'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

Art Converters 2014

studio1.1

57a Redchurch Street

London E2 7DJ

7 February - 2 March 2014

'Art Converters' is a biennial fund-raiser at studio1.1 where all works donated by supporters of the gallery will be sold for just £200. Over sixty artists connected with studio1.1 have donated work. Artists include: Gill Ord, Vanessa Jackson, David Ben White, Jefford Horrigan, David Small, John Summers, Kate Lyddon, Marcus Cope, Oona Grimes, Robin Seir, William Cruickshank, William Stein, Julie Umerle and Andrew Seto. 

All profits from the show go towards keeping the gallery running. This is a show not to be missed. An opportunity to purchase astonishing works of art by exciting artists at a bargain price.

studio1.1 is an artist-led, entirely not-for-profit gallery space situated in Shoreditch, East London. 

Simon Morley gallery talk

I am delighted to announce that Simon Morley, who wrote the catalogue essay for my exhibition 'Cosmos or Chaos', will be at studio1.1 on Wednesday 20th January at 3pm to give a talk about the work. The gallery talk will last about 40 minutes, after which there will be an opportunity for questions and informal discussion. I hope you will be able to join us.

Simon is the author of 'Writing on the Wall', and has written for Art Monthly and The Independent on Sunday. He is a painter who has shown his work in London, Amsterdam, Tokyo and Korea, and is represented by Art First. He is a lecturer at Winchester School of Art.

For further information about this event please contact the gallery:

studio1.1
57a Redchurch Street
London E2 7DJ

Website: http://www.studio1-1.co.uk/

Nearest tube: Liverpool Street

A big thank you

Thanks to everyone who came out last night to the opening of my solo show in Shoreditch, 'Cosmos or Chaos', braving the snow and the ice!  It was wonderful to see so many people there, despite it being the coldest night of the year.

A big shout goes out to Michael and Keran from studio1.1 for hosting the show, and to Arts Council England who made it all possible. The exhibition continues until 24th January.

I'm having some installation shots done on Monday, so shall try to post a pic on the blog next time,  if I can find out how to do so....

Meanwhile, there are a couple of exhibitions that I want to see before they close - I'll try to get to the John Baldessari show at Tate Modern over the weekend, and then go see 'Sacred Made Real' at the National Gallery before the 24th January.

'Cosmos or Chaos'

There's an exhibition of my paintings coming  up in the new year in London at studio1.1, a gallery in Shoreditch, entitled 'Cosmos or Chaos'. This will be my first solo exhibition since 2008, and it is supported by Arts Council England, the national development agency for the arts, through its Grants for the arts programme for individuals and organisations. I am really thrilled to have this opportunity to make my work more accessible, and to bring it to the attention of a wider audience. Hope you will come by to say hello and take a look at my new paintings.

Private view: Thursday 7th January, 6-9pm
Exhibition runs from 8 - 24 January 2010

Cosmos or Chaos:  "As the title immediately suggests, Julie Umerle’s paintings exist at the meeting point of decision and accident, as indeed do our lives.

In this series of works, created specifically for the exhibition, gravity and design collude and collide in a synthesis which calls up a most unexpected counterpart. Colours are chosen to oppose and confound, while the exact materiality, the weight of the paint interferes, patterning its own trajectory."

studio1.1
57a Redchurch Street
London  E2 7DJ

Open: Wednesday - Sunday, 12 - 6pm

Website:  http://www.studio1-1.co.uk/

Nearest tube: Liverpool Street