Future exhibitions

Beyond the Image
19-24 June 2018
Private View: Thursday 21 June 6-9pm
Performance Art: SirReal Randy Derriere at 8pm

Beyond the Image investigates what lies before and in between the creative process rather than focusing on the final work. It engages the viewers at a different level, inviting them inside the creative process and encouraging an active engagement with the artists and their work.

The exhibition showcases a wide range of works by a selected group of emerging and estabilished artists.

Aivis Provejs, James Quinn, Lucretia Allan, Keith Kettle,
Dimitris Achilleos, Eva Merendes, Kourtney York,
Sonny Deighton, Arthur Trombetta, Constantin, Kirsi K,
Magdalena Del Mar, Marcelo Andrade, SirReal Randy Derriere,
S.R. Jimmy, Luisa McLean, Alice Campos, Constantin Botezat,
Dagmar Ortmair, Eva Koudela, Megan Redmond

Curated by Carlos de Lins

crossing borders
26 June - 1 July 2018
Private view: Thursday 28 June 6-9pm

City Lit presents an exciting range of contemporary textile art exploring themes of the body, history, culture, place and memory through print, stitch and mixed media.

This exhibition is the culmination of 2 years of study on the City Lit advanced textiles course.

Yvonne Blackmore, Karen Byrne, Rose Chapman, Sally Eland,
Sarrah El-Bushra, Annette Herrington, Shirley Hunter, Deb King,
Liz Parry, Suzie Tucker, Chantal Vouillemin, Yvonne Wilson

Boundaries & Beyond
3-8 July 2018
Private View: Thursday 5 July 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

IMAGO
10-15 July 2018
Private View: Thursday 12 July 6-9pm

City Lit Fine Art Students
17-22 July 2018
Private View Thursday 19 July 6-9pm

Espacio Gallery presents an insight into the culmination of two years of personal exploration by
City Lit Fine Art students. These drawn, painted and multi-media artworks respond to themes from the aesthetics of urban and rural environments to personal histories and sensory experiences. Visitors are given the opportunity to experience the feeling of ‘what if’ as the work offers diverse potentialities through multiple methods of presentation and engagement.

Opening hours: Tue-Sat 12 - 7pm, Sun 12 - 5pm

Angel Cake: West Dean Summer Show in London
25-28 July 2018, 1-7pm
Late opening: Thursday 26 July, 6-9pm
All welcome

A selection of work from the West Dean Summer Show exhibition will be exhibited at Espacio Gallery in Shoreditch, East London. The exhibition will showcase the work of students graduating from the full-time Visual Arts programmes, including Graduate and Diploma and MFA degrees, as well as interim exhibitions by first year MFA students. Exhibiting students will present work developed over a year of intensive study, providing visitors with the opportunity to view original work by a group of emerging artists.

Find out more about the exhibition at West Dean College.

Urban Angles
31 July - 12 August 2018
Private View: Thursday 2 August 6-9pm

Urban Angles – Exploring the ever-changing spirit of the city.

The artistic heritage of a city is created and shaped by the artists who live and work there. Urban Angles reveals the city as a hub which enables the cross-pollination of multiple ideas and cultures.

In the same way that the city provides each individual with the anonymity to be themselves, Urban Angles offers each artist within the collective, the opportunity to present and express their unique and individual perspective of the urban environment.

Images of structure, geometry, reflection, shadow, intrigue and transience provide the essence for the exhibition. As with other Espacio exhibitions, all the artists are actively involved with the gallery and many will be available each day for a friendly chat about their work.

We invite you to join us on a fascinating journey of discovery revealing the artists' unique experiences of the city as site, subject and inspiration for their work.

Vera Akotuah, Mavis Barber, Terry Beard, Christine Calow, Jacqueline Ennis-Cole,
Marguerite Knight, Georgina Talfana, Steve Harvey, Lisa Kreuziger,
Charles McLaren, Tina Viljoen, Carole Thomas

Curated by Carlos de Lins

HUMAN
14-19 August 2019
Private View: Thursday 16 August 6-9pm

Mark Barrable, Ronald Hernandez

Curated by Carlos de Lins

All Can Be Frida
21 August - 2 September 2018
Private View: Thursday 23 August 6-9pm


Curated by Renee Rilexie
Morley College

Final Exhibition of Morley Fine Art Mentoring Students
24-30 September 2018
Private View: Tuesday 25 September 6-8pm

This is the final exhibition of 11 students who have been studying together for 12 months at Morley College on the Fine Art mentoring course led by Erika Winstone. This advanced practical fine art course aims to strengthen independence and form a bridge between inside and outside college through a year of mentoring. Students work in their own studios and bring in work for tutorials, group discussions, workshops, artist talks and seminars; developing their practice as artists.

It is taught for up to 4 Sundays per term, culminating in a final exhibition that is organised and funded by the students in an independent gallery in September 2018.
The course aims to build a stimulating and supportive peer group, introducing skills to enable learners to continue working together on collaborative projects from home using simple online forums. The course is taught by artist Erika Winstone who has taught higher education for over 30 years with a team of visiting contemporary artists including Mark Dean, Justin Hibbs, Rosalind Davis, Sara Knowland, Jane Eyton, Susan Sluglett .

The 11 emerging artists who will be exhibiting are:

Lynne Cameron, Oli Epp, Joy Hillyer, Caroline Ingham, Laura Jacobs,
Kulbinder Johal, Gill Lucas, Octavia Milner, Stuart Ridley,
Joao Simoes-Brown, Simone Thomas, Sophie Wijesuriya.

Course Director: Erika Winstone

(In)visible
9-14 October 2018

Taking place between 9th & 14th of October to coincide with World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2018, (In)visible will feature a group of artists who use their work to convey life’s difficulties. Curated by Jenni Bea & Amy Oliver who were brought together by Instagram & share similar work themes, aesthetics & motivations.

The exhibition will feature work specifically produced as self-expression, communication and therapeutic release. With themes often thought of as taboo such as mental illness, addiction, abuse, and domestic violence, this exhibition promotes honesty and non-censorship. We aim to create a visually stimulating, thought-provoking, inclusive and engaging event that ignites discussion, tackles stigmas and unites artist and audience.

Curated by Jenni Bea & Amy Oliver
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F Stop
16-28 October 2018
Private View: Thursday 18 October 6-9pm

Cameras are like people. Each one has a different viewpoint. Many viewpoints, in fact.

For 'F Stop', Espacio Gallery  plays host to a hand-picked group of national and international photographers each of whom invites you to see life through their lens and from their perspective, exploring light, image and concept - using mobile phones, digital and analogue cameras.

This eclectic show encompasses portrait, abstract, fashion, still life, street photography and many other genres, creating a kaleidoscope of imagery to stimulate and satisfy every visual appetite.

Curated by Renee Rilexie

Time Warp
12-18 November 2018

Maria Echenique, Frank Creber

You Can't Beat a Woman
7-20 January 2019


You Can’t Beat a Woman is a Heritage Lottery Fund project directed by June Freeman and Ravi Thiara.

For centuries domestic violence was both wide-spread and widely tolerated in the UK. With the resurgence of feminism in the late 1960s and the birth of anti-racism in the 1970s, however, a new awareness of domestic violence spread among young White British and British Asian and other ethnic minority women. Anger mounted over the misery and damage it caused to many women and a determination that something should be done about this grew.

The exhibition tells the story of how groups of White and Asian women began to campaign for houses to set up as refuges for women desperate to escape from violent husbands and partners. Securing a house was not enough, however. Women also had to learn how to set up viable businesses offering the services abused women needed. The exhibition outlines the way refuges developed as organisations run by women for women.

Directed and curated by June Freeman and Ravi Thiara