MANAGING DIRECTOR,
AESTHETICA MAGAZINE
CHERIE FEDERICO
Managing Director, Aesthetica Magazine Ltd
Cherie Federico is the Director of Aesthetica, the internationally acclaimed British art and culture brand that began with Aesthetica magazine in 2002 and is now multi-platform.
A passionate champion of new talent, Cherie is Director of the BAFTA-Qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival that sits in the national portfolio of festivals from the BFI.
She is also Director of the Aesthetica Art Prize, and Future Now, a symposium comprising panel talks and portfolio reviews, with sessions led by the Tate, V&A, and Getty. Winners and finalists have gone on to be included in exhibition at the Whitney Biennial, Barbican, Whitechapel and win various awards and bursaries.
“The pieces selected all have a certain quality that binds them together. There are landscapes that call into question environmental concerns from flooding to desolation. However, there are works that are more celebratory such as Oliva Bax’s wonderful and functional bench and Abe Odedina’s “Measure for Measure” which presents you with part of a story and does the thing that art can do so well, which allows you, the viewer, space to fill in the gaps, using your own imagination to complete the narrative. There is a range of more experienced practitioners and emerging, I am pleased that LAF makes space for artists at all stages in their careers.”
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Ellie Davies, Seascapes 07, 2020. Courtesy of Crane Kalman Brighton.
“Ellie Davies’ work is ethereal and invites you to enter a new world. One where possibilities are endless. Her work also pays careful attention to the environment and in the midst of the pandemic, we must not forget about the climate crisis.”
John Hainsworth, Untitled 2020, 2020. Courtesy of Jill George Gallery.
“These paintings could be from the past, present of a glimpse of the future. They are timeless and reflective but with a hint of sadness for some other time – maybe bygone days.”
Melanie Comber, East Neuk, 2019. Courtesy of Osborne Samuel.
“The texture in this work is outstanding. It feels like you could just touch it. I think it conjures up a lot of emotion that spans the range of human sentiment from chaos and loss to something that is more pensive and reflective such as random patterns in nature.”
Benjamin Hannavy-Cousen, Storm of Steel, 2019. Courtesy of Merville Galleries.
“The duplicity in this painting as a sculpture is fascinating. Paint becomes an 3D material, and the process of layering brings it off the canvass. The artist speaks about the act of remembering and the layers of paint perfectly recall the inconsistencies in our memories.”
Olivia Bax, Roller 1, 2020. Courtesy of Cross Lane Projects.
“What a fantastic piece of artwork. It engulfs you visually because of its bright yellow, but to find out it is functional and serving as a bench to view other artworks is just amazing. I love the cross over between sculpture and design here. It’s a huge success.”
Abe Obedina, Measure for measure, 2020. Courtesy of Ed Cross.
“A fantastic painting which offers you a glimpse into a moment, its transient nature makes you re-engage and return this work and moreover the body of work by this artist due to the vibrancy of colour, but beyond that, ideas and moments that ask more questions than answer them.”
Ellie Davies, Seascapes 07, 2020. Courtesy of Crane Kalman Brighton.
“Ellie Davies’ work is ethereal and invites you to enter a new world. One where possibilities are endless. Her work also pays careful attention to the environment and in the midst of the pandemic, we must not forget about the climate crisis.”
John Hainsworth, Untitled 2020, 2020. Courtesy of Jill George Gallery.
“These paintings could be from the past, present of a glimpse of the future. They are timeless and reflective but with a hint of sadness for some other time – maybe bygone days.”
Melanie Comber, East Neuk, 2019. Courtesy of Osborne Samuel.
“The texture in this work is outstanding. It feels like you could just touch it. I think it conjures up a lot of emotion that spans the range of human sentiment from chaos and loss to something that is more pensive and reflective such as random patterns in nature.”
Benjamin Hannavy-Cousen, Storm of Steel, 2019. Courtesy of Merville Galleries.
“The duplicity in this painting as a sculpture is fascinating. Paint becomes an 3D material, and the process of layering brings it off the canvass. The artist speaks about the act of remembering and the layers of paint perfectly recall the inconsistencies in our memories.”
Olivia Bax, Roller 1, 2020. Courtesy of Cross Lane Projects.
“What a fantastic piece of artwork. It engulfs you visually because of its bright yellow, but to find out it is functional and serving as a bench to view other artworks is just amazing. I love the cross over between sculpture and design here. It’s a huge success.”
Abe Obedina, Measure for measure, 2020. Courtesy of Ed Cross.
“A fantastic painting which offers you a glimpse into a moment, its transient nature makes you re-engage and return this work and moreover the body of work by this artist due to the vibrancy of colour, but beyond that, ideas and moments that ask more questions than answer them.”
