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After three years, I find myself at Chelsea College of Arts for a studio visit with Final Year Fine Art student, Nick Pang, aka. Olkamll (pronounced: ol-ka-mole). Olkamll is a Multidisciplinary artist– with a practice spanning Painting, Installation, Sound, Drawing, etc– any medium you can think of, that guy is probably using. Before our meeting today, my impression of Olkamll was formed solely from the internet. As Merrick puts it, “He posts his face more than his work.”

Nohana Sayama in studio. Photograph: © Chihiro Shigemitsu Sharing a studio with Nohana Sayama is, on most days, entirely mundane — and utterly chaotic. We abuse our coffee machine. We panic over applications. We move piles of fabric and stretchers from one corner to another. And yet, every so often, I catch a glimpse of the emerging star that others speak of so confidently. Driven by her geographically untethered lifestyle since childhood, her paintings are, in one sense, her

Jackson's Art Dalston Jackson’s Art is well known for their comprehensive and user-friendly online store. They stock a wide range of international brands, covering everything from paints and tools to papers — almost anything you could need — and they also offer student discounts. Their physical store in Dalston is equally worth a visit, letting you pick up everything in one go. The shop is spread across two floors. The entire ground floor is dedicated to painting surfaces, i