Exhibition in Margate

As a founding member of the Quiet Storms Collective, I’m excited to announce that our first exhibition will take place at Joseph Wales Studio in Margate from August 15 to 26, 2024. Open daily from 12 to 5 pm. All welcome!

Unearthed is an interdisciplinary exhibition by Quiet Storms Collective that brings together a group of local and international contemporary artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines who use visual storytelling to question power structures, embody inner-worlds and memories, and reclaim liminal and wondrous spaces.

Featuring painting, photography, mixed-media and sculpture, artists in the exhibition include: Fiona Stewart, JC Candanedo, Jo Mason, Josie McCoy, Kristin Rawcliffe, Laura Hope, Lisa Snook, Sheila MacNeill and Sinead McKillican.

Quiet Storms Collective is a group of contemporary artists transcending borders who are bound by their exploration of untold personal and collective stories. Whether it be stories of land and peoples, or myth and magic, their exceptional talents reveal unspoken emotions that hide on the threshold of strength and vulnerability.

In this exhibition, the artists individually explore echoes of unearthed stories, each in their own way, to capture subversive narratives on a journey towards empowerment, resilience, and positive transformation unravelling power and place. In doing so, they confront the duality of journeying through inner-worlds while rebelling against established structures of power.

Unearthed offers an exclusive insight into their visual language and an opportunity to experience the fusion of their distinct styles.

Exhibition Info

Unearthed

Date: 15 - 26 August, 2024

Location: Joseph Wales Studio, 2a Dane Hill, Margate, Kent CT9 1QP

Tickets: Free entry

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Exhibition At The Barbican Library

From 5th to 29th July, at the Barbican Library, the 'Shifting Narratives' exhibition will be showcasing the 'Decolonising Fashion and Textiles' project outputs curated by Camilla Palestra.

Over the past two years, I've been collaborating with researchers from the Centre for Sustainable Fashion at London College of Fashion on a project 'aimed at challenging the status quo and empowering refugee and asylum-seeking participants to build connections and voice their concerns for our collective uncertain future, while advocating for positive policy change.' - Dr Francesco Mazzarella and Dr Seher Mirza.

CSF researchers Dr Francesco Mazzarella and Dr Seher Mirza reflect on the 'Decolonising Fashion and Textiles' research project, explore valuable insights and share their new policy paper and petition. ⁠

Also on show, the series of portraits that I took in collaboration with Lucy Orta for the "Lifeline Activation" in the hopes to shift the mainstream narrative that negatively affects individuals and families seeking refuge and asylum in the UK and advocating for a more compassionate future.

You are invited to the exhibition's free public programme which includes guided exhibition tours, workshops and an in-person and online symposium.⁠

🔗 Click here to learn more and book your free tickets! 🎟️⁠

Exhibition Info

Shifting Narratives

Date: 5 - 29 July, 2024

Location: Barbican Library, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

Tickets: Free entry

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DOCUMENT NOW: No Borders - Group Show

I'm excited to announce that I'm taking part in DOCUMENT NOW: NO BORDERS, an exhibition at the Royal Society of Arts from June 18-21, 2024. This group show invites global photographers to share stories of migration and identity, investigating community and culture in a world of rapid globalisation.

In this group show, I will be showing some of the photo-textile artefacts from my series Pro Mundi Beneficio alongside my video performance piece entitled This Is (From) America. In Pro Mundi Beneficio, I tell the stories of the plants endemic to the American continent that have greatly benefited the economies of other parts of the world, but that have also been influential in the creation of new cultural identities around the globe. This series is named after the motto on the coat of arms of the Republic of Panama and is Latin for “For the Benefit of the World.”

On Friday 21st, and in commemoration of Pride month, I will be premiering my latest video performance piece entitled People Like Me, a 5-minute short film in which I explore homophobia, conversion therapy and familial relations. The presentation of the short film will be followed by a Q&A and an opportunity to view the DOCUMENT NOW: NO BORDERS exhibition with the artists.

Group show

Document NOW: No Borders

Date: 18 - 21 June, 2024

Opening Times: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am-8.30pm

Location: RSA House, 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ

Private View

Date: 18 June, 2024

Time: 6 pm - 8 pm

RSVP: on this link.

Film Screening and Q&A

Date: 21 June, 2024 Postponed. New dates TBC

Time: 7 pm - 9:30 pm

Tickets: £5 donation on this link. All proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Exhibiting artists:

Hajar ALMUTAIRI

JC CANDANEDO

Christian CROSS

Julio ETCHART

Fatma FAHMY

Rollie D. HOLEY

Yamam NABEEL

Curated by Andrew Etherington

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Thanks to Everyone Who Came To Teddington Artists Art Fair 2022

Thank you ever so much to everyone who came down to see me at the Teddington Artists Art Fair 2022 at the beautiful Victorian Normansfield Theatre at the Langdon Down Centre in Teddington this weekend. It was my first time at an art fair and I really enjoyed the feeling of community that artists who showcase at these fairs have. So many lovely people stopped by to show me support and also new friends who have just discovered my work for the first time.

I presented work from my series Migration, in which I investigate themes of displacement and restriction of Movement. I had a really good time and I hope to see you all at the next one!

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Teddington Artists Art Fair 2022

This year, I will have a stand at the Teddington Artists Art Fair showing work from my series Migration, in which I investigate themes of displacement and restriction of Movement. The art fair will take place at the beautiful Victorian Normansfield Theatre at the Langdon Down Centre in Teddington on July 23 and 24, 2022, from 11 am to 5 pm. The Langdon Down Centre is located at 2A Langdon Park, Teddington TW11 9PS in SW London.

Admission is £3. No need to register.

The Art Fair

Teddington Artists is a group of artists founded in 1990 who strive to show the wide degree of diversity in both media and style of the artists who live and work in the local area. They meet regularly to exchange ideas, provide artistic support and promote a high quality of work.

This year, the list of artists taking part in the fair includes Jim Woodman, Elaine Coles, Tracy Florance, Wick Hutton, Peter Taunton and many more from a wide range of styles: prints, paintings, ceramics, objets trouvés, photography, textile art, jewellery and sculpture.

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