These are a few low resolution images that were sent to me of the ‘On The Map’ exhibition at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.

A varied selection of maps from the Museum’s collection will be on display in the galleries until the 17 June 2012, including Samuel Cant’s 1746 Survey of Hastings, and William Gant’s 1852 Survey. An increasing number of contemporary artists are turning to cartography for inspiration, and this display features work by eighteen contemporary artists including my own ‘Hiraeth’.

The show will be on display for another two months so do take the time to pop in and see it if you’re in the area.

On the Map: Historic Maps & Contemporary Map Art
10 March – 17 June 2012
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Johns Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1ET

You are warmly invited to the private view of ‘On The Map’; an exhibition of historic maps and contemporary map art at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.

Friday 9 March 2012, 6.00 – 8.00pm

The exhibition continues until the 17 June 2012

The exhibition will be officially opened by Councillor Jeremy Birch, Leader of Hastings Borough Council, at 6.45pm. There will be a pay bar and live music provided by The Lucky ones.

The exhibition features the work of 18 artists, including my own work ‘Hiraeth’, which will be exhibited alongside historic maps from the museum’s collection.

Additional Events:

- Travelling Around Our World
Free trails and activities on the theme of transport and exploration available from the museum reception during normal opening hours until the end of the exhibition.

- The Unbuilt Room by Seth Kriebel
A performance game for 5 people at a time
Saturday 17 March
Preformances every half hour from 11.30am – 3.00pm
Free to participate

- Map-Making Workshop with Ed Boxall
Saturday 17 March
11.00am – 1.00pm and 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Free to participate

- Mapping Hastings
An illustrated talk by Steve Peak
Saturday 24 March at 2.00pm
£4.00 (includes tea and cake)

Some pictures of my Mindspace drawings currently being exhibited at Bank Street Arts in Sheffield. You’ll have to be quick if you want to see these works as they are only only display until the 30 October now.

*Images courtesy of Chloe Reith

Following a successful exhibition at The Sho Gallery I have been invited to take the Infographics exhibition to the Cardiff Design Festival Headquarters at the Cardiff Story Museum in the city centre. The exhibition is open now and will continue until the 9 November featuring work by an international selection of artists and designers including:

• Alix Martin
• Amy Kett
• Daniel Ulf-Hansen
• Innes Jones
• Juan Manuel De J. Escalante
• Mario Klingemann
• Matt McKenna
• Ninian Carter
• Phil McCollam & Ellen Mueller
• Rob Stevens

The infographic works can be seen alongside a range of other work that was a part of the Cardiff Design Festival. This includes information about some of the work short-listed for the Best of Welsh Design Awards and work by illustrators Amelia Johnstone and Anna Bhushan.

Entry to the Cardiff Story Museum is free and the opening hours are
Monday to Saturday: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Sunday: 11.00am – 4.00pm

Photographs from both the exhibition at The Sho Gallery and The Cardiff Story Museum can be seen on my Flickr pages here.

I must confess that I was expecting a small turn out for the opening of this exhibition which was a satellite to the Kaunas Textile Biennial. I was rather shocked, and slightly humbled, to see several hundred people passing through the doors on the opening night alone to experience my work along with that of nearly 40 other international artists in the ultravioletly illuminated exhibition space.

Click the thumbnails to view the images in all their glory.

I’ll be posting some blog posts about the other wonderful exhibitions I encountered ay the Kaunas Biennial in the following few days so watch this space for more updates soon.

My work will be on display in Lithuania as a part of an exhibition hosted by The Textile Artists’ Guild in Kaunas this month. The exhibition, entitled Experiments with Light, has been curated by Jolanta Šmidtiene and Dovil? Vanagaite.

The brand new Kaunas arena’ media centre will be transformed for an international exhibition in which exhibits will be installed in the darkness and illuminated by ultraviolet light. This luminescent lighting will highlight details of the artworks enriching the aesthetic experiences of the visitors creating mystical effects and exhibiting unexpected approaches to textile art.

The exhibition will feature four of my luminescent sculptures including Wretched Rupture III (pictured above). There will be a launch event on Friday 23 September 2011 from 8.00 – 9.00pm and the exhibition will continue throughout the Textile festival. The Textile Guild will also be holding a number of workshops throughout the Kaunas Biennial.

Click here to download a pdf of the the Kaunas Textile Biennial programme or visit their webiste: www.biennial.lt

Location:
Zalgiris Arena
Karaliaus Mindaugo g. 50
LT-44287
Kaunas

You can find out more about Kaunas Textile Guild here: www.tdg.lt

Jade Gilbert: Untitled (May 2011)

Intended to showcase and support unique and innovative artists working in the UK today, Bank Street Art’s drawing and illustration season will present a varied programme of solo, joint and group exhibitions across two galleries.

My work has been selected, along with that by Jade Gilbert, for the first exhibition in the series which will be on show from the 20 September until the 29 October 2011. My work will occupy the Atrium Space whilst Jade’s will be on display in the Juniper Gallery. Apparently there will be an exhibition Private View at a later date, the details of which I will post here once it’s confirmed.

Bank Street Art’s drawing and illustration season is being curated by Chloe Reith and this inaugural exhibition will be followed by a programme of exhibitions leading into the new year.

You can see a snippet of Jade Gilbert’s work on her Axis pages here: www.axisweb.org/artist/jadegilbert

Bank Street Arts are located in Sheffield:
32-40 Bank Street
Sheffield
S1 2DS

Visit www.bankstreetarts.com for more information.

The AIR/HMC International Artists Residencies and 9 X 12, Budapest exhibition, opens at the Ferencvarosi Gallery this coming Friday, the 26 May 2011, at 7.00pm.

The exhibition features three drawings from my Blacklight series along side a collection of works in a variety of media by 80 artists from Austria, United Kingdom, France, Canada, China, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States.

The exhibition continues until the 19 June 2011. If you happen to be in Budapest during the next month, do pop in and see the show.

The exhibition supported by The National Cultural Foundation, HMC and District IX. Cultural Department.

Opening reception: 26 May 2011 at 7:00pm
Opening remarks by: Peter Baky
Curator: Beata Szechy – HMC

The HMC is an artist run, non-profit, multi-disciplinary arts organization dedicated to excellence, experimentation, and education in all forms of contemporary art and culture. The AIR-HMC’s mission to bridge cultural, geographic, and linguistic divides by bringing people together through the arts in order to foster a greater understanding of world cultures.

Ferencvarosi Gallery
IX. Mester u. 5.
Budapest 1095

Exhibition Flyer:

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Susan Projects presents Pre.Sense

You are invited to a group exhibition responding to, questioning or challenging the idea of intuition and the experience of ‘just knowing,’ apparently before or without sensory clues.

Work by thirteen artists includes painting, drawing, digital media and video and contemporary sculpture, shown in a temporary gallery space in an empty house in Oxford. Most works are for sale.

The show has been curated by Ella Clocksin and Marius von Brasch.

Opening night: Friday 6th May 2011 6 – 9 pm
Show continues: 7th and 8th May 2011 12 – 6 pm

5 Stansfield Close
Headington
Oxford
OX3 8TH

Exhibitors:

• Marius von Brasch
• Ben Cavers
• Ruth Chambers
• Ella Clocksin
• Veronica Cordova de la Rosa
• Spike Dennis
• Pam Franklin
• Helen Ganly
• Le Guo
• Marcus Keating
• Krystyna Piliczewska
• Kate Theodore
• Lisa Traxler

http://web.me.com/mariusvb/susanprojects/index.html

The exhibition will take place in a temporary gallery space in Oxford across the weekend of the 6 May 2011 with a Private View taking place on Friday the 6 May from 6.00 – 9.00pm. I hope to meet some of you there!

‘Susan Projects was founded in 2011 by artists Marius von Brasch and Ella Clocksin to provide artists with opportunities to show conceptual contemporary art in curated exhibitions within a critical framework, in temporary project spaces and pop-up galleries.

susan projects is a proactive response to difficult times for arts funding, with the intention of building something of value and fostering links between artists and audiences.’

Further information about the exhibition will be posted shortly. If you’d like to find out more about Susan Projects please visit their website here.