Category: Exhibitions

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Leeds Kirkgate Market AR Exhibition

The final stitch

I’m pleased to announce that “The Sound of the Kenwood Chef ” has been selected for the Leeds Kirkgate Market AR Exhibition (Augmented Reality). The artworks will be available to view Friday May 14th – Saturday May 15th 2021.

Event information can be found on Eventbrite available via this link.

In order to view the exhibition, please download the Overly App onto your mobile phone. Once at the exhibition space, aim your camera at the posters (you can see an example of one below) and press ‘Scan’.

“The exhibition AR art attraction contains eight different artists. People are intimidated by art at times, but many love technology. By combining the two, a fun interactive experience is created to showcase some beautiful pieces of art. How it works? The Overly App is an augmented reality (AR) app that creates an interactive experience of a real-world environment, allowing you to see things through your phone that you cannot see in real life. You go to your phone and open the Overly app. Look at the poster with your camera. Press scan on the overly app. The art work will then reveal itself.” Rhiannon Shaw, event curator, Redesigns.

Leeds Kirkgate Market AR Exhibition Poster
Leeds Kirkgate Market AR Exhibition Poster
The Sound of the Kenwood Chef - exhibiting in the Manchester Sew Social Exhibition
The Sound of the Kenwood Chef

The last year has been a challenging time for sharing and viewing art, hence I’m so happy that this is the second open air exhibition that my art has taken part in.

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Walk Bye Home Exhibition

The sounds of the kenwood chef

I’m pleased to announce that “The Sound of the Kenwood Chef ” has been selected for the Walk Bye Home Exhibition at the Jersey City Free Public Library: Earl A. Morgan Branch, New Jersey, USA – 1841 John F, Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ, USA 07305.

Images of the artworks are printed onto vinyl, displayed outside and arranged in groups by country (I’m part of the ‘ England’ group). This public arts exhibition (which has been specifically designed for this outside space due to COVID), starts on Monday May 3rd and runs for two months. You can see more via Walk Bye on Instagram and via the Walk Bye website. The artwork can be viewed day or night in this public space.

Walk Bye Home Exhibition Poster
Walk Bye Home Exhibition Poster
The Sound of the Kenwood Chef in the exhibition around the Morgan Library
The Sound of the Kenwood Chef - Walk Bye Home Exhibition
The Sound of the Kenwood Chef – selected for the Walk Bye Home Exhibition
The first day of the Walk Bye Home Exhibition
The Sound of the Kenwood Chef in the Walk Bye Home Exhibition
Walk Bye Home Exhibition exhibiting artists
Artists taking part

“Inspired by World Refugee Day on June 20th, we seek international artists to show us a representation of the theme: what makes home a home? What defines home? Is it people, a specific place or the memories made during a certain period of time? Is it where you were born, where you were raised, where you found love? ……You will be asked to name a song title and artist that most embodies “home” for you. A Spotify playlist will be created and shared in conjunction with Walk Bye’s exhibition of the same name.” Catalina Aranguren, Founder & Organizer, Walk_Bye.

My chosen song was Three Coins in a Fountain by Frank Sinatra – a song my dad sung all the time.

International Artists taking part in the Walk Bye Home Exhibition
International Artists taking part in the Walk Bye Home Exhibition

“Since we’ve been spending the last 14 months in our homes during the quarantine, I became fascinated by what ‘home’ means for different people.” said Aranguren. “In my family, we had a conversation on this topic, which then inspired the idea for the exhibit. The alignment with World Refugee Day and partnership with Welcome Home was the perfect setting.”   Catalina.

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OverThinker Exhibition

Art Selected for the OverThinker Exhibition

I’m pleased to announce that ‘Headspace – Self Portrait’ has been selected by TymeLapse Studio for the OverThinker Instagram Exhibition.

“TymeLapse Studio (an artist run collective) …. invites all creatives (Art, Writing, Film, etc.) to our first open call. “OverThinker” aims to take inspiration from daily life, anxieties, stresses, and the current situation, to create an engaging online exhibition. We invite all types of submissions, if you think it fits with the title feel free to submit. The exhibition will run from April 25th until May 7th, in which, accepted submissions will be gradually posted on the exhibition Instagram page.”   Hailey Barbosa, curator.

OverThinker Exhibition
OverThinker Exhibition

“A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So, he loses touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions. By thoughts I mean, specifically, chatter in the skull—perpetual and compulsive repetition of words, of reckoning, and of calculating.I’m not saying that thinking is bad; like everything else, it’s useful in moderation, a good servant but a bad master.And all so-called civilised peoples have increasingly become crazy and self destructive because through excessive thinking they have lost touch with reality. That’s to say we confuse signs, words, numbers, symbols, and ideas with the real world.” – Alan Watts, British philosopher.

'Headspace - Self Portrait' selected for the OverThinker Exhibition
‘Headspace – Self Portrait’ selected for the OverThinker Exhibition