Cultivate's Greatest Hits

First Thursday, September 2012, marks one year of CULTIVATE in Vyner Street. 

I am very pleased to have a painting selected from all the paintings shown at Cultivate during the last year to be shown in 'Cultivate's Greatest Hits Vol 1: A OneYear Retrospective Celebration'.

During this first year of Cultivate I participated in all the colour-themed shows: Red, Something Blue, Black, It Is Green, Fool's Gold and DEEP PURPLE, as well as some of the benefits shows. The 100x100cm acrylic painting I showed in Fool's Gold is the selected painting. 

Aug 13th to Sep. 16th 2012

Facebook event information here.

Blackhorse Lane Open Studios and Silent Auction

September 8th & 9th 12:00-6:00pm
Private View Sept 7th 6:00-9:00pm

28 artists at Blackhorse Lane Studios will be opening their studios to the public on the second weekend of the awesome E17 Art Trail.

Participating artists:
Franki Austin, Francesco de Manincor, Jonet Harley-Peters, Charlotte Hodes, William Stok, Valerie Large, Tam Joseph, Elizabeth de Monchaux, Jonathan O’Dea, Michelle Reader, Neil Irons, Lisa Peachey, Katrin Mäurich, Jhinuk Sarkar, Julie Caves, Sandie M Sutton, Pauline Evans, Emma Talbot, Duncan Evans, Daniela Rizzi, Charlotte Gerrard, Gisli Bergmann, Helen Maurer, Matilda Bevan, Jean-Pierre Mas, David Smith, Amanda Whittle

The artists working at BHL have a long history of collective achievement in education, exhibitions and prestigious art prizes. This is a rare opportunity to see their work in progress and speak to them about their motivation, ambition and meaning behind their work.

The Silent Auction is a chance to buy an original work of art at pre-market prices. Visitors can test their bidding skills and a lucky hand could take home an original work of art at pre-market prices. You can bid online from 2nd September 2012, or bid at the event. The Silent Auction closes September 14th at 2pm. Sealed bids can be placed at a minimum of £125, and the highest bid wins.
http://www.barbicanartsgrouptrust.co.uk/blackhorse-lane-studios.html

Children are welcome at the BHL Open Studios. There will be a kid’s arts quiz to help children explore the studios – with great prizes provided by Jackson’s Art Supplies and a drawing wall so the next generation of talent can show off their skills!

Facebook event page.

Harmony closing party Sat. July 21st

Harmony exhibition
A Summer Show to Lift the Spirits at Espacio Gallery.
July 4-24th 2012 
Closing Party: Saturday 21 July 6-9pm

See this earlier post about the exhibition.

Images of my work from the show:

Wandering Rocks exhibition

Wandering Rocks follow-on exhibition

Six artists from As Time Goes By, the exhibition I have co-curated, have been selected by Stephen Snoddy, Director of the New Art Gallery in Walsall, for his exhibition Wandering Rocks at Stone Space Gallery. The exhibition will take place 26th July-19th August. The exhibition will feature selected works from the over 70 artists participating in the Leytonstone Arts Trail.

"It was a pleasure to go on the Leytonstone Art Trail and see so much art activity across all disciplines and to see the community embrace the visual arts. This can only go from strength to strength and I look forward to seeing 'Wandering Rocks' at the Stone Space Gallery.
‘Wandering Rocks’ is episode ten of James Joyce’s classic Ulysses. It consists of nineteen short views of characters, major and minor, as they make their way around Dublin in the afternoon. Within each subsection, short, disjunctive paragraphs pop up that depict a simultaneous action in some other part of the city. My concept is that Leytonstone becomes Dublin for the day and that 19 artists are chosen to reflect the day."- Stephen Snoddy

Selected artists: Paul Morris, Robert Jackson, Paul Tucker, Andrew Super, Gillian Drinkwater, Julia Spicer.

The As Time Goes By exhibition continues until July 21st.
Here is an earlier post about the show.

The Stone Space Gallery, 6 Church Lane Leytonstone E11 1HG.

Stephen Snoddy signified his selection of the works by applying a blue dot. This is the piece he chose by Paul Morris.

Happy Fourth of July

Hot July
Julie Caves
150x240cm
Acrylic on Canvas
2012

Abbey Arts Centre Summer Exhibition

Abbey Arts Centre Summer Exhibition
89 Park Road, New Barnet, London EN4 9QX
 June 30 & July 1 2012

I will be exhibiting some paintings in the studio of Verene Lack at the Abbey Arts Centre Summer show.

I am an alumnus of the studios there and have been invited back for a lovely weekend :-)

Harmony exhibition

Harmony 
A Summer Show to Lift the Spirits
July 4-24th 2012 
Closing Party: Saturday 21 July 6-9pm
For three weeks Espacio Gallery offers you the chance to recharge your soul and harmonise your mind.

Come and see an exciting selection of work from some of our finest creative talents. Laura Bello, Judith Bieleto, Julie Caves, Julie Eccles, Catherine Field, Nick Hazzard, Jill Meager, Nick Peart, Renee Rilexie, Justyna Szpygiel, Matt Taylor, Julia Tester, Ernesto Torres, Joao Trindade, Tina Viljoen, Liz Whiteman Smith

Espacio Gallery is located on Bethnal Green Road near Brick Lane in East London.

 

Deep Purple exhibition at Cultivate Vyner Street

'DEEP PURPLE'
July 5-17 2012 EXTENDED to 6pm on Sunday July 22nd

Following on from the previous colour-themed shows: Red, Something Blue, Black, It Is Green, Fool's Gold... DEEP PURPLE

Opening night: Thursday 5th July, 18:00 - 21:00
Then from: Friday 6th July - Wednesday 17th July

CULTIVATE is open from 11.30 - 18.00, Thursday to Sunday (and outside of these days by appointment)

DEEP PURPLE will be a two week show, an art event, an exhibition. The show will open on First Thursday and all that that late night opening involves in Vyner Street.

I have been working on a series of paintings that use a lot of violet/purple in order to choose one for this exhibition.

Paintings at Transformations

Julie Caves' two paintings and bicycle pump book sculpture by Roan Allen in Transformations at Espacio Gallery. June 2012

As Time Goes By exhibition

As Time Goes By
An exhibition of 16 artists exploring the passage of time
July 12-21 part of Leytonstone Arts Trail

Artists: Kerrie Ahern, Julian Beere, Julie Caves, Gillian Drinkwater, Diana Furlong, Kate Hardy, Robert Jackson, Timothy Kraemer, Veronica Lindsay-Addy, Shaffique Manson-Visram, Paul Morris, Nicolette Murin, Devyani Parmar, Julia Spicer, Andrew Super, Paul Tucker

 Photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, video, mixed-media, installation, and ceramics.

Curated by: 

Julian Beere, Julie Caves, Nicolette Murin and Helen Porter.

'They Do Things Differently Here' images

They Do Things Differently Here
paintings by Julie Caves
Artworks Project Space
114 Blackhorse Lane
London E17 6AA
May 25-27 2012

Transformations at Espacio Gallery

If you missed my short exhibition at Artworks Project Space - you can see two of the paintings from that show in a 2-week long exhibition at Espacio Gallery on Bethnal Green Road.

Deep Purple at Cultivate

The next in the series of 'colour-themed' exhibitions at Cultivate Vyner Street Gallery is 'Deep Purple'.

I have begun painting for the show and am enjoying experimenting with violets!

'DEEP PURPLE'
Opening night: Thursday 5th July, 18:00 - 21:00
Then from: Friday 6th July - Wednesday 17th July 2012 CULTIVATE is open from 11.30 - 18.00, Thursday to Sunday (and outside of these days by appointment)

DEEP PURPLE will be a two week show, an art event, an exhibition. Opening on Thursday evening July 5th and running through until July 17th. The show will open on First Thursday and all that that late night opening involves in Vyner Street...

This time we intend turning Cultivate made shades of (deep) purple Red, Something Blue, Black, it Is Green, Fool's Gold... DEEP PURPLE

We invite viewers to come dressed in purple, to enter out building through the purple door, we invite artists to come join in, purple...

Images from '100 Metres, 100 Artists'

Images from '100 Metres, 100 Artists' at Espacio Gallery May 2012

The Visitors exhibition

The Visitors travelling sculpture exhibition

The visitors are a group of sculptures that escaped from their makers’ studios from many places in the world to go and travel art trails and open studios together. Julie Caves has a sculpture - 'Fascinated Tourist' - travelling to the Escola de Música in Cambrils, Spain from 18 May to 15 June 2012.

They Do Things Differently Here

They Do Things Differently Here
paintings
Julie Caves
Artworks Project Space
114 Blackhorse Lane
London
E17 6AA

May 26, 27 2012 12-6 pm
private view May 25 7-9 pm

Beyond the Bookshelves exhibition

Beyond the Bookshelves
Julie Caves, Phil Jones and Tansy Spinks
Curated by Kate Ross
Private View 23rd May 2012 5-7pm
Exhibition 24th May – 6th June 2012

 

Old College Library
Chelsea College of Art and Design
16 John Islip Street London SW1P 4JU

RSVP k.ross@chelsea.arts.ac.uk
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Inaugural show 100 metres, 100 artists

I will be in a short exhibition of 100 artists
at Espacio Gallery
19-22 May 2012

Six By Four auction event

I sent two small paintings to the Bristol UWE MA Fine Art Fundraising Exhibition

“SIX BY FOUR”
Secret Postcard Sale

And it looks like I was in good company!

Bird Box Avenue

I have a box in the amazing project Bird Box Avenue from Artillery in North London.