25 August 2016
East Anglia Mini Print Exhibition
I am very pleased to have three etchings selected by Red Dot Art Consultancy for the East Anglia Mini Print Exhibition, to be shown at The Garage Gallery in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. The show opens on 23 September until 28 September and coincides with The Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival.
Halcyon Days 1
Halcyon Days 2
July 26 2016
New Movement Collective at Royal Festival Hall
“Our relationship to the urban environment, the complexities of group memory and the cyclical nature of evolution” are questioned and explored by New Movement Collective during the promenade performance of Collapse in the lesser known spaces at the Southbank’s Royal Festival Hall. I was invited to a rehearsal where I made some quick sketches, this will be a fascinating and immersive performance.
30 July – 6 August 2016
Spirit Level (Yellow Room)
Royal Festival Hall
London SE1 8XX
25 July 2016
Getting Dressed at the Southbank
Drawings of Getting Dressed Performance at the Southbank on Saturday. Directed by choreographer Lea Anderson
July 11 2016
Anne De Terese Keersmaeker Tate Modern
Over the weekend the renowned Belgian choreographer Anne De Terese Keersmaeker and her company Rosas were performing Work/Travail/Arbeid in the Turbine Hall Tate Modern. The music, composed by Gérard Grisey was played live by musicians with the collective name Ictus: a grand piano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello. I drew Anne De Terese Keersmaeker in 2012 when she performed at the opening of the Tanks at Tate Modern. It was fantastic to have the opportunity again to watch and draw Keersmaeker’s choreography and see the excellent Rosas dancers performing.
A small selection of the many drawings I made, I will work from the drawings to create monotypes and etchings, maybe even a painting:
Wishing for more Rosas rehearsals/performances …
3 June 2016
Open Studio
Open Studio this weekend
at Second Floor Studios & Arts
Harrington Way (off Warspite Road) London SE18 5NR
Friday to Sunday 3 – 5 June. 1.00 – 7.00pm
I am in Unit 0, Studio 17, by the river beyond the Royal Iris boat
(If you would like to use the lift please text me for the code 07803609977)
Between One Breath and The Next. Sugar-lift etching, edition of 40
May 9 2016
Brighton Festival 2016. Tilted Productions Dress rehearsal
BELONGING(S)
Brighton Festival 2016 @brightfest, BELONGING(s) dress rehearsal, a promenade performance, began in the council office underground car park and moved outside gradually getting closer to the sea, by the time we reached the sea-front the cast had doubled in size, the sun was setting and the sea became the atmospheric back drop for this thought provoking fascinating performance.
BELONGING(S) Tilted Productions, choreographer: Maresa Von Stockert
May 4 2016
Tilted Productions. BELONGING(s)
Feeling privileged to have spent yesterday drawing choregrapher Maresa von Stockert’s Tilted Productions rehearsal of BELONGING(s) at Greenwich Dance, where I am Artist in Residence. Looking forward to drawing the dress rehearsal next Friday at Brightfest 2016
April 28 2016
Last week I took part in a week long sculpture course, mornings were spent at the V&A drawing, afternoons in a beautiful victorian studio close to the museum, sculpting under the exceptional tutoring of sculptor Marcus Cornish. Here are 2 of my 3 heads.
Ali sculpted in brown wax
Vanessa sculpted in yellow wax
It was a joy to work with the wax, a very different experience to working with unforgiving wire, so good to be tutored and to work with others. I feel encouraged to explore the wax modelling further, but for now I must concentrate on completing a wire life size sculpture and printing etchings for our Open Studios in June.
April 27 2016
Where To See My Work
Blackheath Gallery. 7 May – 18 June. Corpus
http://www.blackheath-gallery.co.uk/new-index/
Greenwich Dance. Drawing, painting & etching. Solo show
until 20 May
Greenwich Printmakers Gallery. Group show
Spring Exhibition until 8 May
Early Summer Exhibition 11 May – 3 July
Mid Summer Exhibition 6 July – 4 September
http://www.greenwich-printmakers.co.uk/
Harefield Hospital, Middx. Group show
30 April – 27 July
My Open Studio
3 – 5 May. My studio: studio 17 Unit 0
http://www.secondfloor.co.uk/open-studios/default.html
No Format Gallery
Residency with 2 other artists, more information to follow
18 – 24 July
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
Showing on Greenwich Printmakers Stand
20 – 23 October
http://affordableartfair.com/battersea/
April 27 2016
Protein Dance. May Contain Food
Fabulous new show from Protein at The Place then touring, from choreographer Luca Silvestrini with a wonderful a cappella score from Orlando Gough. Eight performers are our waiters, four dancers and four singers who sing, dance and mime question our relationships with food, the confusing roles food plays in our lives and the controversial messages we are given about food. Humorous, touching and delicious.
