Future exhibitions

Earth Tones
19 February - 03 March 2019
Private View: Thursday 21 February 6-9pm

From the rich warm and wonderful colours of the earth a group of Espacio colourists and guest artists find inspiration.

Now in its 6th year the annual Espacio colour exhibition is always fascinating and always different. This year’s show, Earth Tones, is a multi-disciplinary exhibition comprising painting, printmaking, photography, mixed media and glass; abstract and figurative art. The link is colour.

What are Earth Tones? They are all around us and are often taken for granted. They are the colours of nature, from burnt sienna to yellow ochre, from Venetian red to vivianite blue.

For the last year, the Espacio artists have been exploring this range of colours and celebrating them. They have used the colours of the earth as a starting point and then stretched and pushed the brief so that it fits in with their own practice.

Earth Tones will not disappoint. Come and visit the exhibition, be inspired, meet the artists and join in the celebration of colour.

John Adams, Vera Akotuah, Terry Beard, Tania Beaumont,
Elizabeth Brown, Christine Calow, Zelda Eady, Eva Edery,
Sally Grumbridge, Nick Hazzard, Susan Keshet, Ashima Kumar,
Emily Marbach, Rosana Miracco, Ann Simberg, Smita Sonthalia,
Lily Taylor, Tina Viljoen

Curated by Sally Grumbridge

Tuomo Karjalainen - will be performing during the Private view.
@tuomo.karjalainen

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Urban Contemporaries
05-10 March 2019
Private View: Tuesday 05 March 6-9pm
First Thursdays Late Opening: Thursday 07 March 6-9pm

Fifteen figurative painters have collaborated to explore diverse approaches to the concept of the urban environment, responding to the contemporary urban world. Each artist is attempting to capture the visual character and essential forces of the city experience through depicting scenes of everyday life, the beauty of common place things or their interpretations of the symbolic, human, psychosexual drama of the city.

The Exhibition will offer glimpses into the very diverse visual experiences of fifteen painters, who chronicle their responses through combinations of careful observation, photographs, private archives, film and other media to record personal encounters with city existence and offer new stories and narratives. Some use drawings and paintings as visual accounts to convey the disappearance of social and cultural landmarks, others interact with symbolic elements to transmit feeling, atmosphere and humanity specific to cities, exploring feelings both of intimacy and detachment.

The Exhibition produced by these ‘Urban Contemporaries’ will offer new insight into the forgotten, overlooked, dirty underbelly of the urban experience and also its uplifting, chaotic energy and movement, emblematic of the urban encounter.

Sharon Beavan, Frank Creber, Gethin Evans, Susanne du Toit,
Ferha Farooqui, Annette Fernando, Tim Hyman RA, Sarah Lowe,
Michael Johnson, Elizabeth McCarten, Michael Major, Alex Pemberton,
Melissa Scott-Miller, Grant Watson and Charles Williams

Exhibition's Website

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ESRC - Photo Competition for 14-18 year olds
Exhibition 26-31 March 2019

Social science research plays a vital role in our society. From big ideas to the most detailed observations, social science affects us all every day - at work, in school or college and within our communities. Social science makes our lives better - it helps society to become enriched, healthier, more resilient and sustainable.

The Better Lives competition, aimed at 14-18 year olds, is an opportunity to be creative using photography to explore the relevance of social science to society. We all want better lives and for 2018-19 the challenge is to take a photograph to show what this means to you. What brings quality to our lives? Is it better education, health and wellbeing, relationships, more money, or a safer, sustainable environment?

Enter by 7 December 2018 for a chance to have your photograph exhibited at Espacio Gallery, London, plus prizes for you and your school or youth organisation.

Follow the competition on social media using #esrcphoto.

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​Boundaries & Beyond
02-07 April 2019
Private View: Thursday 04 April 6-9pm

Some people love having rules, because they know what is expected, how they should behave, and what standards are in place.  Others hate rules because they feel trapped and confined by regulations. Some say that boundaries are crucial for all kinds of creativity while to others just the thought of it would send a shiver up their spine.

The artists have been invited to present artworks exploring an array of possibilities of being creative either within boundaries and/or beyond. The exhibition brings together an exciting range of artworks showcasing painting, printmaking, photography, installation, 3D and mixed media.

Either you're a rule maker, a rule taker, or a rule breaker, we would love you to come and share your thoughts and experiences with us.

Curated by Carlos de Lins

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​CABINET
9-14 April 2019
Private View: Thursday 11 April 6-9pm

This CABINET of contemporary curiosities is an intriguing collection of artworks - emanations from the human imagination, creativity and consciousness; an emporium of the weird, wonderful and fun. The works exist for themselves, carry their own potent charge, provoking some deep stirring in the observers or probing their consciousness and questioning their understanding.

Naomi Avsec, Simon Brewster, Paul Chardonnay Clarke,
Alistair Ewen, John Greenwood, Whitney Jade Halsted, Sam Hodge,
Renate Mahmoud, Caterina Paschal, Elspeth Penfold, Venetia Nevill,
Carl Summersgill, Kelly Sweeney, Chieh An Tang, Jenny Timmer,
Chad Tyler, Rachael Tyler, Jane Vincent

Curated by Jenny Timmer