Surrey Artists Open Studios: Discover the diversity and creativity of Surrey artists, 1-23 June 2024 https://surreyopenstudios.org.uk Connect, Create, Grow ● Connect and meet exciting artists across Surrey ● Buy original artworks at competitive prices ● Acquire new skills Artists open their doors over 23 days in June, explore, meet and enjoy! From 1-23 June Surrey artists will be welcoming the public into their studios for the annual Surrey Artists Open Studios (SAOS) event taking place right across the county. This year there will be over 250 artists taking part in 165 studios with a fantastic array of artworks and disciplines on show to browse and to buy. As well as a chance to meet and talk to artists in their place of work, the summer open studios event offers visitors the opportunity to view demonstrations, buy artwork, enter a free prize draw and even get involved in creative workshops. Studio locations are throughout Surrey and its borders. The SAOS launch weekend takes place on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 June https://surreyopenstudios.org.uk/events/category/launch-events/ with artists offering an array of activities exclusively for first weekend visitors to this popular county-wide event. There will be taster workshops with different materials across the arts and crafts, scheduled specially for the opening weekend. SAOS has been running for 24 years representing the best in the county’s creativity and shining a light on makers, artists and creatives producing everything from ceramics and jewellery to paintings and sculpture. Visitors can find information about which studios and artists are taking part via our website: https://surreyopenstudios.org.uk/open-studios/ Brochures are available from early May in libraries, key galleries and at artists’ studios. SAOS Manager, Caitlin Heffernan says: “SAOS is a wonderful opportunity to discover the county’s creativity on your doorstep. Not only will you uncover a vast range of artworks made by a truly impressive array of hundreds of individual artists, you will also find some unique pieces to take home with you. This year there is an impressive range of workshops to learn new techniques delivered by highly experienced artists. Whatever you taste or budget, SAOS artists offer unique artworks across virtually every discipline from ceramics and sculpture to paintings and jewellery.” See the website for full details including bookings for workshops and details of open studios and artist’s work. As well as being available at key libraries and at tourist information centres across the county, artists will also have brochures in their studios, but check the SAOS website first: https://surreyopenstudios.org.uk/open-studios/ to locate a studio and brochure pick up point, or use your mobile phone with the mobile-friendly website to plan your visits.
contemporary art
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.
MK CALLING MILTON KEYNES MUSEUM OPEN
Pleased to say on of my works will be included in the MK Calling Summer show this year at The Milton Keynes Museum…. watch this space for more info….
Group show Oxo tower london
13 - 17 DECEMBER 2023 BARGEHOUSE
Exhibit Here’s epic Art Maze is back! Join us, as we return to the iconic and atmospheric Bargehouse for five magical days just before Christmas. We warmly invite you to step into our immersive maze of art, which twists and turns through four floors and thirteen characterful rooms. You’ll discover art in every corner that has been thoughtfully curated in this mesmerising space that will leave you feeling enriched with a sense of awe.
We look forward to welcoming you to our show, whether you’re a serious collector or simply an art fanatic who enjoys being in the presence of art, Exhibit Here is passionate about bringing art and people together, creating an exhibition experience that visitors will enjoy and remember.
Daily opening hours: 11am – 6pm, admission free.
If you would like to meet the artists and enjoy a drink with friends, join us on the evening of 13 December 2023 for our festive Private View, where you will be greeted by Chop & Chip, who will have their mobile cash bar set up on the ground floor of Bargehouse, offering guests a full menu including cocktails, mocktails, wine, beer, cider, spirits, and soft drinks.
Private View: 13 December 2023, 6pm – 8.30pm. Early drinks from 4pm.
Featuring a performance by Georgina Ellul, Do You Feel Me? Do You Feel You? Fourth Floor, 6.45pm – 7.45pm.
Selected Artists: Darren Floyd, Tiane, Roya Khalili, Alexandra Peterken, Andrew Medlock, Rina Bakis, Stephen Grant, Robin Ajder, Liam Collins, Marcela Olivia Dorantes, Clara Finn, Samantha Louise Emery, Sarah Asante, Chris Freeman, Jemima Charrett-Dykes, Annette Aspen, Lorna Ellen, Carly Jayne Roach, Nathaniel Port, Christian Azolan, Louis Judkins, Julie Fitzpatrick, David Caldwell, Joe Stevens, Kate Edmunds, Grace Crisp, Anji Main, Jose Zavala, Claudia De Grandi, Keith Pointing, Alan Dunne, Taidg O, Lucio Scotti, Irene Waters, Daniil Danet, Paul Chisholm, Frances Cooley, Jhimli Banerjee Saha, Shea Vadgama, Lee Tokeley aka LT66, Trig, Jane Bolden, Stephanie Pau, Jennie McCall, Ryan Ford, David Marron, Jacqueline Ito, Jim Grundy, Miguel de Melo, Andy Finlay, Minah Khan, Nabil Hamad, Chino Ridge, Tina Leslie, Aurelie Crisetig, Lai-fan LEE (Fan LEE), Vicki Demirdjian, Philosophical Artist, Keith Markillie, Andrea Seguraz, Millnercorp, Tina Davies, Andrew Moran, Annie Trevorah, Deano Hewitts, Nicholas James Morrison + Wiktoria Sara Piotrowska, MOMAR Malgorzata Marta Zych, Hasti Sardashti, Amanda Sumpter, Rosa Young, Georgina Ellul, Mike Hipwell, Emma Rhys Thomas XeMcgfma#66, Tashi Khan, David Dalley, Paul Gore, Mina Boromand, Jacqueline Prothero, plus more TBC.
Curator: Leila Bibizadeh
Venue: Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London SE1 9PH
horatios garden art auction
Over 70 of the UK’s leading artists including Maggi Hambling, Sean Henry, Sophie Tea, Phoebe Dickinson, Sophie Ryder, Jill Berelowitz, Patrick Morales-Lee, Jemma Powell and Sir Quentin Blake have donated works to the Horatio’s Garden Online Art Auction 2023, going live for bidding from Friday 13 October – Sunday 29 October on the-saleroom.com.
For a preview of the artworks submitted so far, please click here.
Building on the success of the inaugural art auction in 2021, which raised over £70,000, this year’s event is once more in collaboration with and sponsored by fine art auctioneers Woolley & Wallis. The pieces are to be sold with no additional bidding or online fees.
All proceeds will directly support the charity in its mission to nurture the wellbeing of people after spinal injury in beautiful, vibrant sanctuaries within the heart of NHS spinal injury centres throughout the UK.
Artist John Illsley, founding member and bass guitarist of rock group Dire Straits, is donating a work and says “The incredible things Horatio’s Garden has achieved shows just what can be done to improve the lives of those in very difficult and challenging circumstances. Out of adversity is born hope – Horatio’s Garden is truly a testament to this and I’m delighted to be supporting it.”
Artist Sophie Tea added: “I am so honoured to join these incredible artists in our support of Horatio’s Garden and their vital mission through their upcoming art auction. It’s so exciting to be part of this collective effort and to contribute to their special cause by raising funds through creativity and art. A big thank you to everyone involved and I hope this year’s art auction is as big a success as their last!”
Artist Sophie Ryder earlier this year installed three beautiful bronze sculptures in Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville. She said: “Installing my sculpture in Horatio’s Garden was a lovely experience. I spoke to a few patients who have undergone life changing experiences. It makes me happy to think my work may be able to give them a little bit of joy during such difficult times.”
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Horatio’s Garden Online Art Auction 2023 artist list:
Clare Arbuthnott, Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Julian Bailey, Alastair Barford, Sonia Barton, Jill Berelowitz, Dawn Beckles, Sir Quentin Blake, Madeleine Braithwaite-Exley, Matthew Burt, Gareth Cadwallader, Karen Camkin, Rory Carnegie, Paul Chisholm, Kate Corbett-Winder, Leo Crane, Miranda Creswell, Phoebe Dickinson, James Elwes, Alastair Faulkner, Susannah Fiennes, Antonia Fraser, Hugh Frazer, Genevieve French, Guy Gee, Nick Goss, Emma Haggas, Maggi Hambling, Tom Hammick, Frances Hatch, Sean Henry, John Illsley, Keith Jansz, Lucy Kent, Carrie Lees, Claudia Legge, Vinicius Les, Helen Lloyd-Elliott, Alex Lowery, Alexander Macdonald-Buchanan, Ian MacGillivray, Boo Mallinson, Binny Mathews, Lottie Matthews, Sandrine Maugy, Emma McClure, Lynn McGregor, Patrick Morales-Lee, Rebecca Newnham, Cathy O’Doherty, Mandy Payne, Laura Pentreath, Nick Phillips, Jemma Powell, Sophie Ryder, Tania Schmieder, Dais Scott-Bennett, Kim Scouller, Gina Soden, Will Spankie, Emma Spence, Hilary Stock, Venetia Syms, Arianna Taliadoros, Sophie Tea, The Wonky Artist (Rachel Smith-Ruffle), Sarah Rose Troughton, David Walsh, Claire Waltier MacGillivray, Roanna Wells, Dustine West, Julian Wild, Robert Woolner, Rachel Wyndham, Harry Yeatman-Biggs.
SOAS OPEN STUDIOS
I’m pleased to say I will be opening my studio as a part of The Surrey Artists Open Studios 3rd-18th June 2023 come and take a look…..
Queer Britain Art Award
I’m pleased to say I have been nominated for the Queer Britain Art Award @ Queer Britain Museum, Kings Cross, London. The award ceremony takes place on the 2nd of May.
Sotheby's Institute Article MADE IN BED MAGAZINE
Please see link below https://www.madeinbed.co.uk/emerging/9ygj6ttbz6x6f7xl9epbujxp2kcpou
PRESS TURF PROJECTS CROYDON SOLO SHOW
BELOW IS A FEW PRESS RLEASES ON SOME SIGNIFICANT ART SITES ABOUT MY UPCOMING SOLO SHOW AT TURF PROJECTS CROYDON, LONDON.
Terrence Higgins Trust Auction @ Christies, London, March 07, 2022
Im pleased to announce my work “ Jack&Jill” Will be up for auction at the annual Terrence Higins Trust auction at Christies and with the Auction Collective. Please bid generously and see link below for tickets. Terrence Higgins Trust: The Auction 2022 Tickets Tickets, Mon 7 Mar 2022 at 19:00 | Eventbrite
Cookies + Coke An Art Show
COOKIES + COKE
A CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW @ ART NUMBER 23 GALLERY, THE OLD BISCUIT FACTORY, BLOCK F, 100 CLEMENTS ROAD, BERMONDSEY, LONDON.
PRESENTED BY BATCH COLLECTIVE
PRIVATE VIEW OPENING 22ND MARCH 6-10PM
OPEN DAILY UNTIL 25TH MARCH 12-6PM OR PRIVATE VIEWING BY REQUEST.
FOR PRESS ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: INFO@ARTBATCH.ORG
Shefali Asija, Lelia Byron, Paul Chisholm, Georg Dahled, MAtt Doughty, Marion Flanagan, Peter Ibberson, CEVIGA ( Kyungok Paik ) Andrea Rocha, Neil Shiereff, Anita Agarwal, (WILMA) Matt Weir and Will Coutts
Ten international artists work together to address problems of a post-Brexit world. Top on the agenda: How will the lonely, isolated British people get their stuff? Britain will stand alone, surviving on warm beer, cabbage and dry biscuits (like the good old days). What will they be willing to sacrifice for the sweet taste of foreign carbonated drinks?
Taking on the theme of CONSUMPTION, artists will explore what it means to mentally consume ideas, how humans consume the world, and the ethics of consumption. Come feed on artworks that will EAT, DRINK, BREATHE, USE, ABUSE, WATCH, INGEST, DEVOUR, and GOBBLE UP your attention.
Opening night on the 22nd will feature performances and live music.
25 March
Talks and performances by: Luz Hitters, Crystal Isabel Fischetti, Paul Chisholm
(Episolipsism) Cyrus Lamprecht and Rachel Wong, MAtt DOughty, Rita Castanheira,
(T&P Collective) Marina Silvello and Hannah Duckworth
PAINT! @ White Conduit Projects, London
PAINT!
Lelia Bryon
Paul David Chisholm
Sheefali Asija
Youngeun Kim
PRIVATE VIEW: Friday 8th March 6-9pm
OPEN: Saturday and Sunday 9-10th March 12-6pm
The concept to put on a show of paintings simply for the medium of the material is so old fashioned it’s practically antique stated Laura Cummings in a Guardian Article in 2013. So in that vain of thinking we bring you the new fashion……
Paint! What is the state of Contemporary painting today? Well these four Artists from Chelsea College of Art put on a diverse range of styles and ways of making to explore exactly this issue. When asked Is Painting dead? Yawn stated Charles Saatchi in 2009. Ten years later and that statement still rings true. What a stupid question to ask…. !
Chelsea College of Art is World renowned for producing some of the biggest names in Contemporary Painting today and these four students are well on their way too.
Some 100 years earlier a rather well known painter stated “Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the artists soul” Vincent Van Goth
Paint in its very simplest form is pigment and a binder but once transformed by the Artist it becomes something else something magical inexplicable and a source of wonderment. It is as Van Goth said the Artists soul.
Each of the artists in this exhibition have something unique to say a different perspective on painting, its medium, its message and its soul……
Paul Chisholm has said of his paintings that its a process which allows his soul to explore and express his deepest fears and emotions. His current series “ Clowning around the jokes on us? explores exactly this issue.
Shefali Asija goes on to say Science fills me with awe and captures my imagination and gives me a philosophical view of life and with my painting i explore its ability to capture these qualities to engage viewer curiuosioty and to get them to think about the nature of existence.
Lelia Byron’s perspective is I paint stories of people and places both real and imagined. Everything in this world has a story: objects, people, and places. I am a lover of stories and a storyteller myself. I paint individuals, but I also see my work as an exploration of the universality of human dreams, needs, struggles, and joys.
Youngchen says As a painter, do i express openness? When a painter agonises over how to select an object and express it, the object is not the object of reality. It is an object that everyone knows but the object in my painting is the subject of my own thinking at that moment of expression.
So all in all Painting as a medium and as a message encapsulates the whole of the human spirit. Painting is very much alive !!!
White Conduit Projects opened in Central London location at 1 White Conduit Street N1 in November 2014. It is showcasing Japanese artists and designers alongside British and international artists in a programme of innovative exhibitions across a variety of media.
Pigs can get sunburn Group Show @ The Cookhouse Gallery.
“Pigs can get Sunburn”
6th -8th December, 2018 Group Show
Opening Thursday 6th December 5-8pm
Friday & Saturday 11-5pm
The Cook House Gallery, Chelsea College of Art, SW1, London.
ARTISTS:
Weiye Wang
Paul Chisholm
Rosie Dahlstrom
Alice Morey
Bjorq Bjornevik
Bihao Li
Georgina Kapralou
Yuchun Feng
Sheefali Asija
Wenjun Zeng
Qianyu Ya
Pigs can get sunburn; a random fact found on the bottom of a Snapple lid, a chance encounter, spontaneous negotiation, highly useful and useless unless you are a farmer or have a pig as a pet, random yet a fact nonetheless. A way to bring eleven contemporary artists from Chelsea College of Art together with a diverse range of practices; sculpture, performance, painting, and conceptual works.
Please join the for a Private View on the 6th of December 5 - 8pm for mulled wine and mince pies!
Arts for Education @ House of Vans
Blue Dot Generation presents ‘The Arts for Education’ at House of Vans. A 4-day immersive event of art, photography, performances, documentaries, panel discussions, sport, fashion, workshops and music, aimed at educating us all on the damage we are doing to the oceans.
About
This event is an opportunity for old, young, green and non-green audiences to engage and and their own connection to the planet through creative education. BDG is a sustainability platform promoting the use of the arts for education. By engaging local communities and inspiring international audiences it will transform the relationship between humans and the blue planet. Blue Dot Generation brings together artists, scientists and entrepreneurs who are exploring solutions to the problems our planet is facing. Science and art are both human efforts to understand, explore and describe the world around us, to communicate and share a vision of the world in different ways. Blue Dot Generation aims to harness these powers to educate and engage communities and inspire a change in how we treat the planet.
Our venue, House of Vans, is where “Of the Wall” lives. It’s a place where imagination lets loose over concrete bowls, art installations, workshops and concert stages, inspiring every person who runs, rolls, or stomps through its door. Located in Chicago, Illinois and Waterloo, London, as well as pop-ups around the world, House of Vans is home to the creativity that moves us.
In the vaults under London’s busiest station, Blue Dot Generation will bring the ocean to the city. Driven by their passion to make a difference, Blue Dot will change people’s habits by helping them visualise the seriousness of the challenges all living things are facing. Although London is far from the sea, this immersive event will transform the relationship between humans and the oceans.
See ArtRabbit for more info
BLUE DOT GENERATION @ HOUSE OF VANS, LONDON
Im pleased to say my work " Suffocating Oceans" will be exhibited as a part of the Charity " Blue dot generation at The House of Vans in London. Please see below for more details...
YOU CAN NOW BUY ME !
Thanks to the lovely paparazzi ...........
I was photographed outside the annual Terrence Higgins Trust auction at Christies in London where " IAM NOT AN ABOMINATION" AND " OUR INJURIES" Were on exhibition for this hugely worthy chairity. The kind people at Getty Images have purchased the rights to this image and you can now purchase it for as little as £495! Please see the link for purchases or click HERE
Terrence Higgins Trust Auction @ Christies London April 16th
Paul chisholm’s “ Our Injuries are invisible” and “ I am not an abomination : is to go on auction at Christies on April the 16th in Aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust in support of people with HIV. The event is one of London’s most successful charity auctions and a night like no other. A champagne reception is followed by an evening of frantic bidding for world-renowned artwork, luxury travel lots and exciting celebrity experiences.
In “ Our injuries are invisible “ Paul Chisholm comments on the internal struggles with mental health many people living with HIV endure. Often the focus is on the physical effects of the virus and mental health can be brushed under the carpet.
Chisholm explains: ‘A visible injury is clear for all to see, however sometimes our injuries are invisible to the world. The state of our mental wellbeing is not as obvious to some as a broken leg or a physical wound. ‘Without treatment HIV slowly disables the immune system and when living with the virus today, mental wellbeing is as important as the daily drugs regime. This allows us to live a fulfilling life in a world with seven days, seven continents, seven deadly sins and seven colours of the rainbow.’
In i am not an Abomination he explores religious persecution, particularly in relation to sexuality.
Chisholm explains: ‘Leviticus 20:13 tells us “a man who sleeps with another man is an abomination and should be executed”.
‘The deliberate misinterpretation of language - using the Bible to justify actions and causes is a recurrent event. From the Crusades to the Holocaust to slavery, these ancient words have been harnessed for hate and oppression. The words in Leviticus are being misquoted and used to oppress, silence and kill in the name of “God”.
‘In the original version of the Bible the word “Tavoha” - which literally means “taboo” has been translated to mean something entirely different. ‘The Bible also says its an abomination to eat shellfish, so here’s to a prawn cocktail or oysters and Champagne.’
Last year the online and live auctions combined raised a staggering £401,258. Over its history the event has raised over £3 million to make a difference to the lives of people living with and affected by HIV.
AUCTION CATALOGUE:
http://www.tht.org.uk/~/media/Auction%202018/Auction%20Catalogue%202018%20v2.pdf
Chapter 1 Exhibition @ The old Biscuit Factory
The Chapter 1 Exhibition @ The Old Biscuit Factory curated by Artnumber 23 was a finely crafted exhibition Below is a link to the exhibition catalogue and an installation shot of " The Earth has a way of preserving itself "
EXHBITION CATALOGUE: LINK https://issuu.com/artnumber23/docs/artnumber23_cat._1.0
Image credit: Silvia Braida.
