SCOPE Miami Beach 2016

Delighted to be showing my work at this year's SCOPE Miami Beach Art Fair, Booth H19.

The 16th edition of SCOPE Miami Beach returns to the sands of Ocean Drive and 8th Street. Featuring 125 international exhibitors from 22 countries and 57 cities, SCOPE Miami Beach will welcome over 50,000 visitors over the course of 6 days. Amidst an unprecedented outpouring of critical acclaim from press, curators and collectors, and a digital and social media outreach campaign garnering over 450 million impressions, SCOPE Miami Beach is once again poised to lead the charge for emerging contemporary art markets.

For further details about the art fair, please visit the SCOPE website: www.scope-art.com.

Rewind Exhibition Catalogue

Preparations for the catalogue to accompany my forthcoming solo exhibition, 'Rewind', at Art Bermondsey Project Space, London are well underway. It's a 32pp catalogue with 15 images, and is beginning to look really splendid.

A few weeks ago, the images were sent to State Media magazine who are kindly designing it for the show. Anna McNay has completed a critical essay about my work that will be included in the catalogue - informative and beautifully written. Plus I have supplied a few extracts from my memoir, 'Art, Life and Everything', which will also be included.

Last week we were proofing the text and artwork. This week it goes off to Arts Council of England for approval before finally being sent off to the printers. With only three weeks to go before the show opens, it is all very exciting and now I can't wait to see the catalogue in print!

'Rewind', Acrylic on unprimed canvas. 24 x 24 in.

© Julie Umerle

Julie Umerle: Rewind

Naples Orange. 2013. Acrylic on canvas. 135 x 135 cm.

Rewind: Julie Umerle

Paintings and works on paper by London-based artist Julie Umerle whose approach to art has recently been described by New York Arts Magazine as a "new way of thinking with abstract painting".  At Rewind, Art Bermondsey Project Space is showing a a solo exhibition of her latest works: large-scale paintings, a series of smaller canvases and a series of works on paper.

The Rewind series is characterised by unprimed canvases, emphasising the simplicity of the image. The most immediate element of the work is actually the object itself, positioned very close to the edges of the canvas. Her series, Transoxide, was developed on wet stretched paper, where coloured grounds were layered with white paint and marks of black ink. The pressure of the brush, the viscosity of the paint and the speed of application are just some of the variables that play a part in her mark-making process.

“Julie Umerle’s paintings exist at the meeting point of decision and accident, as indeed do our lives.” Mark Westall, FAD Magazine.

Julie Umerle
Julie Umerle is an American-born artist raised in London. She studied fine art at Falmouth University, Cornwall, and graduated from Parsons School of Design, New York in 1998 with a MFA in painting. She then lived and worked between London and New York for a further five years. She is currently based in London. Her work has been included in major group shows such as 'British Abstract Art' at Flowers Galleries; the Royal Academy’s ‘Summer Exhibition’; ‘London Art Fair’; and 'Contemporary British Painting' at The Crypt Gallery, Marylebone. Her most recent solo show, 'Cosmos or Chaos', was held at studio1.1 in Redchurch Street. Exhibitions in the USA include 'Generations' at AIR Gallery, NYC; 'Night of 1000 Drawings' at Artists Space, NYC; 'Postcards from the Edge' at Metro Pictures, NYC; as well as Art Miami, Florida (Caridi Gallery). She has also shown in Paris and Berlin.

Rewind is funded by Arts Council England. A catalogue will be published to accompany the exhibition with an essay by Anna McNay.

Rewind: Julie Umerle

31 August – 10 September 2016

Art Bermondsey Project Space

183-185 Bermondsey St, London SE1 3UW
www.project-space.london

abps@project-space.london

Tel: 0203 441 5152

Facebook: /artbermondseyprojectspace

Twitter: @abprojectspace

Instagram: /abprojectspace

Open: Tuesday - Saturday 11am-6pm

Travel: Tube: Borough; London Bridge. Bus: C10 Victoria to Canada Water (Stop F Bermondsey Street)

Installation View

This is an installation view of my painting 'Blue/Green' hung next to Rivane Neunschwander's 'Oil Spills', a set of pigment prints on paper. The exhibition is on view at Shape Art Gallery, Westfield Stratford City, London until 8th March and you can bid for them online as part of the 'Shape Contemporary Art Benefit Auction' on online auction house Paddle8 until 16 March 2016.

Twenty-five artists have donated work to this charity auction including Tacita Dean, Jeremy Deller and Grayson Perry. In an exciting range of media including painting, print, collage, photography, sculpture and art object, and valued across a broad price range, the donated works, many of them newly-created and not previously exhibited, are set to appeal to a diverse base of collectors, buyers and art lovers. Well worth a look.

Installation View

Shape Benefit Art Auction and Exhibition

Shape Arts will hold a contemporary art benefit auction powered by online auction house Paddle8 from 2 – 16 March 2016 (paddle8.com/auction/shapearts) with an accompanying exhibition at Shape Arts Gallery, 155 The Street, Westfield Stratford City, Stratford, London E20 1EN from 24 February – 8 March 2016.

To be auctioned are 25 works generously donated by a number of internationally acclaimed artists in recognition of Shape Arts’ 40th anniversary this year, and the continued importance of the organisation’s work in pushing for a more inclusive and accessible arts sector for disabled people. 

Artworks have been donated by Bedwyr Williams, Ben Cain, Bernar Venet, Candida Höfer, Christian Furr, Dora García, Erwin Wurm, Franko B, Grayson Perry, Greg Bartlet, Guy Yanai, Hans Op de Beeck, Hito Steyerl, Hormazd Narielwalla, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Jeremy Deller, Julie Umerle, kennardphillipps, Ragnar Kjartansson, Rivane Neuenschwander, Sophie Ryder, Stuart Semple, Tacita Dean and Unskilled Worker. 

This is the painting that I shall be donating for this very good cause:

'Blue/Green', Acrylic on canvas. 18 x 18in.
© Julie Umerle

Contemporary British Watercolours

Very pleased to be part of this exhibition, Contemporary British Watercolours, which opens at Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery on 19 September 2015 and is on show until 8 November 2015. 

The exhibition travels to The Oriel Gallery, County Antrim, Northern Ireland from 24 November 2015 - 22 January 2016, then on to Abbey Walk Gallery, Grimsby in 2016.

Contemporary British Watercolours is curated by Simon Carter. The exhibition charts contemporary activity and demonstrates how changing attitudes to painting in the 21st century have influenced the use of watercolour, showing three original works from each of twenty-one contemporary artists who use watercolour as part of their practice.

Exhibiting Artists:  David Ainley, Lucy Austin, Claudia Bose, Julian Brown, Simon Carter, Louise Cattrell, Roy Cleary, Andrew Crane, James Faure Walker, Susie Hamilton, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Mark Jay, Kelly Jayne, Matthew Krishanu, Hannah Maybank, James Quin, Melanie Russell, Julie Umerle, Jacqueline Utley and Steven Walker.

Catalogue Available.

Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery is located at St Faith's Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1LH.

Free Entry. Opening times: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm.

Website: www.museum.maidstone.gov.uk

Phone: 01622 602838

Email: museuminfo@maidstone.gov.uk

'ART/Converters!' 2015

'Art Converters' 2015 kicks off at studio1.1 in London from 2 April - 26 April 2015 (closed Friday 3 April).

A fundraiser group show to support the gallery, all artists work will be available at just £200 per piece.

Artists include:

ALEXANDER BUHLER, ALICE PEILLON, ANDREW GRAVES, ANDREW SETO, BENJAMIN DEAKIN, BRIDGET JACKSON, CHARLES WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER BOND, CLAUDIA BOESE, DAVID SMALL,  JOSHUA RAFFELL, JULIE UMERLE, KARL BIELIK, KATE LYDDON,  LUCIA VERA, LUCINDA OESTREICHER, MANDY WILLIAMS, MANUELA VIEZZER, MARCUS COPE, MARIANNE MORILD, MICHAEL BARTLETT, MICHAELA ZIMMER, MARTIN GAYFORD, MICHAEL HAMMOND, NATASHA KAHN, NATHAN EASTWOOD, OONA GRIMES, PETER SYLVEIRE, RACHELLE ALLEN SHERWOOD, RALPH DOREY, KERAN JAMES, REBECCA MEANLEY, RICHARD BATEMAN, ROBERT CERVERA, ROBIN SEIR, ROSS WALKER, ROXY TOPIA & PADDY GOULD, RUTH CALLAND, RUTH PHILO, SACHA MEADEN, SARAH KNILL-JONES, SARAH McNULTY, STEPHANIE MORAN, STEPHEN BUCKERIDGE, STUART BARNES, WILLIAM STEIN

studio1.1 is at 57a Redchurch Street, London E2 7DJ
Website: www.studio1-1.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)7952 986 696.
Open: Wednesday - Sunday, 12 noon to 6pm.
Email: studio1-1.gallery@virgin.net

Arts Council England Award

In January this year, I won a Grants for the Arts Award from Arts Council England.

I am delighted to receive this award: it is a rare achievement, especially for a painter. Such grants are extremely competitive in the current economic climate with the recent cuts to the Art Council's budget. The award will make a huge difference to my practice in 2015 and what I am able to achieve, as well as giving me great self confidence in my work. Thanks go out to all my friends and colleagues for your good wishes and congratulations.

This award is for professional development and will fund a period of research and development within my practice, enabling me to create new paintings. I have already made a detailed plan as to how I intend to develop my work and have outlined a budget of materials and a timeline to pursue. 2015 is going to be an extremely productive year where I will be able to paint under optimum conditions.

Now it is all about achieving results and making the most of the support I have been given at this time. I will keep you posted as my project develops.

First exhibition of 2015

Drift. 2013. 54 x 60 in. © Julie Umerle

Getting the New Year off to a fine start! I'll be exhibiting one of my paintings, Drift, in the exhibition 'Present Tense' at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery from 14 January - 18 April 2015. It will be the first time this painting has been displayed in a gallery.

'Present Tense' showcases contemporary painting and photography featuring more than 40 works from the Swindon collection including works by Lisa Milroy, Magnus Quaife, Steven Pippin, Maggi Hambling, Tony Bevan, Eileen Cooper and Julie Umerle among others. The exhibition challenges the idea that contemporary art is elitist or incomprehensible. Starting with the fall of the Berlin Wall and looking at history and society, the exhibition investigates the way artists continue to react to the world around them and create new realities.

Through painting and photography, the exhibition will examine how everyday life, place, memory and repetition influence contemporary British art.

The exhibition showcases painting and photography produced since 1990s and in the collection of Swindon Museum and Art Gallery.

                                                                                         

                                                                                   

Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
Bath Road
Old Town Road
Swindon
SN1 4BA

Tel: 01793 466556

The gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday 11.00am - 3.00 pm.

St Marylebone Crypt group show

Red Strata, 2012
Oil/acrylic on handmade paper
© Julie Umerle

It's nearing the end of the year and almost time to take stock metaphorically speaking... What a year 2014 has been for me professionally! This year my work has been included in four group shows. I'm very pleased to have had the opportunity to exhibit with so many exciting artists and to show my paintings in some amazing spaces.

My final group show of the year begins on 8 December 2014 and runs until 1 January 2015. The exhibition is entitled  Contemporary British Painting and is hung in the crypt of St Marylebone Parish Church, London. It is an exhibition of small works by 40 contemporary painters. I'll be showing 'Red Strata' (above) which is just back from the framers and looks particularly festive at this time of year.

Artists for this show are:

Edwin Aitken | Amanda Ansell | Claudia Boase | Jon Braley | Julian Brown | Simon Burton | Andrew Crane | Pen Dalton | Lisa Denyer | Annabel Dover | Nathan Eastwood | Wendy Elia | Christopher Gee | Chris Gilvan-Cartright | Terry Greene | Susan Gunn | Alex Hanna | Marguerite Horner | Barbara Howey | Silvie Jacobi | Kelly Jayne | Sue Kennington | Matthew Krishanu | Bryan Lavelle | Nick Middleton | Andrew Munoz | Stephen Newton | Gideon Pain | Barbara Peirson | Alison Pilkington | Robert Priseman | Freya Purdue | James Quin | Greg Rook | Katherine Russell | David Sullivan | Judy Tucker | Julie Umerle | Jacquie Utley | Sean Williams.

2015 promises to be an equally exciting year with several group shows throughout the year, so please watch this space for announcements of dates and locations.

I look forward to meeting some of you at future events. In the meantime, thank you as always for reading my blog and for following me through 2014.

And my next exhibition is at Ipswich Art School Gallery....

There are forty-five contemporary artists participating in this exhibition that opens at Ipswich Art School Gallery on 15th November 2014 and continues until 8th March 2015. I am delighted to be part of this show. Curated by Simon Carter, 'Paint Britain' presents a range of painters from across the UK.

There are six themed rooms within the exhibition, each sensitively curated, and the show is a 'must see' for everyone who loves painting. A catalogue has been published for this exhibition and is available through Amazon.

"'Paint Britain' includes some of the most exciting, emerging, and award winning painting happening in the UK today." The gallery, a former art school in the heart of East Anglia, is a wonderful venue for the show and well worth a visit.

Exhibiting artists:

David Ainley, Iain Andrews, Amanda Ansell, Julian  Brown, Simon Burton, Simon Carter, Jules Clarke, Ben Cove, Andrew Crane, Pen Dalton, Lisa Denyer, Sam Douglas, Annabel Dover, Natalie Dowse, Wendy Elia, Fiona Eastwood, Nathan Eastwood, Paul Galyer, Terry Greene, Susan Gunn, Alex Hanna, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Linda Ingham, Sue Kennington, Matthew Krishanu, Bryan Lavelle, Monica Metsers, Nick Middleton, Andrew Munoz, Stephen Newton, Kirsty O’Leary-Leeson, Gideon Pain, Ruth Philo, Alison Pilkington, Robert Priseman, Freya Purdue, Greg Rook, Katherine Russell, David Sullivan, Harvey Taylor, Judith Tucker, Julie Umerle, Mary Webb, Sean Williams.

Contemporary British Painting

On 1st November 2014, 'Contemporary British Painting' opens at Huddersfield Art Gallery. Showcasing works by over sixty artists, this exhibition highlights work produced by painters practicing in Britain in the 21st Century. It runs until 14 March 2015. I am very much looking forward to exhibiting here and seeing the collection. This is the first time the 'Priseman-Seabrook Collection' will be on display.

Artists include:

Alison Pilkington, Iain Andrews, Paul Galyer, Jemima Watts, Monica Metsers, Annabel Dover, Andrew Munoz, James Quin, Lisa Denyer, Amanda Ansell, Fiona Eastwood, Bren Head, Simon Burton, Emma Cameron, Simon Carter, Barbara Howey, Gideon Pain, Matthew Krishanu, Anne-Marie Kolthammer, Kelly Jayne, Wendy Elia, Silvie Jacob, Linda Ingham, Natalie Dowse, David Sullivan, Susannah Douglas, Greg Rook, Judy Tucker, Katherine Russell, Jules Clarke, Nicholas Middleton, Nathan Eastwood, Alex Hanna, Stephen Newton, Pen Dalton, Susan Gunn, David Ainley, Claudia Boese, Terry Greene, Julian Brown, Sue Kennington, Ben Cove, Andrew Crane, Bryan Lavelle, Mary Webb, Ruth Philo, Freya Purdue, Julie Umerle, Kirsty O'Leary Lesson, Marguerite Horner, Harvey Taylor, Sam Douglas, Robert Priseman and Sean Williams.

Three group shows

I'm pleased to announce that I have three group shows opening before the end of the year. These shows are all in connection with the collective 'Contemporary British Painting' and a wonderful opportunity to get my work out into the world.

For those who follow my blog, you may remember that I wrote earlier this year in August about the 'Priseman-Seabrook collection of 21st Century British Painting'. The first showing of this collection of over sixty works, which includes one of my paintings, is at Huddersfield Art Gallery from 1st November 2014 - 14th March 2015. This exhibition is called 'Contemporary British Painting'. A catalogue will be published to accompany the exhibition, available through Amazon.

The second show is at Ipswich Art School Gallery from 15th November 2014 - 8th March 2015. This exhibition is called 'Paint Britain', with thirty-six participating artists.

The third show is at St Marylebone Crypt in London from 8th December 2014 to 4th January 2015, and is called 'Contemporary British Painting'. This is the group's annual christmas exhibition.

I hope you will be able to visit one or more of these exhibitions. At least now I'll be able to give a good response when people ask me where they can see my paintings!

Deutsche Bank

As well as having my paintings purchased by private collectors, my work is also part of several public collections and that's what I'm writing about today.

New collectors of my work this year include Madison Museum of Fine Art in the USA and Swindon Museum in the UK. I have just started to have my work acquired by museums and I'm delighted to be part of their permanent collections. I've posted pictures of these paintings in earlier blogs.

Perhaps the best known of my corporate collectors is Deutsche Bank who have an extremely strong collection of works by artists including Gerhard Richter (one of my favourite painters). I am very proud to be part of their London collection.

Here are two of the paintings which were purchased by Deutsche Bank some years ago:

© Julie Umerle

© Julie Umerle

It's so interesting after you finish a painting to discover where the work ends up and to know who sees it. Many of my works have found homes in the most extraordinary places and I am always happy to hear from people who contact me after seeing the paintings, often many years after they've left the studio.

Ipswich Art School Gallery

In November, I'll be exhibiting one of my paintings in a group show at  Ipswich Art School Gallery with forty-four artists from around the UK. The exhibition is curated by Simon Carter. 'Paint Britain' runs from 15 November - 8 March 2015. Please come to see the show if you can. Should be a lively show.

Ipswich Art School Gallery
1 Upper High Street
Ipswich
IP1 3QH

15th November - 8th March 2015
Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm

Artists include:

David Ainley, Julian Brown, Simon Carter, Ben Cove, Pen Dalton, Lisa Denyer, Sam Douglas, Annabel Dover, Natalie Dowse, Wendy Elia, Paul Galyer, Terry Greene, Susan Gunn, Alex Hanna, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Linda Ingham, Sue Kennington, Matthew Krishanu, Bryan Lavelle, Monica Metsers, Nick Middleton, Andrew Munoz, Stephen Newton, Gideon Pain, Ruth Philo, Alison Pilkington, Robert Priseman, Freya Purdue, Katherine Russell, David Sullivan, Harvey Taylor, Judy Tucker, Julie Umerle, Mary Webb, Nathan Eastwood, Fiona Eastwood, Sean Williams, Annabel Dover.

And this is the painting I'll be exhibiting....

Cobalt Green Light
© Julie Umerle

Priseman-Seabrook Collection

I am delighted to announce that 'Eclipse' is now part of the Priseman-Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting. 

Eclipse. Oil/acrylic on canvas.
© Julie Umerle

Here is a short descriptive piece about the painting that I have written for the catalogue:

I am interested in exploring the physicality of paint, making paintings that exist at the meeting point of decision and accident. Eclipse replaces brush strokes with the direct interaction of liquid elements on canvas. Alternately layering oil and acrylic, a reaction is produced between the two mediums that is a by-product of the materials. The interaction of the materials, together with the effects of gravity, activates the surface. 

The breakdown and falling apart of the surface, where layers of oil and acrylic pull against each other and don't quite hold the ground, is what interests me. I want the work to contain an element of disintegration or measure of disorder which threatens to disrupt any attempt at a complete reading. The way that the edge is wrapped, or the internal gravity of the painting disrupted by turning the canvas in the making of the work, contributes to that sense of dislocation.

The Priseman-Seabrook Collection highlights work produced by artists practicing in Britain in the 21st Century. The first showing of the collection will be at Huddersfield Art Gallery later this year. The collection will be exhibited there from November 2014 - March 2015. A catalogue of the exhibition is available on.Amazon.

  

Brick Lane Art Auction 2014

This year, I have donated a piece of  work to the Brick Lane Art Auction, a charity auction which takes place on Thursday July 24th 2014 in the upstairs room of Beach Blanket Babylon in Bethnal Green, East London.

The Auction includes a rich mix of eclectic artists and designers including Vivienne Westwood, Jamie Reid and Gavin Turk who have all generously donated their work. It will showcase an expansive and unique selection of works (many original) 'from the bleeding edge of contemporary global counter culture'.

This is the second year the Brick Lane Art Auction has taken place in conjunction with the Brick Lane Village Fete (at St Matthews Church on Sunday July 27th). The event will raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis and seeks to raise money to help Chris McMuck, Shoreditch club promoting legend and entrepreneur, who suffers from the disease. Money raised from the event will go towards supporting Chris in engaging with a programme of holistic and alternative healthcare practices. It will also benefit Ability Bow Gym, a local, wheelchair-accessible gym of which I am a member.

This is the painting I have donated: 'Summer Painting II'.

All proceeds go to a worthy cause so please support this fundraiser. Doors open at 6pm. The event continues until 11.30pm with the auction taking place at 8pm.

It's a silent auction and all money raised will go to charity. Last year's event was a resounding success and I am sure this year's will be too if we all get out there to support it.

Unearthed : Carpenters Road Artists

These are the paintings I am showing at the 'Unearthed' exhibition and archive, currently on show at Warton House, Stratford, London E15 until 11th September. Two painting I made at Acme's Carpenters Road studios in 1996 (acrylic and watercolour on paper) - fifteen years ago! Can it really be fifteen years?

For further details about the show, please see my previous post. There's a wonderful group of artists exhibiting in this pop-up space and the work is beautifully presented. Not to be missed!

©Julie Umerle. All rights reserved
                                             

Artists participating in Unearthed:

Simon ENGLISH, Inger Lise HANSON, Andrew STAHL, Ailsa PARRY, Shirley WHEELER, Mark de PANNE, Stella WHALLEY, Annelise MEIJEN, Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Julie GREENSLADE, John HOOPER, Robert WORLEY, Catherine PURVES, Jordan BASEMAN, Julie UMERLE, Justin BAILEY, Andrew SMITH, Simon SENNGER, David OATES, Fiona RAE, Kate DAVIS, Susie HAMILTON, Andre WALLACE, Emma WILLIAMS, John PLOWMAN, Ines AMADO, Patricia BARKER, Abu JAFAR, Antoni MALINOWSKI, Mike WINDLE, Jim LATTER, Kai McCALL, Paul ROSENBLOOM, Jacqueline PENNEL, Sue KENNINGTON, Jonathan WALLER, Madelena COELHO, Louise CATTRELL, Joan GABIE, David JOHNSON, Neville GABIE, James DIXON and Stuart WATSON, Anji ARCHER, Judy CLARK, Geoff STAINTHORPE, Kay BAINBRIDGE, Ruth CALLAND, Andre JAGER, Madeline STROBEL, Graham SEATON, Roger KITE, Roz MORTIMER, Robert WELCH

Review of New Work

'Red/Violet', Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 in.
©Julie Umerle. All rights reserved

Julie Umerle: New Paintings

"The first thing I noticed when looking at these works, was the utter frankness about their construction. They exist by virtue of their process, yet this is not a process painting from 1970. Rather, there appears to be a new way of thinking with abstract painting. It lies in asking the epistemological question: "What can paint do as a material abstracted from its support?"

Julie Umerle’s process explores several layers of cognition, setting up conditions for chance, and responding to the natural physicality of paint itself. After all, paint is an inherently expressive medium. Her decision making process highlights how far the accident will go to create an interesting material surface. Umerle arrives at her imagery via a hyper formalism that makes no distinction between medium, surface, and support. The formal apparatus is gravity’s gesture, its pull downwards. Illusionistic depth is achieved by the layering of the medium, which is an interesting nod to history. The physicality of the layers bears a relationship to the Baroque curtain; here it is a curtain that is divided into strands of acrylic. It has the effect of suspending time, as the paint tends to conceal and reveal, stretching away from the viewer into infinite space. This is especially the case in a stunning work like Red/Violet. It is primarily the color, vermillion and purple, that effuses a sense of shimmering intensity, blurring any focal point.

In a way, this work serves as a record of time and space, both complimenting each other in equal parts. In an exciting fashion, these two distinct aspects of a painting coalesce into a structure that is both familiar and strange."

Jason Stopa, NY Arts magazine, vol 17, summer 2011

Fire Station Centenary

Fire Station Centenary
Open Weekend
Saturday 21st May and Sunday 22nd May 2011

ACME Studios, 30 Gillender Street, London E14 6RH

Hours: 12pm - 6pm daily   
Nearest tube: Bromley-by-Bow on the District Line

This will be the first 'open' studios event at the Fire Station since 2007. Fifteen artists will be opening their studios to the public to celebrate one hundred years of the building.

Artists participating in this event: Briony Anderson, Gemma Anderson, Kate Atkin, Jonathan Baldock, George Charman, Melanie Clifford, Susan Corke, Richard Ducker, Robin Footitt, Haroon Mirza, Matthew Noel-Tod, David Osbaldeston, Emma Smith, Julie Umerle and Andre Wallace.

The building is a former L.C.C. Fire Station, constructed in 1911, and converted to artists' studios in 1997.

Hope you will visit my studio (studio F on the ground floor) to see my new work.

Look forward to seeing you there. All welcome!