Young Artists Summer Exhibition Handout

Young Artists

SUMMER EXHIBITION Thu 22 Jul - Thu 26 Aug 2021

Exhibition Catalogue

Welcome to artsdepot’s first ever Young Artists Summer Exhibition!

This exhibition is a collection of works from young artists aged 11 - 25 from North London. Despite the difficulties of the last year (and a bit) we’ve been inspired by the resilience and creativity of our local young people and the work they’ve created. You’ll find a mixture of mediums, styles and inspirations throughout this exhibition.

We hope you enjoy it.

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Lords Natan Jaeger, age 19 Acrylic on canvas Natan: “This work was inspired by Félix Vallotton, who used blocks of colours to create an almost digitalised effect in his paintings of the life of a Frenchman.

This painting of Lord’s focuses on the activities of the spectators and related well to what Vallotton recorded in his work.”

Companion Jai E, age 13 Graphite pencil

Eagle Eyed Siena Romano, age 19 Mixed media - acrylic, pencil and pen on card

Windows to the Soul Siena Romano, age 19 Mixed media - acrylic, pencil and pen on card

Beauty or Beast Cerys G, age 14 Coloured pencil Cerys: “The eyes of pride and the spirit that glides The pulsing paws of Africa But let’s not forget the sacrifice inside With the crimes that survive A Beauty or Beast will never die”

Edinburgh Sofiia S, age 12 Watercolor and liners Sofiia: “This beautiful castle still proudly stands on the hidden volcano it was built on. When I first visited Edinburgh Castle, its architecture inspired me to draw it. The weather in this piece reflects the castle’s atmosphere of exciting tales and long rich history.”

Most Important Meal of the Day Coral Monaghan, age 19 Print Coral: “8-bit art has always interested me, something about the old school video game aesthetic and bold style draws me in. Particularly I enjoy recreating food packaging - it adds a quirkiness and and light heartedness. Especially something like a box of cornflakes, it’s easy for people to relate to.”

Dunes Alexander A, age 17 Acrylic and spray paint on board Alexander: “These paintings are an exploration of the relationships between architectural form and colour using primarily abstract shapes and arrangements, taking influence from constructivism and surrealism.

“Dunes” has a real context through the suggestion of sand dunes in a desert-like environment, whilst “Tiles” is more ambiguous and depicts an unfinished sculpture in a tiled room.”

Tiles Alexander A, age 17 Acrylic and spray paint on board

An Orange Hour Jenna Waldren, age 21 Oil paint, colour pencil and promarker on wooden board Jenna: “My work records the glimmers of everyday life, documenting the mundane moments we all experience that are often overlooked. Through the process of encapsulating these moments, an almost autobiography of my immediate surroundings is formed, reflecting the transient period in which I find myself in as a 21-year-old woman.”

Untitled Madeleine W, age 16 Linocut on black paper Madeleine: “My lino print piece was part of my experimentation for a topic called ‘Arrangements’.

I created a lino cut based on a photo of a building that I had taken, and simplified its lines and shapes to create a graphic.”

Marzanna Joanna Zdunik, age 24 Digital Painting

Lady in the Window Shiven, age 16 Markers

The Spotlight Anna Hirst, age 19 Acrylic paint on canvas

Leonardo Antonio H-R, age 16 Pencil

Depictions of Black People Abigail E, age 17 Oil and acrylic paint on board

A Fiery Snarl Ela, age 16 Watercolour and biro Ela: “After noticing my 4-year-old cousin’s animalistic nature, I took pictures of her ‘fiery snarl’. She then began posing uncandidly, removing her freedom.

Thinking about pressure on children to grow-up, I juxtaposed her snarl, in bright watercolours, with her smile, in black biro, emphasising the importance of allowing kids to be kids.”

Wet Hair Warm Skin Holly Elan Watson, age 25 Acrylic on paper

Fruits Shunsuke K , age 13 Oil painting Shunsuke: “I was inspired by the fresh fruits in early summer days. I hope my drawing makes you feel my feeling when I saw them. As this was the first experience for me to draw an oil painting, It was bit challenging for me to get a expected colours and textures.”

Painterly Lines Nicole Clif, age 19 Video Nicole: “Existing in the intersection of painting and moving image, my work is concerned with the haptic.

I’m interested in how we interpret concepts of touch, tactility, and lusciousness across different media, questioning whether this kind of sensual experience is intrinsic to the physical world, or if it can also be created within the digital.”

UAO (Unidentified ambrosial object) Sriram Venkatesh, age 20 Oil paint on canvas Sriram: “UAO is a painting that explores how dreams are reinterpreted in a waking state, often forming a new perception of a reality. This painting began with my nightmare of a rabid, 9 legged spider, which later evolved into an ethereal and intestinal object, through processes of erasure and reworking.”

Table Set for Two Olive Curran, age 23 Oil and photo-transfer on board

There’s a fine line between androgyny and dysphoria Viktor M, age 17 Oil on board Viktor: “In this piece I contrasted stereotypically masculine and feminine clothing in a close-up, intimate composition that obscures the gender of the figure, exploring androgyny and being non-binary. The exaggerated layers of clothing reference my personal experience of being transgender and wearing multiple layers of clothes to alleviate gender dysphoria.”

Bee Isabel S, age 14 Black line drawing

An interdimensional coffee break Nicole Di, age 18 Oils Nicole: “Within the fourth dimension, by extrapolation, shadows would be 3D projections of 4D space. This painting questions wether objects and even ourselves in this 3D world, are simply shadows of higher dimensional things. Inspired by the multidimensional aspect of Cubism, I mixed up different facets of space and time through the representation of the coffee cup.”

A Prayer for Spring Laurie Fitzgerald, age 25 Acrylic on canvas

Father Mikaila F, age 16 Acrylic on canvas

La Matrone Jennifer Masua-zola, age 18 Mixed media Jennifer: “La Matrone - meaning ‘The Matriarch’ in french is a tribute to my mother’s origin tribe in DR Congo. The ‘Mukongo’ tribe is a matriarchal tribe which is a juxtaposition to the typical male-lead ones.

This piece is a tribute to a fierce, ambitious woman, my precious mother whom I love dearly.”

Beach House Esmee Magee-Wood, age 23 Oil paint

Kochamci Paula Sadowska, age 18 Oil on canvas

Watercolour Mushrooms 1 Holly M, age 14 Watercolour

Watercolour Mushroom 2 Holly M, age 14 Watercolour

Dripping Nail Brush Karla M, age 14 Colour pencil on grey tone paper Karla: “I draw from photographs to improve my skills in shading, and had in mind this picture I found online.

The red was chosen to compliment the grayscale paper and it’s my first attempt using colour pencils.”

Look Away Maryam N, age 17 Oil paints

Blue Scrolls Samanta Janovic, age 18 Acrylic on wood board

Giant Baked Alaska Kelly Wu, age 19 Plaster, wooden and wire armature

The Gentrification Game Sam Bonser, age 21 Stop motion animation, papercut

Opening the door to diversity Tsipporah Hannah Dollond, age 20 Oil on a door Tsipporah: “This piece called “opening the door to diversity” is a painting in oil of many patterns and materials from different cultures, representing diversity.

I took a door abandoned in a skip on the street and made it into an art piece.”

Albert Einstein Marisa, age 14 Pencil drawing

Crushed Coca Cola Can Marisa, age 14 Pencil drawing

Sangre David Guiloff, age 18 Acrylic on canvas

Kunta Kinte from Roots Filipe Francisco, age 20

Distorted Daughter Miranda D, age 16 Coloured pencil

Colourless to Tell Niya P, age 17 Biro Niya: “My piece was created with the aim of exploring race and discrimination by taking the tone out of the drawing and replacing it with highly identifiable features to represent the ethnic origin of the subject. The media is biro to represent the unchanging and reliable sense of identity one can feel from their culture with every little unique flaw in the piece remaining.”

Healing Hands Sarah W, age 16 Oil and acrylic on watercolour paper

Velodrome cyclist Otto Wieliczko, age 20 Etching

Fist of Glory Zimo, age 11 Pencil

Still life II Christy A T, age 17 Photography

Societal Metaphor Amandine Mondion, age 19 Clay sculpture Amandine: “This work is a representation of today’s society. We can see a pile of garbage, inspired by plastic bottles of big brands, painted in gold, being seen as a poisoned treasure.Indeed, plastic is easily used, but it slowly kills our nature, hence the black tulips.”

Le ciel est l’œil ((Sky is the eye)) Vi (Wojciech Kalinski), age 20 Painting, pastels Vi: “This painting as part of the project “le ciel est l’œil ((sky is the eye))” will explore the possibility of viewing the world through the sky’s point of view.When people say about having the head in the clouds - explore that saying looking at this project, try to see cities, villages, little towns and feel them through the layers of the world.”

Forever Isabella Y, age 13 Colour-lead painting Isabella: “Covid-19 was one of the biggest inspirations for me to draw this piece of artwork - Forever. Since Covid-19, there are lots of things we aren’t able to do.

Therefore, I think there must be one scene which is important in your lives that you will remember forever and want the time to stay there forever.”

Everybody’s Watching Krupa B, age 16 Mixed media - oil paint, acrylic paint, mod-roc Krupa: “The inspiration for this painting was the idea of how, these days, everything we do seems like it is being watched, recorded and documented. I wanted to capture the uncomfortable anxiousness that comes with this idea of knowing that everything we do is being judged.”

This is me!

Isabella, age 11 Pastel This self portrait by Isabella was drawn using oil pastels.

Made when she was 10, Isabella is now aged 11.

Starry Dream Abigail L, age 12 Watercolour and pencil

Pink Monochrome Alexandra G, age 11 Watercolour

Laughter Sonia W, age 15 Acrylic paint on canvas Sonia: “I’m a young artist. I’m a creator and I want my feelings and emotions to be seen. Every person may find their own meaning hidden under layers of paint, but when I was painting- I was thinking of anxiety and fear of being misunderstood, Being the reason for others’ laughter.”