Raw Arts Festivals

  1. August 1st-7th, 2004 saw the birth of the first ‘Raw Arts Festival’. It included Folk/Intuitive/Marginalised/Self-taught/Visionary art etc. The exhibition featured at least 65 artists’ works from nine different countries. Furthermore, at least 46 artists and 4 representatives were physically present on the private view night. The artists came from France, Israel, Poland, Switzerland, the U.K., New Zealand, Australia, the U.S.A, etc. It was held at the Candid Arts Trust in London
  2. The 2005 Raw Arts Festival held between the 16th of May and the 21st of May 2005, exhibited at least 85 artists’ works. The artists live in at least 12 different countries and at least 60 were physically present at the festival for the ‘private view’. This festival displayed many well-known/established Raw (Self-taught / Outsider / Visionary etc) artists’ works. It was held at the Candid Arts Trust in London
  3. The 2006 Festival was thus held at the Color Elefante Gallery in Valencia in Spain between 2-28th October 2006.
  4. The 2007 Festival was held at the Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery in New York between January 17th and 31st, 2007.
  5. The 2008 Festival was held at the Infusion Gallery in Los Angeles between March 2nd and the 26th 2008

The Raw Arts Festival website has photographs and a list of exhibitors.

Artists D to K

]Artists L to P

Artists R to Z

Organizations

  • Bergen Kommune, (Norway)
  • Catalyst Studios (U.S.A)
  • Folkwares, inc. (U.S.A)
  • FOSAJ (Haiti)
  • Hoffmann for Autism (U.K)
  • Nearly Orange, UK
  • St. John-at-Hackney Community Space Centre (U.K)
  • Reston Arts (USA)
  • Thai Fine Art, (Thailand)

Many of the Stuckists took part too