Fiona Hepburn

RE Open

17 August - 2 September 2012

I amm pleased to have a piece of work selected for the brand new printmaking exhibitition: The RE Open, hosted by The Royal Society of Painter- Printmakers and held at the Bankside Gallery in London. My work ‘Torch Coral’ ( a screen print with electroluminescence panel) will be part of a showcase for printmaking, and will also provide a fascinating forum for consideration of current trends and new directions in this ever evolving and extraordinarily creative art form.

                 
Open daily 11am - 6pm  Free Admission

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Bankside Gallery
48 Hopton Street (next to Tate Modern)
London SE1 9JH

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‘Growth 1’ is a screen print with cut paper, with electroluminescence light panel. 

In 2012 the Young Masters Art Prize was launched as a not-for-profit initiative. The fundraising exhibition and auction is to raise funds for the Young Masters Art Prize 2012. The highlight of this event will be a reception sponsored by Baydonhill FX from 6:30 – 9:30pm. Godfrey Barker, Chair of this year’s judging panel, will be introducing the evening, alongside the Young Masters Art Prize Founder, Cynthia Corbett.  The Live Auction on 21 June from 8pm will be hosted by Kate McKenzie, of Christie’s South Kensington, with Rupert Cavendish Antiques, 610 King’s Road, London SW6 2DX.

There will also be a silent auction, bidding for which will commence at 10am on Wednesday 13th June either online or by telephone on 07949 833828. Bids can be taken during the evening of 21 June and will close at 9.15pm.

Slick Brussels opens this week, and my work can be found with the Cynthia Corbett stand: Booth 4, Wild Galleries, 11 Rue de Charroi, 1190 Brussels, Belgium.

Today, I went to see this large-scale outdoor installation in the grounds of Somerset House in London. Chilean artist Fernando Casasempre created 10,000 ceramic blooms from chilean clay. With a strong interest in ecology and the environment, the blooms recreate the joy we feel at the site of blossoming flowers, that signal the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Out of  Sync is only there until the 27th of April, it is worth visit!

For three days only all postcards from postcard wall are on show at the Mall Galleries, London. Open 10am-5pm 3-5 April, come to see the 300 postcards that have built postcardwall so far. All postcards are accompanied by their text, making collectively over 70,000 words. Entrance is free and all are welcome. And for a sneaky peak…

Sea Fan can be found at number two hundred and forty nine.

Here are some images of my new cut paper works, that will become a new series of light boxes, being shown in Brussels. These works will be lit from behind using an electroluminescent panel, and will be an edition of 12.

Here is a link to a small video featuring an interview with Cynthia Corbett and other gallerists showing ‘art that plugs in’. The video features my LED light box ‘Sea Fan’ at Art Hamptons in America. To watch the video Plugged in, click here.

I am delighted to be part of this exhibition at ‘Mall Galleries’, in London. My work is represented in postcard form, along side with the beautiful description, written by Sophie Hill.

“postcardwall began as a blog about art, inspired by postcards. To celebrate 300 postcards ‘on the wall’ Mall Galleries exhibits the catalogue of both images and words.

Taken from contemporary exhibitions as well as historical collections, each postcard is written about to remember both fleeting and permanent displays. With postcard 1 to 300 spanning history, from BC to 2011, postcardwall aims to demonstrate the wealth of accesible art. “

The exhibition runs from the 3rd to the 5th of April at ‘Mall galleries’, The Mall, London SW1. My postcard is number 249!

Today I have spent a very rainy day in London, at Intaglio Printmakers little studio in Borough. I have been creating the foundations for a new paper construction. ‘Slick’ Brussels opens on the 19th of April.

The  Wellbeing Commission for the UCLH Macmillan Cancer Centre was installed this week in the Centre on Huntley Street and is now part of the UCLH Arts Collection.  My work joins an exciting collection of new works that have been donated and commissioned by artists including Grayson Perry, Peter Blake, Anthony Gormley and Stuart Haygarth for this exciting new building and excellent cause.  The building will open officially on the 2nd April 2012. Thank you to Adam Bridgland and Guy Noble for inviting me to be part of this brilliant project. I hope my work will bring some joy to patients.

‘Sea Feather’ Screen print and relief (8 layers)

‘Growth 1’ (detail) Screenprint and cut paper.

‘Small Print’ exhibition at Aspex Gallery has been extended until the 18th of September. ‘Small Print’ is an exhibition featuring work by Ceal Warnants, Sarah Bridgland, Adam Bridgland, Andrew Curtis, Lucy Gough, Edd Pearman, Erica Donovan, Fiona Hepburn, S. Mark Gubb, Peter Lloyd & Tony Moon.

I have had a few months off this summer, to get ready for my beautiful wedding to Tom Leighton. Today we visited Epping Forest, to ease me back in to making my work. I am delighted to be part of ‘The sketchbook project’ an exhibition of sketch books that will tour the world, visiting countries such as Canada, America, Australia and the UK and will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be catalogued and available for the public to view. The theme for my sketchbook is ‘through the trees’, so I am looking forward to cutting, sticking and drawing again after a busy few months of making wedding decorations!

John and Sue Hemingway had 28 children round to see the exhibition before it came down yesterday. Hopefully we have inspired some young artists!