SHOW Curated by Sarah Williams 16 March � 21 April 2011
An exhibition of newly commissioned performances and artworks by Edwina Ashton, Jack Strange and Bedwyr Williams.
SHOW is the fourth Jerwood Encounters exhibition curated by Sarah Williams and seeks to examine the integral role that performance plays within an artist�s practice and its subsequent representation in an exhibition context. SHOW will consist of live performances, experiments in performance documentation and works by each of the artists including; props, sculpture, drawings, collage and film.
The newly commissioned performance works will take place on the opening night and throughout the exhibition. The full performance and event programme will be announced on the JVA website.
Jerwood Encounters provide emerging artists with new exhibition opportunities and each of the artists has been awarded a �1500 commissioning fee to support the development and presentation of new work.
Jerwood Encounters support collaborative and experimental new commissions within the Jerwood Visual Arts programme. Previous Jerwood Encounters exhibitions curated by Sarah Williams include: An Experiment in Collaboration (2008), Laboratory (2009) and Locate (2010).
The exhibition will be accompanied by an essay by Catherine Wood, Curator of Contemporary Art and Performance at Tate Modern.
Jerwood Visual Arts will host a series of Monday evening events to accompany the exhibition on 28 March and 4 April 2011. Events are free but must be booked in�advance.�For more information contact Jerwood Visual Arts, or�check the new Jerwood Visual Arts website:
SHOW 16 March � 21 April 2011 Evening Events: 28 March and 4 April 6-8pm Performances: Schedule to be announced
JVA at Jerwood Space 171 Union St, SE1 0LN Gallery Opening Times: Mon - Fri 10am � 5pm Sat & Sun 10am � 3pm Admission: Free Nearest tube: Southwark, London Bridge or Borough
Jerwood Visual Arts is a contemporary gallery programme of awards, exhibitions and events at Jerwood Space, London and on tour nationally. Jerwood Visual Arts promotes and celebrates the work of talented emerging artists across the disciplines of drawing, painting, sculpture, applied arts, photography and moving image. A major initiative of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. www.jerwoodvisualarts.org
Jerwood Encounters are one-off curated exhibitions, which provide artists and artist curators with new exhibition opportunities and the chance to explore the issues and territories in the borderlands between the main disciplinary fields of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme. Previous exhibitions in the Encounters series have included Space to Draw (17 January � 10 February 2008), Invisible Cities (22 January � 22 February 2009), Passing thoughts and making plans (4 November � 13 December 2009), Inscription: drawing, making, thinking (13 January � 21 February 2010), For the sake of the image (3 March � 1 April 2010) and This must be the place (17 November � 12 December).
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation is dedicated to imaginative and responsible revenue funding of the arts, supporting emerging artists to develop and grow at important stages in their careers. The aim of their funding is to allow artists and arts organisations to thrive; to continue to develop their skills, imagination and creativity with integrity. They work with artists across art forms, from dance and theatre to literature, music and the visual arts. For more information visit www.jerwoodcharitablefoundation.org
Edwina Ashton b. 1965 in London, studied at Goldsmiths College University of London (1993 � 1996) lives and works in London. Recent solo exhibitions and screenings include: Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, Tate Britain, London; No more furniture, WORKS|PROJECTS, Bristol; Mr Panz at Lake Leman (notes on mammals and habitats), Animation commission for Animation Projects (2010). Selected Group Exhibitions include: Rude Britania, Tate Britain, London; Re- Animate, Oriel Davies, Wales 2010, Shudder, Animate Projects/The Drawing Room, London; 2009 Animal Prospects, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin; Rotate, Contemporary Art Society, London and DRAWING TALES, CITRIC, Brescia, Italy (2010). Forthcoming Exhibitions / Screenings / Performances include: E.U Representation, London; Phoenix Gallery, Exeter, UK; Soup and Tarts, Barbican, London. Edwina Ashton is represented by Works | Projects, Bristol, UK.
Jack Strange b. 1984 in Brighton, studied The Slade School of Fine Art, London, BA Fine Art (2003-2007), lives and works in London. Recent solo exhibitions include: The Same as Usual, Limoncelllo, London (2010); Emily, Callum, John, Grace, Elizabeth, Paul, Frieze Art fair, London; Not Really, Maribel Lopez Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2009). Recent group exhibition include: Jimmy, Mol�s Place, London; Session_7_Words, Four Boxes Gallery, Krabbesholm, Denmark; Everynight, I Go To Sleep, Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London; Josephine Flynn and Jack Strange A Limoncello Punctuation Programme, N�on, Lyon, France; Forthcoming solo exhibitions include: Arthouse, Austin, USA (2011). Jack Strange is represented by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA and Limoncello Gallery, London, UK.
Bedwyr Williams born 1974, studied at Central Saint Martins College, London, lives and works in North Wales. Recent solo exhibitions include: The Jinx, 1857, Oslo, Norway (2010) Nimrod, Ceri hand Gallery, Liverpool; One day sculpture, Wellington, New Zealand; Methodist to my Madness, Annet Gelink, Amsterdam (2009). Recent group exhibitions and performances include: The Last Days of the Empire, G39, Cardiff; Open Weekend, Wysing Art Centre, Wysing, UK; We Have the Mirrors, We Have the Plans, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales, UK; The Eccentric, The Idiosyncratic and The Unpredictable, Schirman & de Beauc�, Paris; Gallery, Galerie, Galleria, Norma Mangione Gallery, Turin, Italy and DROMOS, Generator Projects, Dundee, UK (2010).Forthcoming exhibitions include: Nimrod, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales; (Title tbc), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK. Bedwyr Williams is represented by Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK.
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