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MK Calling Milton Keynes Gallery

To celebrate 25 years at the heart of Milton Keynes’ art and culture scene, we are working in partnership with five local community groups to co-curate this year’s open call summer exhibition.

This year’s MK Calling features artworks spanning sculpture, painting, photography, installation and film. Over 120 established and emerging artists explore themes including identity, inclusivity, possible futures, heritage, and significant moments across five thematic gallery spaces.

Over the past year, MK Gallery has been collaborating with learners from: MK SNAP, a Milton Keynes-based training provider for learning-disabled adults; The Visually Impaired People (VIP) Group, a group of friends living with sight loss in the local area who have met through different local support organisations; Unknown Collective, a group of under-26-year-old creatives who have previously engaged with MK Gallery’s programme; Members of the Middle Eastern Cultural Group, a platform which provides social activities and language tuition to people from Middle Eastern communities living in Milton Keynes; and adults from Q:Alliance, a registered charity that provides support, information, and empowerment for the LGBTQ+ community in Milton Keynes and surrounding areas.

Featured artists: ANDI, Aoccho, Nuha Al Hashimi, Theresa Alix Wren-Enayati Rad, Moe Asari, Sadie Aston, Polly Bates, Sophia Bharmal, Nazira Bibi, Benjamin Bird, Helen Birnbaum, Jared Boechler, Thomas Eke, James Bristow, Anna Brownsted, Roisín Callaghan, Daura Campos, Sophia Chapman, Gayle Charlotte Dallas, Clair Chinnery, Paul Chisholm, JMC Anderson, Helen Clarke, Ladina Clement, Liz Clifford, Sue Cohen, Patrick Ayre and Barbara Ayre (MNID Collective), Allistair Covell, Davies Monaghan Klein, Urban Fabric Architects, Ingrid McLaren, Khulood Dami, Sarah Davis, Vera Doarme, Imo Dunkley, Steve Dutton, Dionne Elizabeth, Deborah Fielding, Darcey Fleming, Sofia Fox Barton, Abie Franklin, Lucy Gregory, Dimitra Gkoutzou, Basak Cansu Guvenkaya, Thompson Hall, Alethia Hayden, Carol He, Cara Heath, Manuel Hechavarria Zaldivar, Mark Houghton, Nour Huda, Yang-En Hume, Kàren J Clements, Ella Jackson, Gity Jamei, Daisy Jones, Helen Jones, Margaret Keeton, Sagar Kharecha, Kishwar Kiani, Simon King, Kyle Kirkpatrick, Akrivi Koukouli, C L Davies, Kwinnie Lê, Alana Lake, Jamie Lee, Dene Leigh, Olana Light, Yingfei Lyu, Chris Madeley, Ana Maria, Lima Dimitrijevic, Zehra Marikar, Nicola McEvoy, Nhlonipho Mchunu, Lois McKendrick, Georgina McNamara, Ryoji Morimoto, Guy Morris, Melanie Mosaics, Tahira Noreen, Rosa-Maria Nuutinen, Chinwe Osaghae, Stella Ouzounidou, Sharon Paulger, Hannah Pickett, Melissa Pierce Murray, Deirdre Porter-Hanson, Reaa Puri, shunshun qi, Gill Quinnell, Ghosson Rahhal, W. B. Randall, Eliza Rawlings, Tina Reid, Elsie Roderiques, Rekha Sameer, Kathy Santiago, Mat Scott, Maheen Sheikh, Ellie Shipman, Sarah Simonds, Ricardo Sleiman, Yasmin Conway, Jenny Staff, Emily Stapleton-Jefferis, Ruth Switalski, Sebastian Thomas, Lisa Tilley, Emma Ogawa Todd, Mita Vaghela, Ruqaya Wajdi, Siao-Chen Wang, Matt Waruszynski, Sarah Watts, Emma Wilde, Alexa Wright, Natasha Wysocki-Douglas, Xinan Yang, Soon Yul Kang.

MK Calling 2024 is generously supported by David Lock Associates, Milton Keynes Community Foundation and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.


The Phoenix Arts space brighton solo show

THE LOST CHILDREN OF PARADISE BRIGHTON

MR PAUL DAVID CHISHOLM

THE PHOENIX ARTS CENTRE, BRIGHTON

APRIL 2nd -7TH 2024

OPEN DAILY 11 AM -5 PM

MEET THE ARTIST & DRINKS SATURDAY 6TH 11AM-5PM

MORE INFO: WWW.MRPAULDAVIDCHISHOLM.COM   &  WWW.PHOENIXBRIGHTON.ORG

10-14 WATERLOO PLACE, BRIGHTON, BN2 9NB

MORE PRESS INFO: MRPAULDAVIDCHISHOLM@GMAIL.COM

 

Comprising of paintings and drawings from the artists series the lost children of paradise “This exhibition explores a world uncomfortable with itself and the future, while leaving space to question one's beliefs and desires culminating in a sense of grounding

under the umbrella of chaos. What is a Lost child of Paradise? But a child of where they used to belong…….”

 

Paul Chisholm (1983) born in Canterbury, England and brought up in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He studied at Nottingham Trent University (2004) before doing his MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art in London (2020). Chisholm’s practice has been featured on The BBC, The Daily Star, Metro Newspaper, Attitude magazine and more. He came to notoriety in 2017 when he sold “The World’s most painful dildo” as dubbed by the press at Christies, London in Aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust. Recent Exhibitions include, The Everyday exhibition, Curated by Visual Aids, La mama Galleria, New York, The Tronie’s of Croydon-Oh at Turf Projects, Croydon, London (2022), Mc Hope at The Brewery Tap Project Space, University of Creative Arts, Folkestone, Kent (2023) and The Queer Britain Art award, Queer Britain Museum, Kings Cross, London (2023)

He lives between Bletchingley in Surrey & Amsterdam, Holland.

Postcards from the Edge Berry Campbell Gallery NY

Get ready! Postcards From the Edge 2024 is almost here—and it's going to be one of our BIGGEST exhibitions and sales to date.

Starting Jan 20, 2024, you can snag over 1,500+ original artworks from famous, established, emerging, and new artists from around the world... all for only $100 a piece!

Can't wait to see the work? Join us for our famous preview party on Friday January 19th at Berry Campbell Gallery! This is your only chance to see all artworks before the sale begins! See below to get tickets to attend the preview in-person or online.

Note: If you're a 2024 contributing artist, you should have already received a complementary invitation to the preview party via email. No need to purchase tickets. A full list of contributing artists is available here.

Questions? Email postcards@visualaids.orgKaren Abato

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  • Jack Adam

  • Sue Adams

  • Denise Jones Adler

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  • Olga Adler

  • Miri Admoni

  • Robin Adsit

  • Ann Agee

  • Farley Aguilar

  • Sabriah Al-Bahish

  • Sahar al-Sawaf

  • Angelo Alamia

  • Michelangelo Alasa

  • Dylan Albans

  • Julie Albert

  • Norman Alcantara

  • Susana Aldanondo

  • Herve Alexandre

  • Joseph Algieri

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  • Dominic Alleluia

  • Bill Allen

  • Carol Alonge

  • Serkan Altinoz

  • Cynthia A. Alvarez

  • Miguel Alvarez

  • Jennifer Amadeo-Holl

  • Ron Amato

  • Kiley Ames

  • Paul Anagnostopoulos

  • Kyle Anderson

  • Stan Anderson

  • Chad Andrews

  • Stephen Andrews

  • Adina Andrus

  • Victor Angelo

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  • Rosaire Appel

  • Jan Apple

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  • Isabel Arter

  • Josh Ascherman

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  • Daniel Atyim

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  • Maggie Barrett

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  • Miguel Barros

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  • Marie Cresilda Basilio

  • Peggy Bates

  • Jennifer Baumann

  • Ria Bauwens

  • Allan Bealy

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  • Claire Bean

  • Jeremy Bearer-Friend

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  • Gloria Defilipps Brush

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  • Matthew Burbridge

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  • Helen Burgoyne

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  • Amy Burns

  • Tom Burr

  • Nancy Burson

  • Patricia Burson

  • Karen Butcher

  • Steve Butcher

  • Ira Byelick

  • Jeffrey Caballero

  • Carlos Caban

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  • Kit Callahan

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  • Marina Cappelletto

  • Angie Cardona

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  • Dana Carlson

  • Joel Carlson

  • Curtis Carman

  • Claude-Marie Caron

  • James Carroll

  • Jandy A. Carvajal

  • José Carlos Casado

  • Frank Casden

  • Mary Ann Castle

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  • Mimmo Catania

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  • Jonathan Cerullo

  • Spencer Chalk-Levy

  • Michael Chandler

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  • Sunny Chapman

  • Khalil Charif

  • Jana Charl

  • Stephanie Chavarria

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  • Gustavo "El Gus" Diaz

  • Jeffrey Digangi

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  • George Dinhaupt

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  • Andrew Disalvo

  • Philippe Divine

  • Laura Dodson

  • Greg Domres

  • Jeannette Done-Lagemann

  • Julia Donnaruma

  • Jena Doolas

  • Elissa Dorfman

  • Chris Dorland

  • Josh Dorman

  • John Douglas

  • Caissa Douwes

  • Francine Douwes

  • Kirsten Doyle

  • Michael Doyle

  • Mary Driscoll

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  • Antwan Duncan

  • Kyle Dunn

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  • Chad Durgan

  • Joan Dworkin

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  • Jordan Eagles

  • Jarrett Earnest

  • Severn Eaton

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  • Isabel Eckstein

  • Martha Edelheit

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  • Marius Eid

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  • Noor El-Dehaibi

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  • Joy Episalla

  • Mitch Epstein

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  • Noah Erenberg

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  • Greenworldx2 Eva Mantell and Joel Beck

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  • Franklin Evans

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  • James Falciano

  • Karine Falleni

  • Alyssa Fanning

  • Emma Fanning

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  • Nadine Faraj

  • Neil Farber

  • Amy Faris

  • Madie Farmer

  • Adriana Farmiga

  • Edward J Farrell

  • Samuel Farrier

  • Felicity Faulkner

  • Ivan Faute

  • R. A. Fedde

  • Giles Feinberg

  • Stephanie Feingold

  • Joao Felino

  • Elise Ferguson

  • Brendan Fernandes

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  • Neil Fernando

  • Miguel Ferrando

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  • Clara Fialho

  • Luc Fierens

  • Janet Filomeno

  • Hannah Fink

  • Avram Finkelstein

  • Elise Fischer

  • Clint Fisher

  • Doerte Fitschen-Rath

  • Christopher Flach

  • Lola Flash

  • Pamela Flynn

  • Robert Flynt

  • Luliana Foghis

  • Laura Fong

  • Howard Fonda

  • Alexandra Fongaro

  • Emma Fonseca

  • Jean Foos

  • Alison Ford

  • Craig Ford

  • Christina Forrer

  • Julian Foster

  • Claire Fox

  • Francine Fox

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  • Terri Fraser

  • Jeanne Fredac

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  • Jerry Frost

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  • Chie Fueki

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  • Beth Galton

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  • Milton Garcia Ninja

  • Gunner Gardner

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  • Joy Garnett

  • Jeff Gauntt-Quiceno

  • Chadwick Gay

  • Paul Leroy Gehres

  • Stephen Gemberling

  • Johannes Christopher Gerard

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  • Amanda Gerulski

  • Cris Gianakos

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  • Brett Gingold

  • Eric Ginsburg

  • Ann Giordano

  • Edward M. Giordano Jr.

  • Daniel Marcellus Givens

  • Judy Glantzman

  • Elizabeth Glaessner

  • Camilo Godoy

  • Jo Going

  • Larry Mark Goldblatt

  • Ken Golden

  • Kevin Golden

  • Michael Golden

  • Romeo Gómez López

  • Kathleen Goncharov

  • Angel Gonzales

  • Mateo Gonzalez

  • JP Gonzalez-Torres

  • Theresa Gooby

  • Angelica Gordon

  • Monique Gordon

  • Shoshana Gordon

  • Mon Graffito

  • Amanda Jane Graham

  • Paul Michael Graves

  • Zach Grear

  • Robert Greco

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  • Carole Wagner Greenwood

  • Thomas Greenwood

  • Michela Griffo

  • Sonya Gropman

  • David Gross

  • Elizabeth Gross

  • Laura Grothaus

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  • Victor Grozny

  • Lois Gruberger

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  • Roselyn Guaman

  • Edgard Guanipa

  • Calum Gunn

  • Laura Gurton

  • Carlos Gutierrez Solana

  • Victoria H. Chang

  • Simone Haack

  • Hans Haacke

  • Ira Joel Haber

  • Theresa Hackett

  • Anne Haddox

  • Patricia Haemmerle

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  • Valerie Hallier

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  • Sandra Hamburg

  • Marianne Hamel

  • Jane Hammond

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  • Inness Hancock

  • Wilson Hand Kidde

  • Stevie Hanley

  • John Hanning

  • Erik Hanson

  • Kim Hanson

  • Philip Hare

  • Hilary Harkness

  • Sharon Harper

  • Brian Harriman

  • Imani Harrington

  • Howard Harris

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  • Jonathon Harris

  • Michele Harris

  • Steven Harris

  • Barbara Harrison Caban

  • Emily Harrison-Ach

  • David Greg Harth

  • Edgar Hartley

  • J. Hartz

  • Michael Harwood

  • Dean Haspiel

  • Gregory Hatch

  • Shaun Haugen

  • Yolanda Hawkins

  • Toru Hayashi

  • Brian Healey

  • Grace Healy

  • Ray Hecht

  • Annabelle Heckler

  • Jeffrey Heiman

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  • Maxine Henryson

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  • Isis Herrera-Nunez

  • Andrea Herrick

  • Chuck Hettinger

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  • Halona Hilbertz

  • Seth Ruggles Hiler

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  • Bryan Hillstrom

  • Rose Hillstrom

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  • Juan Hinojosa

  • Dion Hitchings

  • Hunter Hodkinson

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  • Patty Hogan

  • Nicholas Holliday

  • Diane Holmes

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  • Stephen Honicki

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  • Arufa Hossain

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  • Joel Hoyer

  • Keryn Huang

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  • Kate Huh

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  • Scott Hunt

  • Dylan Hurwitz

  • Elaf Hussein

  • Laura Hussey

  • Magnus Anderson Husum

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  • Daria Iaconi

  • Perry A. Iannaconi Jr.

  • Xandra Ibarra

  • Suzlee Ibrahim

  • Kasia Idzkowska

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  • Nicole Isabelle

  • Carmen Isasi

  • Ian Ivey

  • Sandra Jackman

  • Emily Jacobs

  • Linda Jacobs

  • Elisabeth Jacobssen

  • Noormah Jamal

  • Nicholaus Jamieson

  • Xylor Jane

  • Eric Janke

  • Karin Janssen

  • James Jaxxa

  • Anna Jekel

  • Debra Jenks

  • William Jensen

  • David Jester

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  • Tom Jezek

  • Gladys Jimenez

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  • Sonja Jofo

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  • Logan Johnson

  • Matt Johnson

  • Nikki Johnson

  • Tiffany Johnson

  • Will Johnson

  • Constantine Jones

  • Darrell Jones

  • Sal Jones

  • George Jordan

  • Michael Joseph

  • Julia Justo

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  • Mona Kamal

  • Joseph Kaminski

  • Nicole Kammer

  • Isabella Kang

  • Ellen Kantro

  • Arika Kaosa

  • Amy Kaps

  • Kel R. Karpinski

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  • Nina Katchadourian

  • Laura Kavanaugh

  • Janusz Kawa

  • Alexandra Kazakova

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  • Margie Kelk

  • John Kelly

  • Patricia K Kelly

  • Matthew Kennedy

  • Claude Kent

  • Julie Kent

  • Brian Keogh

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  • Esme Kerr

  • Lila Kerr

  • Karen Kertesz-Skylar

  • Padma Kesraj

  • Donna Kessinger

  • Tracey Kessler

  • Michael Keufterian

  • Mehrbano Khattak

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  • Emma Kilroy

  • Justin N. Kim

  • Kiki Kim

  • Sophia Kim

  • Clifford Prince King

  • Laura Sue King

  • Gale Kiniry

  • Jill Kirschen

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  • Joe Klaus

  • Bernhard Kleber

  • Pamela Hird Klein

  • Ariel Kleinberg

  • Tom Klem

  • Elisabeth Kley

  • Ria Kmeťová

  • Lucretia Knapp

  • Barbara Knight

  • Knock Knock Duo

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  • Michael Koch

  • Wayne Koestenbaum

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  • Sheryl Ruth Kolitsopoulos

  • Maria Kollaros

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  • Jared Konopitski

  • Maia Konowitz

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  • Gregory Kowalsky

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  • KK Kozik

  • Joyce Kozloff

  • Aaron Krach

  • Veronika Krämer

  • Claudia Kreiss

  • Lisa Kreuziger

  • Rachelle Krieger

  • Sharon Krinsky

  • Balbir Krishan

  • Larry Krone

  • Dg Krueger

  • Debra Kruse

  • Anna Maria Krycia

  • Anna Kuchel Rabinowitz

  • Katharine Kuharic

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  • Carole Kunstadt

  • Helene Kusnitz

  • Ivy Kwan Arce

  • Narkiss0S Kykn0S

  • Jorge L. Moncayo

  • Joseph La Piana

  • Stephen Lack

  • Reinier Lacsamana

  • Scooter Laforge

  • Eva Lake

  • Mercuri Lam

  • Teresa Lamb

  • Katerina Lanfranco

  • James Langford

  • Claire Lanini

  • Yngvar Larsen

  • Amy Laskin

  • Zoe Lassoff

  • Kent Lau

  • Joseph Laurro

  • Nanette Laverdiere

  • Blev Lavoux

  • Louise Lawler

  • Claudia Lazar

  • Cristina Lazar

  • Lucien Dante Lazar

  • Charles Ledray

  • Irene Lee

  • Jessica Lee

  • Kang Seung Lee

  • Michael Lee

  • Gina Lee Robbins

  • Alicia Leeke

  • Ace Lehner

  • Cary Leibowitz

  • Jonathan Leiter

  • Diane Lempert

  • Cec Lepage

  • Dominique Letellier

  • Levani (Levan Mindiashvili)

  • Joel Levasseur

  • David X. Levine

  • Barbara Leven

  • Rebecca Levi

  • Richard Levine

  • Mehryl Ferri Levisse

  • Heather Levy

  • Judith G. Levy

  • Ian Lewandowski

  • Margrit Lewczuk

  • Joe Lewis

  • Bruno Leydet

  • Zichen Li

  • Siobhan Liddell

  • Eddie Lidoli

  • Edward Lightner

  • Clarence Lin

  • Jane Lincoln

  • Julie Lindell

  • Karen Lindsay

  • Markus Linnenbrink

  • Elliott Linwood

  • Stephen Lipman

  • Sandra Lippmann

  • Jackie Lipton

  • Andy Liu

  • Yuyi Liu

  • Elizabeth Livingston

  • Sean Livingstone

  • Nico Lliev

  • Bones J. Lo

  • Inverna Lockpez

  • Olive Loew

  • Zachari Logan

  • Benoît Loiseau and Eugenio Rebolleda

  • Nan Lombardi

  • Cara London

  • Daniel Long

  • Cyriaco Lopes

  • Roxanne Lorch

  • Damian Lordanov

  • Dean Loren

  • Edward Love

  • Lucia Love

  • Leslie Lowe

  • Christopher Lucore

  • Uschi Lüdemann

  • Laurel Lueders

  • Andre Lukin

  • Ken Lulewich

  • Eveline Luppi

  • Anna Lustberg

  • Fionnuala Lynch

  • Noah Lyon

  • Noah Lyon

  • Kyle Macdonald

  • Ian Mack

  • Keith Maddy

  • Jason Cole Mager

  • Pooneh Maghazehe

  • Cathleen Mahan

  • Veronica Mahoney

  • Marcelo Maia

  • Artimisia Mailarta

  • Marisa Malone

  • Joe Mama-Nitzberg

  • Dianna Mammone

  • Criselda Manalo

  • Marufa Manan

  • Hazel Manheimer

  • Annabel Manning

  • Katherine Mar

  • David Marchi

  • Tara Marchionna

  • Liz Margolies

  • Franco Marinai

  • Elena Marini

  • Luis Mario Tavales

  • Aulistar Mark

  • Majella Mark

  • Sherrie Mark

  • J Markco

  • Thom Markee

  • Norma Markley

  • Paul Marlow

  • Shelley Marlow

  • April Marque

  • Xavier Marrades

  • Liz Marraffino

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Interview with Metafora Arts Barcelona

LIFE AFTER METÀFORA

Interview with Paul Chisholm

Paul was a student at Metàfora during the Academic Year 2010-2011. It has been a pleasure see his work develop since. Soon, he will be opening a solo show at The Art Fund Prize Gallery, The Lightbox Museum, Woking, Surrey, England.

We asked about his experience on the Metàfora Studio Arts Program, his professionalising process, and of course, about the exhibition taking place between the 7th to 19th November.

What do you remember about your stay at Metàfora, and in Barcelona?

I remember it being the most magical of years. A chance to dedicate oneself fully to their practice, exploring new avenues, directions all under the umbrella of a critical discourse with like-minded artists from across the Globe many of whom are still best friends. Barcelona has a certain vibe and a buzz which reflected deeply in the work I created during that time.

In what ways has your experience at Metàfora helped you become the artist you are today?

At the time of applying to Metàfora I was considering a Masters in London. However I desperately wanted to get out of the rat race which is London and explore Europe. Metàfora really consolidated my practice to which it is today combining painting and conceptual sculpture. The course allowed time for experimentation, trying ideas out and ultimately I made several of my most iconic pieces whilst on the course. The course offered something which I don’t think many U.K colleges can offer…a truly international perspective, a highly conceptual approach and with a lot of 121 tuition and the chance to learn about Art therapy too!

How has your art developed since?

Since leaving Metàfora I lived a few years in Palma de Mallorca where I had an exhibition at Waka. Unfortunately in 2013 I moved back to London but eventually enrolled on an MA at Chelsea College of Arts in 2018. This really supercharged my practice in so many ways, connections, opportunities and a deep re-think of my practice. I now regularly dontate my work to the Terrence Higgins Trust annual Auction at Christies, London where my work has sold for double digits in aid of the charity. I have given talks on my practice in relation to Keith Haring at Tate Liverpool and all sorts of great great platforms which as a young artist at Metàfora I could only dream of. Never give up on your dreams keep creating, exhibiting and applying for things and even when no one else will give you an opportunity make one for your Art! I now live just outside of London in the countryside where I have a large studio subsided by the local council. This enables me to push boundaries in my practice, experiment and dream of sunny days in Barcelona! Art is a journey enjoy it!

(above) Mc Whimsical (below) Screw You, Virus Face

What is your upcoming exhibition about?

My exhibition is entitled The Lost Boys and mostly reflects upon the Aids & HIV epidemic both personal and political. The exhibition will include works made at Metàfora to the present day. This is my first solo Museum show. Which is so exciting! This body of work has been in my mind’s eye for many many years and will survey my practice surrounding these issues. In fact, as an alumni of Metàfora I was lucky enough to be invited back to do a talk on Arts Activism and the Aids Crisis in 2012. This gave me the chance to consolidate and present my research to a new cohort of Metàfora students… What a great opportunity Jette gave me! This area of research has fuelled my practice ever since…. These professional opportunities Metàfora gave me are the foundation for wanting to go on to do a PHD!

How did it happen? Can you expand on your professionalisation process?

My upcoming show is funded via a Developing your artistic practice grant by The Arts Council England plus grants from The Oppenhiem Johns Downes Trust and Visual Aids In New York. Applying for Arts grants is so important in being able to make the work you envision and see it exhibited and get things off the ground. Wherever you are based in the World there are Artist grants you can apply too which will with perseverance make your ideas a reality. Just remember rejection is a part of the process and never give up! It took me eight long years to get ‘Mc Whimsical’ a work I made and created at Metàfora off the ground in Barcelona and at the time it was a small scale installation eventually in 2019 I exhibited 101 creatures from the work in a Gallery in Hoxton U.K. Think big never give up… Dreams can, and do come true…

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

“The lost boys”

at The Art Fund Prize Gallery,
The Lightbox Museum,
Woking, Surrey,
England

Between November 7th -19th 2023

Open daily 10am-5pm.
Entry is free.

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The Artist will be present on the 7th of November 1pm-5pm,
and again on the 19th of November 1-5pm

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For more information contact
the Artist mrpauldavidchisholm@gmail.com
or the gallery peter@thelightbox.org.uk

thelightbox.org.uk  |   mrpauldavidchisholm.com

 

The title of this exhibition comes from J. M. Barrie’s 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up but refers in the context of this exhibition to the boys who simply couldn’t grow up because of the Aids/ HIV crisis. Although this exhibition refers to Boys throughout its context it is no way limited by gender as this affects us all.

‘A stitch in time saves nine’, meaning if you sort out a problem immediately it may save a lot of extra work later; if you’re lucky! The AIDS crisis and those affected are not so lucky and it took seven long years for any ‘Art’ (Anti-Retroviral Medication) to come in effect and it was another 9 years- 1996 until this medication slowly became effective and in ‘the everyday cushions’ these concerns are played out. These cushions are rough in nature but soft at hand and are a labour of love and frustration, each stitch is a direct sign of life; a life the artist thought he would not live after his diagnosis of HIV in 2007. With each word a contradictory or opposing word appears on the cushions scattered across the gallery floor alongside these are black pencils that lie with red tips alluding to both blood, the black death and  an artist’s career that may have been cut short like so many others in the 80’s and 90’s. Each pencil is varnished with anti-viral glitter this coating both suggesting protection against viruses and a reminder of ever present danger. This steri-coat varnish is often used in hospital settings, without the glitter of course! However each glitter shard stands as another star burning bright and a reminder of those who we have loved and lost.

On the wall hang two poems created using Chat GPT, one which the artist asks to create a poem about  the lost boys due to the Aids Crisis’ and  another ‘the Lost Gay boys due to the Aids crisis’. With each the artist raises questions upon the fact that a Virus knows no boundaries gay or just a boy. It’s interesting to note the change in language used by the AI when instructing it to use a label such as ‘Gay’. Either way the work ends with making the Artist cry.

A soft sculpture entitled ‘My magical mental illness power’ is covered with 101 red ribbons and Nazar badges – the Turkish amulet which deflects the evil eye. The red Ribbon was created as a way of remembrance by a group of 12 Artists in 1991, from the New York Arts charity Visual Aids. (A charity which the artist often exhibits with and is awarded arts grants by) Coupling both of these symbols of hope, remembrance and protection within the context of mental health the artist questions the ongoing stigma associated with HIV and AIDS, whilst simultaneously creating a sculpture which empowers those affected both those lost to history and those struggling today.

In a self-portrait from 2017 the artist has placed a badge on the heart and it states ‘ Over 1 million people die of AIDS each year that’s the population of Amsterdam gone’ This statement came from a poster when the International Aids Conference was held in Amsterdam in 2018 (The Artist splits his time between the City and Surrey, England). Just imagine… ‘That’s an entire city in silence every year, year on year’… Aids is not over…

On the opposing wall a large print of Paul Chisholm’s iconic ‘I’m Tired’ poem stands which was read aloud at the Keith Haring Art and Activism conference at Tate Liverpool in 2019. This work juxtaposes the AI generated poem giving a more human take on our collective consciousness. Ultimately the work ends by saying ‘I’m Tired but never too tired to keep creating Art which someday somewhere may touch another’s soul …’  And I think this exhibition is a testament to that.

About Paul Chisholm

Surrey based artist, Paul Chisholm presents a body of paintings and sculptures from his Lost Boys series which is inspired by the boys lost to the HIV epidemic throughout the decades and related suicide. It also points to stigma faced by those boys affected by HIV within modern day society.

Paul Chisholm (1983) was born in Canterbury, England and brought up in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He studied a BA in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University (2004) and Metàfora Studio Arts , Barcelona (2011) before doing his MA in Fine Art at Chelsea -College of Art in London (2020). In 2023 he was nominated for the Queer Britain Art Prize. This exhibition is funded by an Art Council England Developing your creative practice grant.

Press Release The Lost Boys at The Lightbox Museum, Woking, Surrey, U.K

Press release

The lost boys, The Art Fund Prize Gallery, The Lightbox Museum, Woking, Surrey, England.

November 7th -19th 2023

Open daily 10am-5pm Entry is free.

The Artist will be present on the 7th of November 1pm-5pm and again on the 19th of November 1-5pm

www.thelightbox..org.uk

www.mrpauldavidchisholm.com

For more information contact the Artist mrpauldavidchisholm@:gmail.com or peter@thelightbox.org.uk  

Surrey based artist, Paul Chisholm presents a body of paintings and sculptures from his Lost Boys series which is inspired by the boys lost to the HIV epidemic throughout the decades and related suicide. It also points to stigma faced by those boys affected by HIV within modern day society.

The title of this exhibition comes from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up but refers in the context of this exhibition to the boys who simply couldn’t grow up because of the Aids/ HIV crisis. Although this exhibition refers to Boys throughout its context it is no way limited by gender as this affects us all.

‘A stitch in time saves nine’, meaning if you sort out a problem immediately it may save a lot of extra work later; if you’re lucky! The AIDS crisis and those affected are not so lucky and it took seven long years for any ‘Art’ (Anti-Retroviral Medication) to come in effect and it was another 9 years- 1996 until this medication slowly became effective and in ‘the everyday cushions’ these concerns are played out. These cushions are rough in nature but soft at hand and are a labour of love and frustration, each stitch is a direct sign of life; a life the artist thought he would not live after his diagnosis of HIV in 2007. With each word a contradictory or opposing word appears on the cushions scattered across the gallery floor alongside these are black pencils that lie with red tips alluding to both blood, the black death and  an artist’s career that may have been cut short like so many others in the 80’s and 90’s. Each pencil is varnished with anti-viral glitter this coating both suggesting protection against viruses and a reminder of ever present danger. This steri-coat varnish is often used in hospital settings, without the glitter of course! However each glitter shard stands as another star burning bright and a reminder of those who we have loved and lost.   

On the wall hang two poems created using Chat GPT, one which the artist asks to create a poem about  the lost boys due to the Aids Crisis’ and  another ‘the Lost Gay boys due to the Aids crisis’. With each the artist raises questions upon the fact that a Virus knows no boundaries gay or just a boy. It’s interesting to note the change in language used by the AI when instructing it to use a label such as ‘Gay’. Either way the work ends with making the Artist cry.  

A soft sculpture entitled ‘My magical mental illness power’ is covered with 101 red ribbons and Nazar badges - the Turkish amulet which deflects the evil eye. The red Ribbon was created as a way of remembrance by a group of 12 Artists in 1991, from the New York Arts charity Visual Aids. (A charity which the artist often exhibits with and is awarded arts grants by) Coupling both of these symbols of hope, remembrance and protection within the context of mental health the artist questions the ongoing stigma associated with HIV and AIDS, whilst simultaneously creating a sculpture which empowers those affected both those lost to history and those struggling today.

 In a self-portrait from 2017 the artist has placed a badge on the heart and it states ‘ Over 1 million people die of AIDS each year that’s the population of Amsterdam gone’ This statement came from a poster when the International Aids Conference was held in Amsterdam in 2018 (The Artist splits his time between the City and Surrey, England). Just imagine… ‘That’s an entire city in silence every year, year on year’…….. Aids is not over…..

On the opposing wall a large print of Paul Chisholm’s iconic ‘I’m Tired’ poem stands which was read aloud at the Keith Haring Art and Activism conference at Tate Liverpool in 2019. This work juxtaposes the AI generated poem giving a more human take on our collective consciousness. Ultimately the work ends by saying ‘I’m Tired but never too tired to keep creating Art which someday somewhere may touch another’s soul ……..’    And I think this exhibition is a testament to that………  

Paul Chisholm (1983) was born in Canterbury, England and brought up in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He studied a BA in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University (2004) before doing his MA in Fine Art at Chelsea -College of Art in London (2020). In 2023 he was nominated for the Queer Britain Art Prize. This exhibition is funded by an Art Council England Developing your creative practice grant.

Artist Interview with University of Arts London

Paul Chisholm didn’t know what to expect when he uploaded his work to Graduate Showcase. Emerging from his Chelsea MA in Fine Art into a sector on pause, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, wasn’t easy. But when a curator got in touch after spotting his work on Showcase, he found himself preparing for his first official solo show...

There’s nothing quite like seeing an art exhibition in person. "The texture, the environment, the physical object - especially with sculpture or painting, there is something tangible and real about the work,” says Paul Chisholm. “But Showcase transcends boundaries, countries and time zones, allowing a much wider audience.”

Paul has firsthand experience of this. When we speak, he’s just back from a week in Folkestone for a presentation of his work at The Brewery Tap, run by UCA Farnham. Their programmer curators had emailed him in January 2023. “They’d found my work on UAL Graduate Showcase and they wanted to offer me a solo show,” he remembers.

“It was such a great opportunity, with no strings attached. It was simply: here’s the gallery, do what you want, we love your work.” Since then, he’s been awarded an Arts Council Developing Your Creative Practice grant, which will give him the chance to delve into researching LGBTQ+ history and culture. What’s more, he’s also been shortlisted for the Queer Britain Art Prize.

But in the months and years immediately after he completed his degree, in the midst of a global pandemic, opportunities to exhibit physically were limited. Though he and his peers did have a degree show as their course ended in December 2019, within the first quarter of the following year, the world screeched to a standstill. “2020 was a real letdown. It was so sad – I’d just graduated, I had all this energy. I was about to have a show at Hoxton 253 in the summer and everything got cancelled.”

That’s where Showcase came in – providing virtual viewers with instant access to his work. The installation shots from his show at Chelsea meant he had ample images to choose from. “That documentation gave me a way to present a body of work and gain more exhibitions,” he says. “I've always had my website, but Showcase is great because it's ranked more highly on Google so when people search for my work, it comes up.”

Paul’s Showcase project, The Lost Children of Paradise, is a series of paintings of clown-like faces that portray the masks we wear socially to hide our true emotions. “I was diagnosed with HIV in 2007. I’ve struggled with my mental health, living with a disability for a long time. I think the portraits are a reflection of that melancholic feeling,” he says. “I work with industrial materials – household paint on canvas or MDF boards. The process is quite organic, it just flows out of me.”

After studying BA Fine Art at Nottingham Trent, Paul became a full-time artist in 2015. Originally his work centered on conceptual sculpture but for the past five 5 years he’s also been exploring painting and decided to take up the Master’s to further push himself in this direction. During the forced isolation of lockdown, he made a new body of work titled The Tronies of Croydon-OH, which was exhibited at Turf Project Space in Croydon in 2022. “A tronie is a head-based portrait from the golden age of Dutch painting. My series explores how, communicating online via Zoom, you sometimes see people just as their headshot. It’s about our connection, or disconnection, during the pandemic.”

Though the timing of graduation was, in many ways, less than ideal, Paul’s post-university career is now on a roll. And being featured on graduateshowcase.arts.ac.uk has been pivotal in this process. I feel like Showcase should be a mandatory part of the course curriculum,” he says, adding: “I’d really encourage every student to put their work up. Because you never know what may come out of it.”

Explore work by recent UAL graduates online at graduateshowcase.arts.ac.uk

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Lost Boys @ The Art Fund Prize Gallery, The Lightbox Museum, Woking, Surrey

Opening on the 6th of November to the 19th!

" Fusing irony with allegory, Paul Chisholm creates works layered with allusions to his personal history and emotional state, subtly criticising social and political circumstances. Utilising his own experience as a springboard, he has built a distinctive visual language, imbued with poetic nuances of the often contradictory and disconcerting feelings related to the human condition.”Ana Bambic Kostov Art Historian 2018

Chisholm’s artistic practice revolves around conceptual explorations of identity, gender and politics, and it incorporates works completed in different media including painting, photography, installation and objects. Regardless of the material, his works possess a strong communicative quality, bearing messages garnished with both humour and pain. The confluence of bright colours and bold puns unveils the double entendre behind every visual.

The lost, the lonely, the disposed and the depressed, life is a parade, a journey and the lights must go on, it is a world of contradictory emotions and parodies, a place of hell and a place of heaven, of need and neglect, distraction, abundance and failure.

Paul Chisholm will present a body of paintings and sculptures from his Lost Boys series which is inspired by the boys lost to the HIV epidemic throughout the decades and related suicide. It also points to the stigma faced by those boys affected by HIV within modern day society.

 

 

 

 

Paul Chisholm (1983) born in Canterbury, England and brought up in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He studied at Nottingham Trent University (2004) before doing his MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art in London (2020. Recent exhibitions include The Tronie’s of Croydon-Oh at Turf Projects, Croydon, London (2022), Mc Hope at The Brewery Tap Project Space, University of Creative Arts, Folkestone, Kent (2023) and The Queer Britain Art award, Queer Britain Museum, Kings Cross, London (2023

Visual Aids New York Postcards from the Edge

I’m pleased to say one of my works will be available to purchase as a part of Visual Aids Postcards from the Edge fundraiser at Ortuzar projects in New York. Raising vital funds for this amazing charity. They have given me both the most amazing opportunities to exhibit in N.Y and several Artist grants over the years. Their work in normalizing HIV and Aids is needed now more than ever please support them in anyway possible.

https://www.ortuzarprojects.com/

The Oppenheim John Downes Memorial Trust

I'm pleased to say I have received a grant from the Oppenheim John Downes Memorial Trust. This will enable me to create a new body of paintings in 2023.

“The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust provides small scale grants to British artists, designers, writers and performers over the age of 30 who are experiencing financial difficulties in the pursuit of their careers.

The Trust was established under the will of Mrs Geraldine Elsie Downes on her death in December 1969. Mrs Downes named the Trust in memory of her father, the author E Phillips Oppenheim, and her son, John Downes.”