Blue Shop Gallery, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2023
We're excited to announce that Blue Shop Gallery will be exhibiting at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair this November
Join us from 21st to 24th November 2024 at Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory for an exciting showcase of new works by 8 artists:
LIORAH TCHIPROUT
SAMMI LYNCH
GREG STEVENS
KATY PAPINEAU
NED ELLIOTT
INES FERNANDEZ DE CORDOVA
OLLIE MARR
CAMERON MOWAT
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Liorah Tchiprout delves into themes of girlhood, memory, and intergenerational connection through her captivating coloured monotypes and etchings, inspired by Yiddish literature and Jewish culture. Liorah first exhibited in 2022 with Blue Shop Galleries in the ‘Works on Paper 4’ exhibition with coloured monotypes. Liorah then went on to be represented by Marlborough Gallery and is now represented by Pippy Houldsworth Gallery. Blue Shop Gallery is thrilled to present her latest, unseen collection of coloured monotypes and etchings at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.
Sammi Lynch is a rising star in the contemporary art scene, known for her evocative paintings and prints that explore the profound connection between humans and the natural world. Lynch has been awarded artist residencies in Scotland and Italy and has exhibited in group shows, including exhibitions at Annely Juda Fine Art, Lychee One, Soho Revue and Christie’s auction house. Her first solo exhibition 'The Last Time we Swam' was in 2023 with Blue Shop Gallery, London. Lynch’s work is held in public and private collections. Her recent collaboration with Burberry has been shortlisted for a V&A Award.
Greg Stevens is a renowned interdisciplinary artist whose dynamic and energetic compositions have captivated audiences for years. Working across printmaking, painting, and ceramics, his work seamlessly blends the abstract and figurative, creating a unique visual language that reflects both observed reality and inner psychological landscapes. Greg’s large-scale, four-page monotypes have been a particular highlight at the past three Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. Following the success of his 2023 solo exhibition, ‘Among The Leaves’ at Blue Shop Gallery, and with recent residencies in Scotland and India, as well as exhibitions at prestigious venues like Christie's and Buckingham Palace, Greg is a leading figure in the contemporary art scene. We are thrilled to present his latest work at this year's Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.
Ned Elliott (b.1995) is an artist from London. He takes an introspective approach to the experience of existence, not only in the tangible world but also in the intangible feelings associated with it, whether angst, joy, confusion, love, or grief. His creative approach blends observation and abstraction (drawn from observation) with the ethereal quality of dreams and aims to capture the transience of existence and the cycle of life and death. By using a mix of wet and dry media and elements of collage to overlay figures and objects, he attempts to depict how different elements of existence, whether sentient or not, intersect and coexist in the world whilst also appreciating the confusing and elusive beauty of life and inevitable death. In a way his work is imbued with an agnostic almost animistic spirituality. Ultimately, he explores the connections between all things in the world, living and dead and how we experience the world and how all the other things in it do too.
Ines Fernandez de Cordova (b.1992) is a Bolivian/Slovenian artist living and working in South East London. Ines studied at Camberwell College of Arts for both her BA and MA and graduated in 20217. Ines Fernandez de Cordova is interested in the relationship between objects and time and the manner in which we perceive the two. Fernandez makes her sculptures from plaster or concrete to use them as tools to create still-lives, constructing subtle narratives through the use of sequence, mark making, overlapping and mirroring.
Printmaking is a fundamental part of her practice and through the use of photography the artist has managed to cohesively merge her primary interests in sculpture and printmaking. Her work is cyclical in the sense that it continuously loops from 2D into 3D. Creating uncanny scenes with her sculptures, she aims to invite the viewer to analyse the relationships between them. A recurring theme in her work is the notion of balance which she explores through exploiting and emphasising the materiality of her sculptural creations.
Oliver Marr (he/they, b.1995, South Africa) is a figurative painter who lives and works in London. Oliver graduated from the University of Cambridge (2020) where his research focussed on the interconnections between human society and natural systems. After graduating, Oliver worked for three years under the guidance of British artist, David Williams-Ellis, where he developed a practice investigating his connection to landscape through painting. Oliver has attended residencies in France and South Africa and exhibits regularly in group shows. Oliver had his first solo show (2021) with Windsor Gallery in South Africa and has recently presented with North Coast Asylum Gallery in the UK (June 2024).
Oliver makes his paints from raw pigment and prepares surfaces of linen or paper with rabbit skin glue and chalk. Relying on an urgency in mark-making, Oliver paints en pleinair, and is interested in the blurring of boundaries that happens as objects are abstracted to volume and colour. The idea of queer ecology comes to mind as Oliver captures the shifting identities of the landscape. In light of this, the titles of Oliver's paintings reference our relationship with the landscape in the face of climate change, and the dissonance between despair and hope.
Cameron Mowat (b. 2001) is a figurative painter and printmaker who lives and works in West Yorkshire. Graduating from Kingston School of Art in 2023, Mowat’s practise explores the tactile possibilities of Monotype oil printmaking. His wider practise encompasses observational drawing, situating himself to the world around him. Drawing on a rich visual history, Mowat examines how we live, work, move, and look upon the world; as a part of nature and yet apart from it, to highlight the anxieties of Modern life. His technique involves works directly into a glass plate, where paint marks resist the surface and push against it; with a glass surface the medium influences the finished work – giving over control in the process. Mowat uses this to suggest an ambiguity to his spaces, where lines blur and forms interplay. Mowat frames his work as an investigation; a constant state of questioning that propels him forward.
Katy Papineau (b.1991) is a figurative painter who lives and works in London. She graduated in Philosophy from the University of Bristol in 2014, and completed The Drawing Year at The Royal Drawing School in 2019. Since graduating she has participated in artist residencies in France and Italy, and has taken part in group shows at Blue Shop Gallery, Christie’s London, Frestonian Gallery, and Compton Verney, among others. Papineau is currently part of the faculty at the Royal Drawing School, where her teaching focuses on symbolism, memory and imagination. Katy Papineau’s first solo show was at Blue Shop Gallery in 2023.
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