Artists
Larry Achiampong
“LAST NIGHT MY MUM TOLD ME ABOUT AN OCCURRANCE IN A RECENT TRIP TO GHANA….”
Perception, misconception and identity are just a few topics that Larry Achiampong confronts in his growing practice. Larry’s interest in contemporary British lifestyle and social commentary thereof is often captured from multiple points of view using various media, be it via the perspective of the “protagonist” or “antagonist”. This however, is not dominant of his entire studio practice where endeavors of his altered ego bLacKpH03nix are concerned. The bLacKpH03nix moves in ways in which Larry can/does not, opting for a more visceral edge of blatant expression through sound, text (wordplays and poetry) drawing and performance. Although intentions are unclear, one thing is certain; the bLacKpH03nix is free in spirit.
The artist also assumes his name Kofi, a name given to him by Ghanaian tradition in reference to which day of the week one is born.
An important inquiry arises in the midst of these alternate personalities;
Which personality assumes dominance?
Which personality is real?
Can one person truly be three entities?
‘The void is far and wide, consuming while being consumed. Time isn’t relevant because we do not have control over it. But what is done with this “borrowed” time will expose us.’
Blackphoenix
Larry Achiampong was born in 1984 in London, England where he also lives and works. Achiampong graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art (MA Sculpture) in 2008 and University of Westminster (BA Mixed Media Fine Art). Recent exhibitions include “Liminal: A Question of Position” at Iniva (London, 2009), “Breakfast of Champions” at Yinka Shonibare’s 3 X 3 project space (London, 2009), “What We So Proudly Hail” at Holster Projects (London, 2009) and “I.R.P Goes Live!” at Southwark Playhouse (London, 2009).
Akiko Ban
Akiko Ban’s sculptures explore the notion of spirituality in a deeply physical and personal way. Ban aspires to ”generate being from life”, where her actions manifest themselves in “natural phenomena”, allowing natural forces to shape or effect elements of the work. A careful and deliberate casting method is combined with an indeterminate natural process, producing unique organic forms. Ban creates sculptures that aim to work a recurrent fluid form through all of its physical possibilities. These objects act as both a plinth for the work, and as part of the work itself, distorting traditional forms of sculpture. Ban communicates much of herself in the sculpture she creates, attempting to visualize a sense of being in its broadest meaning. Her process is concerned with creating a tangible representation of temporality, a record of the effects of time on material and object.
Akiko Ban (born in Tokyo, Japan 1975 lives and works in London) is a graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art (MFA) and Camberwell College of Arts (BA). Solo exhibitions include Ichiza, The Family Business, London (2003). Groups shows include Natural Recurrence, Nolias Gallery, London (2009), Vol.9, The Sassoon Gallery, London (2009), Past, Present and Future, Woburn Research Centre, London (2007), Experience the Image – an investigation of sculptural practices in photography, Nolias Gallery, London (2007) and Drawn Back To This, Camberwell College of Arts,London (2005). Projects include Yamabushiyama Hotel Project, Kyoto, Japan (2009-2010) and garden at goldsmiths, Goldsmiths University of London (2009).
Sarah Bowker-Jones
Sarah Bowker-Jones sees the act of drawing at the core of her practice, whether working in two or three dimensions. Her works often record and reveal a period of construction time (private), then engage the viewer in a subtle performative time (public) relishing the continuous changing states and status of object and person. Using a process based simultaneously in system and play, she combines material from aluminium foil to cat litter in works that hover between painting and sculpture.
Sarah Bowker-Jones was born in North Wales 1978. She now lives and works in London where she earned her MFA from the Slade School of Art in 2008. Her work has been exhibited in the Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007 (Walsall, Manchester, and London), Clouds, 2008 (Bristol), Pondering in Low Light, 2009 (London), and Game People Play, 2009 (Milan). She was recently included in the book “Younger Than Jesus / Artist Directory”, co-published by the New Museum and Phaidon as part of the exhibition “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus” at the New Museum, New York.
Guocheng Chen
Guocheng Chen’s paintings encourage us to re-examine the relationship between ourselves and the natural world around us. Chen’s paintings are derived from both personal expression and direct observation. Including abstraction and realism, the work expresses the visual pleasure of the picturesque and the ‘dark unknown’ which the natural world presents to us. Exploring the boundaries between figuration and abstraction, memories and dreams, the paintings comment on the relationship between reality and imagination, the “inside” world of feelings and ideals and the “outside” world of the environment.
Guocheng Chen (born in Hebei, China, 1972 lives and works in London) is a graduate of the Chelsea College Art and Design of Fine Art (MFA) and Art College of Hebei Normal University (BA). Selected Exhibitions include Annual Open Exhibition 2009,Menier Gallery, London (2009), ArtWorks Open 2009 Exhibition, ArtWorks Project Space, London (2009), 2009 20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Art , London(2009),London Art Fair, London Business Design Centre, London (2009), ‘00 Nature, Contemporary Art Projects Gallery, London(2008),UK Start Your Collection 2008，Contemporary Art Projects Gallery, London (2008), 2007 Winter Exhibition 2007, Contemporary Art Projects Gallery, London(2007) 2006 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London(2006)
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Terumitsu Hishinuma
Terumitsu Hishinuma is concerned with materiality. He makes his own materials, his aim is not to impose his identity on these materials, but to erase his identity through the materials. Terumitus’s work is very physical. He moves sheets of self reflection and thought about the actual materiality and manufacture of the world we live in.
Terumitsu Hishinuma ( born in Niigata, Japan 1976 bases in London), who attended a MFA course at the Slade School of Fine Art and a BA in Architecture of the Musashino Art University. Group shows include SIX, Woburn Research Centre, London, 2009, It’s not there, Woburn Research Centre, London,2008.
Peiyuan Jiang
I am interested in the notion of reproduction, the line between reproduction and the original, and the various meanings that reproduction has for an image.
Peiyuan Jiang (b.1983 China) studied at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design Birmingham (2003-2006) and Chelsea College of Art and Design London (2007-2008). He has been selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition, Cornerhouse, Manchester (2009) and Jerwood drawing prize exhibition, Jerwood space, London (2009), he won the BP Young Artist Award in BP Portrait Award 2008, National Portrait Gallery, London (2008); Selected group exhibitions include: Condensation, Decima Gallery, London (2008); Coup de pouce, Suty gallery, Coye-la-foret, France (2007); Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Annual Exhibition, Mall Gallery, London (2007) and RBSA Friends Exhibition (The Every Man Prize Winner), RBSA Gallery, Birmingham (2006).
http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/artist_single.php?aid=1782
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Htein Lin
Htein Lin was born in Burma in 1966 and spent four years in student rebel camps on the Chinese and Indian borders following his involvement in the 1988 pro-democracy uprising. After his return to Rangoon, he had started to establish himself as a comic actor in film and on stage, pioneering performance artist, and painter when he was suddenly arrested on -misplaced 0 suspicion of planning opposition activity and sentenced to 7 years in prison. During the 6 1/2 years he spent in Burmese prisons, he secretly produced hundreds of paintings on prison uniforms, and introduced his fellow inmates to performance art. After his release in 2004 he returned to art. He currently lives in London where he paints and performs, inter alia to draw attention to the plight of the Burmese people, participating in events throughout Europe and beyond, including the 2007 Venice Biennale and the US library of Congress. He is a contributing editor to Burmese art and literature website www.kaungkin.com , a member of the INDEX on Censorship Advisory Committee and was a panel judge for the 2008 Art Action Freedom to Create Prize. Recent exhibitions have included solo shows at Asia House, London (2007), Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong (2008), Suwunnabhumi Gallery, Chiang Mai (2008), Quest Gallery Bath (2008), Museo del Carcere Le Nuove , Turin (2008) with a forthcoming solo show at Tasneem Gallery, Barcelona in November, as well as numerous group shows in London, Hong Kong, Canberra and the USA.
Rachael Macarthur
Rachael Macarthur’s paintings are about dreams and memories, whether childhood reminiscences or her thoughts now. She charts her own personal mythology and history through painting and drawing. Her work fulfills an urgent need to record and remember the past. She is not interested in accurately recording memories; since memory is unreliable- her work plays on an awkward attempt at memory recall, a need for storytelling:
For me, painting can be about the littlest things, an eyelash, a tear, a wish.
It can also be about the biggest things in the world.
It is recording and remembering things you cannot keep.
It is about letting go and forgetting.
Rachael Macarthur (b.1981, Edinburgh. Lives and works in London) studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (MFA) and Edinburgh University (MA Hons). She has exhibited in group shows including, Rapunzel, Rapunzel at the Shoreditch Town Hall (2008); Something Between Nothing, Kingsland Road (2008) and the Interim Show, Woburn Research Centre, 2008. She was Artist-in-Residence in May-June of 2009, at West Dean College, Sussex, Currently, she is Artist-in-Residence at Cubitt Gallery, where she co-coordinates a weekly drawing programme for primary school pupils, run by Cubitt Education. Forthcoming exhibitions include The Future of Statues, at West Dean College in 2010.
Janne Malmros
Through a subtle awareness of materials, form and the varying poetic weights of different objects Janne Malmros use assemblage and adaptation, combined with drawing, screen-printing and elements of photographic processes to create playful, subtle and quasi-alchemical visions, in which investigations, experiments and installation play an important part. It is a playful investigation in which an idea often determines the material and shape of the finished piece. Malmros’ work is infused by a strong interest in botany and entomology along with dramaturgy and folklore, which she studied before art. She is interested in disappearance through appearance, perception, mimicry and transformation especially in relation to found and constructed patterns and shapes.
Janne Malmros was born in Denmark in 1976. She lives and works in London, where she studied sculpture (MFA) at the Slade School of Fine Art. She graduated in 2009. Solo exhibitions include: ”Four Suits Four Seasons”, The Royal Danish Embassy, London, UK, 2009; “What Goes Around”, Science Centre Eksperimentarium, Copenhagen, DK, 2008; ”Crooked Ways”, Galleri Paul Kleefeld, Copenhagen, DK, 2006; “The Lonsdale”,
The Lonsdale, London, UK 2005. Groups Shows include: ”Highlights from the Collection of Simon Frank & Robert Suss”, London, UK, 2009; “Maddid’s Nordic Festival”, The Space, London, UK, 2009; ”I.R.P – Goes Live”, Southwark Playhouse, London, UK, 2009;
”The Voice & Nothing More”; Woburn Square Research Centre, London, UK, 2009;
”Trace”, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK, 2008; “Carlsberg & Tuborg Art Fond”, Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, DK, 2005; “Ten of the Best”, Art Reviews selection of graduates, Deluxe Gallery, London, UK, 2004; “The Parasites”, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK, 2003; “Oops”, Los 29 Enchufes, Madrid, Esp, 2002; “Group Show”, Camden Art Centre, London, UK, 2002
Takashi Nishida
Takashi Nishida (born in Japan), a.k.a. ‘funky samurai,’ is a performer including dancing, acting, playing music, as well as a filmmaker, based on interactive and sensuous media technology. His interest is mainly inter-relation between body and environmental (spatial and temporal) elements and its transiency through his unique audio-visual language.
In Pygmalion (2007), he installed a interactive musical equipment during the play detected by a camera in order to let an actor (or a dancer) play a role of musical making in accordance with his/her choreographic movement. La pensée sauvage(2009-) emphasises more performance-spectatorship relationship of the work by means of improvised audio, visual and tactile representation.
funky is also one of core members of?8,?artists collective. His responsible work garden at goldsmiths at Goldsmiths, University of London (2009-2010) is one of seminal series of 8’s projects.
prearranged projects as 8
—zero – the aroma of technology, the flavour of art in London and Tokyo (2009)
—the way of tea – an art of conviviality at KUBE Gallery, Poole (2009)
—imagine in London (2010)
—womb (2010)
more info: http://www.8-technology.net/
http://www.myspace.com/funky_samurai
http://www.8-technology.net/
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Tin Tin Sann
UA, B Sc.(Hons.) M Sc. MCAM
She had studied under well known Burmese and Chinese artists. Tin Tin is one of the pioneers of young avant-garde Art movement in Burma and one of the first artists to create and exhibit batik paintings in Burma.
She paints mainly in oil and acrylic, also water colours, Batiks and create sculptures. Tin Tin enjoys painting seascapes and very much interested in colour and the free flow of colour. She uses strong, contrasting colours to create paintings. Paints in Impressionist style moving towards Abstraction.
Started exhibiting since 1968 and had participated in more than 50 exhibitions in Burma and abroad including 4 solo shows , the BBC Art Society, Society of Women Artists, United Society of Artists (Council Member), Wine Street Gallery (Dorset), Medical Art Society , Duo Exhibition with sister Khin Myint, MNN Art Club.
Tin Tin’s Art work can be seen all over the world – UK, USA, Germany, Norway, France, Russia, Nepal, Burma and Australia.
Takuto Sawada
Takuto Sawada’s recent art work is called “performallation”, which consists of live essence as performance and installation. His idea is based on social and histrical context for invastigating 21century’s communication as an artist also an antique dealer.
Sawada is a graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art (MFA) and Chelsea
College of Arts (BA). Groups shows include G28, Athens (2009), TRACE2, Manchester (2009), TRACE, Cardiff (2008).
Ben Youngman
Ben Youngman (born in 1977) is a sculptor who is preoccupied with testing the limits of strength and form available in common materials such as plaster and newspaper, through construction methods including casting, to build shapes and objects which test the viewers knowledge of the relationship between the industrial and organic.
He sees his work as an investigation into the point of transition where an object becomes recognisable – how we question and process the inherent properties of materials in relation to the form in which they are used. And how these forms are then assimilated into our mechanical, political, and emotional understanding of the wider world.
He has just completed an MA at the Slade School of Fine Art.
benyoungman@gmail.com
Taiyo Nagano
Taiyo Nagano (born in 1975, Tokyo) is a digital media designer and has 12 years of experience in this field. While working as a network engineer in Tokyo, he has launched into graphic design, web design and VJ under the name of “The Jelly Hunters”. He moved to the UK in 2001 and completed the MA in Digital Arts at Camberwell College of Arts in 2003. Currently runs his busy design studio in Kennington, south London.
He recently contributed to the production of the feature film “The Age of Stupid” as a computer interface designer and animator. He has been involved in a lot of major projects in interactive media including the official website of James Blunt and the legendary illustrator Quentin Blake.
Taiyo is a co-curator of this exhibition and in charge of the art direction and website development.