Damaris Athene — UK New Artists

Damaris Athene is currently studying MA Ceramics & Glass at the Royal College of Art thanks to the Marit Rausing Scholarship. She graduated with a distinction in MA Fine Art from City & Guilds of London Art School in 2023, receiving the Leverhulme Trust Scholarship, and graduated with a BA(Hons) in Painting from Camberwell College of Arts in 2015.

She was shortlisted for the Hans Brinker Painting Prize in Amsterdam in 2014, the Clyde & Co. Art Award in 2015, the BEEP Painting Prize in 2018, La Vienisima’s feminist photography prize in 2021, and THE TAGLI 01.23 Collection and Mentorship Award in 2023. In 2023 Athene received the City & Guilds of London Art School Prize for Outstanding MA Fine Art Exhibition. Athene founded the blog Private View where she interviews women & non-binary artists.

UKNA Projects:

Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award 2023