Collision - a group show exploring collage and assemblage

Current exhibition, Collision, is a group show exploring collage and mixed media based work. 22 artists were chosen from an open call for submissions and three artists Ellie Geary, Matt Gee and Angel Fernandez Sanchez de la Morena were invited to exhibit. The show aims to complement Tate Britain's Kurt Schwitter's exhibition, 'Schwitters in Britain', and support mixed media artists working in the 21st century. 

Exhibiting artists: Duncan McAfee, Ellie Geary, Angel Fernandez Sanchez de la Morena, Matt Gee, Cheryl Simmons, Christina Kerns, Christopher Eyles, Emanuela Santini, George Myers, JFM Masson, Ian Kirkpatrick, JV Aranda, Kadie Schmidt-Hackenberg, Kate Keara Pelen, Kraggy, Mo Awwad, Maria Christoforatou, Raksha Patel, Sarah Choo, Andrew Thomas, Janet Curley Cannon, Nicholas James Lockyer, Jon Pilkington, Henny Burnett and Will Nixon.

Collage allows us to investigate boundaries through varying mediums and ideas, exploring and combining new and existing formulas with ones not yet forgotten. The assemblage of recycled, found objects and varying materials fuse together to form outcomes that are forever interrupting our landscape, provoking ambiguity and diverting our way of seeing.

                                     The Mountaineer, JV Aranda

                                                               Duke, Nicholas James Lockyer

                                                               Berry Invasion, Ellie Geary

The shows runs until Monday 4th February. 
There is a price list and full artist work and biographies available to download on our website. 

Upcoming Shows for 2013

We have a jam packed and exciting programme for 2013 with several solo and group shows and an exhibition of selected artists from an open submission. 

To start the new year we present Jordan Rodgers, currently shortlisted for The Aesthetica Art Prize 2013. New Babylon is a series of work presenting cross-disciplinary drawing involving architectural visualisation as part of research, images and thoughts in re-shaping the sense of a designed city.
From 9th - 18th January

'Collision' is an exhibition exploring the work of mixed media artists working in the 21st century. Through an open call for entries, 24 artists all working with collage and mixed media have been selected to take part in this two week exhibition. The selected artists draw themes upon the environment, landscape, culture, fiction, identity, history, space and much more.
From 23rd January - 4th February

We are delighted to be exhibiting a collection of works by Wayne Chisnall. This solo show will explore the reworking and assemblage of found objects, memory, organic forms, containment, possession and the functional aesthetics of nature, taking the viewer on a striking journey into the workings of the artists mind adding a pinch of magic and humour along the way.
From Thursday 7th February - 4th March




More dates for the diary...

7th March - 8th April: Sam Bassett

11th - 29th April: Geoff Diego Litherland

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you require more information about upcoming shows. Contact Rachael / rachael@nancyvictor.com

Group Show ~ It's a wonderful life

Our current exhibition It's a wonderful life opened last week displaying a dynamic selection of artworks. The work is by artists that have shown with us during 2012 and who will be exhibiting with us in 2013. 

The Tower (2012) Lesley Hilling

Battersea Power Station, Whitechapel Gallery by Chisel and Mouse

The Boxer (Larry Gains) 2012, Lesley Hilling

Despairiscope (2012) Wayne Chisnall

Wire Vessels (2012) Jackie Palmer

Flying Fox (2012) Tony Lee, My African Shell (2012) Louis Masai

Mary Dalton, Suzanne Jamieson, Lesley Hilling

Show continues until this Friday 21st December. 

It's a wonderful life

It's a wonderful life opens next Wednesday 12th December. We are excited to be exhibiting the following artists:
Tony Lee creates visually arresting images influenced by the artwork of tribal and ancient cultures. Each print is hand drawn; a controlled doodle, then produced by the process of screen-printing to add colour and background. 

Chris Agnew explores the construction and deconstruction of belief systems, through complex drawings and a self-developed technique of etching into icon panels with intricate painted details.

Jackie Palmer creates sculpture in wire, ceramics and mixed media. These intricate and detailed vessels are first influenced by drawings, when made from tightly constructed wire they take on a form of their own.

Lesley Hilling uses recycled wood to create something new from objects that once had a different life. These constructions, varying in size become artefacts of memory, preserving recollections and forgotten treasures.

Joanna Mires produces slip cast ceramic installations exploring ownership, nostalgia and collection. These limited edition penguins are handmade, each with a different painted transfer.  

Through thought provoking design, Sam Shendi captures every day displays of human nature and emotions through sculpture, making us reflect upon our actions. 

Suzanne Jamieson’s porcelain boxes follow a fascination with the process of the evolution of form. Each box is unique in that it takes upon a form of its own by not being able to control the colour and shape.  

Chisel & Mouse use their enthusiasm and admiration for architecture to create architectural models of beautiful buildings. Each model is individually crafted and handmade.

Charlotte Dredge collects and gathers objects of second hand memories including letters and postcards to create delicate ceramics with a sense of sentimentality.

Cliona O’Neill likes to doodle and illustrate song lyrics that float her boat and are constantly swimming in her head. She also likes screen-printing and the happy accidents it produces.

Mary Dalton explores the supply and demand bound by society and the basic activities of producing home grown products through printmaking and drawing.  

Louis Masai explores the concept of human as animal through the painting of anthropomorphised creatures – adorning them with sentiment, attributes and paraphernalia of the modern world.

David Shillinglaw says that “Life is a struggle. For everyone. From the smallest insect to the greatest beast, we are determined by the success we seek, and how, in turn we measure that success. Each of us experiencing ups and downs. Peaks and troughs. Like a game of snakes and ladders.”

Wayne Chisnall is a sculptor, painter, printer and illustrator. His complex drawings are transformed into supernatural, compelling constructions made from recycled wood and ephemera. 

NV curates a group show for december

'It's a wonderful life' is a showcase of dynamic and curious works that explore architecture, nostalgia, preservation and myth using recycled wood, print, paint, ceramics, wire and steel. The works transform the space to create a magical atmosphere within the depths of winter; the outcomes from each artist truly affirming 'it's a wonderful life'. 

Contributing artists include: Chris Agnew, Wayne Chisnall, Mary Dalton, Charlotte Dredge, Lesley Hilling, Suzanne Jamieson, Tony Lee, Louis Masai, Joanna Mires, Chisel & Mouse, Cliona O'Neill, Jackie Palmer, Sam Shendi and David Shillinglaw. 

Join us on Wednesday 12th December for a glass of prosecco and a mince pie from 6 - 8pm. 

Show runs until 3rd January 2013. 

*Please note that we will be closed for the holidays from 24th December - 2nd January. 

The Pencil Case Thieves are operating in this area!

Louis Masai has transformed the Nancy Victor gallery into an Afrocentric jungle of paintings, drawings,  prints and sculpture. There are over 80 pieces of new work, all adorning an African fabric pattern within each subject. 

There are 40 resin cast taxidermy hand painted 'Pencil case thieves'. Each piece represents a country in Africa and is decorated with a different fabric pattern. 

Installation impression of the artists studio, full of pens, maps of Africa, sketches and collected Ethiopian beetles!

The show is on until Friday 7th December. 

AfroFabRicatiOn opens Friday 16th Nov

Louis Masai's 'AfroFabRicatiOn' opens next Friday 16th November from 10am. 

Louis is presenting a collection of new works which explore ways to merge animal and fabric. Focusing on African fabric patterns, the works take form from the mediums of paint, ink, sculpture, prints, and wood/leather cuts.

Louis believes the greatest distinction between man and animal is our lack of colour, and pattern. The animal kingdom is full of incredible colours and elaborate patterns. Mankind has adorned themselves in garments that mimic this attribute. AfroFabRicatiOn explores giving the animal, the fabric patterns. In doing so the viewer questions why the animal has been adorned with this human textile and in turn remembers that we don’t process this flamboyant look without first creating it.

Private View: Thursday 15^th November - RSVP is essential, contact: ruthpenfold@me.com

Show: Friday 16^th November – Friday 7^th December

Late Opening: Thursday 29^th November 6 – 9pm