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30th October - 6th November 2023

David Stockley

https://www.davidstockley.com/

David Stockley is a figurative painter working mostly in oils. He studied at Wimbledon College of Art (part of the University of the Arts London). His paintings explore the boundary between solitude, a metal state that can be a platform for creation that we can often yearn for, and loneliness, a condition which has the potential to weaken us. He has been inspired by painters such as Manet, Degas, and Hopper as well as contemporary artists like Richter, Tuymans and Mamma Anderssen. He lives and works in London. His paintings have been acquired by the Landmark PLC Collection and the collection of Dietrich Mateschitz, founder of Red Bull.

5th - 28th October 2023

TTEACH Plaques Launches 50 Plaques & Places Exhibition

TTEACH Plaques, an acronym for Transatlantic Trafficked Enslaved African Corrective Historical Plaques is a descendant-led initiative founded by Gloria Daniel. TTEACH Plaques campaigns for reparative interventions and permanent plaques to contextualise Cathedrals, Churches, Universities, Schools and memorials that falsely honour those who profited from the transportation and enslavement of African people.

50 PLAQUES & PLACES is curated by Gloria Daniel and supported by SOAS School of Law, Gender and Media. The exhibition places a spotlight on 50 sites incontrovertibly tied to the transatlantic slave economy. Academics, Artists, Activists and African & Caribbean descendants including: SOAS University of London Professors Gina Heathcote & Vanja Hamzic, Artist Jade de Monserrat, Singer/Songwriter/Producer Dave Okumu, Writer Jody Burton, Alissandra Cummins of The Barbados Museum & Historical Society and The Black South West Network are some of the confirmed participants.

“50 Plaques & Places draws together multiple voices - artists, poets and descendants of both the enslaved and enslavers. Everyday people who recognise reparative justice lies not in the hands of the ‘Gatekeepers of Britain’. The price of justice cannot and must not be exclusively determined by the heirs of the perpetrators. 50 Plaques & Places strives to claim that space, inviting its audience to demand multiple sites of conscience” Gloria Daniel

The Exhibition will run from the 5th - 28th of October, coinciding with Black History Month, and is at The Tabernacle in West London.

The continual hostile environment perpetuated on the Windrush Generation, the refusal of the British Government to fairly compensate for this 21st century injustice and the global outrage at witnessing the 2020 brutal murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and so many more led to the creation of TTEACH Plaques.

Gloria Daniel embarked on a deeper exploration into her family history, with her initial guidance coming from her late cousin Jon Daniel. Jon had traced their lineage all the way to their great-great-grandfather, John Isaac Daniel, who was born into slavery under the ownership of enslaver Thomas Daniel.

“By our names we will KNOW you, not historians but descendants here to correct history” Gloria Daniel

John Isaac Daniel was a survivor of the British trafficking of over 3.5 million people. TTEACH Plaques seeks acknowledgement and atonement from the families and institutions that profited from enslaving and trafficking of these African people and their descendants.

"Memory is not governed by (a) statute of limitations... collective memory especially is the very warp and weft of the tapestry of history that makes up society. Unravel and jettison a thread from that history and society itself may become undone at the seams” says Wole Soyinka, The Politics of Memory: Truth, Healing, and Social Justice

23rd September - 1st October 23
Juliet Lawson

Juliet trained in theatre design at Wimbledon College of Art, and it was here that she first started drawing and painting. Her work developed from this period into her own unique style, working in different mediums including: pastels, watercolours, acrylics and oil paints.

Juliet is a singer songwriter as well as an artist, and her music has been influential and inspirational in creating her art. Juliet’s observations of place and the ordinary, are evident in her work, she also enjoys creating unique portraiture. Juliet summarises her style … “I like to paint spontaneously to create my image as fast as I can because I believe that it somehow captures something of a world that is constantly moving and breathing.”

She has exhibited regularly, has been a resident artist for ten years, and her work is in private collections around the world.

A group show of Women artists in the final year of the Advanced painting course at The Essential School of Painting, an alternative art school in Wood Green London. Painting is a language structure , but it is also "das Ding ", the unknowable Thing , it is also gendered, though like in life it seems that gender is transferable and fluid. Qualities are also symptoms; as mind becomes embedded in matter and composition , symptoms are transferred into the body of the painting rather than the actual body.

The six women who pioneered the inaugural year of ESOP Advanced painting have all brought their own experiences and are excavating their own multi-layered histories. The artists reflect a current urgency of the female voice in contemporary painting, in defiance of the masculine perspective as ubiquitous and historically determined.

Dan Coombs Course Director ESOP Advanced Painting artist statement We are an interdisciplinary group of womxn artists, working in painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, video and text. The group naturally formed within ESOP, an alternative art school in London with collaboration at its core, with incredible support given to the ‘mature’ student. We have found a common goal within and because of the differences in our individual experience, sharing commonalities, positivity and vulnerability. Cultivating the support and understanding of each other’s practice and the issues pertaining to womxn artists.

The group recognises the power of collaboration, the building of understanding through action and visual conversations. Experimental explorations feed into the group and reflect the influence of multiple womxn sharing studio space. Our work traces the human condition and the fabricated world that surrounds those watched and those watching.

17th July - 23rd July 2023

Nouvelle Archéologie - Artworks by Richard Miller

Private view - Thursday 20th July from 5:30pm

28th June - 3rd July 2022

Printmakers’ Odyssey

Jenni Allen Rebecca Holmes

Cy Bernheim Thom Igwe-Walker

Lorraine Botbol Emma Reynolds

Susan Vera Clarke Annie Rickard Straus

Lorena Herrero Jairo Zaldua & Nicola Green

Join us on an Odyssey into the world of printmaking, as ten artists from the East London Printmakers’ collective make the journey west, to the Tabernacle in Notting Hill. For one week only we will be sharing our wide range of printmaking styles, hosting demonstrations, and taking you on a tour of our varied work. From screen printing to relief and intaglio techniques, we hope you will come and immerse yourself in all that printmaking has to offer.

https://www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk/

7th - 12th June 2022

Intervals - an exhibition of new work by Irma Irsara

Italian artist, Irma Irsara presents new works at her ‘Intervals’ exhibition at Tabernacle Gallery this June. 

A large-scale installation work, consisting of 72 panels and created using a dedicated papermaking technique, is being shown for the first time as well as a selection from Irsara’s recent Water Level Series relating to ecological and environmental themes. In addition, the artist will be showing a time-lapse digital video work, originally created for the exhibition Earth is Calling at the Crypt Gallery in 2019, part of which was also shown at the Bargehouse for Totally Thames, Foragers of the Foreshore exhibition.

Irsara’s work is influenced by an interest in environmental issues and her practice embraces techniques as diverse as fibre art, stained glass bookmaking, print, video and installation.  She explore ideas of aesthetics and fragility, looking at beauty both in terms of its ability to mask and mislead, and its power to persuade and promote ideas in a positive way.

Further information: www.irmairsara.com www.instagram.com/irmairsara/  Private View: Wednesday 8 June, 6pm – 9pm (all welcome)

May 30th - June 5th 2022

6 days of celebration to commemorate the contributions of the UK Caribbean Diaspora throughout the last 70 years.

Migrants & settlers from the Commonwealth Caribbean have made significant contributions to the UK during the 70 years of Her Majesty's reign.

With the support of a Let’s Create Jubilee Fund grant from The London Community Foundation, in partnership with Arts Council England, Elimu will celebrate, commemorate & educate Londoners of these contributions with an Exhibition, Recital & Workshops on the theme of Memories, Milestones & Messages.

The photographic exhibition will showcase 23 icons, exemplars & signature creations integrated into the standing photographic display at the Tabernacle, creating a unique, comprehensive & a representative display of 70 years of the Caribbean presence & 56 years of UK Carnivals.

Throughout the programme, audiences will benefit from an enhanced and verified understanding of the Caribbean Diaspora in the UK, beyond defining its presence by a ship & getting to know about the lived experiences of individuals during the reign of Her Majesty, not just as victims but as settlers, migrants, contributors & achievers. And at the end of the programme, there may be a bit of the arts of Carnival on Saturday 4th June.

This event is FREE so register your tickets now!

13th - 19th June 22

Steve Mepsted- Smoke and Mirrors

IMAGES MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE GRENFELL TOWER TRAGEDY OF JUNE 14TH 2017

“I am an artist who primarily uses photography to explore notions of community, neighbourhood and local identity. In doing so I hope to reflect the effect that infrastructural change, national policy and local activism has on the general ‘health’, capital, assets and resilience of (these) social structures and the populace. My current project is entitled ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ and is concerned with photographing the aftermath and events surrounding the Grenfell Tower disaster of June 14th 2017”

22nd - 28th November 21

Marta Boros

‘Pop artist Marta Boros pursues the twin and sometimes combined tracks of painting and poetry. Her work has qualities that at various times are mysterious, intriguing, challenging and erotic, splashed and collaged on the canvas in vivid colour.’ - James Brewer

Creative Mentors Foundation is a charity that helps students at school with learning differences to engage successfully with the educational opportunities they are offered in the areas of art and design and music. This includes students with dyslexia, dyspraxia, aspergers/autism and ADHD. Each Creative Mentor is placed within a school to work within the creative areas of the curriculum. All out mentors have succeeded to postgraduate level in art and design or education and are themselves dyslexic and/or dyspraxic. 

28th - 31st OCTOBER 21

240 Art

Support and stability through arts & wellness

Based in West London, 240Project is an established Arts and Health Activity Centre for those affected by homelessness and exclusion. We aim to help improve an individual’s self-esteem, confidence, motivation and skills base by providing a safe and friendly space where a variety of arts and well-being activities are on offer.

http://www.240project.org.uk/

4th - 17th October 21

Repair is essential: an exploration of repair culture in Cuba

We love our ‘things’, but our things are damaging our planet, as we extract more minerals, use energy to process and use them, and then discard our unwanted items as waste.

Making products last longer, through repair, reuse and refurbishment has the potential to make a substantial positive impact to our environment. This exhibition will be open from 9am - 10pm and is completely free

21st & 22nd August 21

Adidas X AFC Ajax // Bayy Ltd

Adidas x AFC Ajax Third kit release inspired by Bob Marley and his impact on Influential people in the Caribbean community.

Exhibition curated by Bayy Ltd.