been exploring new ideas with a strand of work we’ve called Urban Experiments. The objective is to try new ways to animate and activate our urban landscape. …

Exploring ‘Fake Art’ with Paul Woods

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 by Mhairi

This Friday (15th Sept) will see the opening of a new exhibition by Paul Woods at the Ventnor Exchange. Ahead of its opening we had a little chat about changing creative environments and what we can expect at the show. Hi Paul, you’ve just got back from Berlin, where you’ve previously lived for a long …

Portrait Of A Town: Check out some new photos!

April 15, 2017April 9, 2017 by Mhairi

At last year’s Ventnor Fringe we collaborated with photographer all round insightful creative Julian Winslow and the budding photography talent of Ali Armfield on a project to document as many of the people who live and work in Ventnor as possible. The portraits then formed part of an outdoor installation which was created on Ventnor …