Beyond the Material World

International Association of Quantum Artists (IAQA)Present their first Visual Arts Exhibition ‘Beyond the Material World’ at: BAR LANE STUDIOS 1 Bar Lane, York, YO1 6JX.

IAQA unites artists whose work intuitively explores alternative visions and possible realities. It aims to transform human understanding of the world in which we live. At present these include theories and philosophies incorporating sustainability, quantum theory, parallel worlds, Multiverse, higher dimensional spaces and cosmology.

Fi and the other artists have been selected to build an interactive space around their work’s focus.  Each acts as a separate ‘world’, but is integrated with other exhibits occupying the same space.  Together these therefore act as parallel worlds occupying the same space, but which are perceived in different ways.  The audience is invited to participate and sometimes, to intervene within these different artistic spaces.  Exhibits move away from static or fixed theories and viewpoints. The works considered depict transformation towards positive alternative futures: they consider change as an ongoing transformational process.

http://iaqa.blogspot.co.uk

Beyond the Material World runs from 22^st  October- 2^nd November 2012 with the Private View on 20^th October 7-9pm 2012.

Being British

Fi will be exhibiting new work at the Being British Contemporary Art Event: June 29th A temporary gallery space will be created for a gala evening event in The Ballroom at Stamford Arts’ Centre, Lincs. Showcasing contemporary and conceptual art from regional and London-based artists, pieces will include portraits of Ricky Gervais as Charlie Chaplin by renowned photographer Jay Brooks, alongside works from 12 other artists. The artworks will explore the eccentricities that underscore our nation and the iconography that has grown to represent it. Tickets are £10, entry includes a glass of wine (18+) and canapés.

This charity event takes place from 7-10pm on June 29th, 2012.

Details of the exhibition can be found  here

Exhibition in Berlin

Several works have been selected for this year's Candid Arts Trust exhibition in Berlin. The exhibition will take place between 3rd - 18th May 2012 at Universität der Künste Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 33, Berlin-Charlottenburg.

The private view is on Thursday 3rd May and the closing party is on Friday 18th May.

Underground and Metro: Stop: S+U Zoologischer Garten. Lines: S5, S7, S9, S75, U2, U9

On Bread Alone

Fi has several pieces in the Nexus Art Cafe's 'On Bread Alone' exhibition which explores the relationship between need and creativity. Nexus Art Cafe can be found in Manchester City Centre, on Dale Street and opposite Vinyl Exchange at M1 1JW.

The exhibition runs from 19th April-17th June 2012 and is open daily.

'The Collection'

Fi has 6 works in the Marburae Gallery's Contemporary Photography Exhibition.  Marburae Gallery is a new space in Macclesfield, Cheshire dedicated to contemporary visual Arts. 1st March 2012 - 7 - 9pm - Exhibition Open evening.

2nd March - Exhibition begins. (9am - 4pm daily except Sundays)

7th April - Exhibition ends.

Candid Arts Exhibition

Fi will be exhibiting flourscapes and new work at Candid Arts Trust, Islington in March 2012. The exhibition runs from the 2nd to 11th of March in the First Floor Gallery and is a 15 minute walk from St Pancras. PRIVATE VIEW Thursday 1st March (6.30-9pm)

Postcard Show

Open: 25th January – 11th February Preview: 24th January 6-8pm

Curated by the Surface Gallery in Nottingham, this long-standing annual exhibition features hundreds of original artworks connected solely by their 4” x 6” format. The show brings together works by established practitioners, students, new comers and international artists from as far afield as Europe and USA, with each individual postcard acting as a celebration of the diversity in practice and location of the participating artists.

Following the success of last year’s very first Surface Gallery artwork exchange, all participating artists have once again been given the opportunity to receive an original artwork in exchange for their own following the completion of the show. This unique aspect of the exhibition offers artists the chance to connect worldwide through a random and remote exchange system. These original artworks are also for sale throughout the exhibition, priced at just £15. This is an ideal opportunity to discover up and coming artists and to buy some original work for an affordable price.

Before the days of emails, Facebook, and Twitter people would send postcards that time-travelled all over the world as a way to 'keep in touch'.

East Midlands Contemporary Art Auction

The 12th EM Contemporary Art Auction is being held at the Djanogly Art Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park, Nottingham in partnership with Contemporary Independent Artists.

Viewing dates are  15 – 25 February and the auction is on Saturday 25 February at 1pm.

Preview is Wednesday, February 15th.

Fi's work 'All Purpose' will be part of the auction.

For items over £100 payments can be spread over a 10-month period with interest free credit available through the Arts Council's Own Art scheme. Silent bids will be accepted.  

Tarpey Gallery Open Exhibition 2011

Fi has 2 works in the Tarpey Gallery exhibition this year. The show runs from November 12th to December 24th.

For more information, please visit the Tarpey Gallery website or click here.

Pedestrian Gallery Christmas Exhibition

The Pedestrian Gallery in Leicester's Cultural Quarter is holding the 12 Days of Christmas. Fi has 3 peices of work in the show which runs from December 12th-22nd, 2011.  The Private View is on Monday 12th December between 6 and 8pm.

For more information, please visit Pedestrian's website

royal west academy show

Reader's Digest has been selected for the 159th Royal West Academy show. Reader's Digest is a flourscape - framed archival photographic print and flour. The use of flour is intended to emphasise the unquestioning ease with which we ‘ingest’ language and translate it as thought.  It also represents the potential power we have over our diet of words to enable permanent or temporary changes in thinking.

The show opens on Saturday, October 30th and runs until December 31st, 2011 in Bristol.

site-specific concrete poetry

Fi has been invited to create site specific concrete poetry at the University of Derby.  This is in response and in celebration of poet Eugen Gomringer's work. Seen as the father of 'concrete poetry', he visited the University in September, 2011 to talk about his work. Mr Gomringer, 86, who is Swiss, opened an exhibition entitled Concept as Concrete Form: Visual Poetry, Texts and Typography and gave a talk on The Inter-relation Between Concrete Art and Poetry.

'Concrete poetry' is a literary form where the arrangement of a poem's words on the printed page is considered to be as important as the poem itself. For example, Mr Gomringer's own poem Wind shows the letters W-I-N-D scattered as if by a wind.

His visit to Derby was part of a rare UK tour to talk about his half-century long career as a poet. The tour was arranged by Rodger Brown, a Programme Leader in the University's School of Art and Design, and the Research Group for Artists Publications (RGAP), formerly based at the University but now at the Yorkshire Artspace in Sheffield.

The exhibition runs from mid-November 2011 and a limited edition catalogue of the work will become available.

"This piece by Fi plays homage to Stuart Mill’s own “Homage to Wyndam Lewis”. Playing on how we read and perceive the meaning of words, it also takes it’s inspiration from Alfred Korzybski’s statement, “the map is not the territory, the words is not the thing.  This is an eloquent musing on the mutability of language and how it constantly remains open in a state of flux".

Installation at Wirksworth Festival - September 10th and 11th

SIFT is a large-scale flour installation at Wirksworth Festival set in Anthony Gell School. Sift will be part of the Trails Weekend on Saturday, September 10^th and Sunday September 11^th between 10 am and 5 pm at venue 13.

As well as the main installation, there will be an exhibition of Fi’s Flourscape art photography prints and Fi will be there all weekend playing with flour!

Take home a piece of the art!  Come along between 3 – 5 pm on Sunday and take some well looked after art flour away with you.

For 3 weeks in September the historic Derbyshire market town of Wirksworth throws open its doors and invites you in to see some great art in some fascinating places.  Inspirational work from international and national artists is shown alongside the very best local and regional artists.  This year you will be able to explore even more of the town with work planned in churches, woodland, pubs, quarries and amazing houses.  Highlights include:

Trails Weekend: 10th - 11th September

Contemporary Visual Art : 10th - 25th September

Community Celebration: 25th September

Performance Programme: 9th - 25th September

Festival Fringe: 9th-25th September

For a full downloadable brochure, please visit the Wirksworth Festival website at http://www.wirksworthfestival.co.uk/

Cork Street Open Exhibition

Ruminate has been selected for the Cork Street Open Exhibition 2011 in London.  Ticketed exhibition preview night is Wednesday August 3rd. Please click here to go to the Cork St website for full exhibition details.

This year's charity is PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide, a national UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

i site workshops

i site is a 2 week programme for young people, it will be running  from March 14th to March 26th. Fi will be working with participants to facilitate their creative photographic responses both to the notion of being a visitor and to the Visitor Exhibition by art collective Igloo.

The Visitor exhibition itself runs from March 12th, 2011 to May 2nd, 2011.

Details can be found at the Lakeside Arts Centre website.

Arts Auction

Arts Auction  - Pakistani Floods Appeal Although Pakistan has recently been hit by another natural disaster, it is still reeling from the devastating effects of those floods which have affected the lives of 20 million people.

Auction time tbc

Venue - Derby Dance Centre, Saturday, March 19th, 2011

Reader's Digest at the Tarpey Gallery

Reader's Digest has been selected for the Tarpey Gallery's first Midlands Open Exhibition. Reader's Digest is 3 framed flourscapes. "The use of flour is intended to emphasise the unquestioning ease with which we ‘ingest’ language and translate it as thought.  It also represents the potential power we have over our diet of words to enable permanent or temporary changes in thinking".

The Tarpey Gallery is located in Castle Donnington and specialises in Contemporary Fine Art.

http://tarpeygallery.com/index.php/art/the_gallery/

Sideshow 2010 solo exhibition

Fi will be artist-in-residence at Harrington Mills Studios as part of Sideshow 2010.  Sideshow is a series of citywide contemporary art, music, and performance events & exhibitions driven by Nottingham based artists and curators. It is part of The British Art Show which is now in its seventh incarnation opening in Nottingham, and tours for the first time in 20 years to the Hayward Gallery, followed by venues in Glasgow and Plymouth. It is curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton. Fi will be drawing and mark-making in a flour garden using only items from the kitchen cupboard. The home baking theme will be explored throughout the exhibition through the eyes of a Japanese Zen garden. This residency builds on Fi’s recent work Ruminate which explores the notion of words being ‘ingested’ to become permanent or temporary thoughts.

Throughout the residency, Fi will be producing both large and small-scale images; these will be displayed as part of the exhibition and form the content for the artist’s book which will be available in early 2011.

Harrington Mills Studios exhibition dates are November 29th to December 18th.

Private views  are on Sunday, December 5th from 1-5 pm and Monday, December 6th from 3-7 pm.  The exhibtion is also open on Wednesdays, December 1st, 8th and 15th from 11-4 pm.  Other times are by appointment, please contact Jackie at Harrington Mill Studios on 07891 262202

Harrington Mills Studios is situated in Long Eaton. Buses - Trent Barton Indigo (every 6-7 mins from Nottingham) also Trent  Barton Express Train - regular service from Nottingham Car - 5 mins from M1 Junction 25

Rumination

Fi's film Ruminate is part of the group exhibition 'Communicating more Authentically' at the Nottingham Playhouse .  This is being curated by The Cutting Room and is intended to coincide with Nottingham Contemporary’s ‘Gert and Uwe Tobias’ exhibition. "In this exhibition we attempt to explore the ways in which we communicate and perceive the world around us. While creating the opportunity for dialogue to take place, and pioneer new forms of artistic and social interaction with individuals and communities. In sparking these conversations, communicating more authentically gradually becomes a possibility."

Private view dates at the Nottingham Playhouse to be confirmed.

Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest is part of the Big Draw group exhibition 'Gesture' taking place at Crow Studios in Derby.  The show runs from October 1st to October 16th, 2010. Opening times are Wednesday to Saturday 11am to 3pm or Mondays and Tuesdays by appointment (please call curator Saira Lloyd on 0786 7787547) Reader's Digest builds on Fi's previous theme of the notion that words are 'ingested' and the work is made in flour.

"The use of flour is intended to emphasise the unquestioning ease with which we ‘ingest’ language as thought.  It also represents the potential power we have over our diet of words to enable changes in thinking".

Crow Studios is at 29 Northern Road, Derby DE1 1LR