Nominators
Sheyi Bankale
Sheyi Antony Bankale is the Editor and Founder of Next Level magazine, the essential source for cutting-edge contemporary photographic art. Next Level has become one of Europe’s leading art photography magazines with a dynamic mix of art photography and ideas and has featured a diverse range of some of the world’s most exciting photo artists. It aims to bring awareness and debate to contemporary culture, showcasing and celebrating emerging and established artists, across various disciplines and alongside inspiring, provocative and critical writing.
Sheyi Antony Bankale is also the Director of Creative Scape Ltd, publishers of Next Level books, which are distributed by Thames & Hudson, one of the leading publishers of international art books. In addition, he has consulted for Hype gallery, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, and is also a visiting Lecturer at the University of Westminster and City University London.
In November 2007, The Observer on Sunday listed him in the Art and Design section of ‘The future 500 rising stars’ sponsored by Courvoisier.
