Hyunjeong Lim – ‘Landscape with Lady Bugs’, £1,500
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Made in Arts London Catalogue Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead June 2014
Concrete Island Themes of place, environments and their erosion, run through the work of this year’s selection of MiAL Artists. J G Ballard’s novel, ‘Concrete Island’, is a key inspiration in this selection. In it Ballard describes places, non-places and the effect of inadvertent disconnections made through attempts to connect more effectively. MiAL’s selection of artworks contain poetic meanings that are free to formulate in the viewer’s mind and eye, while displaying the skill and dexterity of media and confident experimentation encouraged by both University of the Arts London and Made in Arts London.
List of Exhibitors Alexandra Wheeler, London College of Communication, BA Photography, 2013 Anne Davey Orr, Wimbledon College of Arts, MA Fine Art, 2015 Cadi Froehlich, Chelsea College of Arts, MA Fine Art, 2013 Camilla Brueton, Wimbledon College of Arts, MA Drawing, 2014 Charlotte Weston, Camberwell College of Arts, BA Painting, 2016 Ekta Aggarwal, Chelsea College of Arts, MA Fine Art, 2013 Hyunjeong Lim, Central Saint Martins, MA Fine Art, 2013 Jessica Windhorst, Central Saint Martins, MA Fine Art, 2015 Lara Morrell, Central Saint Martins, MA Photography, 2013 Maren Reese, Camberwell College of Arts, BA Painting, 2014 Rebecca Rendell, Chelsea College of Arts, MA Fine Art, 2013 Rene Ramires, Camberwell College of Arts, BA Illustration, 2013 Sylvia Moritz, Camberwell College of Arts, BA Graphic Design, 2014 Tom Farthing, Chelsea College of Arts, MA Fine Art, 2013
Alexandra Wheeler London College of Communication - BA (hons) Photography, 2013
Alexandra is fascinated with capturing reality and creating connections with her subjects through her prefered medium, photography. “Photography, for me has to be personal, I capture the lives of those who I am surrounded by and who I know. Collage, on the other hand, is something that I have very rarely shown to anyone. It's private. It wasn't until I decided to collaborate with my brother for my degree show work ('Stop the World, I Want to Get Off') that I allowed myself to show others how I can articulate my thoughts and anxieties best.” Alexandra Wheeler In ‘Stop The World I want to Get Off’ Alexandra creates the work with her brother Oliver who has autism, combining her photography and collage with his arrangment of the objects and tearing of the printed images. “It has been hard to work with someone who has no idea of the importance of their role within the artwork that you both are producing; with Oliver, there was no sense of urgency or pace. Yet in many ways, this has been exactly what I have needed in order to maintain a healthy mentality about the work. My thoughts are constantly cluttered; hectic and sometimes this results in irrational ideas, leaving me fearful for the next step. Oliver’s presence throughout this project has been helpful in this case; he has unknowingly taught me how to be patient.” Alexandra Wheeler
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Alexandra Wheeler - ‘Stop the World I Want to Get off I & II’, 25.6 x 34 cm, £217 per set Set includes one framed photographic print, one framed collage and artist book
Anne Davey Orr Wimbledon College of Arts – MFA Fine Art, 2015
In her pieces, Anne uses areas of experimentation with tape combined with layering thin washes of paint, allowing the history of the work to be seen when areas of tape are removed. The washes relate to the layers through which landscape is laid down over hundreds of years. She has developed her use of masking tape as an integral part of the process, seeing the interaction of paint with it as a metaphor for human intervention in landscape. Anne’s work focuses on the current debates surrounding climate change and global warming. Her work considers the effects on landscape, what Professor Ron Prinn of MIT describes as the single most threatening thing that humans have to face in the next 100 years; climate change. Her work is particularly influenced by 'The God Species' by Mark Lynas; who presents statistics enumerating the species that man has killed off in order to survive. “We have been acting like God. Now, according to him, the planet is under threat of extinction unless we do something about it. In this new body of work I envisage the effects of weather phenomenon and human action on landscape.” Anne Davey Orr Anne’s work draws her audience to her work viscerally because of its visual impact. She prompts her audience to engage with its subject matter intellectually.
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Anne Davey Orr - ‘Carbon Course’, 183 x 138 cm, £2,250
Anne Davey Orr - ‘Sump’, 183 x 127 cm, £2,250
Acrylic on canvas
Acrylic on canvas
Anne Davey Orr - ‘Cable Connections’, 183 x 138 cm, £2,250 Acrylic on canvas
Cadi Froehlich Chelsea College of Arts – MA Fine Art, 2013
Within Cadi’s work she often finds herself coming back to the work of Cornford and Cross, a UAL Alumni artist duo, who are meticulous in concept, execution and material, whilst still keeping true to their wider investigation of the world we live in, and the human experience of modern life. Ideas of consumption, production, obsolescence and interaction are key. ‘Contact’ is a part of an ongoing series of works using copper. Bronze is a copper alloy which has associations with accessible artworks in public spaces. Following the recent shift in how we communicate, the smartphone has become a modern icon, connecting us intimately across all distances. “We hold the object to our cheeks, but the information is transmitted invisibly. The vast network of wires, cables and conducting materials which enable this connection grows ever larger, yet is ever harder to see as it's in orbit or in walls behind wireless routers.” Cadi Froehlich Emphasising the materials within the smartphone which conduct the signals, ‘Contact’ is a material equivalent which asks for direct human contact to communicate. As the object is passed from one person to the next a physical circuit is created. Cadi recognises our delight in the opportunity for personal interaction, just as we delight in the weight and warmth of this object. ‘Orange’ and ‘Purple’ are macro examinations of the cables which surround us unseen, of the materiality of them, and of the imagined traces of all the communications they have carried. At this scale they become almost abstract, resembling organic forms and patterns. The machining and production of the elements which make up our cables becomes appreciated, whilst the full frontal confrontation risks overwhelming the senses. Cadi has recently been nominated for the 2014 Red Mansion Prize. www.madeinartslondon.com/collections/meet-the-artists-cadi-froehlich
Cadi Froehlich - ‘Contact’, 11.5 x 6 cm, £950 Edition of Three, Salvaged Bronze
Cadi Froehlich - ‘Orange’ & ‘Purple’, 45 x 55 cm, £440 each Edition of Nine, Aluminium Mounted Photographic Prints
Camilla Brueton Wimbledon College of Arts – MA Drawing, 2015
Camilla’s process involves archival research, photography, exploring history through conversation and occasionally toying with nostalgia. She uses drawing as a method for reflecting on the built environment, and the hopes and aspirations contained within it. Outcomes include drawings, prints, photographs, installations and multiples. Camilla began her exploration into ‘non-places’ by examining Clapham Junction station. Clapham Junction is Europe’s busiest interchange station. For more passengers than any other station, it is neither a start nor an end point, it is not a destination but somewhere that facilitates their passage to somewhere else. She became interested in what happens if you stop to consider a place like Clapham Junction and how it is authored. “People often see 'non-place' as a negative descriptive term. I don't share this view. I'm naturally drawn to places that seem to fall within this category, places that people often pass through without taking much notice of them. For some reason I seem to like to linger. I hope my work communicates something of this interest and optimistic outlook, and may encourage people to occasionally look up from their mobile phones to see the amazing cityscapes that surround them as they traverse the city.” Camilla Brueton This led to a series of photographs, small drawings and collages, which got scaled up into large wall drawings and installations, offering the viewer multiple, interconnecting vanishing points, communicating something of the experience of the place and train travel, where things come into and out of focus in the general cacophony. www.madeinartslondon.com/collections/meet-the-artists-camilla-brueton
Camilla Brueton- ‘Dalston Junction Series 02, 04, 05 & 06’, 37 x 29.5 cm, £190 each Framed originals Pencil on Paper
Camilla Brueton- ‘Westway I & V’, 58 x 41 cm, £280 & £250 Framed originals Pencil on Paper
Charlotte Weston Camberwell College of Arts – BA (hons) Painting, 2016
Charlotte was drawn to study at Camberwell because the course allowed her to focus on her love of painting and really explore and develop her practise. Charlotte found that her work changed dramatically during her first year at Camberwell, she moved away from figurative painting and found a new and interesting path to follow. She wanted her work to be less about what she was painting and more about the paint itself. She has achieved this in her latest work. Martin Creed is a strong influence for Charlotte. His ethos on art and the controversy surrounding his work encourages Charlotte to prove that what she is doing is worthwhile. Charlotte’s paintings are all small experimentations. This lack of intention gives the pieces an expressive, loose and ‘freeing’ feel to them, and allows the pieces focus on composition, technique and colour. She intends for her audience to get a sense of joy for colour with a refreshing sophisticated, minimalist feel. She encourages people to see the individual brush marks and enjoy them for what they are. Charlotte enjoys the purity of pigment and the variety of ways it can be manipulated within her work; it adds sophistication and complexity to a painting. Charlotte is currently completing her first year of studying painting at UAL. Made in Arts London is very excited to see how Charlotte’s practice develops.
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Charlotte Weston - ‘Untitled 1-6’, 20 x 30 cm, £90 each or available as a set Acrylic and Oil paint on Board
Ekta Aggarwal Chelsea College of Arts – MA Fine Art, 2013
Originally from India, Ekta came to London to study MA Fine Art at Chelsea. “My paintings comprise of simple hand drawn lines, wobbly and shaky, imperfect and full of mistakes. Inspired by doodles, they have a homemade look. Guided by my intuition I draw lines, put dots and make marks. Chance and control merge within the making of my painting." Ekta Aggarwal She found that her work completely transformed when she started her study at Chelsea College of Arts, and she gradually developed her own creative language. Her work shows a great understanding of her own sensibility and expression. Her work has taken on influences from painter Peter Davies. Ekta says that it was only after she saw his solo show titled ‘Invocation’ at the Approach Gallery in London that she understood her own love of drawing lines. Ekta’s work is inspired by the inherent imperfections and flaws of the human personality and existence. Her work talks about self-acceptance and seeing beauty in who we are. She hopes that her audience take from her work the pure joy of being. She would like people to appreciate the importance of playfulness, humour and laughter in our everyday lives. "My paintings are full of joy, humour and play. Simplicity and acceptance are of essence. My work is about the beauty of imperfection, the surprise of flaws and the adventure of mistakes. It talks about the resilience of human spirit, striving and failing as we move through this journey of life.” Ekta Aggarwal Ekta was recently shortlisted for New Contemporaries 2014.
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Ekta Aggarwal - ‘Intricate Dots’, 84 x 59 cm, £400 Framed Original Watercolour on Paper
Ekta Aggarwal - ‘Squares and Triangles’, 91 x 122 cm, £400 Original Watercolour on Paper
Hyunjeong Lim Central Saint Martins – MA Fine Art, 2013
During her first year at the CSM, Hyunjeong discovered an interest in Renaissance masters’ drawings about fantasy and surreal landscapes. Her work then developed with this reference in mind and later included influences from the Asian Masters’ paintings. Hyunjeong tries hard to build visual associations within her work which are based on different cultures experienced. "As an artist, I have been always intrigued by works of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the elder as they depicted biomorphic shapes of creatures which show primitive, sometimes grotesque yet visually arresting images and sensibilities to the viewer. I see the possibility of finding connections in previous art history with my own contemporary practice, in that I would like to produce a fantasy based surrealistic view of the real world by combining historical painting traditions with my own inner imaginary world." Hyunjeong Lim Hyunjeong likes listening to each viewer’s interpretations of what they see and what that means to them. Some feel the imagery is frightening while others feel it is like childhood dreams. Her work takes inspiration from a range of artists including Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, Albrecht Dürer from Western art and Ahn Gyum from Joseon Dynasty in Korea. Through researching masters’ works both in the West and the East, Hyunjeong finds connections in art history with her own contemporary practice. She produces fantasies based on a surrealist view of the real world by juxtaposing historical painting traditions with her own inner imaginary world.
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Hyunjeong Lim – ‘Landscape with Lady Bugs’, 66 x 81 cm, £1,500
Hyunjeong Lim - Landscape with Cones’, 25 x 25 cm, £700
Original Oil and Chalk on Canvas
Original Oil and Chalk on Canvas
Hyunjeong Lim – ‘Landscape with Cone’, 100 x 100 cm, £1,000 Original Pastel and Acrylic on Canvas
Jessica Windhorst Central Saint Martins – MA Fine Art, 2015
Jessica is a current student at CSM and something of a citizen of the world having been born and raised in Berlin, followed by a stint in Utah USA; she has made London her home since 2007. “Being born and raised in Berlin and having lived in Utah, USA, and now living in London I got to observe a lot and have lived through different experiences that are reflected in my paintings: From the longing for open spaces to the anxiety created by dense cityscapes. I pay attention to feelings I get in certain situations. I collect things that catch my eye during the day. All these things come out eventually in a painting. A mixture of my inner self mixed with visions and ideas.” Jessica Windhorst Jessica has found that living in a hectic and condensed city like London builds up an urge inside for freedom and openness. It creates dreams of breaking free but also the opposite – nightmares; the inability to escape, getting lost, slipping into a different world. “As I was not born and raised in London, I never quite feel at home here which also has an impact on my paintings. I often feel alienated, like I don't belong here unknown spaces prevent me from finding inner peace. In my practice I explore the notion of longing, dreaming and the uncanny. I paint abstract shapes resembling buildings and spaces to create illusions of surreal worlds taken from dreams and memories. The spectator can’t really identify the painted shapes. They seem to represent something they have seen before but cannot be defined.” Jessica Windhorst The viewer might make the connection between Jessica’s work and the Italian master and proto surrealist painter Giorgio Chirico or the blocked shapes and weighty loneliness of Edward Hopper’s paintings. www.madeinartslondon.com/collections/meet-the-artists-jessica-windhorst
Jessica Windhorst – ‘Hotel Series’, 14.5 x 19.5 cm – 60 x 80 cm, £430 - £1,150 Original Oil on Wood
Jessica Windhorst – ‘Lantern’, 76 x 102 cm, £1,100
Jessica Windhorst – ‘Costco’, 76 x 102 cm, £1,000
Original Oil on Canvas
Original Oil on Canvas
Lara Morrell Central Saint Martins – MA Photography, 2013
Lara completed her BA in Turin at the Istituto Europeo di Design, before moving to the south of Italy to work on her personal photography projects whilst living and working on a farm and as a primary school teacher. Lara's work has been published in the British Journal of Photography and Internazionale (the Italian equivalent of the Economist). Lara also recently won the visitors vote for the 2014 Art Catlin Prize. Lara has been very inspired by her time in Italy; the emotions she experienced as a foreigner living and working in another country caused her to think with new perspective on immigration and also the experience of living away from the light pollution we are so used to in urban landscapes. “Having grown up in London and in the modern world of 24 hour illumination, my childhood was deprived of the night sky. It was in the south of Italy that my consciousness was awoken to the power of the night sky, celestial rhythms and to the raw material of time, the time which nature imposes on us.” Lara Morrell For The Lunar House Project, which involves photographing the UK border agency HQ for a full lunar cycle, Lara photographed the institution as the moon passed the line of the meridian each day. The Lunar House project combines Lara’s newly found cosmic vision with her concern for the many social scientists and political actors which continue to orient their activities around the nation-state. The Lunar House project advocates cosmopolitanism as a potential social reality, rather than an abstract and utopian philosophy.
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Lara Morrell – ‘The Lunar House Project’, 60 x 60 cm, £900 Photographic Print on Mirror
Maren Reese Camberwell College of Arts – BA (hons) Painting, 2014
Maren came to study at University of the Arts London because she was excited by the idea of one university covering so many different specialisms. She wanted to see as much different work as possible, and to avoid a certain style or way of thinking shaping the course she chose. Her most recent series revolves around the idea of the exotic and how travel, tourism and access to images, shapes both the culture and the aesthetics of the Western world. Each of Maren’s pieces allows a hint of humorous manner, within this thoughtful reflection. Maren aims for her work to encourage the audience to view imagery and materials in a more critical manner. “The appropriation of other cultures by British aesthetics has been growing since the colonial age and as we have more access to images and travel, we have an opportunity to increase our understanding of other cultures.” Maren Reese Her work is made up of figurative objects that are painted on canvas, but she always tries to arrange the objects in such a way that the viewer does not experience them as a direct representation of reality; the action of arranging these objects is deliberate and flawed. Through this Maren hopes to offer a new perspective on both the act of painting, and also the history and cultural connotations of the objects and scenery that she paints.
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Maren Reese – ‘Holiday’, 145 x 150 cm, £1,300 Original Oil on Canvas
Maren Reese – ‘Untitled I & II’, 40 x 60 cm, £600 each Original Oil on Aluminium
Rebecca Rendell Chelsea College of Arts – MA Fine Art, 2013
Rebecca has developed this curious series of miniature sculptures in what she calls a period of autobiographical cleansing. Her collection of attentively crafted but entirely unusable objects and hand tools are made from human and animal hair, soap, rope and hand-carved wood. Every sustainably sourced material is lined with its own stories, like the large mallet, which is made from a bar of soap that once belonged to her grandfather; its fragility would crumble should it ever be struck. Within her work Rebecca enjoys the juxtaposition of materials and the stories that they tell her. She uses her own hair to make her work. Following a line of artists including Méret Oppenheim, Rebecca considers that hair to be a fascinating biproduct of the human condition, a versatile medium that has such sensual yet repulsive associations. “I constantly take sustainability into consideration, and use as much reclaimed ephemera as I can. Our fragile environment is at a critical point in history, and must be conserved for future generations.” Rebecca Rendell A dominant focus of her practice is always the material content and the process of building collections of found objects. This obsessive gathering of found materials is a habit that draws her to rescue neglected everyday objects. This process induces an intriguing dichotomy between the desirable and the undesirable; Rebecca likes to play with the relationships of chaos in contrast to order. She also tries to create a shift in what is usually considered valuable by using collections of invaluable ephemera; this shift occurs both via the platform of public display, and the attention invested to transform the identities of objects. www.madeinartslondon.com/collections/artists-rebecca-rendell
Rebecca Rendell – ‘Tool? White Hammer’, 33.5 x 18 cm, £400 Framed Original Sculpture
Rebecca Rendell – ‘Tool? Rope Handled Hammer’, 39 x 21 cm, £400 Framed Original Sculpture
Rebecca Rendell – ‘Tool? Pencil/Spear’, 25.5 x 14 cm, £300 Framed Original Sculpture
Rebecca Rendell – ‘Tool? Small Brush’, 21.5 x 19 cm, £300
Rebecca Rendell – ‘Tool? Big Hammer’, 28 x 22 cm, £350
Framed Original Sculpture
Framed Original Sculpture
René Ramirez Camberwell College of Arts – BA (hons) Illustration, 2013
René Ramirez is an artist and printmaker living in London. He graduated from BA Illustration at Camberwell in 2013. René loves making large, microscopically detailed etchings which often take him months to finish. Most of his inspiration comes from the engravings by the old masters like Dürer, Piranessi and William Hogarth. He also spends a lot of his time in Mexico and Central America and is deeply influenced by the indigenous art and culture from this part of the world. René’s work revolves around his interest in how the natural world always finds a way of regenerating itself over anything man made. His work also includes influences from his Mexican ancestry and the traditional art and culture from this part of the world. Having travelled vastly through the Latin American continent, René is particularly fascinated with the ruins of ancient civilizations and the role that nature has played in breaking down these ancient structures. René likes working in black and white either by using etching or pen and ink as like the sharp contrasts one can obtain using these mediums. Living in London everything goes by so fast, René loves the idea of slowing things down and working on pieces that take time, he feels that this encourages people to take time to really look at things. "I want my audience to get lost in the details of my imagination.” René Ramirez
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Réne Ramirez – ‘Cuetzpali World’, 60 x 80 cm, £260 Edition of 10, Etching on Paper
Sylvia Moritz Camberwell College of Arts – BA (hons) Graphic Design, 2014
Observations of Sylvia’s surroundings play a vital role in shaping the direction of her practice, which usually has underlying environmentalist attitudes. Sylvia works meticulously with techniques such as printmaking and pencil illustration, however she also transfers these traditional techniques into digital, allowing analogue and digital to work hand in hand. Sylvia’s work was inspired by staggering artworks that she discovered with similarly meticulous attention to detail; George Bohle and Matthew Borrett. Taking this inspiration she tries to communicate current affairs that are close to her through these detailed processes. Having undergone a three year course in graphic design, Sylvia was able to develop a strong graphical style within this technique, which she found instantly exciting and suitable to her drawing skills. This particular collection is inspired by how Sylvia views the cities she has lived in: “My interest in urban environments that I’ve lived in heavily informs my work. Having travelled and viewed a wide range of cities and places I became fascinated by how diverse and vivid our cities are designed, built and maintained throughout decades.” Sylvia Moritz One of the current issues that Sylvia’s work makes a statement about is overpopulation and urbanization. She aspires for her audience to take a closer look and notice the complexity of the world we live in. She enjoys leaving the conclusion to the viewer; she allows them to decide whether this piece of art communicates the negative aspects of overpopulated urban areas or the positive view on its diversity.
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Sylvia Moritz – ‘Capacity’, 50 x 50 cm, £400, Edition of 10, Etching on Paper
Sylvia Moritz – ‘Dencity’, 40 x 40 cm, £300, Edition of 10, Etching on Paper
Sylvia Moritz – ‘Atrocity’, 30 x 30 cm, £150, Edition of 10, Etching on Paper
Tom Farthing Chelsea College of Arts – MA Fine Art, 2013
Tom is a London based artist who studied MA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts. On choosing to study at University of the Arts London, Tom found that there were many artists who had previously studied at UAL or were currently studying from which he took great inspiration. Key inspirations behind Tom’s work are the human figure, landscape and memories.
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Tom Farthing – ‘The Judgement’, 70 x 80 cm, £1,800
Tom Farthing – ‘Getting Out’, 45 x 35 cm, £1,500
Original Oil on Canvas
Original Oil on Canvas
Tom Farthing – ‘Horizon III’, 45 x 35 cm, £1,500 Original Oil on Canvas