London's First Gay & Lesbian Cafe'
WINNER Boyz Magazine Best Gay Cafe 2008 

First Out is incredibly proud to play host to the work of many established and up-and-coming LGBT, queer and queer friendly artists. Exhibitions change on a regular basis and most work is available for sale. If you are interested in exhibiting work please feel free to contact us here, or email Malcolm Comley for more information,.
CURRENT EXHIBITION

SUZIE PINDAR
8th August - 4th September 10

 


  • I have always needed to self express myself and the images on this site reflect my ability to do so. During the last 4 years I have had various artwork published from charity magazines, to online publications, and displaying in bars and cafes, here in London, but also my home town 'Sheffield'. I had my first solo art show in 2007 'Hidden Secrets'. This year I sold some work that I had displayed in a pub in Chiswick and also took part in a group photography exhibition in Covent Garden. I have taken part in a group show in Cafe 1001 Brick Lane in April 10, and also had an Art Stall at Primrose Hill Fete in May 10, I sold in both of these locations.

  My work is based upon life changing experiences that feed my thoughts & grow into art  forms. These ideas create a range of intense, inspiring, moving, raw & powerful pieces of contemporary visual art.

  I work with canvas, paper, photographs & digital media, as well as other materials that I feel really manifest my thoughts.

 http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Suzie+Pindar/119927.html


FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION
ANN FOSTER
4th September 10 - 3rd October 10 
Paintings

"Revenge of the Killer Housewives"

Artists Summary

Concepts, Themes, Ideas:

I worked for many years as a social worker and both trained and worked in psychotherapy.  These experiences plus my life as a gay woman have had a major impact on my painting style and subject matter.  I now prefer to work from my imagination, memory and the impulses which arise from there.

My pictures are almost always figurative.

My paintings are an expression of  internal feelings or ideas,  which have come together in this moment of transference from me to the canvas.  During the execution I then discover that the painting takes on a life of its own independent from its birth.  It suggests paths I hadn't planned based on an objective view.

I almost always allow the painting to lead the way to its final conclusion.  However there are times when the internal image remains unsatisfied by this conclusion and I begin again with the same impetus only to re emerge with a different ending.
Occasionally I manage to convey the emotion or idea with less diversion.  The ends result is no more or less successful.

I received a First Class Degree from Sheffield and an M.A. from Manchester.

 
Ann Foster

www.annfoster.net

bluevipergallery@hotmail.com

 PAST EXHIBITIONS

SHARON FERRIS
"FLUID ART"
Digital Art
30TH MAY - 8TH AUGUST

RHIANNON ADAM 
"Times Gone By"
A Collection of Polaroid Images 
4TH APRIL - 30TH MAY 10

Rhiannon Adam is a young British Polaroid photographer, originally hailing from Cork, Ireland. She studied Art and Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and English at the University of Cambridge.

Till her early teens, she lived on a yacht, sailing around the world with her parents.
The influence of this nomadic journeying can be observed in her nostalgic photographic style and her fascination with sparse, empty spaces.

Rhiannon began taking Polaroid photographs aged15, after being given a cheap plastic Polaroid camera and a large quantity of free film. Since then, she hasn't looked back. These days, Rhiannon exclusively shoots on Polaroid film, thus avoiding any kind of digital manipulation.

Her aim has always been to create honest images, where the dialogue between photographer, subject and viewer is preserved.

Integral to Rhiannon's work is the physical properties of the Polaroid as object. A Polaroid image is held in our hands moments after it was shot. It becomes a part of the time where it was taken. Its very presence often provokes a conversation. Sometimes the picture collects dust or sand in the corners as it dries, or it plays host to a sweaty thumb print- it is a physical relic, or souvenir of a person, place or time. In this way, a Polaroid can tread a fine line between accuracy and romanticism. Each one of Rhiannon's Polaroids is a physical marriage between objective and subjective experience.

In 2008, the Polaroid corporation ceased production of all instant photographic materials. Since then, Rhiannon has worked towards promoting Polaroid as an artistic medium in its own right- somewhere between photography and fine art.

Her work has most recently been featured in The Shot of the Day Polaroid book, Dazed and Confused, Tickl magazine, Girls Like Us, Colors, F-Stop magazine, Dagens Naeringsliv, and Playground's second Polaroid Day book.

Her pictures can also be seen on the cover of Letting Up Despite Great Faults' latest album.

This collection of images forms a small selection of Polaroids shot between 2004 and 2010 on an SX-70 camera, a Polaroid 180 camera and a Polaroid 600SE.

For more, please visit:

www.rhiannonadam.com

www.flickr.com/photos/rhiannonadam/

www.thelonewrestler.com

E: Rhiannon@rhiannonadam.com

T: +44 779 253 4175

 MAURICIO PAEZ
"ONE EYE SEES, THE OTHER FEELS"
Paintings
7th February - 7th March 10

 

"One eye sees, the other feels..."  Ignoring feelings, we will miss the chance to be in tune with our whole being.

Mauricio was born in Bogota, Colombia, where he also studied graphic design.
After graduating in 1997, he worked in a magazine, then he moved to  Santiago, Chile where he reaffirmed his love for fine arts, and had  his first exhibition at the Tibelly Gallery. 

The six months he spent  in Santiago provided him with many new ideas, and inspired him to  return to Bogota to fulfill his life long ambition to be a full time  artist. 
That ambition was realized shortly after his return, when he  
established his own gallery and studio, the Berkana Gallery.

As well as showcasing his own work, he also exhibited the work of  other local artists. After three years he decided to close his gallery  and move to the UK, where he has been living for the past nine years.  
Since moving to London he has exhibited his work on a number of  occasions , and he has undertaken several commissions.
He is  constantly researching to produce new and exciting work.

07956578897
info@mauriciopaez.com
ww.mauriciopaez.com

MAURIZIO MOLIZANE
"Connections & Relationships"
6th Jan  -  7th Feb 10

This exhibition is the first solo exhibition of my recent work.

This project has been developed in 2009 and still going on with new people taking their time to pose for my series of portraits and interpretation of all kinds of relationships.

My name is Mauricio Molizane and I have being studying  photography for the last three years , I just got my degree and put together my first solo exhibition.This series focus on portraits of friends and their interpretation on the subject.

My Technique is straight forward , I take pictures of the people on studio or location and then take pictures of different textures and details of things I see , and find use to blend with the portraits.
The results are quite fascinating , using the right blend in between colours and texture and the portraits.

I have influences of the colours of the autumn and winter , reds , yellows and browns colours are quite dominants .

I have tried different techniques and this results you can see and judge for yourself and hope you enjoy as much as I did in produce this.

Mauricio Molizane
Contact : Molizane@ hotmail.com
Mobile  : 07984261992
Webpage: www.mauriciomolizacom

DAN HILLIER
5th Dec 09 - 6th Jan 10

 

I make collages and ink drawings using a mixture of found imagery, dip-nib pen and ink and my own demented imagination.  My work is born out of a love of line work and collage, a fascination with archaic imagery and a tendency towards enjoyably dark pictures.

Nearly all of my work is figurative and comprised of totemic or iconographical combinations of human, animal, plant and mineral forms drawing on, but rarely literally depicting, mythological beings, Victorian freak-shows, antiquated scientific study and my own mental noise and various half-baked flights of fancy.

I'm inspired by many folk, especially Max Ernst and the Surrealists, and I work with an eye to taking a peek at unknown regions of our human make-up whilst provoking a bit of dark humour and perchance a slight self-recognition in the viewing hordes.

Original ink drawings, screen prints and archival quality digital prints will be available, several of which will be exclusive to First Out for the duration of the show.

www.danhillier.com

www.danhillier.com/blog

dan@danhillier.com

www.twitter.com/mrdanhillier

SARAH MARR
"PAUSE"
Photographs
5th OCTOBER 09 - 5th DECEMBER 09

Unashamedly Camp, Unashamedly Gay,

Unashamedly Trashy, Unashamedly Pop!

Solo show  by
STEVEN BARRETT

6th September - 4th October 09

ell known for his individual and somewhat over the top style, Steven Barrett's Solo show at First Out Café-Bar in Central London, will be as ever 'pure glitter in abundance!'

Steven creates portraits of celebrities completely out of glitter. They have to be seen to be believed!

This is Steven's 20th Solo show, and includes mostly new work as well as old favourites!

Included will be over 70 stars, from the stage and screen!

To name just a few; Elizabeth Taylor, Krystle Carrington, Judy Garland, Patsy Stone, Kenneth Williams, Marc Almond, Eartha Kitt, The Queen Mother, Brigid Bardot, James Dean, Mark Bolan, Matt Lucas, Divine, Kylie, Cher, Mrs. Slocombe, Madonna, Bjork, KD Lang, Superman, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Jones………the list goes on!

Being a huge fan of popular and mass culture, Steven is influenced by anything 'over the top', such as carnivals, Christmas, fairgrounds, nightclubs, musicals……literally anything camp and kitsch!

Steven describes his work as "Trash with a hint of sophistication".

A graduate from Central St. Martins, Steven has now exhibited in 70 shows, throughout London, the UK and abroad. Steven's career has included selection for Artlink International Young Art (2001), and exhibitions both in New York and Tel Aviv. Steven was also a finalist in the Pride in the House exhibition (2005) at Lauderdale House, London, the annual showcase of lesbian and gay talent.

Steven has often focused specifically on gay issues in his work, and proudly states his involvement in The Dignity of Difference exhibition (2007) at The Artworks Galleries in Newcastle as a highlight of his career. Focusing on the gay victims of the holocaust, Steven compassionately made work in glitter on this sensitive subject. His work was very well received in the show, and prominently featured in the Newcastle Journal.

Steven's work has appeared in many publications, from full page reviews in the South London Press (2006) to the Pink Paper, Diva, Gscene, and AN magazine, to name but a few. More recently Steven's work was featured in Times style magazine.

Steven's work has also been used for book covers such as The Man Who Sang Blockbuster (2009) (biography of the Sweet's Brian Connelly), a Tina Turner tribute concert poster in Germany (2008) and a Madonna image used for the front cover of Queer Street magazine (Sept 2007).

For more information contact Steven Barrett direct:

Info@stevenbarrett.org

07752613689

www.stevenbarrett.org

All work is for sale

SONALLE PHOTOGRAPHY
"Ethnic Minorities Coming Out"
9th August - 6th September 20009

Research for this project began in early 2009. The images were produced from May to July 2009. The images will tour London and nationally from August 2009 until August 2010.

The project was funded by The Arts Council and UNLTD.

 Artist Statement

As an Indian British-born female, I am aware of the difficulties of coming out in ethnic minority societies.

Families members and friends often suffer due to their own narrowmindedness and this leads to hurting or rejecting the person coming out. Education and increasing awareness can help develop more openess and understanding whilst reducing internal conflicts.

Representational portraits of ethnic minority lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals are combined with text transcribed from interviews describing their coming out process.

Subjects are at different stages of the coming out process; some have already come out, some are in the process of coming out and some are thinking about coming out.

The individuals photographed are from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds.Some subjects requested full anonymity so powerful photos had to be taken whilst hiding their identity. They were asked to choose an expressive part of the body, which was then photographed, experimenting with the natural light available.

Digital media was used to allow the subjects to see the photos immediately. This helped them trust the photographer and allowed for them to criticise and choose the images for the exhibition.

 This exhibition will:

1. provide people of ethnic minority who are unsure of their sexuality, experiences to relate to,which could also increase their self-esteem.

2. increase the public's understanding of ethnic minority non-heterosexuals

3. increase the understanding of the heterosexual ethnic minority people by giving them an insight of the difficulties of sexuality

4. allow people who may not be familiar with documentary photography to experience the work by exhibiting the images in public spaces.

 Artist Biography

"Communicating what is frequently left unsaid; to deliver an insight into that detail

we may not always perceive, or that we sometimes try to ignore"

Sonalle thirsts for a deeper knowledge and understanding of universal life and society.

 

She travelled alone for almost ten years through Europe, Asia and Latin America observing and participating in the kaleidoscope of cultures and sights encountered.

Now driven by the desire to transform her journey, Sonalle is progressing, through her photographic narrative, in order to communicate what is frequently left unsaid; to deliver an insight into that detail we may not always perceive, or that we sometimes try to ignore.

Sonalle has worked alongside numerous successful photographers in New York and Paris, coupled with developing several diverse photographic projects in selected cities worldwide.Since her recent return to London, Sonalle has assisted Magnum Photographer, Mr. Chris Steele-Perkins, whilst creating many thought-provoking and issue-based assignments that have raised public consciousness.

 

 www.sonalle.com

www.twitter.com/sonalle

www.sonalle.wordpress.com

STEVE EDWARDS
"WORLDS APART"
Prints
6th June - 14th July 09

My work is centered around masculinity and the idea of the absent father. My current font of inspiration and image source is the internet and the low-fi displays of manhood to be found there. I am drawn to the ways in which men choose to portray themselves in this virtual arena, from the intimate/confessional to the codified/fetishised.

The images I choose as starting points suggest some kind of exposure to me, and their journeys are shaped by my unconscious/conscious responses and the printmaking process itself. My work can be sexual, engaging with the male nude and its relationship to the nude's artistic tradition, and with the voyeuristic response of the viewer.

I have been an artist printmaker for ten years. I help run a collective studio called East London Printmakers in Hackney. I have worked in many printmaking methods, but I am currently interested in etching and lino cut. I love the rigour, craft and hands-on nature of printmaking. When working the surface of a plate I try to utilise methods that are partly out of my control.

AGAMEMNON OTERO       
"OUT & ABOUT"
26th April  09 - 6th June 09

A Selection of Original Paintings, one off Silk Screens,
Stencils & Limited Edition Prints.


Agamemnon Otero's bold and immediate paintings have been making an impact on both sides of the Atlantic. Born in Uruguay, raised in New York and now resident of London. His love of nature, the human form and of imagery that uplifts have made him popular with private collectors and hospitals' public art collections. Less mechanical recordings of his subject and more iconic representations of a larger whole, combined with searing use of colour, the overall effect of Otero's paintings is to share with the viewer the intensity of his life experience within a joyful and engaged pictorial space.

 ARTIST STATEMENT

 "The images & tones I work with derive from natural phenomenon. Nature's vivid colours and untamed geometry guide my painting. I distil the physical world that inspires me staying close to my subject, while invoking its energetic pulse. I am fascinated by the space in-between, the crack amidst the physical and metaphysical." Agamemnon Otero

www.AgamemnonOtero.com

Entry, like your spirit, is free

JAMIE McCLEOD

"CRIMINAL LOVER"

30th November 08 - 25th April 09

Exhibition by Jamie Mcleod at First Out Café, 52 St. Gilles High st, London WC2, commencing on Tues Dec the 2nd at  7 pm. Until the 4th of Jan 2009 with a performance by Jeremy Reed and the Itchy Ear.

     The Criminal Lover exhibition is a contuation  of the Lost Boys exhibiton I had previously at First Out and it is a homage to the currency of youth and the lost and found boys that maybe once were us or who pass us on the street. It celebrates the renters, the addicts, the criminally sick, the beautiful,  the angelic, the evil, the god-sent, and the iconic. The exhibition is about the labyrinth of the city and its dark pleasures and how a man can get lost in her razzle - dazzle of charms and excess to maybe never return. You will also find the spirit of Genet, Burroughs, Marc Almond and Joe Dellasandro amongst the unknown faces, the so called "nobodies" that Mcleod lovingly turns into  "somebody"

      It is a collection of photos and candy coloured defaced screen-prints that are all highly attractive to the eye but with closer inspection reveal a love for all things dark and forbidden. He seems to soil what was a very pop image and to defile it with his imagination. Mcleod says "I'm interested in the semiotics of the city, it's bombardment of stimuli and decoding it and my obsessions within these realms. I use bodies, faces, masks, poetry, dreams, neon signs, road signs, poison labels, cinematic narrative and song lyrics to compose and inspire my images. I conjure up my desires from the twinkling lights and the neon signs and the faces and characters that brush into my space"

    The opening night will have a special performance at 7.30 pm from the re-known poet and performer Jeremy Reed and the Itchy Ear performing Piccadilly Bongo and Nifty Jim.

  

 "Mcleod established himself through making portraits of pop luminaries, pin - ups and underground rock'n roll stars  now he has trained his evil eye on printmaking, inspired by the world of the male gigolo. Boys faces are craftily defaced using taboo symbols, sex adverts, and slogans taken from sources which include song lyrics, crime-scene police tape and poison labels. The result is pop - cum - poetic - images in the best tradition of British based iconoclasm from Seditionaries to Banksy "    Caroline Roux  ( the GAURDIAN )

 

"JAMIE IS AN ARTIST WHO BRINGS OUT THE PUNK IN MY SOUL! WETHER ITS POP VAUDEVILLE, NEO GLAM OR SIMPLY MAKING ME LOOK GOOD, JAMIE HAS THE EYE. THAT'S WHY I LOVE WORKING WITH HIM."

Marc Almond

"Jamie Mcleod sees the glamour in the squalor and the squalor in the glamour. His is a world of reversed images and role-play, of punks, pimps, hustlers and down-and-dirty pop icons. And everyone he photographs looks fantastic."                                        

Paul Burston  "Time Out

RODNEY BAILEY  

Graffiti
9th  -  30th November 08

 This collection of artwork is Rodney Bailey introduction to the lesbian and Gay community. He is pleased to be showing What a Mess, part of the Graffiti collection .in First out cafe.

The significance of the work maps his experience of coming out, moving to south London and going out on the scene.Through mixed mediums, Rod relates his experiences of disappointment, anger and frustration then changing to taking responsibility through action to create opportunity leading to victory over violence through his Art. Rods work doesn't settle in conferential styles or on a set formula or genre but explores the idea of freedom and breaking conventions the link in all this work is discovering what lies beneath.

 

SOHEILA KEYANI
PAINTINGS
12TH OCTOBER -  9TH NOVEMBER 08

 

I was brought up with colour, energy and food as my main influences. In autumn, as children, under the guise of visiting our neighbor we would pop in next door knowing we'd always be offered Sharon fruit from the ever abundant tree - shades of deep orange, fleshy and juicy. In spring, streets are wildly ablaze with pink and white blossoms. In winter, clear moon-lit sky reflecting on the vibrant white snow, creates a cosy romantic atmosphere. In spring, we ate the first of fruits before they became ripe, green crunchy, velvety almonds - in winter we warmed our hands with freshly cooked deep red, juicy beetroot from the streetseller. In summer in the fruit orchard, while adults rested from the heat, we played and watched the shivering, shimmering sun rays in the transparent air. My paintings are all about colour, texture, and energy in motion - impressions of all things I see, hear and feel, from past, present and future.

 And now as a practicing artist, I teach people what I have learnt through experimenting and being encouraged. That we are all innately creative. My work is to enable people discover their own unique way of creating, be it via painting, drawing or making a piece of art.

  www.shirzan.com

soheila@shirzan.com


NADIA ATTURA & MERCURY
PHOTOGRAPHS
14th September -  11th October 08

Northern Stars is an ever growing collective of artists based in Notting Hill, London. Passionate about communicating the beauty of queer identity, the artists aim to showcase colours of the gay rainbow. Founded by Nadia Attura and Laura Steel (Mercury) in August 2006 Northern Stars became the collaboration of photographer and stylist, the pair continues to explore creatively ways to reveal their world to the viewer.

Their exhibition at First Out is a collection of images from their ilove portfolio. ilove london girls - showcases lesbian love in london through the ages, from love among the Roman ruins to lust in the Royal box. ilove film girls is a homage to Hollywood, and what it could look like if it were lesbian and out! ilove drag is a tribute to Drag Kings and Drag Queens. All the models in the images are lesbian, gay or bi-sexual. For further information please see www.ilovelondongirls.com and www.myspace.com/ilovelondongirls

Anna Thomas   
"Me, Myself & Him"
Extracts from the journals of Anna Thomas

18th August to 14th September 08

Anna Thomas presents 'Me, Myself & Him' , a collection of pieces taken from extracts from the 16th and 17th of her 18 journals to date.

The work explores the themes of sexuality, gender, desire and the strength found in weakness.

Her work is brutally honest, raw and is presented, unaltered as written and her work is reflective of a new generation of gay women.



ROCIO REYES-CORTEZ
Dress Code II
Paintings
22nd June - 20th July 08


Dress Code explores the re-creation and projection of identity as a means to explore boundaries of gender, identity,and cultural stereotypes. It is an exploration of how one can project a chosen persona, self created, for artistic and personal expression.

"You are more authentic the more you become what you dreamed you are" Pedro Almodovar.

http://rocioart.com/


WOTEVER 5   -   A RETROSPECTIVE
1st - 22nd June 08


Wotever 5 is a photo exhibition of pictures from Wotever events between 2003-2008 taken of and by Wotevers.

It's a documentation of Wotever's history and transgression over five years of gender bending in London, Glasgow, Stockholm, Warsaw and Brighton.

Performances, party nights, events and people we have met and enjoyed sharing a moment in time with.

Exhibition at First Out cafe, 1-22 June 2008.
Launch party Monday 2 June.
You are mostly Welcome!

Photos by; Johanna Samuelson, Sara Davidman, Sam Nightingale, AbsoluteQueer, Christa Holka, Aaron Madiot, Kash Szuztoff , Ingo and many more....

More information at http://www.woteverworld.com/
or join the facebook event here
EDWARD RELPH
Drawings
30th March - 1st June 08
The honest exploration of the human form as an abstract landscape and figurative study.
The interaction and movement between isolated rhythms of the flesh.
The unique tension within every subject.
The life within stillness.

edrelph@gmail.com
Adam Robinson
"Tribute"
2nd March - 30th March 08
Adam Robinson March 08
A collection of artworks inspired by popular music

Each piece is constructed from individual wooden letters that are painted and then arranged on a box canvas.

They spell out well known song titles of a particular music artist and hence form a tribute.

Adam Robinson has been living and working in London for the past six years and originates from Australia.

He has a degree in creative arts and has been producing art in varying forms for the past 10 years.


http://www.collectingmatchboxes.com/
PAUL - ANTHONY SMITH
PAINTINGS
3rd FEBRUARY - 2nd MARCH 08
Paul Anthony Smith Feb 08
This body of art reflects the artist's attraction to afro-centric cliques
and the foundation women have within the community.

His work incorporates the essence of spirituality and kinship,which he feels is engrained within the black diaspora.

Paul -Anthony Smith's work is a continuing journey of self discovery and he often incorporates the spirit of belonging.

He was worn in England of Jamaican descent and was raised in Canada.

His images are often faceless to enable the viewer to visualize the essence of a homogenous community.

p.anthonysmith@googlemail.com

TIM PERKINS
" In Glorious Technicolor "

9th December 07 -  2nd February 08

Tim Perkins Dec 07 - Jan 08

Tim Perkins is an  artist/designer presenting a selection of portraits featuring from Marlene Dietrich to Quentin Crisp in
glorious technicolor.

The cafe area will host more conventional Hollywood images whilst
in the downstairs bar there will be a selection of those for whom appearance is central to their lives.

http://timperkinsart.com/
EDWIGE BERNANOCE
"LOVE HAS NO LAW"
photographs
4th November - 9th December 07
Edwige Bernanoce Nov 07
Edwige G Bernanoce is part of a new generation of photographers blurring the demarcartion between photography and conceptual art. Bernanoce 's vision passes through the superficial. With childlike intensity, she transforms the commonplace, creating images the intercept dream and reality.

Showing in the Cafe - Apparition is a wish to delay forgetfulness, to keep memory. Using the prism of a derelict factory, Bernanoce invites the viewer to reflect on the fragility of his or her existence.

The black and white stills of now defunct machinery harken to a time of industrious productivity. Drifting through the remains, a hunting figures ask us - what will become when we are traces on other people's memories?

Showing in the Bar - The latest work " Love has no Law", offers a different take on love and desire within gay relationships. Avoiding traditional gender stereotypes, Bernanoce uses compositions of faceless mannequins to illustrate the diversity of attraction.
Their blank canvas allows the viewer to project onto them
their emotional experiences. Looking closely,
the viewer sees these inert statues come alive, as in a dream.

Viewers will be surprised by these sensual and
evocative photographs: a thought-provoking insight
into the elusive nature of memory and love.

http://www.egbernanoce.com/
NICK MOSIENKO
OIL PAINTINGS

7th October - 3rd November 07
Nick Mosienko Oct 07
This exhibition encompasses  work produced since arriving in France, up to the present moment, and traces the development of the constant discoveries, both physical and emotional, engendered by a new environment and a new life direction.

My work is non-figurative, and I usually work in oils on canvas. I find inspiration from the impressions engendered by my environment, (landscape, light, time of day, weather, seasons, architecture, nature) or by a particular place at a certain time, and some times by my own experiences and feelings at the time I create the work.

My work could be said to be representational in the sense of it being an interpretation of the many aspects that inspire me - a combination of the physical and the emotional.


nickmos202000@yahoo.co.uk
GAVIN LUKER
"CONCENTRIC SQUARES"
A SERIES OF OIL PAINTINGS
12th AUGUST - 6th OCTOBER 07
Gavin Lucker August - september 07

Gavin Luker is a London based artist who graduated from the Sir John Cass School of Art.
His work is known for its aesthetic quality and underlying reflective message. He draws inspiration from contrast in light, tone and dimensions and aims to inspire the viewer to see not only what it is obvious but also what is not.
"Concentric Squares"
The deliverately simple geometric patterns are focused around a common centre.
The basic use of colour of each painting is different and limited only by the infinite posibility of colours of the spectrum. Here you can see how subtle  but clear changes in colour and tone add volume and depth to the painting.
The viewer is drawn into the centre of the painting thus helps the mind focus on the task ahead.
As each painting is different, so too are the unique qualities of the individual viewer. As with this set of paintings which work together, the audience is encouraged to see the enormous potential of jointly working as a team.
On their own each painting is just an abstract emotion, however together they are a group which extends and works as one collaboration.

ESZTER RADAK

PAINTINGS

23rd July 07  - 11th August 07


Eszter Radak August 07
At first glance, Eszter Radak's art creates a seductive, figurative world of colourful everyday objects and distinctive Central European landscapes.

But there is more to these shining displays of feminine domesticity and picture book reality than cute pink houses and washing machines to die for.

Eszter's sardonic titles slice through the apparent femininity of her work, proclaiming a lethargic resistence of the never depicted "I" behind the works to her life in the duller world of reality.

Meanwhile, her strikingly figurative approach is subverted by the abstract colours and textures of the paint as they vie to steal the viewer's gaze from the depictions we are automatically drawn towards.

Eszter is a lecturer in painting at Budapest's Academy of Art and is currently one of the most sought - after painters in her native Hungary.

Her work has already been aquired by modern art museums like the Ludwig Museum in Budapest and the Lentos Museum in Austria and her work has been shown around the world in cities from New Delhi to Paris and Berlin.

STEVEN BARRETT
PRIDE.... (and pop)

17th June 07-
15th July 07

Steven Barrett July 07


To coincide with this years London Pride Festival, Steven Barrett's second exhibition at First Out, will include glittering portrayals of Pride celebrations, whilst on the lower floor he will be showing several portraits of celebrities, from the worlds of popular film, TV and Pop!

Steven graduated from Central St. Martins College of Art in 2000, and has since gone on to exhibit in numerous exhibitions throughout London, the UK, and abroad. In 2004 Steven started to produce work using only glitter. The response has been overwhelming. Steven describes his work as "Trash with a hint of sophistication"


s.j.barrett@chelsea.arts.ac.uk
NICKO STRANIERO
Paintings
20th May-17th June

Nicko Straniero May- June 07



Nicko Straniero is an italian artist based in London.
He paints mainly stamping previously coloured shapes
on the canvas.
The shapes comes from recycled objects and the results
are very abstract and organic with lots of texture and
dynamic movements.

Recently he has been using tea, wine and other liquids not
regarded as "artist colours"pouring them directly onto the canvas

www.myspace.com/nickostraniero

SARAH ALECK
PAINTINGS

22nd April 07 -
109th May 07

Sarah Aleck April 07


Sarah Aleck is a London based artist.
Her work is figurative using mixed mediums of ink, water colours, pencil and chalk enhancing the spontaneity of the process.
She is ambidextrous drawing simultaneously with both hands creating a contrast between confident and tentative mark making.
Her subconscious inspiration is based on the emotions and feelings of sex, death, love and loss. The poetic work creates a resonance for the viewer with its honesty and integrity.


DAN HILLIER
Paintings

12th November 06 - 22nd April 07




Dan Hillier Dec 06

Dan Hillier is showing his latest work, produced over the last 6 months,
at First Out until December 24th.
The exhibition is comprised of a range of limited edition prints and original paintings and drawings.


The ladies upstairs are made from old Victorian advertising and anatomy prints, combined with various vintage wallpapers, all being digitally manipulated to accentuate their loveliness.

Also upstairs are the blue ink paintings that marked the return of Dan's creativity after some time of being led astray by the demands of a regular job. 


The large ink drawings, 'Self' and 'Gautama Buddha' on antique mahogany are the culmination so far of this creative release and set the path to a future series of paintings currently being worked on.
The images downstairs are digital montages comprised of found Victoriana and Dan's own drawings, drawing out new narratives, often dark and strange, from previously unrelated images

For info please visit 

http://www.danhillier.com/

PETER HERBERT
"INTIMATE SURFACES"
Photographs
15th October - 11th November 2006

 

Peter Herbert Oct 06

This exhibition is about the way we colour our lives with layers of identification markers - where the everyday, including advertising, objects and the environment, spill over into our private lives and the often fantastique dreamer that lies within us.

INTIMATE SURFACES is the fourth exhibition by a New Zealand born London based photographer that follows on from previous exhibitions that include REFLECTION AND LIGHT ( 2004) , ALTERED SPACES QUIET PLACES ( 2005) and IDENTIKITSCH {2006).

mailto:blowuppeter@hotmail.com        http://www.peterherbert.piczo.com/

EMILY ENGLISH
"LESBIAN EROTICA"
Drawings
18th September 06  -
 14th October 06

Emily English September 06

Emily English presents an exhibition of work entitled "Lesbian Erotica".
Her work reflects her fascination with the fantasy world of the unconscious mind.

After completing a B.A. in Fine Art Painting and having trouble exhibiting her work because it was considered too explicit, she went on to set up the Lesbian Artists' Network.
While running LAN she managed to organise what was then the World's largest lesbian art exhibition "Exposing Ourselves" which was held at the Worx, Kings Cross.
Over 150 pieces of work by 53 artists were shown.
The exhibition received extensive coverage in the national media.


After the success of "Exposing Ourselves", she approached The Watershed Media Centre in Bristol
and went on the organise the lesbian photograph exhibition "Ain't You Hungry".
Over 7 days in excess of 4500 people attended the exhibtion which was considered by the Watershed to be its most successful exhibition at that time.

Emily English's art and exhibitions have also featured in Emmanuel Cooper's book " The Sexual Perspective" published by Routledge.

" I disbanded the Lesbian Artist's Network in 1998 to focus more closely on my own work. Since that time it has been a slow process of rediscovering myself and my art - this exhibition is my coming out again as an artist ! "  

emilyenglish@aol.com 
 

ÅSA JOHANNESSON
Photographs
21st August 06 - 17th September 06

 

Asa Johannesson august 06

 

DAVID ROBERT BRAZIER
"QUIET BOY"

PHOTOGRAPHS
23rd JULY 06 -
3rd AUGUST 06

 

David Robert Brazier  July 06

 

Brighton based photographer David Robert Brazier presents an exhibition of work entitled 'Quiet Boy' from 23rd July to 20th August 2006 at 'First Out' as part of its twentieth anniversary celebrations.
David's work is a reflection on growing up with an awareness of being gay during the 1970's.  When he 'came out' in the 1980's 'First Out' was one of the first gay venues he visited. 
The exhibition comprises a series of photographs exploring common memories using manipulated archival family photographs and images shot around David's grandparents home.
This work is a celebration of where we come from, what we have become and the friendships we have made along the way; these friends having become part of our extended family.
Further examples of David's work can be viewed at http://www.show-and-tell-photography.com/

TEREZA BUSCOVA 
Paintings
24th May to 24th June 06 

 

Teresa June 06

 

We Must Forget that She is Beautiful,

 

"We Must Forget that She is Beautiful" is a play on identity and gender,

drawing on the work of surrealist painter René Magritte.

The series is a search for new meanings,

bringing forth an inverted landscape of reflective human forms and desire.

Inviting to modern muses and diverse looks,

these portraits challenge the traditions of the male gaze in surrealist art