Meet the Basel Art Summer Camp 2026 Artists
- Tay
- 7 days ago
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Updated: 5 days ago
For this third edition of the Basel Art Summer Camp, we're welcoming eight emerging artists from around the world to spend a week in Basel and showcase their work at Hyve Hostel. Throughout the week of Art Basel, the Basel Art Summer Camp artists in residence will be exhibiting their artworks and host a series of creative workshops in a dedicated pop-up gallery space.
Between 16th and 20nd June 2026, come past Hyve hostel to meet these eight wonderful upcoming artists, engage in their workshops and go home with some exceptional (affordable) original art.
ELISE POTELUNE
Elise Potelune is a French visual artist based in Paris. Her work focuses on the small, often overlooked elements that make up a life: simple, ordinary moments such as a table, flowers, light, or an everyday gesture. She paints scenes where colour plays a central role. Flowers frequently appear in her work, emerging as a spontaneous and almost instinctive language, bringing softness, movement, and a quiet sense of joy.
GEORGIA SALISBURY
Georgia Salisbury is a textile illustrator based in London, UK. She uses found fabrics and free-motion embroidery to subvert the centuries old craft of embroidery and sewing. She is especially focused on themes of nostalgia and domesticity, both of which link to the art forms' historic origins. Wonky stitches and frayed edges dominate her work, emphasising the human-made imperfections of her pieces. She feels this is especially important to highlight amidst the increasing presence of AI in the creative landscape.
ISOBEL BRIGHAM
Isobel Brigham creates brightly hued paintings that combine colour with archival images and personal photographs. She speaks to the fragility of memory through her work and expands personal relationships, nostalgia and collections.
Through fragmented space and linework, Isobel questions herself and identity, while the lively use of pinks and blues, are layered for saturated vibrancy; directly responding to the dreamlike state of reminiscence and luminosity in daily life.
LEKEITHA HAYNES
LeKeitha Haynes (b. 1993) is a Nashville-based figurative painter and illustrator whose work captures expressive movement, bold color, and personal style, drawing from culture, lived experiences, and the energy people carry to explore themes of identity and confidence. Using acrylic gouache and mixed media, she creates vibrant, narrative-driven figures rooted in storytelling. She is a 2026 Buchanan Arts Emerging Artist Fellow whose work has been exhibited throughout Nashville and collected by a growing community of supporters.
SHAMA JOHNS
Shama Johns is a contemporary artist whose work explores the beauty of food, community, and shared moments at the table. Through bold colour, expressive brushwork, and intimate compositions, she captures the emotional texture of everyday rituals. Her paintings celebrate connection, memory, and the quiet significance of gathering.
ZOFIA CHAMIENIA
Zofia is a Polish illustrator creating bold, playful designs with wobbly lines and vibrant shapes.
Using a mix of techniques, she creates inclusive, optimistic visuals that celebrate diversity and make the world feel more connected and welcoming.
DAISY WALKER
Daisy Walker is a multi-media artist whose practice is currently centred on painting. Having moved frequently throughout childhood, her work grew into the one constant that travelled with her, carrying themes of shifting, adapting, and rebuilding. Her practice is autobiographical and deeply rooted in gothic architecture, where light and the colour blue play central roles. Windows appear throughout her paintings as portals, escapes, and points of transition. Walker aims to transport viewers into constructed worlds that offer a sense of tranquillity, memory, and a place to return to.
KETEVAN JANANASHVILI
Ketevan Jananashvili is an interdisciplinary artist and art historian from Tbilisi, Georgia. Working across multiple media, she currently focuses on painting, drawing, photography, and text, often developing her work in series. Her practice combines research with visual and textual exploration, engaging with perception, narrative, and the construction of meaning.
Come past Hyve Tuesday 16th from 6pm and join in on our opening night event, we'll have :
stunning Art
the best drinks and snacks
and some great dancing tunes.
Or come past during the week and join one of our many workshops and talks !
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