Past exhibitions 2019

Sugar Shilpa चीनी शिल्पा 
16-21 April 2019, 11am-6pm
Private View: Tuesday 16 April 6-9pm

Each of the 7 artists has spent time living, teaching, painting and drawing in India. 

This exhibition is a celebration of India and the creative inspiration it has given each artist.

Matthew Booker, Douglas Farthing, Nancy Haslam-Chance, Alice Macdonald, Alexander Middleton, Elvira Rose Oddy, Jackson Rees

Curated by the artists 

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

Curated by Jenny Timmer
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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.

AnnyRose, Stuart Adams, Marcelo Andrade, Robert Ashby,
Duart Bel Silva, Melanie Bliss, Constantin Botezat, Elaine Breinlinger,
Antonella Cianfagna, Fred Fabre, Zurab Gogidze, Mehreen Hasan,
Sarah Hollebon, Debbie Imeson, Rachel Kay, Klaudia Kobelentz,
Helen Lack, Yvonne Lodemore, Mikrideb, Joel Morrison, Alina Popescu,
Julia Rudens, Adam Turk, Thomas Young, Mina Yousef-Beigi

Curated by Carlos de Lins

ESRC - Photographic Exhibition 
27-31 March 2019
Prize-Giving Ceremony: Tuesday 26 March 6pm (Invitation only)

Our Better Lives photographic competition provided 14-18 year olds with an opportunity to be creative by using photography to explore the relevance of social science to their life. 

Selected photos from the competition will be exhibited at Espacio Gallery, London from 26-31 March 2019. The exhibition is free to enter and everyone is welcome.

Please note that a private viewing and prize-giving ceremony will be held on the evening of 26 March. This will be an invitation only event.

Use #ESRCPhoto to let us know what you think of the exhibition.

Israeli Contemporary Artists Exhibition
11-23 March 2019
Opening Evening: Tue 12 March 6-9pm

Despite the abrupt changes and daily use of technology, which has become an integral part of our lives that we cannot do without, and despite its influence over our behavior, which has led to growing insensitivity towards ourselves and others, we can still find endless, diverse sensitivity in art. These art works deliver an inner and outward message: the human core is still alive and kicking. Each artist is unique in style and technique, and yet they all share the message that we are human beings who must learn to live together and arouse the dormant human within us – and for that cause, there is no better way than the culture of human creation, and no better tool than art, which embodies the spirit of creation and reminds us that we are all one big family.

As a man, and more importantly – as a human being, I believe art connects people and knits them more closely together to bring out the human artist within us, regardless of gender, race and faith.

Rami Azzam, curator and artistic director.

Participating Artists:

Sara Weitzman, Tami Tamuz, Uzi Tal, Zahava Lupu, Edna Ben Arie,
Ruth El-Raz, Vered Gour, Shayel Niran Yahalom, Eli Granot,
Ruthy Kalman, Yaffa Shabat, Shlomit Lahat Hanani, Yoel Marek,
Irit Biber, Danieli Ben, Aviva Berger, Menucha Cohn, Shay Hardan,
Drora Avisar, Ika Abravanel, Chana Helen Rosenberg, Jacob Levy,
Dr. Anat Ein–Gedi, Hannah Hirshman Cohen, Etty Lev, Daniel Levy,
Ruth Zuker, Tzipi Achishahar, Itshak Yarkoni, Michal Avrech, 
Anna Zinger, Aviva Beitler, Pnina Meiri, Ida Lomianski,
Israel Tabakov, Ilan Shait, Yudit Yitzhaki, Tzivia Pouni, Ronit Koren,
Miriam Yari, Michal Kimchi, Rachel Amir, Inbar Pianko

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

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

Boundaries & Beyond
05-17 February 2019
Private View: Thursday 07 February 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.

Moich Abrahams, Tanaz Assefi, Mavis Barber, Simon Barber, 
Constantin Botezat, Jan Chan, Jonathan Dean, Katie Francis, 
Maria Gerardo, Jeno Herzmann, Maria Kokkonen, SR Jimmy, 
Dagmar Ortmair, Sara Paganetto, Nell-Lynn Perera, Eliyah Qureshi, 
Fabiola Retamozo, Thomas Ridgway, Aga Robak, 
​Katka Sestakova-Okusanya

Curated by Carlos de Lins

Roots & Rifts
22 January - 03 February 2019
Private View: Thursday 24 January 6-9pm

People grow in different ways, sometimes take directions that they never expected and experience new forms of living. Taking another path will bring new memories and could reinforce our roots, but can also produce rifts with the past. But rifts can also bring awareness and, upon reflection, enhance our original roots and make possible the understanding and acceptance of changes. Perhaps one should never get so attached to  their own roots. After all, a tree must one day reach beyond its roots as we must leave our baby shoes behind. It was this thought that gave rise to Roots and Rifts.

Bringing together a group of national and international  artists, the exhibition showcases works exploring a wide range of observations and experiences. These may include issues related to living abroad and identity, as well as memories and other impressions that each artist has absorbed on their journey through life.

Anyi Ren, Art Hop Life, Carla Mylius Fleck, Constantin Botezat,
Consuelo Radclyffe, Cristina Cantilena, Daniela White, Denise Wyllie,
Diogo Lando, E Sap, Elena Rizzardi, Frank Balbi Hansen,
Helena Maxwell-Jackson, Huw Briggs, Ida Ndoni, Inha Bastos,
JC Trouboul, Justyna Koziczak, Kofi Boamah, Lawrence Mathias,
Le Guerrier Project, Lella Castello-Branco, Les Lismore, Lizy Bending,
Marcos Buarque de Holanda, Maria Di Gaetano, Marta Boros,
Martyn Royce, Munisha Gupta, Naked Nature Project, Natan Heber,
Rafael R., Shabs Beigh, Thomas Young, Viola Rühse, Uki Otake

Curated by Ana Cockerill
EVENTS

​Le Guerrier
22 January - 03 February
Daily 1-7pm

A film by Ola Klebanska, Mathilde Dauguet, and
Jean Garcin.
Music: Wojtek Sobolewski
Admission free.

The Gronthee International Poetry Festival
26 & 27 January 7:30pm

Curated by a Bengali poet Ahmed Kaysher and the editor of the Gronthee poet Shamim Shahan, the festival features some of the accomplished and new voices from South Asian, Latin American, European and Persian poetry.
Admission free.

Organised by The Gronthee Literary Platform.

Naked Nature Project
Friday 1 February 8pm

As part of the Roots & Rifts exhibition, the Naked Nature Project will be offering to the public a "first view" of their upcoming book Are You Mental.
The program includes an art video and a presentation of photos and other contents of the book.
Admission free.

​Chega de Fiu Fiu (Film screening)
Brazilian Women Against Fascism
Saturday 2 February 7:30pm

​BWAF (Brazilian Women Against Fascism) and Arts for Democracy present a screening of the Brazilian documentary Chega de Fiu Fiu, which translates roughly to Enough With Catcalling.

Filmmakers Amanda Kamanchek and Fernanda Frazão use the documentary to explore sexual harassment and catcalling in the streets of Brazil, and the film interweaves the stories of three Brazilian women, including a trans woman, who share their versions of the female experience. 

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. The panelists are Gabriela Loureiro and Minerwa Tahir.

Part of the Roots & Rifts exhibition.

You Can't Beat a Woman
8-19 January 2019
Private View: Monday 7 January 5-7pm

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
Past exhibitions 2018