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EMERGING: Asif Farooq

Asif Farooq meticulously creates toy firearms out of cardboard and paper to question issues like gun violence and mass production – albeit all with a dexterous Pop Art touch.
EMERGING: Matthew Johnstone

Matthew Johnstone’s artwork explores how digital media alters, influences and enhances tangible objects by presenting his own sculptures on a video or slideshow screen. Wonderland sat down with the artist to hear about his upcoming exhibition, Totally Unprofessional.
EMERGING: Magnus Sodamin

Magnus Sodamin might have be a born and bred New York urbanite, but his art is all fantastical, glimmery abstracts imbued with fairytale impressionism. Wonderland talks to the dream-oriented artist.
EMERGING: Toby Ziegler

Somewhere in an underground car park, 14 floors below the streets of West London, lurks Toby Ziegler's newest show, 'The Cripples'. Based on Renaissance artist Bruegel's paintings, Ziegler has combined both the 3D objects of his work alongside Bruegel's 2D figures to ominous, brooding effect.
EMERGING: Rebeca Raney

Rebeca Raney's childlike illustrations might look like they've stepped out of Moominland, but there's a quirky, unpretentious expressiveness that makes us go back for more. Wonderland talks to the Brooklynite artist.
EMERGING: Ruben Ubiera

Ruben Ubiera‘s tough, tender illustrations straddles the line between graffiti and art with a grace that not many people manage – even if his signature motif is a hulky gorilla. We talk to him about found objects and repping for the Dominican Republic.
EMERGING: Antonio Marguet

Surreal, plastic and really rather fantastic: that’s Antonio Marguet‘s photography to a tee. Ahead of his solo show at Hirst-owned gallery Other Criteria, we talk to the Saatchi Gallery New Sensations shortlist-er about his hyper-glossy art.
EMERGING: Josh Greet

We’ve all spent our share of time scrolling Tumblr’s infinite supply of animated gifs, but young photographer Josh Greet took things further and started making his own. And in between shooting gifs for Adidas Originals and Illustrated People, the Plymouth College of Art graduate isn’t short of work.
EMERGING: Agustina Woodgate

http://capturehislove.com/ dating coach Agustina Woodgate became an online sensation when the Internet found her sewing poetry into thrift store clothes, but the Argentine is taking on the world with her playful, world-conscious art – starting with an abandoned theme park in Berlin.
EMERGING: André Leon Gray

André Leon Gray – self-taught, African-American, born and raised in the South – isn’t your average artist. His paintings and mixed media assemblages present a chopped and screwed version of American history and black identity, but one that’s alternately witty, reflective and heartfelt.
EMERGING: Jonny Briggs

Jonny Briggs is a family man – sort of. The Caitlin Art Prize finalist investigates and interrogates his childhood by photographing his parents in ways that are alternately unsettling, comic and elegiac. We speak to the Royal College of Art graduate here.
EMERGING: Frank Laws

In the age of Photoshop, it’s reassuring that people like Frank Laws are still putting brush to paper. The east Londoner specializes in hyperrealistic paintings of gritty estates, transforming the grim sights into something altogether more mysterious and subtle.
EMERGING: Andrew Nigon

Andrew Nigon might be one of the most hotly-tipped artists to emerge out of the Miami scene – and the self-described “white kid from the Midwest” insists he’s not just playing with toys.
EMERGING: Nicholas Arehart

LA-based artist Nicholas Arehart channels his youthful punk roots into pointed critiques of capitalism and authority. Wonderland talks to him about his sculpture and video installation, and why he thinks IKEA furniture can work in art.
EMERGING: JeanPaul Mallozzi

JeanPaul Mallozzi might be a grown-up, but he gets his inspiration from girl bullies and the trials of childhood. Wonderland chats to the Miami-based artist as he gets ready for his first solo show, kN0B0DY.
EMERGING Lena Schmidt

German artist Lena Schmidt captures the spirit of the modern city in her art, channelling its gritty energy into her carvings and paintings using found pieces of wood. Wonderland speaks to this urban explorer.
NATASHA LAW – Dust in their Eyes

Natasha Law’s elegant, erotic paintings fall somewhere between art and fashion. Anonymous women in various states of undress languidly stretch across eye-popping canvases: all long limbs, pouty lips and bewitching sensuality. Wonderland speaks to the artist ahead of her solo show, “Dust in their Eyes”.
ELLEN VON UNWERTH: Do Not Disturb

Ellen Von Unwerth’s newest work, “Do Not Disturb”, is a salacious behind-the-scenes story collage via Motel Americana. We spoke to the feted photographer about her typically reference friendly collection – which showcases at London’s Michael Hoppen gallery from Friday.
EMERGING… Shoshanna Weinberger

Shoshanna Weinberger’s painted works address issues of beauty, power, excess and sexuality – with portraits of strangled figures wrapped in gold and thick fabrics. Wonderland chats to Weinberger about her high-concept projects.
EMERGING… Kiki Valdes

Cuban (via New York City) artist Kiki Valdes was last week whipped up by Miami-based agency Michael Margulies – he spoke to Wonderland about the prestigious new appointment, and his expressionist style.
XAVIERA SIMMONS- DJ, artist, serial jet-setter

New Yorker Xaviera Simmons is an artist of many mediums. Inspired by the Big Apple as much as the rustic landscapes of the US, the sun-kissed vibes of Jamaica and life as a superstar DJ, Simmons’ multifarious installations marry shocking, striking illustration with specially-commissioned music, photography, sculpture, and performances. The elusive auteur spoke to Wonderland […]
EMERGING… Evan Gruzis

Known for his hyperrealistic renditions with ink and watercolour and washes of tropical palm trees through venetian shades, Brooklyn-based painter Evan Gruzis creates iconic, cinematic pieces which slot indelibly into the subconscious like the memory of an endless summer. His newest show Alpha Wave – at Berlin’s DUVE gallery – explored some of the human […]
ANTHONY MCCALL – Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture

English-born and New York City based artist Anthony McCall’s latest exhibition, “Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture” – which opened at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin on Friday – is his largest to date, containing seven visceral light projection pieces. He spoke to Wonderland about the curious new experiment.
Competition – MOODS OF NORWAY

To celebrate the release of Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters, the Norwegian thriller currently showing in UK cinemas, Wonderland are giving away 600 Euros worth of online shopping credit at Scandinavian based label Moods Of Norway.
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EMERGING… Edward Crowell II

Edward Crowell II is an artist on the rise. Inspired by Latin jazz, poetry and notions of hedonism, freedom and desire, he sat down with Wonderland to discuss his hugely varied output.
ART-illery: Roberto Visani

Brooklyn-based multimedia artist Roberto Visani turns guns into art. His sculptures are loaded with historical, cultural and political commentary. They are compositions of many pieces assembled to tell stories of people and places. Each sculpture has its unique appeal, aesthetically and conceptually, and each speaks volumes…
Kevin Amato – F*ck the Golden Years

Street-stomping reportage photographer Kevin Amato will from tonight exhibit his newest collection, F*ck the Golden Years. The display, hosted at Casa de Costa’s pre-war arthouse in lower Manhattan, studies The Bronx at its most feral and blithe – a scathing realism simmers beneath scenes of play and sun-kissed whimsicality. We caught up with Amato as […]
EMERGING… Jessy Nite

Multimedia artist Jessy Nite’s interpretation of her Miami, her hometown, includes strippers, sex, drugs and blue-blooded housewives baking Cartier pie. For her solo show opening at Miami’s Primary Projects on Saturday, Jessy Nite can, and will, be as bad as she wanna be…
Enlightening Exhibition

Visual artist, Chris Levine uses an array of lasers, optics and LEDs as well as natural light to create his alluring images. Rising to prominence in 2004 with his portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Lightness of Being (which is currently touring the country as part of The Queen: Art and Image through […]
Alan Moore- Storyteller

Universally accepted as the greatest comic book writer alive, Alan Moore is the genius behind such unforgettable works as V for Vendetta, Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Swamp Thing. In Gary Spencer Millidge’s new book Alan Moore: Storyteller we delve into the life and career of the notorious artist.

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