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Wallpaper* Handmade: Richard Sweeney and Boucheron. April 13th- 17th 2011, Milan.
Showcasing one-off collaborations between designers and craftsmen, makers and manufacturers of the highest quality.. this is a celebration of beautiful new friendships and beautiful new things.
Brioni, Via del Gesu 2A, Milan,
Central Milan
http://www.wallpaper.com
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More Than Floral, April 2nd -June 25th 2011
This mixed media exhibition explores themes of nature through a broad range of objects. More Than Floral highlights the inspiration the natural world provides for so many makers, artists and photographers. The exhibition will transfer to the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery at the end of June. From there it will travel to various galleries in the Scottish Highlands until November 2011
Bilston Craft Gallery Mount Pleasant Bilston West Midlands, WV14 7LU. Tel: 01902 552506
Click here for Bilston Craft Gallery website.
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Sofia International Art Biennial 2011. May 3rd - June 30th
Amateras Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Past Events
Open Studio, Wednesday 30th March 2011, 5:30pm- 9:00pm
Head over to the studio to see new sculptures and a demonstration of paper folding techniques. Wine and refreshments provided.
Studio B9, Westgate Studios, 55 Westgate, Prudential Building, Wakefield. WF1 1BW
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Joy of Living, 15th-21st March 2011
Joy of Living is a charity project that unites nearly 100 leading designers to raise money for Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres. Design author and curator, Max Fraser, has set the challenge to a cross-section of new and established UK designers to create a desirable artwork that expresses the Joy of Living - all starting from a simple sheet of A4 graph paper.
Grand Arch Lobby, Somerset House, Strand, London. WCR2 1LA
Click here for Joy of Living website.
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Turned Pages, Februaury 11th - March 11th 2011
Group show of paper artwork in Chicago at the Bridge Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2202 South Halsted Street
Chicago, Illinois 60608 USA.---------------------------
Westgate Studios will be open on Wednesday 29th of September from 5-9pm, offering an insight into the practice of the studio holders and featuring the exhibition Taking the Myth, by Duncan Lister and Bob Milner, which takes a humorous and irreverent look at our perception of the artist and making art in the digital age.
Richard Sweeney and Andrew Singleton's studio door will be open to show new projects and artworks in progress, including Sweeney's pleated paper sculpture, and Singleton's intricate paper-cut illustrations.
Westgate Studios Homepage: http://www.westgatestudios.net/
Wakfield Artwalk map: http://www.artwalk.org.uk/---------------------------
BOX
27th August-30th October 2010BOX is LYNfabrikkens window gallery in Aarhus, creating space for all the inspiration emerging from the clash between art and design. Richard Sweeney presents Beta II, an installation created using a continuous length of pleated paper. Additionally, the installation incorporates a specially printed carpet designed by Sweeney in collaboration with Ege Carpets.
BOX by: LYNfabrikken, Vestergade 49B, 8000 Aarhus C. www.lynfabrikken.dkHepworth Gallery: Swap Project
Richard Sweeney and Andy Singleton present a collaborative paper installation for one night only, to be exhibited at the Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield, 28th July 2010. The installation is a response to Barbara Hepworth's Mother and Child sculpture, which will be displayed at Westgate Studios on the evening of the 28th.
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Paper Art See
22nd May to 4th July 2010
This exhibition shows the extraordinary work in paper by the following artists: Josh Baum, Eleanor Cardwell, Sher Christopher, Lorna Crabbe, Suzanne Juta, Sarah Kelly, Oona Patterson, Alix Swan and Richard Sweeney.
www.ryeartgallery.co.uk
Rye Art Gallery, Main Entrance, 107 High Street, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7JE, England.
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Westgate Studios in association with East Street Arts presents:
Empty Shop Fronts Exhibitions
From 28th April
102/104 Kirkgate – Richard Sweeney and Andy Singleton show paper sculptures
and a large scale mural.
88 Kirkgate – Julie Clarke exhibits ‘Thousand Cranes’
98 Kirkgate – Alice Bradshaw exhibits ‘Blown Light Bulbs’ with the PEEP GalleryClick here to view a photo slideshow of the gallery.
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Solid Foundation
Friday 7th-9th May
Group Exhibit featuring the work of past Foundation Art course graduates
from Batley School of Art.
Artworks, Shaw Lodge Mills, HALIFAX, HX3 9ET---------------------------
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The studio door will be open from 5:30pm on 31st March as part of the Wakefield Art Walk; an evening of of exhibitions open to the public in Wakefield Town centre.
Richard shares studio B1 at Westgate Studios with illustrator Andy Singleton. Feel free to pop in for a chat and a glass of wine.
Click here for information on Wakefield Art Walk at the Westgate Studios website.---------------------------
The Affordable Art Fair
Thurdsday 11th- Sunday 14th March 2010
Battersea Park, London.Richard will be exhibiting a new series of pleated works in paper, under representation by Victor Felix Gallery.
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Interiors 2010
NEC Birmingham, 24th January- 27th January 2010
Manchester based design studio Lazerian exhibit with Designers Block at Interiors 2010, showing a new range of cardboard furniture created in collaboration with Richard Sweeney.
Click here for the Bravais Armchair
Click here for the Radiolarian Sofa---------------------------
From November 6th: PAPERcuts
Peel Gallery takes the work of nine international and national artists and designers, who transform paper into functional objects and works of art. Featuring work by Melissa Borrell, Erik and Martin Demaine, Frank Gehry, Barbarella Maier, Kristi Malakoff, Ryuji Nakamura, Susan Stockwell, Richard Sweeney, Yuken Teruya and Jonathan Wahl.
PEEL 4411, Montrose, Houston, Texas 77006
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7th November 2009- 3rd January 2010
Cut & Fold: The art of Paper.
New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Click HERE to see the tetrahedron preview invite card designed by Sweeney, which will form an installation within the gallery.
Exhibiting artists:
Luis Acosta, Claire Brewster, Tracey Bush, Sarah Cant, Jennifer Collier, Beatrice Coron, Magie Hollingworth, Elisabeth Lecourt, Hannah Lobley, Miriam Londono, Jayme McGowan, Helen Musselwhite, Ingrid Siliakus, Gerlof Smit, Justine Smith, Susan Stockwell, Richard Sweeney, Thurle Wright and Kumoi Yajima.
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December 4th-6th
LAZERIAN exhibit at The East London Design Show, featuring handmade homeware, gifts and jewellery by Richard Sweeney, Liam Hopkins and Jason Chart Davies .
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Richard will be attending 100% Design London 2009 to present furniture design and lighting in collaboration with Lazerian Studio.
Stand L49, Earls Court, London, 24-27 September 2009.Click HERE to view the Lazerian catalogue (.pdf)
Click HERE for the lazerian website.
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June 09
BECA Gallery , New Orelans, will present '12 x 12 x 122', an experimental, gallery packed group exhibition of over 400 works opening on June 6, 2009. The show is composed of works on canvas sized 12x12 inches, spanning all mediums, submitted by 122 artists from around the world. Richard has submitted two pieces, embracing the submission contraints in the creation of three-dimensional canvas surfaces.
Click HERE to view works at BECA Gallery.
Click HERE for image slideshow.---------------------------
May 09
Sliver Lecture. University of Applied Arts, Vienna.
28 May 2009 | 7pm | Lichthof 2
The potential of the flat surface as a means to create form and structure is an intriguing prospect. Modelling with a sheet of paper through hands-on manipulation reveals shapes and volumes, which otherwise remain hidden within the flat plane. The action of folding is at once simple and complex- an intuitive action leading to the formation of a complex geometric form. A tactile approach to material investigation is essential in understanding the behaviour of
the surface, the means by which it can be formed, and applied in a diverse range of artistic practices.---------------------------
April 09
Papershapers, curated by Giant Robot.
April 11- EXTENDED to May 9th, 2009
Scion Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Ave. (at National), Culver City, CA 90232.
www.scion.com/space
Featuring Shin Tanaka, Hunter Stabler, Polly Verity, Annie Vought, Ana Serrano, Richard Sweeney, Peter Callesen, Brian Dettmer and Ryohei Tanaka.Click HERE for image slideshow
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