Rugman, The Krah, David Bray, Snub, Schoony, Asboluv, Tinsel Edwards, Twinkle Troughton, Ben Allen, Patrick Hughes, Infinity Bunce, Lorraine Clarke, Mark Fraser-Betts, Edd Pearman , Jane Grosvenor, Espira, Up The Arts - Kerry Roper, John Doe, Craww, Tate Sisters, Stuart-Koenig Roach, The Kuntists Emporium, Grafik Warfare, Swifty, Martin Grover, DrD, Mark Perronet, Kate Pritchard, Tamara Dubnyckyj, Dan Kitchener, Eyesaw, Pilot, Wayne Chisnall, Patrick Hughes, Martin Kingdom , Richard Stone, Katherine Lubar, Russell Chater, Chris Koning, Tom Wilmott, Nathan Eastwood, Bob London, Ting Ting Cheng, Danilo Murru, Arina Orlova, James Tebbutt, Blair Zaye, Augustine Coll, Paul Hill, Constance Slaughter, Annabel Tilley, David Gomez Maestre, Amyhyejung Shin, Fabio Lattanzi Antinori, Shona Davies, David Monaghan, Kevin Green , Andrew Salgado, Jess Wilson, Jboy, Anja Jane, Rachel Eardley, Lara Hardwood, Helen Lang, ARTHOUSE, Daniel Locke, Liz Toole, Anthony Peters, Phil Sheffield, James Brown, Trent Sidharrta, World of Moose, Jennifer Camilleri, Helen Musselwhite, Angie Crowe, Piers Secunda, Chad Macfalene, Amy Wicks, Natalie Taylor, Phillip Osbourne, Michael Vanderson, Anja Jane, Peter Sylveire, Jboy, Elod Beregszazi, Andrew Johnson, Hannah Marie Luxton, Michael Cranston, Mychael Barratt, Lou Trigg, Suzy Taylor, Robin Clare, Ros Shiers, Gavin Edwards, Karen Lockhart......
Private View Specials 6-9 Thurs 3rd Dec Performative drawings of the audience by Jason Atomic & Performance artist Calum F. Kerr
Date
Private View 6-9pm - Thursday 3rd December 2009 12-8 Friday 4th December 10-6 pm Sat 5th December / Sun 6th December
Venue
SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL BASEMENT 380,Old Street, London EC1V 9LT, London Nearest tube – Old Street Tube
This being World Toilet Day I thought I'd give a sneak peek of the painting I have done for Doorway to Dignity an organisation dedicated raising money for sanitation and water projects in India. The works will go on show next year and then will be auctioned off on World Water Day, 22nd March 2010.
Toilet on Orange Pattern, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 76cm x 76cm
This is the second in new a series of work not yet up on my website. It's a move away from my beloved appliances and into my Jamaican roots. The series (yet to be titled) is an exploration of modern Jamaican culture.
This painting is titled Dutty Wine (named after a popular dancehall move)
Acrylic & Ink on Paper 40cm x 50cm
Below is the first in the series Titled The Dragon (the phrase is taken from an old Jamaican saying about those with power and the extents they go to keep it)
I was asked to give a talk about my journey from studio to exhibition for the Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts (ECCA) a while back and it's been made available to listen again to on podcast here
I was very nervous as it was my first go at such a thing and I was also sharing the hour with Stephen Beddoe from Artquest and Dan Thompson, of Empty Shop Network fame, who is by the way an absolutely lovely guy.
My voice trembles at points and I did loose my way at one junction but it's by no means the car crash I initially feared it would be. Best of all if I do say so myself it has a few very useful points in it about the world of exhibiting (at least from my perspective of it)
Oh and there are also some other very useful podcasts about setting up creative businesses on the site too check it out www.ecca-london.org/resources/podcasts/
Thatcher, Blair and Brown, Oil on Canvas, 40cm x 40cm each
PRESS RELEASE
‘Watch This Space’ Young and Emerging Artists Charity auction
at The Special Yoga Centre
With Special guest host
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Over the past 3 years, The Special Yoga centre has hosted charity art auctions of artworks by some of the country’s most celebrated contemporary Artists including; Damien Hirst, Sam Taylor-Wood, Peter Blake, Marc Quinn, Ollly & Suzi and Natasha Law.The last auction, introduced by Samantha Cameron, and hosted by Gabbi Roslin, raised a staggering £100,000, even more amazing since this event took place in the midst of an economic downturn.A Christie’s auctioneer auctioned off some exquisite pieces, including a spot painting and etchings by Hirst.
The success of these auctions was the catalyst for an auction that champions the next generation of YBA’s.On November 26, arts organisation ‘Watch This Space’, who curate exhibitions of talented emerging Artists, will organise the first Special Yoga Centre auction of young artists.This will not only give collectors a chance to discover some hot new artists, and support their practice by purchasing their work, it will also raise much needed funds for the Special Yoga Centre.
Yoga expert and co-author of ‘The Spiritual Teachings of Yoga’ Jo Manuel founded the Special Yoga Centre in 2004 as a charitable organization supporting children with a variety of conditions, which can be aided by the practice of yoga.Children with Down’s syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, ADD, ADHD and other physical and developmental difficulties all benefit from the expert teaching offered at the Special Yoga Centre, whose policy is to offer yoga to all without regard to financial or cultural constraints.Children from all walks of life, including the late son of shadow Prime Minister David Cameron, have benefited from the care and teaching of the Special Yoga Centre.
Artists featuring in the auction will include; Andrew Campbell, Ann-Marie James, Arran Gregory, Ben Jenkins, Best One, Cereinyn Ord, Daisy de Villeneuve, Elliott Young, Epoh Beech, Eugene Wood, Graham Hudson, Harry Malt, Ilaria Conte, Izzie Klingels, Jim Cooper, Julie Umerle, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Konrad Wyrebek, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & Peter Harris, Lee Jones, Louise Richardson, Mat Pringle, Matilda Temperley, Max Parsons, Monkey Punch III, Niall O’Brien, Nick Cunard, Nick Jensen, Peter Edwards, Ricky Adam, Robin Clare, Sam Szulc, Sarah Cooney, Sarah Kate Wilson, Sara le Roy, Sky Sharrock, Sohrab and Suzie Wright.
An Auctioneer from one of the leading Auction Houses will take the auction, with a special celebrity host getting the crowd going.Therefore this event provides an excellent opportunity for collectors to discover exciting young Artists.It will also aid the career of these young Artists (who will receive a percentage of the proceeds), and allow the Special Yoga Centre to continue it’s invaluable practice with the aid of the auction proceeds
Committee members are; Damian Barr – The Times; Jonni Fitzgerald – Fashion Stylist; Lucy Meakin – All Visual Arts; Meritaten Mance – Mance & Rose PR;Tiger Savage – Creative Director, M&C Saatchi; Iram Qurashi – Cultural Consultant;Irshaard Ibrahim – Director of Sleep Clinic; Paddy Barstow – ART MOSH; Rachael Barratt – Kultureflash Art Editor; Sydney Levinson – Rhodes & Rhodes.
The last auction at the Special Yoga Centre was featured in the Evening Standard, London Paper, Daily Express and Daily Mail.Watch This Space will curate the auction and take care of the PR.Watch This Space have already been featured by BBC News, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Evening Standard, Amelia’s Magazine, MySpace, Art Daily and The London Paper.
