Lot78 - Presents...
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'Lot78 Presents...' an art exhibition which will feature emerging artists
curated by artist Tara Langford. It aims to support these artists by having one off exhibitions globally in order to promote their art to buyers and galleries. The first exhibition will be in Mayfair in a disused pub; further information
to be sent as and when.
'Lot78 presents...' can be a number of things such as a club night or a party. For those that support Lot78 they will be advised of any event we have in the future.
Tara Langford is an artist living and working in London. Tara’s diverse
practice is concerned by how we navigate public space, light, power and authority. Her research into the construction of visual ideologies forms the basis of experimental and challenging work that draws on the principles of
design and the modes of fine art at her disposal. Tara is currently completing her masters at the Royal College of Art and is also an associate lecturer at
the University of the Creative Arts and University of the Arts London.
George Eksts is a London based artist working in photography, print, sculpture and moving image. Currently studying Printmaking at the Royal College of Art,
his latest work utilizes a cyclical process in which temporary structures are designed, built, recorded and destroyed.
Since leaving the Royal College of Art in 2007, Adam Knight (b. 1982, Bedford, England) has shown in various group shows and projects. He has recently had a solo exhibition at the Stanley Picker Gallery in London and worked with graduating curators at Goldsmiths College. Knight lives and works in London.
info@adamknight.co.uk / www.adamknight.co.uk
Ivana Bobic is a Serbian film director and artist living and working in London.
Ivana’s experimental approach to making seductive and beautiful film work has
led to work with musicians, writers and clients such as the V&A, Stella
McCartney and the BBC. Her film The Priest has been shown at numerous film festival in the UK and Ireland. She is currently developing work for a feature film in conjuction with Simon Pomery, with whom she is presenting work for this Lot 78 Presents exhibition.
Claire Bayliss believes in the possibility of enchantment and discovery in a landscape embedded with history and imaginative potential. Within this
landscape; half imagined and half located, drifting in the 'age of discovery' associated with the 1800's, science and pseudo scientific activity has the capacity to reveal magic in geology and meteorology. Having graduated from Norwich school of art and design in 2008 with BA hons in fine art Claire is currently studying printmaking at the Royal College of Art.
Ima-Abasi Okon is a London-based artist. A printmaker by training, the core of her practice is informed by her faith, interest in space and the passage of
time. Inspired by abandoned urban landscapes, her work takes on anthropomorphic qualities obtained through her intense process of applying and reapplying combinations of printmaking, photography, film, model-making and installation.
Ima begins her artist-in-residence at Central Saint Martins in 2008 and is currently a tutor at the London College of Communication.
Nicola Pomery Nicola Pomery lives and works in London. She graduated in 2008
with an MA in Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art, Central St. Martins.
Also in 2008 she exhibited in the duo-show, i like the end again, Surface
Gallery (Nottingham) and in Video Art Showcase, OVADA Gallery (Oxford). So far
in 2009 she has been selected for the Creekside Open by Jenni Lomax, APT
Gallery (London), the Artsdepot Open, Apthorp Gallery (London) and most
recently the Exeter Contemporary Open, Phoenix Gallery (Exeter). In 2010 she
will be exhibiting in the group show, At Play: 2, Bracknell Gallery, South
Hill Park (Bracknell).
Nicola has just set up PoSt-projects with Niels Staats, which is an artist-run project space situated in the basement of an old police station in Deptford, London. The project-space functions as a temporary workspace facilitating art-projects that are experimental, impermanent and open ended.
Anna Lomax and Lauren Davies are lost in a labyrinth of Alice in Wonderland-
esque imagery; a world of trickery and tomfoolery. Jiggery Pokery dream up colourful fantasies ladenwith glitter and kitsch. Magicians of life-size illustration, they pridethemselves on possessing a range of talents – spanning art direction to set design and everything in between. With the mere wave of a wand, they can conjure up an enigmatic feast for the eyes.
Lakwena Suit is concerned with the power and influence of public art. She is inspired by advertising billboards, with their powerful, monumental and lyrical mythologising, applying it instead to poetry. Taking influence from the urban environment and popular culture, Lakwena seeks to communicate an expressive, rather than coercive message, incorporating words, colour and pattern into exciting visual statements.
George Charman has been involved in a number of group exhibitions including, Abandoned b the third Dimension, Centre For Recent Drawing, London (2008), Contested Ground, 176 Gallery, London (2009), City X, England & Co, London (2009), Here and Beyond, (solo exhibition) The Old Sweetshop Gallery, London (2009). In 2008 he won a commission from the architectural firm MAKE to produce artwork relating to the challenging skyline of the city. George is currently
the artist in residence the Metropolitan University.
Garudio Studiage is a Peckham-based creative collective set up by Chris Ratcliffe, Laura Cave, Anna Walsh and Hannah Havana. With individual
specialisms in screen printing, jewellery and painting, the group also work together and with friends, taking part in a wonderfully bizarre array of exhibitions and events, as well as making props, displays and products. Recent Garudio Studiage projects include a commissioned hat for the V&A’s exhibition Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones, winning second prize in the competition. Acrylic Kitten, an exhibition of the wonderful world of Cats at Hackneys Ada Street Gallery, a six week Garudio ‘solo’ show at Adrem’s Dreamspace Gallery window displays for Paul Smith in London, Tokyo and Milan, an exhibition of screen printed dartboards at Dazed and Confused Gallery, The Gorgeously Greasy Grill and Who’s in the Hutch the at the V&A Village Fete.
info@garudiostudiage.com / www.garudiostudiage.com / Tel: +44 (0)207 35 88 500
Graphic Designer and Illustrator Sadia Rafique graduated from Central St Martins in 2002. Sadia's portfolio offers a wealth of variety and experience, showcasing work from her Art Direction roles within fashion, graphic design, film, photography, web design and illustration.
In spring/summer ‘09, Sadia and Lot 78 launched their first major collaboration, entitled 'Feathers and Roots', consisting of twenty six hand-illustrated vintage biker jackets (referred to as 'The Ed') which were individually customised with either a feather or roots tattoo motif.
In spring/summer ‘10, a collaboration between Sadia, Lot 78 and Puma will see the launch of a limited edition run of Puma First Round Trainers, which will mark another highlight in Sadia's career to date.
Clientele includes Dry Design: Addicted to Consumerism, Four Marketing, Oki-ni and Oki-ni collaborations (Incl. Evisu, Evisu Donna, Georgina Goodman, Lee Jeans, Levi's and Zakee Shariff), Fake London Genius, Red Dot, Let Them Eat Cake magazine, Edwin, Sony Playstation (PSP), River Island, Anio, Lot 78, Puma and DKNY, as of January 2010.
www.sadiarafique.com
Agnetha Sjögren was born and educated in Sweden, now living and working in
London as a designer and artist. Sjögren has developed a very personal body of work that embodies her love and experience of her world travels. This offers a glimpse into a visual diary of childhood, memories and symbols from her home
all brought together with a humourous twist. Sjögren draws inspiration from
the relationship between urban life and nature. Sjögren’s art has been
exhibited and sold in New York, Moscow, Stockholm, London, Amsterdam and most recently was shown at Lane Crawford Hong Kong.
www.doartltd.com
Sealbroken was founded in 2009 by a London based, emerging artist with the ambition of creating a new direction in contemporary style through
collaborations with like-minded designers and artists. A growing collection of unique, distinctive and challenging artworks, fashion pieces and installations
is under construction with the purpose of exploring the conventional boundaries between art and fashion.
The Sealbroken vs Lot 78 collaboration uses the understated aesthetic of Lot
78’s ultra high quality leather jackets as a blank canvas for Sealbrokens’ impactive, Japanese Anime influenced graphics. The result is an iconic biker jacket, hand painted with artwork from the “Come Closer” series; six creatures inspired by an eclectic array of contemporary images and rendered in a bold
clash of colour.
Simon Pomery lives and works in London. He read English at the University of Leeds, studied renaissance literature at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and has
an M.Litt in Creative Writing from St Andrews. He teaches Advanced Creative Writing for the Open University in London.
Simon won the Alison Moreland Prize Poetry at Leeds, a Brewer Hall Prize at Cambridge, and his poem 'To an Innocent Prisoner' was shortlisted for the TLS Poetry Competition 2008. His poems have been published in journals including Poetry London, P.N. Review and the Times Literary Supplement. Tall Lighthouse will publish a collection of his work in Autumn 2009.
He co-wrote his first short film, THE PRIEST, with Ivana Bobic, also providing the score (under the name Winter Games), and is currently writing the
screenplay for his first feature.
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