Current events

The Wallpaper History Society Celebrates 25 years of Wallpaper Design

The Imago Art Gallery, 4 Clifford Street, London W15 2LF

9th-14th September, 2011
Award winning wallpaper designs from Norwich University College of the Arts, Leeds College of Art and ceramics from The London College of Communication, University of the Arts in response to two design competitions based on the Theme: Past, Present and Future. Featured in the Gallery were designs from guest members of the Society portraying wall coverings from the past and contemporary practice of wallpaper design. (Including: Karen Beauchamp, Rebecca Bulcraig, Matthew Meadows, Tony Roche, Hamilton Weston).  

Nunhead Open 8 Art Exhibition 2011
 9-11 September 2011
Friday- Sunday 12-5pm
The Old Nursery Building
5 Nunhead Green
SE15 3QQ
Tel: 07906206166 

The Surgery founded Nunhead Open Art Exhibition now in its eighth year brings together successfully a diverse collection of art works from its open submission exhibition. Southwark council has kindly granted permission for the exhibition to be hosted at the empty Nunhead Green Nursery. The Nunhead Open continues to grow and in eight years has never rejected any art! Over 100 artists took part last year. 

For the second year running Artists projects, films and performance are taking place alongside The Main Nunhead Open 8 Exhibition at The Old Nursery and includes: the launch of an alternative Art Map facilitated by Charlie Fox, Nunhead illuminations by Charlotte Squire, also Projects by Peter Todd, Frog Morris, Sarah Sparkes, Miyuki Kasahara, Calum F.Kerr, Ellie Reid, Beris Blake, Daniel Lehan, Amy Poole, Ludwig Ramsey, Louise Colbourne, Jim Hobbs, Sarah Doyle, Rebecca Feiner, Jenna Collins, Matthew Meadows, Hatty Lee, Marina Rees, Peter Asagba, Rachael Haines and more. 

The Nunhead Open 8 is part of the Nunhead and Peckham Free Festival 
For a list of free Screenings visit www.freefilmfestivals.org 

http://www.thesurgery.turnpiece.net.

13th European Prison Education Association Conference ('Learn to be free')
Manchester 26-29th October

I curated an exhibition of art from the UK criminal justice system for the conference and gave a presentation about my book 'Insider Art'. 

Wallpaper History Society Study Day at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London 
Past, Present and Future: 25 years of wallpaper.  
October 29th 2011 
Speakers were: Joanna Banham (V&A), Christine Woods (Whitworth Art Gallery),  Mary Schoeser (Freelance archivist, curator & historian of textiles & wallpapers), Andrew Bush (National Trust), Gill Saunders (V&A), Michelle Ledward (Graham & Brown) and Paul Simmons (Timorous Beasties). Gill Saunders' international survey of artists' wallpaper featured my work.

 

 

The 'Art and Culture in Prisons' project meeting

Manchester 25th-26th November 
Promoted by the Fondazione Michelucci and funded by the European Union

I curated an exhibition of art from the UK criminal justice system for the conference and gave a presentation about my book 'Insider Art'.  http://www.artcultureprison.eu/

 

 

Wallpaper History Society AGM
 
Art Workers Guild
6 Queen Square London, WC1N 3AT
Time: 10.00 - 12.00 noon
Matthew Meadows will be speaking from 11am about the new research he has undertaken for his forthcoming book "Artists making Wallpaper"
Saturday 3rd December