Woo hoo!! Yes, finally the artwork is hung, the balloons are up, AMMO Magazine has arrived and the gallery is jam-packed with beautiful things to look at – and of course play with!! Show starts at 6pm – each of our participating artists will be wearing a bright pink laynards with their name tags on – so be sure to say hi to them! We’re nipping off for a well deserved shower and get ourselves looking pretty – see you all later!
It’s all go at the gallery today as our ‘Play’ artists begin to set up their work for our eagerly anticipated London exhibition!
We’ve had Mc Besscreating a very special wall installation, Mister Millerchip hanging a beautiful set of sequential drawings entitled ‘Kiss Chase’, Colourbox hanging his interactive game piece, and lots of colourful, intriguing and exciting prints, plush toys and digital works coming through the doors! Here’s a little peek to whet your appetite….
Inkygoodness 4 ‘Play’ opens on Thursday 2nd September at 6pm – late, at the East Gallery, 214 Brick Lane. Open Daily, Tue – Fri 1pm – 7pm, Sat & Sun 11am – 6pm. More information please visit our exhibition page here.
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Tom Jackson is one talented fellow! With clients that include Tado, Paper Sounds and Club Pony, Tom Jackson is steadily establishing himself as a photographer with creative vision. We first encountered Tom’s brilliant work at Berlin’s infamous Pictoplasma Character Design festival back in 2009, as part of a collaboration with illustration duo Tado for their exhibition – The Private Panda Club.
Private Panda Club, Tado @ Pictoplasma 2009 by Tom Jackson
We love Tom’s creativity, and we’re delighted that Tom will be joining us as our official photographer to document our debut London exhibition Inkygoodness 4 ‘Play’ at the East Gallery on Brick Lane this Thursday 2nd September!
We hope you can join us on this very special evening. You can check out Tom Jackson’s full portfolio here. See you on Thursday!
Jason Devine’s playful style of work makes him a perfect fit for our forthcoming exhibition ‘Play’! Monsters, nature, and microscopic shapes dance throughout his illustrations, bursting with colour and and hand drawn typography.
Slow Space by Jason Devine
T-Shirt design for Glastonbury 2010 by Jason Devine
Based in London, Jason has worked with an ever-growing client list which includes The Big Chill, Top Man and Paste Online, in addition to independant magazines such as New Sugar and Don’t Panic. Creating anything from posters to laptop skins, clothing designs and hand drawn type faces, Jason’s portfolio is exciting and fun. We especially like the his stunning laptop skin for Paste Online below:
Laptop Skin for Paste Online by Jason Devine
Dj Cooks promo by Jason Devine
Jason’s clothing label Plastic Square is currently available to purchase online, with a full launch coming soon! Stay updated here: www.jasondevine.net. Pop along on Thursday 2nd September and enjoy the opportunity to meet Jason and our other Play artists at our special opening night at East Gallery – find out more here.
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In just 6 short days, Inkygoodness will open their doors and invite you in to come and play at their hotly anticipated debut London exhibition! Here’s just a sneak peek of what’s in store..
Fortune Star by Good Wives & Warriors
Cradle by Steven Silverwood
Play With My Mind by Dave Bain
The Polar Bear Band by Karin Söderquist
Inkygoodness 4 ‘Play’ opens at the East Gallery, 214 Brick Lane on Thursday 2nd September. The show is open daily until Sunday 12th September. Full details & opening times can be found on our event page here: http://www.inkygoodness.com/exhibitions.
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Mark Wilkinson is an artist and illustrator working predominantly with paper collages and marker pen. A gradaute from Birmingham University, Mark has exhibited his work throughout the U.K.
Collage by Mark Wilkinson
Mark is currently on residency in Serbia at a painter’s colony, busy creating a new body of work for our forthcoming ‘Play’ exhibition. Pop along next Thursday 2nd September to the EAST Gallery to see more of his weird and wonderful drawings! For now you can check out more of Mark’s work here.
Collage by Mark Wilkinson
Inkygoodness are delighted to welcome artist and illustrator Sarah Dennis to the Play line-up! Sarah has recently moved to London to pursue her fame and fortune, following a successful solo show at the HERE Gallery in Bristol earlier this year.
Fox Girl by Sarah Dennis
Inspired by nature, old books , friends and fancy dress, her artwork is created from line drawings and is collaged together with an assortment of textures and contemporary techniques.
Sailing by Sarah Dennis
Sarah Dennis replaces illustrator Jonathan Thomas, who had to pull out earlier this week. We wish you all the best Jonathan, and hope you can join us for another exhibition in the future!
Colourbox aka Joe Rogers, graduated from Birmingham Institute of Art & Design in 2005 with a first class honors in Visual Communication (majoring in Illustration). Joe relabelled himself Colourbox soon after and now boasts an enviable portfolio, producing work across editorial design, advertising and music clientele to name a few.
Colourbox combines digital techniques with the traditional, mixing ink, paint, crayons and collage to produce his unique illustrations. Colourbox will be exhibiting new work at our forthcoming Play exhibition – opening at the EAST Gallery in London next week.
We hope to see you there!
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The Decked Project returns to London this month for a new exhibition of customised skate decks! Showcasing a diverse selection of artworks by 60 international artists and illustrators, the Decked show opened to a buzzing crowd at the Coningsby Gallery in London’s West End on Wednesday evening.
Setting up Decked at the Coningsby Gallery
Cami Dobrin & Seb Burnett for Decked
A broad range of styles including character art, sculpture, found objects, grafitti, hand-painted and drawing feature, including new work by Cami Dobrin, Dave Bain, Lisa Hassell, Vicky Newman, Seb Burnett, Simon David Mills, SNUB and Mark Frudd.
Simon David Mills for Decked
Lisa Hassell for Decked
E.J Miles for Decked
The Coningsby Gallery is home to illustration agency Debut Art, and previous exhibitors include Inkthis, Rod Hunt, Linzie Hunter and McFaul. ‘Decked‘ is open daily till 28th August.
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Tom’s culinary-themed ‘Hollow Legs’ exhibition was first shows in Sheffield, and recently came to the LCB store in London. The show featured all the original work (including a highly respected series of decorative plates) alongside new artworks on skateboards and painted directly in-store, and the first in a continuing series of exclusive guest artist signature LCB t-shirts.
Macaroni Cheese by Tom J.Newell
Quesadilla & Chips by Tom J. Newell
Tom J.Newell is a comic-book artist and illustrator who has produced intricately hand-drawn artworks for John Richmond, Dazed & Confused, and Moshi Moshi. He will be exhibiting with Inkygoodness at our new PLAY exhibition, opening at the EAST Gallery on Brick Lane in 2 weeks!
