'Then Is Now' Emily Allchurch Exhibition Catalog

Awards (selected) 2017 British Council & Arts Council England, Artists’ International Development Fund Award 2016 a-n Travel Bursary 2015 Grants for the Arts Award, Arts Council England. ‘Tower of Nottingham’ Art Happens ‘Manchester Revisited’, The Art Fund. Manchester Art Gallery Commission 2014 Friends of the Institute Public Lecture, Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2013 Artist in Residence, Tokaido Hiroshige Museum, Shizuoka, Japan AA2A Artist in Residence at Wimbledon College of Art Honorary Fellow, Society of Architectural Illustration

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Grand Tour II: Homage to Soane (after Gandy), archival C-type print mounted onto aluminium, 75 x 130cm, 20 editions, 2017

‘Then is Now’ is an introductory presentation of Emily Allchurch’s work at Karin Weber Gallery, showcasing her iconic piece ’Babel London (after Bruegel)’ alongside examples of her internationally acclaimed and more Asia-focused series ‘Tokyo Story’. The exhibition also marks the kick-off of an exciting Hong Kong based project, entitled ‘Babel Hong Kong.’

Born in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK, Emily Allchurch first specialised in sculpture before developing her unique approach to reimagining historical artworks in a contemporary photo-collage style. She shows regularly across the UK and internationally, and has just exhibited two pieces at the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2017 in London. Having made her Asian debut with her ‘Tokyo Story’ series’ in 2013, this is Emily’s first presentation in Hong Kong.

Front Cover: Babel London (after Bruegel), transparency on bespoke LED lightbox, 125x149cm, 20 editions, 2015

Tokyo Story 1: Lotus Garden (after Hiroshige)

Tokyo Story 4: Interior (after Hiroshige)

Tokyo Story 8: Temple (after Hiroshige)

transparency on bespoke LED lightbox 122 x 87cm, 4 editions 2011

archival C-type print mounted onto aluminium 85 x 60cm, 6 editions 2011

archival C-type print mounted onto aluminium 85 x 60cm, 6 editions 2011

Collections Tokaido Hiroshige Museum, Japan; Minneapolis Museum of Arts, USA; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; Nouveau Musée National de Monaco; States of Jersey, Channel Islands, UK and the Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada. Corporate collections include the Financial Conduct Authority, Unilever, Morgan Stanley, Schroders and Rathbones in London, and Fidelity International in Tokyo.