Alumni News
Tomorrow is Saturday - Flatpack Festival, Ikon Gallery
Tomorrow is Saturday, a film about alumnus Seán Hillen by Gillian Marsh (2020), shows online 27 - 29 May 2021. To book see the Ikon Gallery website.
Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer
Poster for event May - October 2021
Alumni Matthew Darbyshire, Nika Neelova, Robert Phillips and Anna Reading are showing in Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer from 15 May - 24 October. Visits by appointment, see the booking page for details.
Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy - Whitechapel Gallery
Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy is showing at the Whitechapel Gallery, London E1, from 19 May - 29 August 2021. See the Whitechapel Gallery website for details.
For more about Eileen Agar (1899-1991), read Eileen Agar: the reluctant surrealist by Laura Cumming in The Observer, 9 May 2021.
What Remains - Encounter
Nicolas Feldmeyer is showing in What Remains at Encounter, Copeland Gallery, 133 Copeland Road, London, SE15 3SN, from 20 May - 7 June 2021. Viewing by appointment, see Encounter website for details.
UCL Donor Wall
UCL
Learn more about alumna Dr Sarah Fortais' design for the UCL Donor Wall on Vimeo. Read about the project on UCL Culture.
AVR I4L C070 RRN and Amy Steel - PEER
Amy Steel is showing in Avril Corroon and Amy Steel at PEER, 97-99 Hoxton Street, London N1 6QL, from 17 - 30 May 2021. See the PEER website for opening hours and further information.
Wednesday 26 May, 18:00 – 19:00
Online talk with Amy Steel & Claire Louise Bennett – Book via Eventbrite.
In the Studio: A Conversation with Vivan Sundaram at the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
In the Studio: A Conversation with Vivan Sundaram at the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, takes place online on Wednesday 28 April 2021 at 12noon EDT. Register via Zoom.
Deep Cut - Asylum Chapel
Current MA student Jin Wei and alumna Gal Schindler are showing in Deep Cut at Asylum Chapel, London SE15 on 21 - 22 April 12-6pm.
Jump Cut, Still Life - Broadway Gallery
Fiona Curran has a solo show Jump Cut, Still Life at Broadway Gallery, Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3DD, online from 17 April, and live from 20 May - 4 July 2021. See the Broadway Gallery website for further information.
To mark the official opening of her solo exhibition Jump Cut, Still Life, Fiona Curran gave a talk about her career, practice and how her recent work was effected by the events of the last year, now available on YouTube.
Creature - City Gallery Wellington
Marianna Simnett has a solo show, Creature, at City Gallery Civic Square, Wellington, New Zealand from 4 March - 11 July 2021. See the City Gallery Wellington website.
SPUR.WORLD - virtual exhibition
Yifan He is showing in SPUR.WORLD, a virtual exhibition, online from 8 April 2021. See the SPUR.WORLD website.
On the Western Window Pane - Van Gogh House
Part of On the Western Window Pane project at Van Gogh House
On the Western Window Pane, an online and window-based project by Van Gogh House runs from 1 April 2021 - 31 March 2022. This year-long fundraising project presents 12 artist-designed posters in its front, west-facing window organised by Livia Wang and alumnus Benjamin Arthur Brown.
Each month one new poster will be revealed and available to purchase as a limited edition print. All funds raised will go towards the artists involved and our residencies, education projects, exhibitions and maintaining the house’s historic fabric. April's poster, 'Vessel Head (Van Gogh)', has been designed by Slade lecturer Brighid Lowe.
See the Van Gogh House website for details.
Rachel Whiteread: Internal Objects - Gagosian
Rachel Whiteread has a solo exhibition, Internal Objects, at Gagosian, 20 Grosvenor Hill, London W1K 3QD from 12 April - 6 June 2021. Viewing by appointment only, see the Gagosian website for details.
Read her interview in The Guardian: Rachel Whiteread: 'I have a clarity I never had before'.
11 Stories on Distanced Relationships - Contemporary Art from Japan - The Japan Foundation
Yanai Shino and Sawa Hiraki are showing in 11 Stories on Distanced Relationships - Contemporary Art from Japan online at The Japan Foundation from 30 March - 5 May 2021.
Survey II
Jerwood Arts
Katarzyna Perlak and Shenece Oretha have been selected for Jerwood Arts' Survey II, which shows at g39, Cardiff from 2 July - 11 September 2021, Jerwood Arts in London 1 October – 13 December 2021 and Site Gallery in Sheffield March 2022. See the Jerwood Arts website for further information.
In Conversation - Copeland Gallery
Minyoung Choi and Mircea Teleagă are showing in In Conversation at Copeland Gallery, Unit 9I, Copeland Park, Peckham, London SE15 4UJ, from 15 - 18 April 2021. Viewing by appointment only. See the Bo.Lee Gallery website for further information.
In Search of Simultaneity - Kolkata Experimenter, Art Basel
In Search of Simultaneity by alumnus Krishna Reddy (1925 - 2018) is showing online at Kolkata Experimenter as part of Art Basel OVR: Pioneers, from 24 - 27 March 2021.
Division/Revision - Your Space or Mine
Larry Achiampong and Eva Stenram are taking part in Division/Revision, a sixteen-strong poster project curated by Uta Kögelsberger for Your Space Or Mine, which brings together sixteen internationally acclaimed artists to address the questions ‘What brings us together?’ and ‘What pushes us apart?’ The project takes place between 15 March to 31 March 2021. See the Build Hollywood website for further details.
A Thousand Fallen Blossoms - Aliki Braine - Argentea Gallery
Aliki Braine's A Thousand Fallen Blossoms is online at Argentea Gallery from 26 March - 14 May 2021. See the Argentea Gallery website.
Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, will jointly produce a permanent artwork for UCL East's Marshgate building, which is due to open in September 2023. See UCL News.