Camden Image Gallery is pleased to announce a mixed media exhibition on the theme of Nostalgia.

What makes us happy? What makes us feel warm? In this exhibition we will be exploring how nostalgia is created and its effects on us, both its creators and its viewers.

Artists:

- Andreea Andrei
- Rina Bakis
- Lorraine Benton
- Asli Canpolat
- Tere Chad
- Kate Esdaile
- Gabor Gyorfi
- Mara
- Lilly Meikle
- Joanne Nicolaou
- Ann Palmer
- Punam Singh

EXHIBITION Information

7th - 18th February 2023

Mixed Media Exhibition

Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 6pm

Camden Image Gallery is pleased to announce, “Flower Obsessions”, previously presented in Milan at MyMicroGallery and in Venice at Stefania Carrozzini Gallery,  a group exhibition composed of ten artists of different nationalities and expressive means including photography, painting, installation and collage . There are various approaches to the theme, but all the artists place the observers in a physical and mental space where they can experience visual regeneration through the floral imagery.

It is almost impossible to imagine a time when the grace, beauty, charm and delicacy of flowers did not seduce us. We turn to them all our lives and, on several occasions, they are our companions in joy and sorrow.

 There is no such clear sign of renewal, rebirth and awakening. Although bright, the flowers fade quickly and are therefore a symbol of ephemeral beauty, of the transience of existence. Flowers are also a symbol of strength and lightness: let's think of their strong roots that invade even the most inhospitable terrain, rocky terrain, along highways or on asphalt.

The flower is a natural mandala and symbolically represents the wheel and the eternal movement of the cosmos that guides everything. The hermaphroditic nature of flowers is a symbol of the union of opposites in the process of self-realization. And this symbolic force has always fascinated artists who have often made it the subject of their works. Over time, from a simple detail the flower becomes the absolute protagonist starting with the painter Hans Memling up to its consecration with Caravaggio.

In this way the natural theme is placed on the same level as the human one, of the great stories of the Gods or of the Saints. The flower and what is connected to this world is no longer a simple decoration, an elegant means to enrich a work, now it becomes a real theme, noteworthy, worthy of representation and no longer plays a marginal role as in past.

The advent of photography has played an important role in the representation of flowers from the past to the present day, where artists, using advanced techniques and increasingly sophisticated tools, explore the floral world in a total way, giving body to a true obsession. Flowers explode, implode through all expressive languages, from video art to installation and sculpture. The photographic medium fixes the transience of flowers over time. Their beauty remains, even in the apparent narrative cliché, the fulcrum of the privileged communication between man and nature.

Artists:

- Gabrielle Bill
- Corrado Bonomi
- Felipe Cardena
- Stefania Carrozzini
- Sarah Garside
- Susan Lizotte
- Mala Says
- Marion Schmidtke
- Anne Van Leeuwen
- Lihong Zhang 

EXHIBITION Information

10th - 19th November 2022

Mixed Media Exhibition

Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 6pm

The Imaginarium postcard project was created and set up by artist, writer and art historian Salma Ahmad Caller in 2018 to investigate the archive of colonial 19th century images of women on postcards from the Middle East and North Africa whilst also exploring her mixed Egyptian and British identity. The project has grown into a collective of artists and researchers working together to decolonise the colonial lens who are researching their own personal family histories across 'east' and 'west' and making connections and relationships to the Postcard Women from these regions. 

As a group they aim to create cross-cultural dialogue and to combat misinformation and racial stereotyping that such images perpetuate, by bringing cultural heritage and personal stories to the fore. 

Six members of the collective - living with cultural connections and cross-cultural dualities resulting from colonial and political aftermaths from Egypt/UK, Iran/UK, Libya/US, Tunisia/France, Spain/Morocco, and Algeria/UK/France -  Salma Ahmad Caller, Afsoon, Hala Ghellali, Alia Derouiche Cherif, CritTeam duo Eugenia Lopez Reus & Miguel Jaime and Hamida Zourgui - will be showing work in a multi-media exhibition incorporating photography, projection, sound, installation, painting, collage, heritage material, colonial postcards and community responses at the Camden Image gallery from September 22nd - October 4th 2022. Supported by Arts Council England. 

The exhibition will present a multiplicity of possible interpretations in relation to the Postcard Women's images, reclaiming them from colonial, patriarchal and Orientalist imaginariums, and creating new imaginariums to generate potential and unexplored histories and to shine light on hidden meanings and stories obscured by the colonial lens. 

The Postcard Women's bodies are 'captured' frozen in an unchanging mediated medium where they have been misrepresented, mislabelled and objectified. Their bodies shown having to hold positions they would never have held, clutching water vessels or other cultural objects cast as Orientalist and colonial 'props', and forced to gaze provocatively or mysteriously, or be shown naked. Their body adornments - jewellery, textiles, patterns, body markings - were used to display the women as 'exotic' 'erotic' 'primitive' and 'tribal' without contextualisation or understanding, brutishly framed to fit within racial hierarchies created to serve European colonial aspirations.

These water vessels, jewels and clothes all carry deeply within them cultural histories of women, specific knowledges and ways of being that would have been handed down to each woman from her female ancestors. Vessels of identity and selfhood. In this exhibition each artist will be reframing these 'props' as living cultural heritage embedded in personal and political spaces women still occupy and deal with today. 

'We are the Postcard Women who stand against violence and believe in creating meaningful futures for women, and in bringing to life the lineages and knowledge of our maternal ancestors, drawing on our cultural stories as foundations for finding new ways of being in the world.'  Salma Ahmad Caller 

Artists:

- Salma Ahmad Caller:
https://www.salmaahmadcaller.com/
Instagram: @salmacaller @Imaginarium_postcardproject 
https://tinyurl.com/Postcard-Imaginarium

- Afsoon:
https://afsoon.co.uk/
https://instagram.com/afsoonafsoonagain?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

- Alia Derouiche Cherif: 
https://www.instagram.com/aliaderouiche/?hl=fr
https://site-7322516-7026-6102.mystrikingly.com/?fbclid=IwAR22JS1Xo92TnNKYFYYgrCuIDXjS1rcO0w2KrVMTdgKrpm1fF59SuO6iBrY

- CritTeam (Eugenia Lopez Reus & Miguel Jaime):
https://www.critteamart.com/
https://instagram.com/critteam?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

- Hamida Zourgui: 
https://instagram.com/hamida_fromspace?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

- Hala Ghellali:
https://instagram.com/lamemoirequiflanche?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

EXHIBITION Information

22nd September - 4th October 2022

Mixed Media Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

About the Artist

SMF is an emerging artist from East London, exploring the intersections of race and gender through art. Her recent works can be described as an emotional catharsis, exploring the multidimensional cultural issues that impact black women. SMF amalgamates postcolonial theory from her BA and MA English degrees, with abstract and realist forms to explore and debunk damaging stereotypes. She also creates art using various mediums, including oil paint, acrylic paint, photography, nail art and written word. Key influences include Octavia Butler and Patricia Hill Collins. 

Though an emerging artist, SMF has had various nail artwork featured in high-profile publications such as British GQ and Wonderland magazine.

About the Exhibition:

"In the beginning, there was energy." - SMF

Genesis explores emotion (energy in motion) and is the artist's most introspective work yet. The collection provides an up-close and very personal look at her own emotional journey over the past two years.  At large, the collection confronts the myth of 'the strong black woman' and opens the floor to discussions about mental wellbeing within the diaspora. 

In terms of the materials used, Genesis was inspired by the art of luxury watchmaking and is created for those with a true appreciation for detailed craftsmanship, and innovation in collectible fine art. Each painting is adorned with 24ct Italian gold leaf and genuine sand from Jamaica's pristine 7-mile Negril beach, showcasing the earth's natural luxuries while elegantly weaving in SMF's Jamaican heritage.

Artist:
- SMF

Website: www.smftheartist.com

Instagram: @smf.artistry

EXHIBITION Information

20th October 2022

Mixed Media Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm

Gabriella Anouk

Gabriella Anouk is an exciting contemporary artist creating hyperrealist art with a disruptive twist.  She has an international profile with collectors in New York, Florida, Paris, London and Dubai. 

After many years of drawing commissions and working in different media and methodologies, Gabriella developed her expressive Slime Series during 2021.  She uses pencil techniques, which require hundreds of hours of dedicated time to complete each piece. 

Over the past couple of years Gabriella also explored and developed her creativity across a number of digital platforms and is hugely influential and inspirational introducing many of her social media followers to art for the first time, whilst sharing her art practice and the development of her Slime Series. 

Gabriella is inspired by surrealist artist Salvador Dali.  She particularly loves Dali’s ‘nuclear-mysticism’ phase, assimilating scientific knowledge and mysticism, his technical skill, precise craftsmanship and the striking and bizarre images in his work bordering on absurdism.

#SlimeSeries

Gabriella’s Slime Series was inspired by the fruit and vegetables she had at home during the 2021 Covid-19 Lockdowns.  However, she didn’t just want to draw a classic realistic still life, she wanted to explore ways to enhance, disrupt and uncover the sensuality in everyday objects.  She tried dipping a leaf in paint but this wasn’t flexible enough as once dipped there was no way of changing or manipulating it.  She remembered her younger sister playing with Slime and thought that Slime could be the flexible medium she was seeking.  She experimented by creating her own Slime and found it to be perfect for her process.  She starts by creating a 3-dimensional sculpture using a real object and Slime, which she then draws in intricate detail. 

The Slime Series consists of 7 original works: Avocado Dali, Aubergine Fetish, Peachy, Dragonfruit Heart, Artichoke Pink, Banana Blue and Pomegranate Amour.   The Series also includes Fine Art Editions and NFTs.

Artist:

- Gabriella Anouk
www.gabriellaanouk.com

Instagram: @gabriellaanouk
TikTok: @gabriellaanouk
Twitter: @gabriellaanouk

EXHIBITION Information

15th - 18th September 2022

Mixed Media Exhibition

Focussing heavily on the process of materials and their ability to change, Sophie presents a body of work which explores the notion of transience; viewing herself as a manipulative tool.

Whether it be in the form of drawing, printmaking or metalwork, Sophie emphasises the importance of process within materialistic lifespan. Materials are constantly subject to change, and the artist acts as the catalyst for this.

“She has said of her own work that it is the methods and materials that produce the ideas, not the other way round.” -  British Arts Council on artist Gillian Lowndes.

Metal has the ability to be manipulated by natural processes so heavily reinforces our mutual connection, as nature is a driving force in artistic process and human experience. The metal and human experiences overlap, they are both products of nature with different forms of expression.

Materials have the ability to construct artwork, not just the artist and their body. Sophie’s practice draws attention to their creative expression combined with her own in order to produce works which beautifully represent their nature.

Artist:
- Sophie Bettison

EXHIBITION Information

14th - 17th June 2022

Mixed Media Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

I am a contemporary abstract imaginary artist but most of all I am a humanitarian. I serve people reaching to their inner side and bring to the surface what's the best of them turning into colours on canvas.

And so what's the best of you?
It's not your carrier, place you live, level you reached.
it is the real You, hidden from anyone, darkest and sometimes not recognised yet.

Whatever it is, whatever darkness you represent it's all beautiful and worth to give it a go.

Let's all shine.

That's my mission. 

Artist:
- Karina Zajac
www.karinazajac.com

EXHIBITION Information

21st - 26th April 2022

Painting Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

Zones of Immaterial Sensitivity are mental places that creativity makes its own, placing "feeling" as a privileged contemplative moment in order to accommodate other dimensions that escape a distracted eye.

This exhibition aims to make us reflect on the present time of creativity that finds a body where we least expect it: everything can be a source of inspiration if we listen to it. Living in the areas of immaterial sensitivity means living connected with the present and with our inner source.

Artists:

- Murielle Bonniec 
https://muriellebonniec.wordpress.com

- Eva Breitfuss
http://evabreitfuss.space

- Stefania Carrozzini 
https://www.stefaniacarrozzini.com

- Chou Chih-Yi 
https://www.ccyartwork.com/

- Muriel Desbieys 
http://muriel-desbieys.artmajeur.com/

- Kazuhiko Kan
www.cankazuhiko.com

- Reimut Rudiger Voigt
https://galeriebdmc.wixsite.com/bdmc/reimut-rudiger-voigt

- Marion Schmidtke 
www.marionschmidtke.de

- Evgeniya Zolotareva
https://www.evgeniabstractart.com/

EXHIBITION Information

25th March - 5th April 2022

Mixed Media Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

Embellishment can transform a functional object into something ceremonial or ritualistic. The embellishment often carries symbolic importance, expressed through shapes and colours.

“I feel that aprons, masks and gloves have recently taken on a fearful aspect through association  with the pandemic. In this series I have tried to reclaim some of the visual interest and enjoyment that they can provide for the viewer.”

Cherry Taylor

Artist:
- Cherry Taylor

www.cherrytaylor.co.uk

EXHIBITION Information

15th - 20th March 2022

Textile Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

IN THE MIX 2022 - Fifteen Artists from The Noble Sage Art Collection

Twenty-two artworks by fifteen diverse artists from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the UK will be on display at Camden Image Gallery in February. 

For sixteen years The Noble Sage Art Collection has worked in north London to provide a stage for the very best in South Asian modern and contemporary art. This iteration of IN THE MIX, a popular annual show in London, will be special as it will include a few UK artists that the gallery has taken under its wing. Talented artists such as classical master painter, Anthony Christian, who spent many years in India himself, the late Dante Elsner, a Polish Holocaust survivor artist that turned to Eastern mysticism, and S. Murugiah, a Sri Lankan artist living in London and creating outstanding art that is surreal, joyful and loud. 

For an invitation to the Grand Opening and Private View on the 22nd Feb, or else to attend one of the daily directorial tours or see the works in the exhibition online, click this link: www.linktr.ee/thenoblesage

Artists:
- Arpita Singh
- Gogi Saroj Pal
- Anthony Christian
- Dante Elsner
- Anoma
- P. Gopinath
- T. Athiveerapandian
- Frances Ferdinands
- P. Jayakani
- Jagath Ravindra
- Mahavir Verma
- Shanti Panchal
- Murugiah

EXHIBITION Information

22nd - 27th February 2022

Painting Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

Foz’s artworks are concerned with seeing the beauty in the everyday. Beit through the agencies of domestic objects, experiences, conversations, family photograph or discarded toys, Foz uses his personal ephemera to produce complex drawn narratives of lived experience, mental anxiety, depression, love and joy.

The exhibition, ‘Home Front: Kaleidoscope of the Mundane,’ brings together a series of 14 6ft x 3ft, paintings in mixed media on moon paper. Each painting offers kaleidoscopic interruptions as ‘battle landscapes’, of how we process the daily bombardment of information, imagery, objects, sounds, language, and relationships. As we know, happy experiences collide with tragedy, humour, stress, routine, sadness, boredom, frustration, anger, jealousy etc. Life experiences aren’t discrete. Things happen together, colliding, bouncing of each other, vying for attention within our daily routines.

To learn more about the project, please follow a link to view a recent documentary film of me discussing the work.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rNz8sN113OQ

www.fozfosterstudio.com
www.instagram.com/fozfosterstudio/

Artist:

- Foz Foster

EXHIBITION Information

8th - 13th February 2022

Painting Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

This Parrot Fine Art exhibition is organized to showcase young Russian contemporary artists on the international art market, an integral part of which is to share the experiences and values of Russian artists with the London audience. It is very important for us to pay special attention to the global exchange of creative approaches and styles in particular countries. 

It is devoted to the different problems that Russian artists go through and live in. What worries them today, living in Russia, despite the great opportunities to explore the international art market through networks. Each author raises different worries in his work, social issues and questions of self-identification in modern society.

Luda Rodin's works reveal the theme of contemplation. People are more and more preoccupied with their worries, work, and are endlessly rushing somewhere. How often do you notice butterflies? These are unique little creatures. Luda deliberately shows their beauty on large canvases so that for a moment we become smaller than they are. To notice them. To admire them, to stop, to think about them. 

Viola Sevostianova, exploring the development of African art during the apartheid period, embodies in her works the story of her own transformation and juxtaposition. She is close to the fate of a person going through different social problems, stretched like a red-hot nerve. Overcoming hardships, the desire to help people and to move forward swiftly.  

Masha Danilovskaia's works are an escape from the modern problems into other worlds. Into the world before and after. Masha has been working in different spheres for a long time, but she realized that painting is the only thing she really can't exist without. Masha doesn't reveal the essence of each work completely. They are very intimate stories for her, where the audience has an opportunity to put their own meanings and feelings into the painting.

Curator: Viola Sevostianova
www.parrotfineart.com
www.instagram.com/parrotfineart

Artists:
- Marusya Borisova-Sevastyanova
- Ira Mir
- The Frym
- Alisher Kushakov
- Kirill Kto
- Yulia Kerner
- Margarita Godgelf
- Viola Sevostianova
- Elizaveta Glushkova
- Dasha Maltseva
- Olya Avstreyh
- Masha Danilovskaia
- Andrey Shustalov
- Luda Foresman

EXHIBITION Information

3rd - 21st December 2021

Mixed Media Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

Breath is the vital element par excellence, a subtle union between spirit and matter, the entity of a unique and indivisible world, the alternation between wave and undertow, between inside and outside. Breathing is a bodily fact and therefore it is from the body that we start in this exhibition: from thought and action, from the imagination of the artists who offer different visual and textual narratives of this basic activity that is proper to all human beings, to the animal and plant world. 

The word 'Respiro' (Breath), from the Latin respirare, is composed by -re, meaning repetition, and -spirare, meaning to blow. It was formulated as a learned word suitable for medical, physiological considerations. 

It then became part of the common lexicon as with all the derivatives of 'spirare' in Italian: from inspirare  to espirare, from traspirare (to transpire)  to sospirare (to sigh) .  These words thus open up wonderful figurative meanings among which those of relief and pause stand out. In the turmoil, the rhythm of the breath shortens and generates a restless mind, while in the pause the breath returns to take its time, to widen the chest, to dampen the chaos; likewise, the oppression given by anxiety and anguish speak etymologically of wheezing, of breathlessness, of a tightness that we immediately relate  to a weight on the breath: we understand how natural it is to understand the newfound breath as an authentic relief. 

Buddhists have taught us to listen to the breath, to become aware of it, as a means of awakening and maintaining full attention in order to look carefully, long and deep into the nature of all things. 

The Sanskrit word "Prana" refers to the vibrant energy of every vital manifestation that has within itself, in microcosmic form, the alternation of day and night, the magical melody of creation, the pulsating rhythm of cosmic time. Art is not only perceptive consciousness but the breath of knowledge and beauty, indispensable as air for the survival of our humanity. 

All of the wide-ranging works, which on different expressive and linguistic fronts are majestic and present, have a strong voice, are powerfully inspired and give a sense of freedom because they embrace life.

Curated by Stefania Carrozzini.

In Collaboration with MyMicro Gallery.

Artists:
- Francesco Bocola
- Rosaspina Buscarino
- Bob Catchpole
- Kentaro Chiba
- Simonetta Chierici
- Vladek Cwalinski
- Patrick Dennis
- Gro Folkan
- Grazia Gabbini
- Susi Lamarca
- Tina Leslie, 
- Derek Morris
- Maurizio Pini,
- Stefania Ranghieri
- Jacqueline Real
- Marion Schmidtke
- Yuko Shinozaki  

EXHIBITION Information

13th - 23rd November 2021

Mixed Media Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

RIITTA NELIMARKKA: HASSUNA

Woollen reliefs, paintings and photomontages & Elise´s unmemoires, a video about the artist RN

What is HASSUNA?
HASSUNA is a little town in ancient Mesopotamia cirka 6000 BC.

The word HASSU in Finnish language means FUNNy, in a quite positive magnitude.

The entities (characters) of HASSUNA obey a slightly ontological reference of BEING what they are, no more & no less.
So, though the art works have their given names, they are gladly open for endlessely alternative titles from the phantasy of the spectators.

Curated by Stefania Carrozzini.

In Collaboration with MyMicroGallery.

Artist:
- Riitta Nelimarkka

EXHIBITION Information

21st - 31st October 2021

Photography, Wooden relief oil on canvas & Serigraphy Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

Three Women Artists.
Three Ideas.
One Exhibition.

Brought together by their combined passion for the natural world, the passing of time and the human condition; this show reflects the artists' multi - disciplinary approach and research based practice.

Artists:
- Sue Coleman
www.susie-coleman.com

- Morfydd Ransom-Hall
www.morfyddransomhall.com

- Julie Turner
www.julieturner.org

EXHIBITION Information

5th - 10th October 2021

Mixed Media Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

THE SPACE BETWEEN THOUGHTS
3 Artists, 3 Visions. 

"Three artists, untrained and unleashed, their thoughts, feelings and experiences transformed into colours, shapes and lines , laid bare on canvas. Three artists who have embraced their passion for art,  their compulsion to paint, and who have breached the dam of years. Each has followed their own path before coming together in friendship and collaboration." 

Artists:

-Alan Yaffe
- Susie Hall 
- Kim Barsky

EXHIBITION Information

21st - 26th September 2021

Painting Exhibition

Open 11am - 6pm Daily

‘The Beautiful and the Brutal’ will be a solo exhibition.  A collection of work from a Central Saint Martin’s Alumni artist, Jennifer Mills.  

Exposing  pieces that are evocative reactions derived from responding to the beautiful and brutal business of being. The good the bad, the positive the negative, the dull the exciting, the tension the calm and the divine. The work varies in figurativeness.  These instinctive expressionist collection of paintings and works on paper, want you to keep looking,  as the interaction between mind and the art start to do si do. 

"When any art composition works as it should, it has a profound truth to it  that I find difficult to explain in words. Open humans, will sense it, whether it’s a poem, play, film, music or painting. Creativity is a vital freedom to this one human family" 

Jennifer Mills


Jennifer Mills Biography

Born in Canada to British parents, Jennifer Mills moved to London aged 3 where she has always resided and worked. She has spent her life pursuing many creative passions. At 17 she pursued full time studies in dance, but returned to her first love of painting. 

She grew up in what was sometimes a tense household environment, finding escape in film, music and looking through the art books in the bookcase, such as 'The Shock of the New'. Were she discovered Francis Bacon. Bonnard and Freud's work. She would use her Dads' box of oils to paint alone in the bedroom.

After having a child at 19 years old, a single parent after the father suffered a brain hemorrhage, she obtained a Painting and Drawing diploma part time at 'Putney School of Art' in her 20's. Following this she secured a place on a BA Fine Art course at 'Central St. Martins School of Art' deferring after 2 years for the treatment of Cervical cancer, she returned to graduate for the final year, where she trained under 'The London Group' Artist Mike Thorpe whom was an important guide and guru in her final year. 

Her life now is a balance between the art studio paractice and backstage westend theatre life. There are drastic highs and lows to this precarious city life.  

Booking link for evening reception:
https://artsvp.co/09a878?ltclid=3470e5d8-354b-418d-beee-8c530f71f0a5

Artist:
- Jennifer Mills
www.jennifer-millsartist.co.uk

EXHIBITION Information

1st - 6th September 2021

Painting Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

Art and creativity have always been in my life in one form or another, from drawing and painting to practicing film, photography and singing. I've always been fascinated by the beauty of nature, by the natural shapes and colours that plants create. I am self-taught in the techniques I use, getting at my current practice through experimentation, making mistakes and learning from that. I studied filmmaking at University, and looking back at my filming amd editing techniques I am finding similarities with my recent art practice - using intuition and embracing mistakes to discover new approaches.

I don't tend to attach any deep meaning to my art, but rather focus on the aesthetics, and I really enjoy hearing stories about what others see in my pieces.

I work with ink and watercolor, and embelish my pieces with gold ink. the contrast of the matte paints against the gold is really striking, and when the pieces are displayed they morph with every change in light in the room, almost adapting to the mood of the room.

Artist:
- Dikira

EXHIBITION Information

18th - 22nd August 2021

Illustration Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

Art has been a passion for me all my life.  One day my talent met with traditional Turkish ceramic art. After I had completed my undergraduate and master education, I had gained a rich knowledge of new techniques, materials and styles.

My art turned into symbolic stories, sometimes using motifs,graphic or improvised compositions. And I always set myself free in the style, surface, medium or size I used. I believed that every single moment and memory has its own special desire to be expressed.

 Therefore each of pieces you will see in the exhibition represents those precious moments and memories of life.

Artist:
- Aslı Canpolat

EXHIBITION Information

27th - 30th July 2021

Illustration Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

‘Finding the Light’ is a collaboration between Karen Topp and Luke Mitchell, who met in the studios of the City Lit Institute while studying colour and various approaches to figuration. The exhibition is a celebration of light, and of the ways in which it can be conveyed.

Karen's work is driven primarily by a love of luminous colour, contrast, and the various manifestations of brightness and shadow. Her work jumps freely from expressive figuration to complete abstraction. Karen was born in rural South West of France where she grew up and studied philosophy, before moving to London in search of urban noise, crowds, and light.

Luke's painting consists of abstract and representational works inspired by the physical world, patterns, shapes and movement. He is particularly interested in the properties of colour and the interactions between colours.Luke is from the South Island of Aotearoa (New Zealand), moving to London in 2003. Prior to engaging in art full time he pursued a career in banking.

Artist:
- Luke Mitchell
- Karen Topp

EXHIBITION Information

17th - 24th June 2021

Painting Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

“Did You See Or Hear Anything?” is a photographic series that attempts to promote a wider public awareness of the shocking number of violent deaths on London’s streets. 

Taking its cue from works such as Pieter Bruegel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icaruswhere death happens almost unnoticed, “Did You See Or Hear Anything” asks if we are becoming inured to the all too frequent killings on London’s streets. What goes through our minds when we walk past the increasing number of floral tributes to victims of violent death. It would seem hard not to notice the mounds of flowers and rows of candles on our pavements, but few passers-by stop to look, most hurry on by.

Some may assume the flowers are for some unfortunate casualty of a road traffic accident. We can try not to look, but some of these memorials are hard to ignore; dozens of bouquets, candles, bottles and messages. Others will be far more modest, perhaps as little as a single bouquet, and during the Covid lockdowns there might only be a tell-tale strip of police tape to mark the spot where someone died.

Tempting though it might be to insulate ourselves by assuming that these killings are confined to graffitied estates, or certain ‘types’ of neighbourhoods, as “Did You See Or Hear Anything” shows they occur across the city, in remote spots and lonely alleys, but also in crowded high streets and shopping centres, in deprived areas and in wealthy ones, and although many of the victims are young, not all are in their teens and twenties, another assumption.  As the death toll mounts so do the mounds of flowers that Londoners walk past every day, but despite our own preoccupations these memorials on our streets are getting harder not to notice.

Started in January 2020 and still continuing, the series comprises some 60 photographs taken in locations across the Metropolitan area.

Also showing in the downstairs gallery 'A Wandering Eye - Street Photography across Europe.'

William (Bill) Shapter trained as a photographer, but after spending most of his working life in film and television as a film editor and producer, is happy to be returning to the still image.

Artist:
- Bill Shapter
www.williamshapter.com

EXHIBITION Information

2nd - 14th June 2021

Photography Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily

The start of Spring brings new possibilities, connections with the natural world and human history and opportunities to reflect on what might be – and what might have been.

Mixing the personal with the political, subjects and objects include the circle and cycles of life, forgotten folk traditions, and responses to the climate crisis and its impact, all brought together by tenthirtyart, a group of women artists collaborating on projects since 2013.

We are living in turbulent times, please help.

Artists:
- Ale Dini
- Crow Dillon-Parkin
- Jana Valencia
- Jean Stockwell
- Lara Bartosz
- Morfydd Ransom-Hall

EXHIBITION Information

12th - 16th May 2021

Mixed Media Exhibition

Opening hours 11am - 6pm Daily