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It’s not long to wait until the other season but first we get to enjoy all the art fairs that October has to offer…it may even be an opportunity to pick up some great gifts for the loved ones in your life. Art is not limited to London: it’s everywhere, and so are art fairs, take a look at the top ten that caught our eye in the list below. If you want to build your own list, take a look at the Art Fair Service or Artforum calendars. STROKE, 4th-8th October, Munich Promoting ‘a fresh new approach on art, design and the urban lifestyle’. STROKE aims to fight the separation between ‘high’ and ‘low’ art by celebrating the creative influence of art, design, music or fashion on each other. Artist will be present throughout the fair where visitors can watch them work on murals, within exhibition booths and sketching on paper. The Other Art Fair, 5th-8th October, London All about artists representing themselves and selling their own work, The Other Art Fair is presented by Saatchi Art. Each contemporary artist at the show has been chosen by a committee of art industry experts, artworks to suit for all budgets will be available to purchase directly form the artists. Supporting the programme of exhibitors will be a program of events including guest artist appearances,, interactive theatre performances and live music. Moniker Art Fair, 5th-8th October, London Returning for its 8th edition Moniker celebrates urban contemporary art, bringing together international artists, galleries, collectors and art lovers. If you live in an E1, E2, EC1, EC2 or N1 postcode area, make sure to take proof of address and you can get a free print by Mr. Frivolous [...]

Innova Art, the award-winning digital media specialist, is sponsoring two inspiring projects at the Moniker Art Fair, The Old Truman Brewery, London E1, 5–8 October 2017. The US mixed media artist Ian Kuali’i , a Moniker Art Fair Featured Artist, has created one of his signature, handcut paper installations especially for the fair. Kuali’i, whose approach is based on “the meditative process of destroying to create”, will be encouraging visitors around and inside his immersive paper sculpture, a work that, as always, draws as much on his ancestral ties to the indigenous people of the Southwest United States and Hawai’i, and his interest in occult symbolism, mysticism and global politics, as the Hip Hop music and art scene that first fired him up as an artist. In a 2016 interview, Kuali’i explained the evolution of his approach: "From graffiti writing, I wanted to simplify the process. I found stencilling through that. I ended up just appreciating the cut more than spraying… It’s a super challenging engineering approach from the standard stencil cutting way." "When you start looking at more of the motion of how some of the cut paper flows and the construction of it — or deconstruction, rather — you start seeing the basic motion of letter form from graffiti. You start seeing the motion of something in passing from pushing a skateboard. There’s a whisper of an old pattern from an Eddie Reategui mini-deck. Even with the cut elements, there’s power."1 In another exciting move, Innova Art is also sponsoring the ‘Postcode Print Release’ project, offering local residents their own very special take-out from the fair: a free print. The image will be provided by the brilliantly witty Mr Frivolous – “an artist [...]

The multi-award-winning Innova Art – the first UK-based inkjet media specialist founded this century – is relaunching its brand in China, surely the world’s most exciting marketplace. The move reintroduces to the Chinese print market a range of digital fine art and photo media originally introduced to the market via Innova’s private label service more than ten years ago. A range of inkjet fine art and photo media that has been developed in close association with artists, photographers and print experts – and a brand that has won rave reviews and awards from all around the world. The Innova Art brand: tradition and technological prowess Why choose Innova Art? Because Innova Art brings together both the centuries-old traditions of fine art papermaking and the dynamism of 21st century digital technology. Customers love the fusion of new, cutting edge ideas with methods honed over centuries. "You can’t cheat on history and you can’t fake tradition,” says Wayne Connelly, MD of Innova Art. “Papermaking, which originated in ancient China, is one of the world’s oldest technologies, and the established ways of doing things have helped refine and enrich the product for more than a thousand years." "The difference with digital technology is all the extras it adds – the flexibility, speed and cost efficiencies you need to prosper in today’s fast-moving and competitive markets. With Innova Art media, you can keep the look and feel of traditional media but be certain that every image you print, whichever of our substrates your opt for and whatever the print run, will be rendered immaculately." Innova Art Editions: what’s good enough for Michelangelo… At the forefront of the Innova Art relaunch is the Editions range, comprising two category-busting photo papers [...]

The summer is here and the sun is (occasionally) shining so there is no better time to start creating something exciting. Lots of awards ceremonies have taken place recently and where better to find inspiration for a new project than from your creative peers who have been voted the best in their field? See below for a round up of awards that have caught our eye. Fine Art Photography Awards Open to photographers of all levels the Fine Art Photography Awards have 20 categories ranging from abstract to photojournalism. Gold, Silver, Bronze and White award winners of 2016/2017 amateur and professional levels were announced earlier this year. The awards are open to anyone over the age of 18 and are not limited by location, click here to submit your entry to the 2017/2018 awards. BP Portrait Award Representing the best in contemporary portrait painting, you can visit The National Portrait Gallery until September 24th to see the finalists and winners person. Entry to the exhibition is free and there are multiple events taking place for families throughout the school holidays. D&AD New Blood The New Blood awards celebrate rising stars of design and art direction. Open to young creatives and recent graduates, the briefs for the awards are set by well known brands with awards being presented across multiple levels: a Wooden Pencil for the best of the year, a Yellow Pencil for true creative excellence, a prestigious Black Pencil for truly ground breaking work and a Graphite Pencil for original and inspiring ideas. The Drum Design Awards Hosted by The Drum magazine, The Drum Design Awards celebrate all categories of design from point of sale to motion graphics, created by design agencies around the [...]

We love hearing about what you are all up to in your careers and it is always great to hear about any features or exhibitions of your artistic endeavours. This month two friends of Innova Art have been in touch to tell us what they have been up to: see below for their stories. If you would like to share your story, simply tag us in a social media post on facebook, twitter, LinkedIn or Google+ or send an email to marketing@innovaart.com. Jim Mchugh is a Los Angeles based photographer currently focussed on collaborating with LA Street Artists. In a recent article published in the first edition of the Los Angeles Times DesignLA magazine, McHugh’s photographs are featured prominently in an article focussed on the Noir scene in LA. Showcasing the work of Big Sleeps and Prime – long-time collaborators with Jim McHugh – the article speaks about the evolving art scene in LA and how the ‘darker side’ of art (tattoo, graffiti and street culture) are influencing the fine art market. Click the image below for a digital version of the article. Click on the image for a digital version of The New Noir, published in DesignLA, May 2017 We know Shane Aurousseau through our customer Fine Art Foto who has been a long-time reseller of the Innova Art product range. Shane’s latest event: No Title, No Border is a group exhibition at Leyas in Camden, London which opens on Thursday 1st June 2017 and runs until early autumn. Prints will be available to buy at the show with £5 from all sales being donated to Doctors Without Borders.