Occhi Contemporary Art

Occhi Contemporary Art is a platform for artists to showcase their work to the public and across the art community. Our purpose is to support access and discourse between artists, curators, gallerists, and collaborators, wherever they are based. If you would like to collaborate or be considered for representation please contact us.

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Featured Artist: Pantea Mahrou 
Persian taq under sky, 2021

185 x 100 x 1 cm (h x w x d) # Mixed media on canvas

Inspired by the UK Creative Earth Competition, Occhi Arts and Entertainment and environmental consultancy Phoenix FTA Limited invited young artists from around the world to creatively engage with key topics of concern at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow.

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Occhi Contemporary Winter Show

23rd December 2021 to 21st January 2022

A series of paintings and drawings featuring several represented artists including

Deborah Eve Alastra

Teddy Bechman

Amber Henry

Pantea Mahrou

Despina Symeou

O Yemi Tubi 

Alan James Weiss

and Kerry Zacharia

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Featured artist:

Alan James Weiss -'VITA' Oil on linen stretched frame

Occhi Magazine is part of the award-winning Occhi Arts &Entertainment. Our focus is on people - who they are, what they do, and how they do it. We feature emergent to critically acclaimed award-winning artists from across the globe. Visit the magazine for interviews, reviews, and special features on creatives in the visual arts, music, stage, and film.

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Occhi's Mark Ware on Stroke: The Loss and Recovery of Familiarity
 

Familiarity may sometimes breed contempt but it can also lead to empathy and greater understanding. 

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In his TED Talk, Mark Ware argues that we're hard-wired to seek familiarity. Following his stroke at the age of 39, Ware was forced to familiarise himself with the daily rhythms of life again, finding in his work and life that the familiar was his pathway to recovery and his second stage of life.