Secret Window
12th December 2011 – 20th January 2012
Sense is a national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. After the success of running two national art exhibitions, they are proud to be involved with this new direction in exhibiting the highly visual work of two young artists, both of whom have Usher Syndrome.
A Thousand Words
7th November – 9th December 2011
Children's portraits by Dairo Vargas and Barnardo's students. Inspiring children through art and fostering an environment where they can develop interests and passions is a powerful way to help them through their difficulties.
Two Shoes Playing with fire
3rd October – 4th November 2011
The controversial pieces in the collection will be their work with the use of fire and the creations that evolve when it comes into contact with children’s toys.
In and Out of the Public Eye
5th – 30th September 2011
Stars turn out to support Raleigh International’s new bursary scheme.
PUBLIC ANIMAL
Irreverent and revealing inter-species sculptures that put a spin on the conventions of portraiture, and related drawings.
One More for the Road!
18th July – 12th August
The title of the show, the colloquial exhortation heard at the conclusion of many an evening spent within the environs of Soho, is an apt one; the four artists are all associated with and draw their influences from that social vortex located within the square mile or so bounded by Oxford Street ,Charring Cross Road, Regent Street and Shaftesbury Avenue.
FORTY YEARS AND MORE IN THE TAKING: The John Thornton Retrospective
6th June - 15th July 2011
During the 1970s and 80s John Thornton’s wittily erotic and often surreal images captured the spirit of the times.
ANTONIA AITKEN
26th April – 3rd June
River presents recent intaglio and relief prints on paper by Australian printmaker Antonia Aitken.
SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES
In 2003 a group of local photographers who all had children with Down's syndrome and they put up a small exhibition for Down's syndrome awareness week.
OWL MASK FUNNIES
The series of pictures collectively titled 'OWL MASK FUNNIES' represent the visions of a sleepwalker – what he sees with his eyes shut, perhaps what he sees with his inner eye.
THE SPACE HOPPER AND THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A COWCAT (AND OTHER THINGS LIKE FOOD AND UNDERPANTS)
15th November - 24th December 2010
Bobby Tonge works in paper mache and bronze.
He was a resident artist in a bronze foundry in Paris and exhibited many times.
TEXTURE OF LIFE
4th October – 12th November 2010
Yukako Sakakura graduated from the Glasgow School of Art painting and printmaking department in 2008.
Since then, she has exhibited internationally in Japan, Scotland, England, France and Germany, and has collaborated in cross-cultural projects.
PATCHWORK
23rd August – 1st October 2010
Reading Room Gallery presents John's patchwork and appliqué Picture Coats & Wallhangings together with original drawings.…
INTERFERENCE
20th July – 20th August 2010
What is the 'Interference'? It is simply the stuff that gets in-between the last thing you did and the next, when time stands still and one is momentarily lost…
In Noj Barker's case, it is a dazzling meditation for the viewer to appreciate in this body of work.
ATMOSPHERES
3rd May – 11th June
The interaction of light in relation to spaces is strongly portrayed in Eduardo’s work. His compositions consist of a fine balance between light and shadows. The range of his colour palette is dictated by the natural environment where Eduardo enjoys painting.
Eduardo was born in Spain and now lives and works in London.
LONDON
8th March - 16th April 2010
Reading Room unveils 15 new works by Hiles which concentrate on detailed London scenes amd feature Hiles' trademark red London buses - a humorous and distinctive light touch to the pencil drawn, intricate black and white pieces of work.
SIX EASY PIECES
8th February - 2nd March 2010
‘Miss Kiki Salon Presents...’ brings together a collective of exceptional artists to form the beginning of an art/fashion concept that is initiating a new movement in art and culture. Under the inspired and nurturing eye of Miss Kiki’s Salon, the artists’ collective is growing and the momentum has brought about a number of innovative ideas that bring art to the forefront of our daily lives.
SLICES
2nd October - 13th November
Coming from a design background, Graz has spent 5 years collecting these slices of antiquity; appreciating their aesthetic beauty in form, subject and colour.
