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Ian Hodgson
Occupied Territories

5 APRIL 2013 — 23 APRIL 2013

Ian Hodgson is known for his skills with graphite on paper. For his show at ink_d Ian has produced a set of new work based on boundaries and territories. Stunning large framed originals, smaller works on board and the release of his first ever limited edition print which he debuts exclusively with ink_d for the show. Engaged with issues of identity, the work for this show explores the territories, both interior and exterior, that he inhabits. His sense of self and the physical spaces he moves through, frame and define each other, and it is this relationship that he seeks to represent. Ians skill in his figurative work is set off by both landscape as well as architectural images. Ian has recently become poster boy for Derwent pencils who asked him to test their new graphite blocks. His work can now be seen on their tins and packaging for the graphite blocks!

Group Show
New Faces

8 MARCH 2013 — 30 MARCH 2013

We have an exciting group show with a set of great new work for you from several new faces to the gallery. Work from newbies Petro, Cosmo Sarson, Grande Dame, Mike Ballard, Cept, thedoomedworks and Sam Hewitt plus others. This is gonna be a killer kickass of a show.

Group Show
ink_d Group Show On Now

21 JANUARY 2013 — 24 FEBRUARY 2013

We have an exciting post-London Art Fair ink_d Group show for you now and some fantastic new work in the gallery. Stunning new work from Carrie Reichardt, Lidia De Pedro, Carne Griffiths, Garry Smith, Miss Bugs, Paul Scott, Ian Hodgson, Jake Wood-Evans, James Cauty and Stanley Donwood ready freshly hung in the gallery for you.

London Art Fair January 2013
Stand G12

16 JANUARY 2013 — 20 JANUARY 2013

London Art Fair 2013 takes place at the Business Design Centre in Islington, N1 from 16-20 January. The Fair features over 100 galleries presenting the great names of 20th century Modern British art and exceptional contemporary work and ink_d will be there on stand G12. The gallery will be open as usual with a group show.

Group Show
ink_d Christmas Group Show

7 DECEMBER 2012 — 24 DECEMBER 2012

We have an exciting Christmas Group show for you and some great new work in plus a new face to the gallery. New stunning work from Ryan Callanan, Carrie Reichardt, Snub, Ben Southan, Req, Eelus, Maria Rivans, Sarah Shaw and Sam Hewitt ready in the gallery for you.

Stanley Donwood -older work
‘Occupational Hazard’

2 NOVEMBER 2012 — 2 DECEMBER 2012

Ink_d Gallery announce their long awaited and much anticipated show with Stanley Donwood from 2 November to 2 December. Following on from their hugely successful exhibition with Donwood in 2009, ink_d welcome back the enigmatic artist most famous for creating the artwork for Radiohead’s album ¬covers. The exhibition ‘Occupational Hazard’ will contain in Donwood’s words ‘mild peril’ amidst original paintings and prints. On show there will be currently available work alongside rare and sold out editions such as ‘Twisted Woods’ from Donwood’s archive. What he means by 'mild peril' is, as usual, unclear. There will be an EXCLUSIVE new series of signed giclée prints from artwork such as Love Story, Rainbow Intergalactic Raiders and Scuffed Ink. These will only be available from Ink_d for the duration of the show. The first 100 people through the door at the private view will also receive a FREE SHOW POSTER (and some lovely cider). Although Stanley Donwood is best known for his artwork for Radiohead album covers, he has also exhibited worldwide, written books (including a terrible pulp detective novel), was (briefly) the CEO of a record company and is a relatively accomplished printmaker.

Group Show
ink_d Group Show

12 OCTOBER 2012 — 25 OCTOBER 2012

We have a group show and set of great new work for you plus a new face to the gallery. Work from Jake Wood Evans, James Cauty, MissBugs, Maria Rivans, Req, Garry Smith, Snub and others will ready for you. Stunning new work from a great new face to the gallery Sarah Shaw.

Carne Griffiths
Fragments - Drawings in Tea and Ink

7 SEPTEMBER 2012 — 6 OCTOBER 2012

ink_d gallery is proud to present a solo show with Carne Griffiths Fragments – Drawings in Tea and Ink. Having first trained as an illustrator Griffiths undertook an apprenticeship as a gold wire embroidery designer which led to a 12 year career producing elaborate hand drawn embroidery designs for a range of prestigious clients and many of London's Savile Row tailors. ink_d has been showing Carne’s work since he rediscovered his passion for drawing in 2009. His unique style has attracted much attention and the artist already has many sold out prints and originals under his belt. His images explore human, geometric and floral forms, working primarily with calligraphy inks, graphite and liquids, such as tea, brandy and vodka. The work in this new show displays his unique style and skill and the gallery will be hung with many of the artists largest originals to date along side some of his smallest originals. We are excited to be launching 3 new limited edition prints Comfort, Guilt and a new triptych alongside a selection of some now sold out prints! If you have seen this artists work you will understand why we are so excited to be filling our space with his wonderful work. Carne Griffiths Fragments private view is on the 6th September from 6:30 – 8:30. The show runs from 7th September to 6th October.

Alex Binnie
The Woodcut Portraits

17 AUGUST 2012 — 30 AUGUST 2012

Ink_d welcome back one of the UK’s leading tattoo artists, Alex Binnie. This time we celebrate the launch of his new book for which he has produced an extended and equally impressive collection of new prints. For several years Alex has used screen printing as one of his main choices of expression. However, most recently he has embraced woodcut printing as a way of exploring new techniques. This has allowed him to delve into the infinite possibilities that relief printing can offer. Woodcut has a close relationship with the history of tattooing, and so it provides a natural progression for the artist into furthering his printing disquisition. We have the pleasure to showcase Alex’s latest creation for which his inspiring friends and colleagues in the tattooing industry have served as impromptu models. Alex has been able to use a vast array of examples of woodcut art to define their shape, forms, tone, and personalities. This collection of portraits is now available in a newly released limited edition book. He will be signing copies of this book at the Private View on Thursday 16 August from 6.30-8.30pm. Please RSVp to gallery@ink-d.co.uk

Peter Blake
Happy Birthday Peter Blake Show 7th July -5th August

7 JULY 2012 — 5 AUGUST 2012

Al Murphy
No Offence

15 JUNE 2012 — 28 JUNE 2012

New ink_d show with Al Murphy. We have a new set of prints for you plus some wonderful original pieces, which will have you pissing your pants.

Graham Carter
Me, Marionette

4 MAY 2012 — 3 JUNE 2012

Graham Carter brings you a world like no other. Me, Marionette is the long awaited solo show by Graham Carter. The gallery will be transformed into a unique world with original artwork as well as exquisite new prints, and there will be something for everyone including the premiere of his much awaited debut animation.

Jake Wood-Evans
Into the light

23 MARCH 2012 — 22 APRIL 2012

Jake Wood Evans new solo show in Brighton. A large selection of original work. Oil on canvas plus drawings and a selection of print.

Andy Doig
Fun Affair

10 FEBRUARY 2012 — 11 MARCH 2012

A solo show of work by our king of lighting, Andy Doig. Fairground crosses and neon stars, Raymond review bar stars, kiss me quick neon and the stunning 'Yes' and 'Silence'

Group Show
REFRESH FOR 2012

20 JANUARY 2012 — 2 FEBRUARY 2012

'Refresh for 2012'

X-MAS presents @ ink_d
Xmas Knees Up

2 DECEMBER 2011 — 24 DECEMBER 2011

Xmas show

missum
Place - Works on paper

21 OCTOBER 2011 — 20 NOVEMBER 2011

Missum is one half of the artist collective Miss Bugs. This unique artistic partnership, founded in 2007, has produced a body of work that has achieved international acclaim and developed a passionate home-grown following. In early 2011, Missum began to explore her own individual aesthetic. Departing from the kinetic, graphically led collage style that had become synonymous with the work of Miss Bugs, Missum’s focus addresses a more traditional method of printing. This new approach, which incorporates the use of watercolours, collograph and drypoint etching, has given the artist’s work a darker edge that yet imparts a more feminine, softer tone. In these pieces, the artist can be seen to be developing her mark-making, whilst also addressing new themes and preoccupations. The work resonating feelings of isolation and loss whilst the delicately dark, sombre palette draws the viewer in to an unforgiving landscape.

James Cauty
A RIOT IN A JAM JAR: SERIES 3, PHASE 2 – A Brighton Skirmish

16 SEPTEMBER 2011 — 9 OCTOBER 2011

James Cauty’s A RIOT IN A JAM JAR is an ongoing series of sculptural and graphic works that seek to exploit and commemorate real and imagined riotous events. The riots in jam jars are 1:87 scale models, all exquisitely constructed and hand painted using traditional model making techniques, and then exhibited in jam jars. For this exhibition Ink-d Gallery have specially commissioned a small series of new jam jar pieces and an exclusive range of reverse engineered collages. Also on show will be some larger pieces known as Industrial Scale Small World Re-Enactments and various editions including a new full colour book.

Group Show
Made in Brighton 2

29 JULY 2011 — 2 SEPTEMBER 2011

NOTE* Show extended for another week. Show ends 2nd September. Following on from the incredible success of the first ‘Made in Brighton’ in 2009, we are delighted to bring you ‘Made in Brighton…2’. Following on from the incredible success of the first ‘Made in Brighton’ in 2009, we are delighted to bring you ‘Made in Brighton…2’. SEE ALL THE ITEMS FROM THE SHOW HERE We have challenged our Brighton based artists with the following brief; • Up to 15 items per artist (originals or an edition) • All items £75 • No larger than 30 x 30cm in size • To interpret the subject of ‘Brighton’ as they wish Like the original show, ‘Made in Brighton 2’ is a celebration of the creativity and talent currently coming out of the city by the best of Brighton based artists. Our aim is to create a snap shot of the city's art scene in paintings, prints, drawings, collage, sculpture and ceramics. Each artist will also be submitting a piece to go into a one-off collectable box set. For those of you who missed the first ‘Made in Brighton’ we will have available one of each of the original items from the previous show. New this year, we will be holding artist led workshops to include collage, spray-painting and stencil making. These places will be affordable but places will be incredibly limited. Artists confirmed so far include; Aimee Parrott Ben Allen Dylan Floyd Graham Carter Hutch Imbue Kate McMorrine Maria Rivans Matt Smith Pinky REQ Sean Madden SNUB

Ryan Callanan (aka RYCA)
The Symbols Won't Save Us

17 JUNE 2011 — 10 JULY 2011

RYCA is back at Ink_d for a major solo show of new work this summer, but this time sees the first exhibition of his work under the name Ryan Callanan, establishing the difference between his work as his alias ‘RYCA’ and Ryan. Ryan’s background in sign manufacture and model making has helped him to develop an aesthetic that is becoming distinctly his own. The olde world traditional style of his work is core to everything he does while using a range of materials that he feels suits best each component. Ryan infuses new and old, not only in the subject matter but in the manufacturing process. The symbols selected for this show aim to connect with you; jog a memory, provoke a thought or spark a question. Shape recognition is a fundamental part of the way we communicate. Humans have developed millions of symbols for every kind of use. The associated meanings of symbols are something that varies, has changed over the centuries and is open to interpretation. When a symbol is taken out of its standard/ordinary context, it can mean something else. Does its environment play a significant part in meaning? Or what it is applied to? Or are some things to symbolic? At Ryan’s show at Ink_d titled ‘The Symbols Won’t Save Us’ you can expect to see a selection of hand-made works including; limited edition glass pieces, unique works, silkscreen prints, woodblock prints, micro canvas, key rings, scratch cards and more.

Modern Toss
MODERN CLOTH

29 APRIL 2011 — 29 MAY 2011

Due to popular demand, Modern Toss returns to Ink_d for a ground breaking exhibition of innovative 'clothworks', including a bespoke tailored Swearing Jacket, some challenging tea towel designs and a selection of very collectible new prints. ‘Modern Cloth’ opens on the day of the Royal Wedding and to mark the occasion Modern Toss will present an indispensable capsule collection of last minute commemorative Royal Shitnaks - a set of stamps, a beautiful one-off bone china mug and a professionally woven commemorative royal tea towel- so you can treasure forever the memory of the young Windsor's nuptials. Help celebrate this emotional time for Kate, Wills, The Drive-by Abuser and the nation by popping down to Ink'd gallery for what promises to be one of our best shows yet…

Carrie Reichardt aka The Baroness
MAD IN ENGLAND

11 MARCH 2011 — 10 APRIL 2011

UK renegade potter and leading anarchist Carrie Reichardt will be bringing an eccentric twist to all things British at Ink_d Gallery. As we built up towards the media mania of The Royal Wedding Reichardt has decided she just can’t take it anymore – and this show represents the Great British Empire as ‘Cruel Britannia’ through her unique anarchic vision. Subverting many of the British Establishment icons; Union Jacks, Royalty and Quaint English Tea Sets and customs, Reichardt sets out to smash the system but in rather genteel way…… As always, her work will be some of the most radical, politically charged (and really quite weird) ceramic and mosaic work you are ever likely to see in the UK.

Group Show
NEW IN & OLD OUT

21 JANUARY 2011 — 20 FEBRUARY 2011

We have for you a wonderful start to the new year. 'New in, Old out' is a mixed show of new work and a selection of work that the artists themselves are putting into our sale. The ink_d studio is doing its normal clear out of tit-bits and the gallery is putting up for sale a wild selection of prints with genuine reductions for a short time only. Along with all this we have a massive 20% discount on our framing service. We will also be doing a special 10% off for 10 days on all non sale items (20 - 31 January only). So there has never been a better time to choose something from our great selection of artists, get your own personal framing and brighten your space. We also have a new permanent gallery shop with loads of great artist made products.

Group Show
Ink_d Xmas Art Bazaar

30 NOVEMBER 2010 — 24 DECEMBER 2010

This December we are bringing you an amazing selection of art from budget beaters to the truly deluxe, there should be something for even the hardest to please. Your festive/winter solstice shopping experience will be made even easier by colour coding the work into 6 coloured price bands; ........£1-£25.....£26-£50......£51-£100 ...£101-£250...£251-£500....£501 and up Could we make it any easier?! Expect to see work from Alex Binnie, Aimee Parrott, Andy Doig, Anna Kyriacou, Ben Allen, Carrie Reichardt, Dan Baldwin, Eine, Graham Carter, Harriet Hammel, Hutch, Flood the Valley, Imbue, Jack Joiner, Jake Wood-Evans, Jim Sanders, Jimmy South, Kate McMorrine, Lester Magoogan, Mandi Jane, Maria Rivans, Matt Smith, MissBugs, Modern Toss, Daisy Gam, Pinky, REQ, RYCA, Screaming Lulu, Screenprince, Sean Madden, Snub, Swoops, Trafford Parsons, War Boutique and loads more. UPDATE - are sorry to have to announce that our December show with Matt Sewell upstairs@ink_d has been postponed (although we are hoping to have a few new bits in for the Xmas Bazaar). Open to the public from Friday, 3 December our Xmas Art Bazaar will be open every day until 5pm on Xmas Eve and then again for a special holiday opening on Thursday 30 December. Opening times: Mon - Sat 10 am – 6pm and Sunday 12-4pm

Dan Baldwin
Works on Paper

29 OCTOBER 2010 — 21 NOVEMBER 2010

For the first time in his highly successful career, Dan Baldwin has created a show entirely devoted to work on paper. The idea for the show came from a response by artist and gallery to produce a line of affordable originals and wanting to offer something attainable between limited edition prints and canvas. Whilst the work incorporates many elements and subject matter that you would expect to see from Baldwin's paintings there is a new element that Baldwin describes as free and spontaneous. Working with oils, silkscreen and 3D extras on beautiful Italian hand-made, heavyweight 640gsm paper, Baldwin describes them as 'paintings on paper'. This exciting new show will consist of 12 originals on paper presented in simple wooden box frames, some new ceramic vases and a very small and very exclusive edition of hand-made prints. Also available will be a selection of limited edition silkscreen prints and very some rare and much sought after editions.

Group Show
Breath of Life

10 SEPTEMBER 2010 — 10 OCTOBER 2010

Ink_d Gallery presents Breath of Life, a portfolio of fifteen limited edition silkscreen prints by a group of Britain's leading contemporary artists. These prints were published by CCA Galleries and are being sold in aid of the British heart Foundation's Mending Broken Hearts appeal. This unique portfolio of prints include the work of Sir Peter Blake, Storm Thorgerson, Maggie Hambling CBE, Bruce McLean, Maurice Cockrill RA, Brad Faine, Duggie Fields, Donald Hamilton-Fraser RA, Gerard Hemsworth, John Hoyland RA, Patrick Hughes, Brendan Nieland, Tom Phillips CBE RA, Barbara Rae CBE RA and Antony Micallef (yep you heard right). For our show at Ink_d we have just two prints from each artist available to be purchased individually plus two highly collectable Portfolios in a beautifully presented museum quality boxed set. All the publisher's profits from sales of the Breath of Life portfolio will be donated to the British Heart Foundation who are aiming to raise £50million to fund a programme of medical research into regenerative medicine which would enable the heart to repair itself once it has been damaged

Lidia de Pedro
Recurring Obscenity

30 JULY 2010 — 22 AUGUST 2010

Ink_d Gallery & Studio are excited to announce our much anticipated second solo show with Lidia de Pedro. The show called Recurring Obscenity includes all new work inspired by matters that in Lidia’s point of view are obscene or are related to her idea of obscenity. There will be the release of two new limited edition silkscreen prints printed by Lidia herself and twelve new originals created exclusively for her show at Ink_d. Upstairs@ink_d - MARIA RIVANS New work featuring collaged landscapes and 3D Boxed Works depicting alternate realities and fantastical otherworlds plus Maria's first ever screen print.

REQ
Spraypaint Realism

18 JUNE 2010 — 11 JULY 2010

We are pleased to announce Req's second solo show here at Ink-d Gallery. Req is an artist and musician whose roots are very much embedded in the early eighties graffiti and hip hop scene. Throughout Req’s long and varied career, the spraycan has never left his side and he has become a master of ‘painting’ with an aerosol. As an artist Req has worked alongside letterist SheOne, stage painting at Fat Boy Slim concerts, designing record sleeves for Mo Wax and painting billboards for Swifty’s Fosters Ice Street Art Jam. Musically, Req has had several record releases on Skint Records and Warp Records, produced albums for fellow painter and rapper Kid Acne and played some gigs in France with Steve Arguelles and Benoit Delbecq’s band Ambitronix. Along the way, Req noticed how spraypaint was a perfect medium for representing skin tones and his preference of the Pre-Raphalite ideals, as opposed to those of Modernism, led him to choose the female form as a reference for his work. His show at Ink_d Gallery entitled ‘Spraypaint Realism’ shows how Req has successfully married two forms of art that aren’t usually seen together – the traditional subject matter of the female nude with a medium only associated with Graffiti – the spraycan. In mixing together the two he has created something truly unique and beautiful. Alongside his ‘spray paintings’ there will be also be on show monoprints and pastel drawings. UPSTAIRS @ Ink_d - RYCA ryca is best known for his colourful and humerous pop inspired silkscreen prints but for his first show at Ink_d expect to see all original work. Watch this space for more details........... Upcoming shows; Lidia de Pedro 30 July - 22 August Maria Rivans (Upstairs gallery) 30 July - 22 August CCA Galleries 'Mend a Broken Heart' exhibition 10 Sept to 3 Oct Dan Baldwin 'Works on Paper' 22 Oct to 14 nov Xmas Group show 2 Dec to 24 Dec Matt Sewell (UPSTAIRS) 2 Dec to 24 Dec Please note we are not open at the weekend when there is no show on.

Modern Toss
Modern Toss 2010 Art Bucket

30 APRIL 2010 — 31 MAY 2010

LAST FEW DAYS OF SHOW!!!! Its your last chance to catch our show with Modern Toss. We are open over the Bank Holiday - Saturday 10am-6pm, sunday 12-4pm & Monday 11am-5pm. This year the gents from Modern Toss bring you an assorted family size bucket of art. To titillate your arty taste buds they’ll be a new range of letterpress and silkscreen prints, a new comic and selection of vintage inspired cards as well as the more groundbreaking stuff; hand-crotched dirty magazine covers, two eggs in a cage fighting over a pin and a talking bird that’s moaning about sitting on a twig. If that doesn’t do it for you there’s a Periodic Table of Swearing, Talking Punctuation and Alan has done some oil paintings documenting a recent holiday experience in Tuscany. Satisfy your appetite with a full scale gutbuster blow out at the ‘Modern Toss 2010 Artbucket’. * *certain items available with beans or coleslaw.

Group Show
Renegade Potters and Extreme Craft

12 MARCH 2010 — 11 APRIL 2010

Ink_d Gallery goes all 3D for our next show and brings you a selection of British artists who work in traditional methods but with a subversive nature and walk the fine line between craft and fine art. These artisans working in ceramics, glassware, mosaic, embroidery and fabrics are not just making beautiful handmade objects but also have something to say. Their messages are political, social and hard hitting. Anarchist ceramicists! Craftivists! Subversive sewing! You get the idea. Working in ceramics are renegade potters Carrie Reichardt aka The Baroness, Paul Scott, Matt Smith, Dan Baldwin, War Boutique, Karen Wydler and Nick Reynolds. Creating extreme crafts are Jimmy South, Harriet Hammel, Screaming Lulu, Rosa Martyn, Sarah Corbett and The Craftivist Collective and Lori Bell. All these artists are brought together as their work answers a nagging in all of us: The need for a bit of subversion! In the words of Carrie Reichardt aka The Baroness “The Revolution will be ceramicised”

Group Show
Artist Studio Clear-out

15 JANUARY 2010 — 21 FEBRUARY 2010

January and February will see the gallery explode in artwork. We are having a Artist Studio Clearout and have asked all our artist to have a purge of their studios and get us all those nice little bits and pieces that normally don’t see the light of day. The artists have been asked to bring in some odd items from the studios for sale. It will be a chance to get some thing a little different from your favourite artist for a January friendly price! Alongside this we will also be having a sale on our custom frames and some very generous discounts on limited edition prints just while the show is on.

EINE & ZEUS
Crimes and Punishments

27 NOVEMBER 2009 — 24 DECEMBER 2009

For our current show at Ink_d Gallery we bring together two urban art heavyweights; Eine & Zeus. Both are prolific street artists and innovators in typography and both have pushed the boundaries in a way that has redefined how we see graffiti as an art form. Eine is best known for his alphabets and letters on shutters and Zeus for his three dimensional images and sculptures based around his writing style. They come together at Ink_d for ‘Crimes and Punishments’ where their collaboration has produced a heavy hitting alphabet in Pen & Ink. The show will feature beautifully framed original work on paper combining illustrations of crimes and punishments with Eine’s inimitable fonts and drawings of Eine’s hands by Zeus. There will also be our usual affordable screen printed show poster and an exclusive low edition print release available during the show. The rest of ink_d. Stuff your stockings and feast your eyes in our Christmas shop. Fabulous affordable prints, ceramics, sculpture and cards from all your favourite Ink_d artists. We are also happy to announce the new Ink_d book and artzine section! Get comfy, have a read and flick through some great art books and ‘zines and maybe even leave with a little something for yourself. And there’s more……The Modern Toss ‘Shit Nak Shop’ is back! Guaranteed to get you giggling, sooth your hangovers and offend your granny. Isn’t that what Christmas is all about?

Group Show
The Power of Portrait

23 OCTOBER 2009 — 15 NOVEMBER 2009

Our next show at Ink_d explores the power of the portrait and the status it gives its subject through painting, print and drawings. Featuring new work from Aimee Parrott, Foundry, MissBugs and Sten & Lex ‘The Power of Portrait’ will inspire questions of identity, biography, diversity and fame, which lie at the heart of portraiture and how the artist interprets their subject. The most powerful and recognisable image to the human eye is the human face. A portrait is an artistic representation of a person in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to show a likeness or capture the qualities, personality or mood of the subject. Upstairs @ Ink_d We continue the theme of portraiture with work from Alex Binnie, Zachary Walsh, Simon Dixon, Req and introducing to the gallery Jack Joiner, Jane Sampson and Laurie J Proud.

Group Show
Made in Brighton

11 SEPTEMBER 2009 — 9 OCTOBER 2009

Our September show does exactly what its says on the tin....'Made in Brighton' is a celebration of the creativity and talent currently coming out of the city by the best of Brighton based artists. Our aim is to create a snap shot of the city's art scene in paintings, prints, drawings, collage, sculpture and neon. All the artists have been set the same brief; 25 items of a certain size at the same very affordable price. You seriously won’t believe what you will be able to pick up! Each artist will also be submitting a piece to go into a very limited edition collectable box set. Taking part in the show are James Cauty, Graham Carter, Modern Toss, Ben Allen, Hutch, Alex Binnie, Chris Kettle, Pinky, Andy Doig, Imbue, Screenprince , Maria Rivans, Mishfit, Sean Madden, REQ, Jim Saunders & T(error)ist. UPSTAIRS @ Ink_d - REQ In our gallery upstairs we continue with our love of everything local with the legend that is REQ. Req’s one line figures, originally developed in the 1990s, are reworked in new scenes for his show ‘Apparitions’ alongside his beautiful work on the female nude. Req's figures represent a focal point of the feelings of Harmony and Mystery encountered during the artist’s wanderings around Brighton. These figures were designed primarily as a balance away from depictions of specific people towards a symbol of the feminine principle.

Zachary Walsh
Greek Street

31 JULY 2009 — 23 AUGUST 2009

Ink_d Gallery and Studio announce an exhibition of new paintings by one of today’s most talented and exciting figurative painters Zachary Walsh. For his show at Ink_d titled ‘Greek Street’ Walsh has created a body of work using visual imagery from Greek Mythology to represent characters with which the artist has a relationship turning Gods, Goddesses, Nymphs and Monsters from myth into reality. A figurative painter in the truest sense, Walsh ultimately paints portraits in a traditional style on the one-hand, and then fits those perfectly around carefully chosen graphic imagery and abstract backgrounds to create portraits that are consciously contemporary and edgy. As a result Walsh’s work is full of interesting juxtapositions which strangely compliment each other. ‘Ancient Europe had no gods. The Great Goddess was regarded as immortal, changeless, and omnipotent; and the concept of fatherhood had not been introduced into religious thought. She took lovers, but for pleasure, not to provide her children with a father. Men feared, adored, and obeyed the matriarch’ ‘The Greek Myths, Robert Graves’

Lidia de Pedro
The Best Man & Company

19 JUNE 2009 — 12 JULY 2009

Ink_d Gallery and Studio proudly present young, vibrant artist Lidia de Pedro’s first solo show. The show called The Best Man & Company includes all new work with engaging titles such as Flower Power, My Sweetie, The Blood Sucker, The Eating Machine and Give Me Poison Today I Want to Die. Lidia who hails from Spain was discovered by the gallery when she was working for a local graphic design company in Brighton. Her flamboyant and colourful compositions have proved popular with her series of prints based on her family. She is a natural born traveller and loves to move to new cities and indulge in all the cultural differences and fun she encounters. She has a passion for creating powerful, thought provoking images, trying new techniques and experimenting with materials. Also showing UPSTAIRS @ INK_D is Brighton based graffiti artist IMBUE presenting his first solo show 'A World Gone Mad'; an exhibition highlighting controversial issues surrounding everything that is wrong with modern society but with a good dose of humour . The show will feature an installation, 3-D work, original canvases, paste up work, hand finished screenprints and a film.

Modern Toss
Buy More Sh*t or We're all F**ked

1 MAY 2009 — 30 MAY 2009

Brighton's favourite cartoonists and ripe-language pioneers Modern Toss return to Ink_d for their second year at the Brighton Fringe Festival. Their latest exhibition will feature all new work including screenprints, letterpress prints, moving things built from string & wood and a 100 year calendar. Inspired by the current economic climate the boys from the Toss have been hard at work developing a range of motivational pieces designed to restore national morale and boost consumer confidence.

Stanley Donwood -older work
Printed Papers

20 MARCH 2009 — 10 APRIL 2009

Our next show is with the enigmatic, grammy winning artist Stanley Donwood. The exhibition ‘Printed Papers’ will show a selection of Donwood’s best known limited edition prints from his artwork for Radiohead and Thom Yorke album covers to his more recent ‘London Views’ series of work.

Ben Allen
Life, Death & Other Colours

6 FEBRUARY 2009 — 28 FEBRUARY 2009

Our February show “Life, Death and Other Colours In Between” is from one of Brighton’s best-loved artists, Ben Allen. Working in a multitude of media and materials, Allen draws energy and inspiration from many pockets of life such as typography, Punk, skateboarding, life, death, the female form, Pop Art and from colourful places such as Rio and Mexico.