SOMEWHERE BETWEEN REALITY AND OBSCURITY group exhibition 2020
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN REALITY AND OBSCURITY group exhibition 2020
The Viewing Room is UK New Artists’ virtual gallery space. The inaugural exhibition, titled Somewhere Between Reality and Obscurity, presented new work by twelve of the UK’s most exciting emerging visual artists. The exhibition displayed a breadth of work for you to enjoy and this was a great opportunity to see, and purchase stunning contemporary art for your home or office. The exhibiting artists were:
Jarvis Brookfield | Hannah Campion | Lisa Denyer | Parham Ghalamdar | Juliet E P Gibbs | Sarah Gilman | Timothy Hon Hung Lee | Ellen Ranson | Irina Razumovskaya | Joanna Whittle | Jodie Wingham | Rafal Zajko
Somewhere Between Reality and Obscurity was curated by Garth Gratrix. Gratrix is an artist, curator, and founding director of Abingdon Studios Ltd, Blackpool, with an international portfolio of solo, group, and collaborative exhibitions and interventions. He is one of five artists selected in 2020 for the inaugural PIVOT Award in partnership with The Bluecoat and Castlefield Gallery. Gratrix is the Associate Curator for UKNA overseeing a number of successful exhibitions including The Beginning, National Assembly, Seoul, South Korea (2018), GRAFT - a show of uk young artists, Harris Museum & Art Gallery (2019), and the Robert Walters UK Young Artist of the Year Award 2019 in partnership with Saatchi Gallery, London.
The Viewing Room gallery was designed and built by Ronan Somerville. Ronan is a multidisciplinary designer and Alumni of UKNA, currently studying Design at Goldsmiths, University of London. His work blends the digital and the analogue, with a strong focus on digital surrealism and interaction design. Recent projects of his have explored artificial intelligence, 3D animation, creative coding, audio-reactive installation, and more.
Alongside The Viewing Room, we took the opportunity to celebrate the finalists of the Robert Walters Group UK Young Artist of the Year Award 2019. Morgan Dowdall, Camilla Hanney, Will Harman, Malgorzata Lisiecka, Manon Ouimet, and Conor Rogers have all gone onto acclaim nationally and internationally, and we gave you a unique opportunity to see, purchase and enjoy their work again.
Parham Ghalamdar
Low budget Western Spaghetti with extra cheese,
2020
Oil on canvas
42 x 29 cm
Parham Ghalamdar
Practical instruction for safeguarding and survival
2019
Oil on canvas
30 x 35 cm
Parham Ghalamdar
Still life and neon disco tablecloth,
2020
Oil on canvas
80 x 59 cm
Parham Ghalamdar
Epic statue of a gay horse,
2020
Oil on canvas
80 x 59 cm
Parham Ghalamdar
Tree, road, desert and backdrop,
2019
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 cm
Parham Ghalamdar
Staging a specific moment of spring,
2020
Oil on canvas
50 x 30 cm
Parham Ghalamdar
He was dead already, he just couldn’t accept it yet
2019
Oil on canvas
50 x 50 cm
Parham Ghalamdar
The fist from every Communist poster
2019
Oil on canvas
50 x 30 cm
