Past exhibitions 2022
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VOYEUR: AN UNAPOLOGETIC DEEP DIVE INTO HUMAN SEXUALITY
BY ARTIST MATT FORD
28 November - 4 December 2022

Desire, pleasure & pain.
Consent, acceptance & shame.

"Voyeur show is an unapologetic deep dive into human sexuality. Often through the guise of kink and fetish.

I wanted to create an exhibition that was not only body positive but also tries to brake down any stigma and mystery around diverse sexual practices.”

The exhibition is a collection of new portraits, video interviews and objects.

Visit the artist's website and book tickets: https://www.mattfordstudio.com/voyeurshow

Warning:
This exhibition contains graphic sexual imagery and references. 

Opening hours:
Mon 28 Nov: 12-7:30pm
Tue 29 Nov: 12-7:30pm
Wed 30 Nov: 12-7:30pm / Life drawing class: 7:30-9pm 
Thu 1 Dec: 12-7:30pm
Fri 2 Dec: 12-7:30pm
Sat 3 Dec: 12-7:30pm
Sun 4 Dec: 12-5pm (All artwork available on one floor for wheelchair accessible viewing)

To book Life Drawing Class please click on the image below:

​Leap of Utopia
22-27 November 2022
Private View: 22 November 6-8pm

​Utopia, the word coined by Sir Thomas More five hundred years ago, is often used today to describe societies that do not exist and are better than the current situations. As an ideal form of society, utopia can be reflected in many areas: from forms of government, economic systems and categories of justice to cultural strategies, religious beliefs and the way we relate to natural reality… but whatever the utopia, it points directly to some universal values that have always been sought -- freedom, equality, peace and love.

The call for Utopian ideals has always responded to social crises. In these two years when the world has been profoundly affected by pandemics and turbulence, the urgency of building a better world together has once again emerged. In a variety of ways, people are advocating solidarity and care, fighting inequality and oppression, and calling for an open and sustainable rediscovery of this world with limited resources but still full of possibilities.

In the imagination of new utopias, children and artists can always bring inspiration. Children are natural artists, their unregulated minds still retaining a curiosity about the world that allows them to understand and depict everything around them in a wildly unrealistic way. This unrealistic childishness has become a critical and transcendent power in a repressed and crystallized reality. And artists often use this childishness to create work that allows them to break through certainties and prejudices, question and challenge established stereotypes or hierarchies, and sketch alternative histories, realities or futures.

This exhibition is a very expansive 'leap', intended to connect artists of all nationalities, ages and professions, large and small, and to create a dialogue between different depictions of utopia. Looking through the eyes of these children and adults, we desire to challenge our perception of reality. Perhaps no utopia will ever finally be realised, but every attempt to take a leap towards it creates hope for ourselves and the people and things around us in an inadequate reality.

Participating Artists:
Daishu (Andi), Yuqi Pan, Jinze Chen (Max), Saya Zhang,
Qianran Chen (Rainbow), Xiaoye Han (Dva), Nathan Xu,
Yanzhe Wang (Toby), Xiaoshi Zhang, Chuhuan Sun,
Qingyuan Yu (Natalie), Yibai, Ziya Lin, Szu-yuan Lee, Hongtao Li,
Hailing Liu, Zitai Zhang, Yidan Xie, Junchao Ren, Hao Xing,
Linda Shen, Yang Tian, Winnie Zhu

Curators:
Kiki Ruoqi Wang, Yuxiao Wang

Opening hours:
Daily 11am - 5pm

​BOB BENTLEY
IN PERSPECTIVE
15-20 November 2022
Private View & Book Launch: Tuesday 15 November 6-9pm


THE ARTIST

Bob Bentley is a film maker as well as an artist.

He went to Brighton College of Art where he developed his visual talents. Then it was the Royal College of Art Film School and the artwork became somewhat sidelined.

Bob had a 50 year film & TV career, winning a BAFTA for Best Short Film with RECLUSE.

He sporadically continued with the art, but with no desire to exhibit or sell. His early work lay uncared for in his parent’s attic before being transferred to his own homes. He went on to create visual artwork up to the covid pandemic in 2020.

Almost none of the art was sold, so the body of Bob’s work is intact, providing the basis for this exhibition and accompanying book: BOB BENTLEY-ARTWORK FROM 1962 TO 2020. It has a foreword by art critic Richard Cork.

​Film Screenings:
Thurs 17 November 7pm 
Fri 18 November 7pm 

​Opening hours:
Daily 12.30pm - 8.30pm
Closes Sun 20 November 5pm
Admission free

Note:
If in doubt please email bobbentley46@gmail.com

www.bobbentley.co.uk

Regroup
9-13 November 2022
Opening: Wednesday 9 November 6-9pm

This show marks the first anniversary of the regroup Collective, a group formed in the Autumn of 2021, comprising many artists working in a variety of mediums such as sculpture, painting, print, and drawing.

Artists Talks Saturday - Sunday
Please see website for further details:
www.regroupcollective.com

Opening hours:
Wed 09 Nov 12:00 – 21:00
Thu 10 Nov 12:00 – 18:00
Fri 11 Nov 12:00 – 18:00
Sat 12 Nov 12:00 – 18:00
Sun 13 Nov 12:00 – 16:00

​THE DIVINE COMPLEX 
An Exploration of the Near Future of Mankind 
25 October - 6 November 2022 
Private View: Tuesday 25 October 6pm

The Divine Complex sees the Androtechne Collective consider the near future evolution of humankind. From transhumanism to artificial intelligence, bionics to spirituality — humankind is embarking on a new phase of tech influenced evolution — but to what end? With what ethical guidance? What moral compass? Is it inherent in humanity to seek to play God...

The Avatar: Friday 28 October 7-9 pm
Life drawing class based around the theme of the exhibition.
Bookings on Eventbrite. 

TERRA Exhibition
19-23 October 2022
Private View: Thursday 20 October 6-9 pm
Curator Tour: Saturday 22 October at 4-5 pm & 6-7 pm
Artist Talks: Sunday 23 from 4-6pm

ART from HEART proudly presents TERRA, a multimedia group art exhibition in support of our Planet Earth!  

The Exhibition aims to engage the public with environmental issues through the arts. It will feature 48 Artists who are working to address climate change through their work by exploring the beauty of nature and its destruction by human activity; using upcycling materials to transform trash into art; and/or building sustainable art practices. The Exhibition aims to shine a spotlight on environmental issues and to inspire and empower other artists and audiences to engage and respond to the climate crisis, rather than being passive observers, as the climate emergency accelerates. 

Participating Artists:  
Alessia Sissa, Alice Mary Mathilda, Ana Ortiz, Assunta Miles,
Beatriz Perez, Caro Williams, Catherine Hall, Claire Chandler,
Claire Mont Smith, Cristina Ciccone, David Ian Bickley, Elina Yumasheva, Elisabeth Lopez, Elizabeth Salazar, Emma Bradley, Fiona Donald,
Francesca Busca, Frank Creber, Helen Birnbaum, Helen Bradbury,
Helen Elizabeth, Irene Lafferty, Ivan Grieve, Jo Tamar,  Judit Prieto,
Judith Whitehouse, Judy Head, Karen Picton, Lenka Rayn,  Lesley Aggar,
Linda Pearl Izan, Louise Brook, Marie-Paule Pierson, Morgan Sinton-Hewitt, Natasha Cook, Nina Sumarac, Orsina Pasargklian, Philippa Tunstill,
Polly Bennett, Rebecca Holmes, Rosie Leventon, Rosy Coleman,
Ruth Hallgarten, Sarah Strachan, Suzy Moxhay, Tamara Chianta,
Walter Lewis, Xanthe Horner.

Curated by Judit Prieto - ART from HEART

Information:
Admission is Free but RSVP is required for All Events.
​www.artfromheart.co.uk
@artfromheart_uk​

Opening Hours:
Opens daily on Wed 19 - Sat 22 from 12-8pm
Sun 23 Oct closes at 6pm

All are welcome!

ART JAPAN & TAIWAN
11-16 October 2022
Private View: Friday 14 October 6-9pm

More than 100 artworks will be exhibited by Japanese & Taiwanese Artists. This exhibition will explore the artistic scene in Japan and Taiwan a cultural superpower crossing a number of mediums and themes from Fine Art to Illustration and Pop Art to Modernism and beyond. 

Participating Artists:
Seri Hano, Tetsuji Shirakawa, Kigisu, Kenji Iwasaki,
Takaaki Mano, Tomoya Onoue, Saori Kashimura, Kiriya Mori,
gassea, Shingo Terasawa, Satoru Yamamoto, KYO, Ryo Kuwata,
Arisa Okazaki, Rune, Midori McCabe, Shiroki, SApia,
Yoshiko Nanmen, Akira Kurusu, Kana, Uminoco, sio, Nanami,
Yandaga, Bang Ken, Natsuki Wakita, Egawo, Soichiro Art, Aken,
Haruka Hashiguchi, Ayashi Aotsuki, Mako Sakano, Rumi Yamada,
Wakaba, Sayaka Yamauchi, Pongri, Syouta, Kei Matsumoto,
Chika Kamiya, Tetsuya Mizuma, Hiroko Sato, Miseinen, Kuei, Caca

Information:
http://mayumiproject.today
https://instagram.com/mayumi_project_jp
http://twitter.com/mayumi_project

Opening hours:
Daily 12-6pm
Sunday 16 October closes at 3pm

​About Time
3-9 October 2022
Private View: Wednesday 5 October 6-8:30pm

Participating artists:
Lindy Clark, Mina Courtauld, Roberta Dymond,
Hazel Faulkner, Linda Gold, Dawn Kalu,
Caroline Kennedy, Heidi Langmead, Sue McQueen,
Vivien Pegram, Sue Roots, Peter Sanders,
Mickey Soutendijk, Gillian Woolf
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@contemporarypaintingstudio

Opening hours:
Daily 11am - 6pm
​Sunday 9 October closes at 4pm

Forest Gallery presents 
“Playtime” by Kev Munday
23 September - 1 October 2022
Launch Party: Thursday 22 September 5-9pm (Please RSVP)

Named 1 of the UK top 5 artists to invest in by the Telegraph, Kev Munday & Forest Gallery land at Espacio Gallery in London to feature the largest collection of artworks, prints & ‘games’ to date. Kev’s internationally acclaimed naïve street art style will be represented on canvas, aluminium and unique games-related creations: skittles, football table, skateboards and more in this solo exhibition.

The exhibition will run from 23rd September until 1st October. It will also be available online.

You can join us for the Exclusive Launch Party on 22nd September before the exhibition opens its doors to the public.
Please RSVP to secure your space by email: cristina@forestgallery.com  

Find out more at:
​ https://forestgallery.lpages.co/kev-munday-playtime-exhibition-2022/

Opening hours:
Daily 12-8pm

​Something in the Window 
Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts 
MA Showcase 2022 
13-18 September 2022
Private View: Friday 16 September 3-9pm 

Something in the Window is the final exhibition of dynamic creative practice emerging from the MA programmes at the Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts. 

This class of 2022 presents an international group of visual artists, designers and communicators, coming together at Espacio Gallery to showcase innovative ideas and unique perspectives, developed across fields of Art and Design, Fashion Branding & Creative Communication, Visual Communication, Graphic Design and Illustration & Animation.

The title of the exhibition is Something in the Window. We wanted a theme that conjures the experience of something unexpected catching one’s eye, providing the impetus to find out more; we wanted to invite others to peer through an aperture, to glimpse a world on the other side; we wanted to suggest a sense of transparency and the quality of openness, qualities that cohere the diversity of our practices.

Windows have a long history as a resonant motif in art: they serve to illuminate darkness, often symbolising hope, opportunity, or alternative paths. Charged with psychological power, they are suggestive of desire, and frame perspectives on the world. In dreams, their presence can be interpreted as seeing clearly, even providing intimation that future ideas will come to fruition, encouraging boldness in action. In spiritual terms, windows imply that if one gathers enough strength, obstacles can be overcome.

What ‘something’ will you see in the window? Please join us to find out!

Participating Artists:
Alina Radzhput, Anna Schum-Houck, Ava Lanxuan Nie,
Elizabeth Anne Inkim, Gabriela Jaroszewska, Joely Taylor,
Juliana Villarreal, Lois Fordham, Marie Nicolas,
Ornella Lucia Galvez Allegretti, Razaq Adeshola Bolarinwa,
Sarah Clark Hopkins, Tanvi Thakoor ​

Check out our Instagram to see some the work in-progress: @csvpa_graduateschool

Email for further inquiries: csvpama2022@gmail.com

Opening hours:
Tue-Sat 12-8pm
Sun 12-5pm

Note:
​This exhibition has been cancelled.
​
Tayler Prince-Fraser
Deep Is The Water
9-11 September 2022

​Opening hours:
Fri 5-10pm
Sat 11am - 6pm
Sun 11am - 5pm

Bridges
30 August - 4 September 2022
Private View: Thursday 1 September 6-9pm
Admission free

Espacio Gallery is delighted to present Bridges, an exhibition showcasing works by a selected number of artists in a wide range of media as the artists reflect on their own journeys in this new world, both personal and artistic, creating Bridges through time, places, connections, and transitions. 

Christine Calow, ​Kanwal Dhaliwal, ​Heidi Ferid,
Larina Fernandes, Geraldo Frazão, Alison Lam,
Marianne Moore, Jean Mosaico, ​Kevin Rowe,
​Linda Simmonds, João Trindade, Martini Yoganini

Opening hours:
Tue-Sat 1-7pm
Thu 6-9pm
Sun 1-5pm

CONNECTION
15-20 August 2022
Private View: Monday 15 August 2-8pm

Participating artists:
Austin Francis
Azuka Nnabuogor
Emmanuel C Ozugwo
Gus Nweke
Jeremy Scott
John Ogbeta
Ogbemi Heymann
Thomas O Agboge

Instagram: @Circle_of_independent_artists 

Real Fun & Death
24-28 August 2022

New paintings by Will Blood

Also featuring:
'The A-Z of Dinosaur Bones' official book launch.

"I'm really excited to share this work with you, and can't wait to meet as many of you as possible. (I'm hoping to be at the gallery every day.)

There’ll also be an entire floor dedicated to the paintings from ‘The A-Z Of Dinosaur Bones’ my first kids book with a reading and launch event on the Thursday 3-4pm. Please contact @iamwillblood if you’d like to come."

Opening hours:
Wed-Sat 10am-6pm
Sun 10am-2pm

​Elles Mitraillent Exposition 
Second Edition
​8-14 August 2022
Private View: Tuesday 9 August 6pm

Despite numerous achievements by women, gender inequality still persists in today's society, even in the artistic field. Our project intends to give a voice to female photographers to free their artistic expression and, through pictures, give them an opportunity to transcribe the great changes that affected their lives and to share daily moments and experiences of the last years.

Created by Brazilian women living in Paris and Brussels, the name "Elles Mitraillent" translates to "They Shoot", as photographs can be powerful (non-lethal) weapons in the fight for women's empowerment.

This fight is not over. Join us and bring your vision in another exhibition that is touring the world, giving visibility to the work of amateurs and professional women photographers.

Participating Artists:
Adalgisa Silveira, Ana Arcioni, Andréa Barros, Andréa Seligman,
Anna Backhaus, Camila Akemi, Clara Koury, Dani Remião, 
Daniela Mandacaru, Denise Coneijo, Emma Redenac,
Françoise-Marie Féral, Gisèle Reverdit, Graciella Harger, 
Helena Kleist, Heloiza Averbuck, Jeannine Krischke, Jussara Pereira,
Laura Gutierrez, Liliane Mutti, Lina Trinh, Lya Pfenninger,
Monica Schüller, Morgana Cardoso, Nathália Striebel,
Renata Araujo, Sandra Gobbo, Sandra Rotondi,
Teresa Burlurut, Veronika Eleutério 

Follow us on Instagram
@em.exposition

The Solar Collective
Group Exhibition
1-7 August 2022
Private View: Wednesday 3 August 7-10pm

The Solar Collective, is a brand-new group of upcoming artists based in the UK, we are looking to a burst of bright positive energy in these troubling times. This is our first exhibition and the Solar Collective is in the business of the real and authentic. There are no compromises, only pure creativity and original artistic vision at prices which make sense. We do this by harnessing the power of both digital and traditional mediums to present artwork which challenges the viewer and the norm. Each artist is independent, ready to produce commissions and looking to develop and grow in their discipline. We are the collective and our exhibitions are must-see-events!

Participating Artists:

Victory Meki @vieforr 
Raj S. Tattal @rajsinghtattal
Dullal Miah @dullal_online_gallery
Sharbrainsart @sharbrainsart
Vlad Niculescu @vlad.art5
Anyi Mordi @anyimordi
Soheila Golestani @tranquility_by_sg
Paul Dillon @e__kila
Cheryl Sturge @chi_i_creative
Joti @dhanjalart 
Jag @theroyaljesters 
Natalie Sommer @sommer.natalie
Colors of a Butterfly @c_o_a_b
Curtis Donovan @uvawrld

Curated by Raj Singh Tattal

Opening hours:
Mon-Sat 12-7pm
Sun 12-5pm

​Thinkspace Projects presents
Across the Pond
28-30 July 2022
Opening Reception: Thursday 28 July 6-9pm
Admission free

Also open from 1-5pm this Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30 for additional viewing.

Group show with featured artists:
Langston Allston, Giorgiko, Kayla Mahaffey, Z the Rat  

Alongside new work from:
Ador, Alex Face, Reen Barrera, Jamiah Calvin, 
Victoria Cassinova, Abi Castillo, Carl Cashman, 
Young-Ji Cha, Ikechukwu A. Christian, Dredske, 
Maya Fuji, Dovie Golden, Imon Boy, Haylie Jimenez,
Sydnie Jimenez, Loser Angeles, Audrey Kawasaki,
Yasuhito Kawasaki, Josh Keyes, Ryo Laksamana (aka RYOL),
Jimbo Lateef, Caroline Liu, Kiko Miyares, Kristy Moreno,
Motelseven, Ken Nwadiogbu, Michael Polakowski,
Euan Roberts, Max Sansing, Sentrock, Stom500,
Super A (aka Stefan Thelen), Rain Szeto,
Toco-Oco, Yosuke Ueno

thinkspaceprojects.com

ARTISTS FOR PEACE – STOP THE WAR!
19-24 July 2022
Private View: Tuesday 19 July 6:30pm

Following huge success in Sao Paulo, the unique Art, Literature, and Music exhibition “Artists for Peace - Stop the War!” is now coming to London! It invites new participants into this movement for peace, by way of unity and solidarity.
 
"Finding Peace. There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” -The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens

Artshout! A movement for peace because lights on the earth are stronger!

In the midst of uncertainty, we find peace and inspiration in the drawings of a young artist with learning difficulties, in the creativity of older people, in the portraits of a French painter, in the words of a Brazilian writer, or in the sounds of a young musician.

Difference does not separate, it enriches and brings us together.

With a  selection of more than 20 extraordinary artists in a movement for Peace; Artshout celebrates difference, showcasing the power and beauty which come from vulnerability and hope. The  power of Art has always been and continues to be, a driving force for awareness, healing, resilience and change!

Talks and workshops will invite us to reflect and engage with this movement.
Part of the proceeds of the exhibition will be donated to the Red Cross and a Charity for Ukrainian refugees. A number of our artists have directly donated their artwork to help refugees  from Ukraine.  
 
The ArtShout project was born during the centenary commemoration of Modern Art Week (1922-2022) in São Paulo this year. It became obvious that the many artistic movements, in the visual arts and in Literature at home and abroad, in the early decades of the 20th century were indicative of a strong yearning for FREEDOM.

This was also a time of great violence and upheaval, signified chiefly by World War One; the 1929 economic crash, labour strikes, women’s suffrage protests, and the first great pandemic (Spanish flu).

During that worldwide turmoil, artists from the visual to the literary conveyed their call for independence from pre-established models. New aesthetic movements, breaking with the classical vision, came into being to reflect the emerging realities, cultural differences and alternative ways of thinking.

It is not difficult to recognise, that currently there are similar worldwide challenges. Humanity is continually conflicted in different forms; new wars, massive increases in poverty and inequality, environmental issues and discrimination on a plethora of different issues.

Today in 2022 in the midst of various crises, we were at its outset and sadly continue to be, profoundly touched by the war in Ukraine and, made our first call for peace in Brazil.

​Participating Artists:
Adina Worcman, ​Alisson Corrêa, Andre Nader, Caburé,
Carol W. (Carolina Wisnievski da Cunha), Carolina Moraes,
Charlotte Chan, Christophe Rouger, Dr. Marcos Rizzolli, PhD,
Dra. Regina Lara, Eliana Machado, Elssye Simony, Enrico Aravena,
Fernanda da Fonseca Machado, Gisela Doria Silva,
Helenice Aravena, Henrique Yasuhiro Seguchi Doi, Isabel Vernaton,
Jana Roberge, João Cândido da Silva, Jonas de Jesus e Souza,
José Marcos Cavalcanti de Carvalho, Julia Vellutini, Luana Viegas,
Lucas Ksenhuk, Lucas Veloso (Veloz), Marcela Rodrigues,
Maria Constantina Cascio, Maria Cristaldi, Maria do Carmo Oliveira,
Ojas (Odair Silva), Paula Carrano, Pollyanna Regina Lima,
Roberta Joyce (Robbz), Ronaldo Lopes, Sara de Carvalho,
Sonia Carvalho, Sophia Zoran, Stephane Silva Andrade
​Exhibition curated by Márcia Regina Büll, MA, and Marcos Rizolli, PhD.
@marciaregina.bull

​Participating Writers:
Adimeire Montreuil, Carolina Teixeira, Christophe Rouger,
Eliana Machado, Phd, Flavia Temponi, Gigi Jones, Janice Mansur,
Judite Lopes Oliveira, Juliana Garcia, Lenne Matos, Mami Seguchi,
Marcos Falopa, Priscilla Sousa, Sueli Lopes, Suzi Shikoda,
​Vanderli Bello, Vivi Lacks, Phd
Literature curated by Sueli Lopes, Literature Curator and Artshout Co-Founder. 
@escritorasuelilopes​


​EVENTS

​Screening: Mitos Indígenas em Travessia
19-24 July 2022​

Mitos Indígenas em Travessia, a short film by Zureta Filmes.
Directed by Julia Vellutini & Wesley Rodrigues. 
The film will be screened throughout the opening hours.

Acalanto 
Brazilian Children's Choir, London
19 July 

​Round Table of Experts
20 July at 7pm

A roundtable discussion on art education, music therapy, inclusive art (autism, down syndrome, attention deficit, depression), and domestic conflict resolution.

​Panellists:
Fernanda Fonseca Machado, Laura Arruda, Marcia McCusker, Catherine Verdasca, Susy Shikoda, Janice Mansur, Gisela Doria Silva, Paloma Ribeiro

​Consonant 
Sound & Performance
Thursday 21 July at 7pm

Featuring:
Moloko Mashalane, Benjamin Nile, Flavia Ramos Dias, Antonio Maria Peneguiao Martins

​Poetry & Literature Evening
Friday 22 July from 6pm

​Book launch, poems reading, and Brazilian music 'Chorinho' performed by 'Regionais do Grafton'.

​Participating Writers:
Adimeire Montreuil, Carolina Teixeira, Christophe Rouger,
Eliana Machado, Phd, Flavia Temponi, Gigi Jones, Janice Mansur,
Judite Lopes Oliveira, Juliana Garcia, Lenne Matos, Mami Seguchi,
Marcos Falopa, Priscilla Sousa, Sueli Lopes, Suzi Shikoda,
​Vanderli Bello, Vivi Lacks, Phd

@lennematisofficial, @fla.temponi, @gigijonesnovelista, @lucasksenhuk.art,
@mami_seguchi, @christophe.rouger.7, @escritoramachado,
@jullianasgarcia, @escritorasuelilopes, @susyshikoda, @bypriscillasousa, 
@marcosfalopa, @vanderlibello, @janice_mansur, @carolina_teixeira7

Event organised by Sueli Lopes, Literature Curator and Artshout Co-Founder. 
@escritorasuelilopes

​Regional do Grafton 
Brazilian Choro in London
Friday 22 July at 7pm

Regional do Grafton is a musical collective composed of mostly amateur (non-professional) musicians and aspiring Londoners who are also Brazilian music enthusiasts. We play choro, also known as “chorinho”.

Musicians:
Christoffer Guldberg, Giovanna Carloni, Gregory Cowan,
Mafalda Pinho da Silva Ramos, Riccardo da Fontoura Kirsch Freixo,
Tiago Gerheim Souza Dias

Songs:
Andre de sapato novo, Brasileirinho, Carinhoso, Chorinho de gafieira,
Cinema Mudo, Eu quero e sossego, Lamentos, Na Gloria,
Odeon, Proezas de Solon, Simplicidade

Finissage!
Sunday 24 July 1-4pm
Admission free

SPONSORS:
This exhibition is a 'not for profit' event partially sponsored by the following charities:
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AE&C Ação Ética & Cidadania, Brazil
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AE&C Action Éthique & Citoyenneté, France

​Opening hours:
Tue 6:30pm
Wed-Sat 1-7pm
Sun 1-5pm

Together Art Connects
Contemporary Israeli Art
4-16 July 2022
Private View: Tuesday 5 July 6-9pm
Admission free

After a difficult period when cultural activity almost came to a halt, the world finally seems to be on its way back to normal. I wholeheartedly hope we now understand that we’re all one large family, and that we must learn to live together.

This exhibition is a social-cultural encounter between the public, artists and works representing Israeli creative culture as part of global culture, regardless of gender, race or religion. Since art is a human creative tool it connects and unifies, allowing cooperation and mutual inspiration. Art is a space that enables acceptance of the other, stemming from awareness and understanding, the result of familiarity and partnership in the creation of a study process focusing on how we can live together, each individual being simultaneously unique and part of a group. We must learn from the different colors, blending in the same space, supporting, accepting and containing each other, especially those who are different.

This exhibition brings together a diverse, unique collection of artists that represent Israeli culture through their work, invoking human creative spirit in Israeli and global culture.

As a curator, partner and art director, and even more so as a human, I believe that art connects humans and brings hearts closer, awakening our human creativeness, without regard to gender, race or religion.
Rami Azzam - curator, counsellor, I.C.U. Art Director​

Participating Artists:
Dasy Ravid, Nedivi Pnina, Ruth Friedman Zadok, Wisam Braik,
Libi Anat Heffer, Ruthy Kalman-Rodica, Jenny Kien, Ziva Roffe,
Boaz Giladi, Shaked Mazri, Iftach Shemesh, Poly Max,
Boaz Drori, Edward Almashe, Jacob Berenstein, Shoshana Levit, 
Valery Kurov, Liat Shely Alon, Naifeh Asaad Bader, Nurit Manor,
Yona Levy-Grosman, Manar Khalifa, Tami Alkon, Anna Aiach

Opening hours:
Tue-Sat 1-7pm
​Sun 1-5pm

From The Fragment To The Whole
30 June - 3 July 2022
Private View: Thursday 30 June 7-9pm

From the Fragment To the Whole is a community engaged art project that explores glass as a metaphor for the lived experience of surviving domestic abuse. 

Programme of talks on Sat 2 July 2-4pm with:
Artist Silvia Levenseon
Artist Philippa Beveridge
Artist & Philosopher Dr Matthew Rowe
Artist & Founder Roberta De Caro

If you would like to attend please book a place here :
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/319338970457

Organized and curated by Roberta De Caro
https://robertadecaro.com
@robertadecaroart

Opening hours:
Thu-Sat 2-7pm
Sun 10am - 1pm

Emergence
BA (Hons) Photography & BA (Hons) Visual Effects Degree Show 2022
22-26 June 2022
Private View: Monday 20 June 5pm

Opening hours:
Wed-Sat 1-7pm
Sun 1-3pm

Beneath the Surface 
The Holborn Group 
13-19 June 2022
Private View: Thursday 16 June 6-8pm

This year ten of the Holborn Group artists are joined by five guest artists.

Holborn Group:
Toshiko Banton 
Lizzie Boyle 
Deborah Crosby 
Linda Gold
Munisha Gupta
Maggie Memory
Olivia Adamczyk O’Sullivan 
Vivien Pegram 
Kath Russell
Wolfgang Woerner

Guest Artists:
Karen Byrne
Hazel Faulkner
Joan Higgins
Caroline Kennedy
Emma Maitland

@theholborngroup

Opening hours:
Daily 11am - 6pm

​Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts
BA Graphics & Illustration Graduate Show
8-11 June 2022
Private View: Thursday 9 June 4-9pm

Providing pathways in Art & Design, Drama and Music, Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts continues to develop the skills and confidence of many inspiring artists and performers.
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BA (Hons) Photography
Year 3 End of Year London Show
31 May - 4 June 2022
Private View: Thursday 2 June 7-9pm
Admission free

The work on display showcases the final year projects by students on the BA (Hons) Photography degree at University Centre South Essex. Over the course of the last three years, the students have covered a wide range of creative image making, whilst developing a diverse range of industry-focused skills.

For more information, please feel free to contact:
Programme Leader: andrew.dee@southessex.ac.uk
www.southessex.ac.uk/course/photography-ba-hons
Instagram: @ba_photography_secuc
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Opening hours:
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat: 11am - 3pm
Thur: 5-7pm (Private), 7-9pm (Public)
Picture
Photo credit: Sandra Ciampone

PHASES
Kai Lab
19-28 May 2022
Private View: Thursday 19 May 12noon - 7pm

Tickets to the exhibition are available at www.kailaboratory.com

To attend the private view, please get in touch at info@kailaboratory.com

Repeating cycles shape our behaviour and environment. From the rotation of the Earth, to the beat of the heart, much of what we perceive and experience moves with a regular pattern.

Periodic events can meet and join to create perceivable phenomena: the eclipse from the alignment of Earth and the Moon, the energy spike when all our lights turn on at the end of the day, the chaotic sound patterns that emerge from a field of cicadas. All of these macroscopic effects result from the repeating behaviours of individual elements moving in and out of phase.

Kai Lab presents a series of artworks that each explore the intriguing, beautiful, and often disruptive effects that emerge from repeated patterns in cyclical systems. Some of these manifest as chaotic and uncontrollable, while others are gentle and ordered. In all cases, the works distil what drives the real-world phenomena that shape much of our experience.

Kai Lab are an arts and design practice that create sonic, electronic and mechanical artworks. With backgrounds in the physicals sciences, they place an emphasis on research and development. Their work is driven by the desire to understand and represent core components of intriguing natural systems.

www.kailaboratory.com
Instagram: @kai.lab_
info@kailaboratory.com

Creative Minds Art Exhibition
10-15 May 2022
Private View: Friday 13 May 6-9:30pm
​Admission free

The Creative Minds Art Exhibition showcases works of established, emerging and often overlooked artists. Modern and contemporary art combine to host this collective at Espacio Gallery, London. Other activities include talks and workshops, giving you an insight into the art world.

Curated by Graciella Harger, All Visual Arts Community
www.allvisualartscommunity.com
@allvisualartscommunity

Exhibition Events:

No Word from Glue
10-15 May 2022
Private View: Tuesday 10 May 6-9pm
​Admission free

​Art Between Fibers presents:
Our Flower Garden
10-15 May 2022
Private View: Friday 13 May 6-9:30pm
​Admission free

Universo Brasil
Project by Pollyanna Ferreira
​Private View: Friday 13 May 6-9:30pm
​Admission free

Unity
2-8 May 2022
Private View: Monday 2 May 6:30-9:30pm
Gallery 1

Participating artists:

Rev Deb Connor, Sally Ann Flanagan,
Albert Lazslo Haines, Tracy Harper,
Gerald Francis O'Dowd, Giles Delamare,
Dr Natalia Jezova

Admission free

Opening hours:
Tue-Sat 1-7pm
Thurs 4-9pm
Sun 1-5pm

Soft Earth
UAL, Wimbledon College of Art, Painting Class of 2021
2-8 May 2022
Private View: Saturday 7 May 7-10pm
Gallery 2

Soft Earth is an exhibition which has been a while in the making all artists are graduates from 2021, Wimbledon College of Arts Painting Course. Soft Earth is a celebration and meshing of artists tackling a variety of themes within their pieces. Whilst every artist rightly has their own practice, it is our hope that you can still feel a strong connection between works. A connection which was built at Wimbledon College of Arts and will impact on our work for many years to come.

Participating artists:
@benwatsonart  @flo_wrightsart  @jennymckimmart  
@aoife.rae.pink  @margarita.i.loze  @lila_boutari  @ephillips_art  
@sallyprays @Helfenri  @issygrew.art  @Charluzg 
​@eleana.kostiani  @alexander.appleby  @michaczewski

Opening hours:
Tue-Fri 12-5pm
Sat 7-10pm
Sun 12-5pm

Come as You Are
27-30 April 2022
Private View: Friday 29 April 6:30 - 9:30pm

Come As You Are Contemporary Art will be at Espacio Gallery at the end of April. 

Upstairs, they will be hosting fluid, an exploration of the power and potential of fluid. fluid is movement, flexibility, a substance, an attitude, an identity, a necessity for life and a fatal environment. fluid can pass through a fine mesh, etch a tracery, deposit continents or wear away mountains.

In the peaceful downstairs space there will be their powerful Trauma & Healing exhibition, an opportunity to see artists' responses to their physical and mental experiences, exploring wellbeing and the journey to recovery. 

There will be a private view on Friday 29th, and tickets can be booked here via Eventbrite. 

Opening hours:
Daily 11am - 6pm
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Image: "The Eyes Have It" (c) Dennis Durack

Royal Photographic Society
London Region Annual Exhibition and Gala Weekend
20-24 April 2022

A very special Exhibition for the London Region Members.  Please note extended evening opening hours on Thursday and Friday.

108 photographs from 108 RPS London Region photographers, chosen democratically by the members whereby every member entering the competition gets one picture in the Exhibition.

20 Panels from the RPS London Region members' contributions to the RPS-wide Edgelands Project.

Photowalks led by Peter Crane, Stewart Wall and Susi Luard on 22, 23 and 24 April, with separate booking pages here:

23rd April: Ginko Photobook Photowalk with Stewart Wall here.

23rd April: Street Photowalk with Peter Crane here.

Opening hours:
Wednesday 20 April 2022: 11.00am to 6.00pm
Thursday 21 April 2022: 11.00am to 9.00pm
Friday 22 April 2022: 11.00am to 9.00pm
Saturday 23 April 2022: 10.00am to 6.00pm
Sunday 24 April 2022: 10.00am to 5.00pm

Bookings not necessary - just come along and enjoy the pictures.

The Museum of the Church of Bleeding Gums
11-17 April 2022
Private View: Tuesday 12 April 6-10pm

A glorious exhibition covering over 3,000 years of the history, myths and legend of the Church of Bleeding Gums.

​From the Battle of Jericho to the back streets of Soho, from Italy’s Ostia Antica to Medieval England, the gambling dens of 18th century London, and the Cambridge spies in the 1950s, St Michael of Coles and his team have researched DE ECCLESIA CRUENTIS GINGIVIS, aka the CHURCH OF BLEEDING GUMS.

Gathering evidence where there is none, wading through a confusion of facts, gossip and rumour, they’ve pieced together and re-created the fragmented history of this elusive church and its seven chapels. A glorious conglomeration of paintings, prints, artefacts and ancient relics.

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www.artrabbit.com/events/the-museum-of-the-church-of-bleeding-gums

flux
5-10 April 2022
Private View: Wednesday 6 April 6-9pm

Participating artists:

Paulina An_Zorge, Hugh Goodfellow, Jiaxin Duan,
Helen Elizabeth, Reda Grigaraviciute, Leila Lebreton,
Yi Lin, Jennifer Moore, Loraine Monk, Nicolau Garrido,
Emily North, Gus Nweke, Margarida Pinheiro, Jeremy Scott,
Jo Gabriele Sheppard, Pawel Tajer, Francisco Timóteo,
Gemma Thompson, Mel Woo, Alex Long Yuan,
Marta Zanatti, Mengmeng Zhang

Opening hours:
Daily 11am - 5pm

Paradoxical Pirates
29 March - 3 April 2022
Private View: Wednesday 30 March 5-7pm

Year 1  + 2 BA Fine Art UCA Farnham are having a show of their work at the Espacio Gallery in East London. Please come and see what they have been up to recently. Show is open Tuesday 29th March to Sunday 3rd April 11am – 4pm (closing at 2pm on the 3rd April). Show features painting, sculpture, print, collage, photography and film to mention a few approaches.

Please join us for our Private View on Wednesday 30th March 5-7pm to raise a glass to them!

Exhibition is funded by the @ucastretched initiative – many thanks to all those who supported the project!

@ucafarnhamart
@unicreativearts
@espaciogallery

Poster image by @artcalo

Opening hours:
Tue-Sat 11am - 4pm
Sun 11am - 2pm

Stories in Stitch
22-27 March 2022
Private View: Tuesday 22 March 6-9pm

Stories in Stitch is the theme for textiles2020 group show.  Members will illustrate events past and present, real or imagined using contemporary and traditional textiles techniques.

Spurn Point which is being eroded over time, is a place imbued with memories of people who once lived there.  Patti Taylor’s work gives glimpses into an old way of life - children playing on the beach, fisherfolk with their catch and poignantly, the brave volunteer lifeboat men wearing their flimsy cork lifejackets.

Veronica Thornton’s work tells tragic stories of the people affected by the devastating 1953 flood; there will be fantastical organic creations using recycled materials by Ceridwen Sooke, and Yvonne Watts uses complex dyeing techniques to create landscapes and compositions inspired by trees and plants.  Gill Swanson is also inspired by nature recreating the vibrant colours and textures of flowers, plants and their fruit using a range of techniques and fabrics. 

Rachel Gillard Jones brings to life snippets from a fascinating and sometimes hilarious wartime diary in which world changing events and daily trivia are juxtaposed.  Kathryn Hollingsworth has created fragile, broken and mended 3D textile vessels, and Kate Beale uses Shibori dyeing techniques to produce exciting colour combinations in dramatic wall hangings.  Karina Haake explores childhood memories of travel with a series of miniature suitcases, which float weightlessly, and contain memories and moments of their journeys.  Annika Strandberg uses story telling in her artwork to awaken the imagination of the onlooker and Nina Gross will show some of her hauntingly beautiful mixed media textile work and animations. 


Exhibiting artists:

Kate Beale, Nina Gross, Karina Haake, Kathryn Hollingsworth,
Rachel Gillard Jones, Ceridwen Sooke, Annika Strandberg,
Gill Swanson, Patti Taylor, Veronica Thornton, Yvonne Watts

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@textiles2020

This Art Exhibition
15-20 March 2022
Private View: Thursday 17 March 6-9pm

Exhibiting artists:

Kristina Kavrakova, Ma Jiayue, Runyao Wei, Pandora Wanga,
Jiayu Lu, Siyi LIu, Jonathan Hillson, Lauren McNicoll, 
Yu Huam, Xinbo Zhang, Tonye Ekine, Hu Xinyi, Michaela D'Agari,
Bao Ho Yee, Hyesu Kim, Poyu Shen, Bernadette Enright,
Mina Fouladi, Julie Zhu, Wentao Liu, Tom Harper, Ilan Valdes Green,
Yuanjing Yin, Sammi Mak, Laura Porter, Huiting Yan, Yutong Jiang,
Ying Liu, Zheqi Jia, Yunnan Gai, Min Zeng

Opening hours:
Tue-Fri 1-7pm
Sat/Sun 11am - 5pm

Patterns of Enquiry
8-13 March 2022
Private View: Thursday 10 March 6-9pm

​“As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge”.  Bridget Riley  

Patterns of Enquiry brings together ten artists who met whilst pursuing postgraduate studies at Central Saint Martins on the MA Fine Art, MA Art & Science and MA Contemporary Photography courses.   The exhibition marks their emergence as artists, picking their way along in an uncertain world, accepting and rejecting as they go, seeking their own patterns of enquiry.

The show includes work from a diverse range of media including video, photography, printing, painting and sculpture by artists with a wide range of interests.

Patterns of Enquiry brings together the works of 

Charles Binns (@charles_binns)
Teresa Zerafa Byrne (@teresazerafabyrne) 
Laura Madeley (@laurara_borealis) 
Di Wingate (@wingate794)
Marion Mandeng (@mandengmarion)
Richard Paton  (@chudpaton)
Catherine Herbert (@catherineherbert20)
Phil Barton (@philbxyz)
Simon Hodgkinson (@slasharts)
Ken Turner (@tensepressure)

Opening Times:   
Tuesday to Saturday 1-7pm,
Sunday 1- 5pm

Transformations
1-6 March 2022
Private View: Friday 4 March 6-9pm

Transformations showcases new work from a diverse group of artists working in a range of media as they reflect on their own transformations, both personal and artistic. The show combines a wide range of media, and it is bound to be an exciting, transformative experience, who knows, it could be life-changing.

Exhibiting artists:

Moich Abrahams, Vera Akotuah, Paul Butler, 
​​Cherman, Jonathan Dean, Adrian Gibbs, Rosana Miracco, 
Nick Munier, Andreas Schöyen, Marianne Moore, 
João Trindade, ​Natalie Webb, ​Meg Wroe

Opening hours:
Tue-Sat 1-7pm
Fri 4-9pm
Sun 1-5pm

Buddies, Let Us Pop over and Join the Fete!！
Opening times：
Fri 25th 12-9pm
Sat 26th 10am - 9pm
Sun 27th 10am - 5pm

Welcome to the “Pop Over and Join the Fete” art bazaar. As the first stop of the Spring Art Season of RCA-CSSA, it will be held at the Espacio Gallery in East London, from 25th to 27th of February.

For this event, we have resembled more than 26 groups of remarkable cultural creative workers from various fields and cultural backgrounds to sell their goods in a white, decent, commercial art space in the most human-oriented, natural, street-like way, to give art back to life, to those who need it. Out of their studios, artists and designers bring the outcome of their artistic thinking and emotions, such as hand-drawings, jewellery, ceramics, and outfits to the public. The right one among those you find in a random encounter wondering around the bazaar will act as a media as emotional collections, bringing different hearts together. The one you bring back home will be a victim of a priceless piece of memory.
 
“Pop over and join the fete”. Softly, emotions, thoughts, creativity, expressions from the corners of this metropolis will be gathered on this space-time riverbed where we are intertwined. All those will run like a colourful stream and return somewhere far away.

​Pull Over and Take a Cig
19-24 February 2022
Private View: Tuesday 22 February 6-9 pm

​When perpetual motion, entropy and human’s complicated nature are intertwined, they swing between order and chaos, constructing a vivid metaphor of the present. In The Burnout Society, Byung-Chul Han accurately describes predominant anxiety and depression in modern times. In a social environment that advocates achievement and vitality, individuals are caught up in the exhaustion of their mental energy and often step onto another side of their emotions. 

Therefore, pulling over is not only a skill but also a work of art in itself. For Baudrillard, the disappearance of objects comes from the integration of fragmented consciousness into the gaps of reality, whereas the cease of reality constitutes an essential part of the integrity of things. Within the vanishing process, we are able to distinguish more concrete ideas, imagery and pieces once neglected as now they emerge progressively on the surface. Stepping on the path of indefiniteness, the pause in-between indicates our self-reflection and self-recognition, crashing the blindly straightforward direction, clichés and stereotypes. Through contemplation, it may jeopardise our original intention, or on the other hand, by looking back into the journey, we accumulate our strengths and power for the next big move.

Driving my car, it’s up to us whether to continue on the same path or leave all the rules behind. Determination is in this time of a cigarette. Underneath the smoke, we urge to navigate ourselves through the art of disappearance and re-investigate the origin of our self-existence.


Exhibiting Artists:

Anna Marris, Aoibhin Maguire, Binghui Song, Chaoming Zheng,
Deividas Vytautas, Dengke Li, Francesca Dobbe, Jiachen Zeng,
Jiao Shi, Jie Zhang, Jue Hou, Kirsty Flockhart, Lucas Bullens,
Min Zeng, Qianhui Sun, Qianwen Hu, Qipeng Deng,
Ruobing Xue, Sara Varady, Saruha Kilaru, Shunshun Qi,
Shupin Li, Subai Zheng, Tiange Yu, Xinlong Lin,
Xinming Cai, Xinyu Li, Yicheng Li, Yichun Huang,
Yizheng Liu, Youheng Guo, Yue Yin, Yujie Li, Yuewan Chen,
Zhaoqi Yu, Ziqing Ran, Ziwei Wang

POP
​Friday 11th - Monday 14th February 2022
10AM -8PM

POP IN AND JOIN US 
A CHANCE FOR YOU TO INTERACT WITH ALL THINGS POP! 

Explore a range of activities to unleash your personality and explore your creativity. 

Tote-al Punkover with @lukeneil.studio 
An experimental crafty 60-minute workshop is taking you to an energetic, colour-filled universe.

Makeup with @its.hels_
Create something as vibrant & unique as you are in this body painting workshop. Paint your hands, arms or your face (don't forget some glitter!)

Origami with @love_dna
Explore how we can manipulate paper and turn something flat into a 3D element. Guaranteed to leave with a smile.

Nail Art with @andys_nails_uk
Learn the basics of nails and what products Andy uses to create his artwork as well as the art of foiling, matt effect, mixed or pattern.

Mia Sakai, currently independently curates, designs and directs the production of Aether and will be exhibiting her creative work in the POP basement gallery - aether-magazine.com 

​https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pop-tickets-259316060317

SUBSUMING
17-23 January 2022 
Private View: Thursday 20 January 6-10pm

SUBSUMING is an exhibition exclusively at Espacio Gallery which brings together six emerging artists, spanning ceramics, film, painting and photography. 

Each artist explores the theme of how objects and ideas might take on different forms and meaning, and what is gained and lost in this transformation. 

Commonalities occur in the works, as much as differences. Innovation, unique personal experience and concerns are explored. 

SUBSUMING celebrates the fundamental connections between humans, across many different experiences, beliefs and ideas.

Exhibiting artists:

Aya Kirresh (Palestine)
Clare Wilson (UK)
Cristina Prudente (UK & Italy) 
Jeni Johnson (UK)
Joshua Lapena (UK & Spain)
Victoria Smith (UK)  
Past exhibitions 2021