Exhibition Programme 2022
March 28th - 30th
Human condition - a show featuring work by Sheffield Hallam Yr 2 students.
Opens 6pm on the 28th, then 11am - 4pm 29th & 30th March.
Human condition - a show featuring work by Sheffield Hallam Yr 2 students.
Opens 6pm on the 28th, then 11am - 4pm 29th & 30th March.
April 20th - 27th
GAZE Exhibition is a group of 8 contemporary second year photography students challenging the photographic narrative and creating an enthralling exhibition to captivate the gaze of the viewer. Each photographer has a unique perspective, from camera-less to documentary photography.
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GAZE Exhibition is a group of 8 contemporary second year photography students challenging the photographic narrative and creating an enthralling exhibition to captivate the gaze of the viewer. Each photographer has a unique perspective, from camera-less to documentary photography.
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May 2012, and I take the momentous step of moving into a 6m x 4m studio at Kelham Island Arts Collective. The large, well lit space on the top floor of an old engineering works in Sheffield's industrial hinterland was a huge step from the 1.5m x 2.5m of floor space that was all I could squeeze out of my back bedroom at home. There I could not get far enough away from a 60 x 80cm painting to view it properly, here it felt like I needed binoculars. I had resumed my life as an artist 2 years previously, after a 16year hiatus to bring up my daughter. Those 2 years of tentative exploration and experiment that had finally started to produce results. I felt ready to take a more professional approach, and was in the early stages of arranging a group show with three other artists I had met online. Thus began a 10 year journey into paint.
Ten years that have seen the creation of over 210 works, both painting and sculpture, and a book. Ten years, 15 group shows and 11 solo exhibitions in Sheffield, London, Liverpool, Rotherham, Congleton and Northwich. 83 original paintings sold. Seeing my painting of HMS Sheffield hanging above her ships bell at the Sheffield Industrial Museum. 7 Murals and 2 painted utility cabinets as part of the Kelham Island Arts and Heritage Trail. My work appearing on the ArtUk website. A residency at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet which opened my eyes to the joys (and tribulations) of plein air painting. Ten years during which my approach has become more refined, my style proved impossible to pin down (after all it’s the least important element of painting) and my technique both expanded and sharpened. A time that is now coming to a close, as I near the point of beginning my next big adventure, a move to Scotland to continue my journey under a different visual influence.
An ever shifting landscape encapsulates these past ten years. The show will feature at least one painting from each of my shows, bringing together work covering themes as diverse as deindustrialisation, climate change, the Arctic Convoys, industrial history and UK politics. and at least 2 works for each year of my tenure at KIAC. Together with sketches and working tools this exhibition will be a visual record of the way in which my work and its subject have developed over time. I hope you can join me.
Ten years that have seen the creation of over 210 works, both painting and sculpture, and a book. Ten years, 15 group shows and 11 solo exhibitions in Sheffield, London, Liverpool, Rotherham, Congleton and Northwich. 83 original paintings sold. Seeing my painting of HMS Sheffield hanging above her ships bell at the Sheffield Industrial Museum. 7 Murals and 2 painted utility cabinets as part of the Kelham Island Arts and Heritage Trail. My work appearing on the ArtUk website. A residency at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet which opened my eyes to the joys (and tribulations) of plein air painting. Ten years during which my approach has become more refined, my style proved impossible to pin down (after all it’s the least important element of painting) and my technique both expanded and sharpened. A time that is now coming to a close, as I near the point of beginning my next big adventure, a move to Scotland to continue my journey under a different visual influence.
An ever shifting landscape encapsulates these past ten years. The show will feature at least one painting from each of my shows, bringing together work covering themes as diverse as deindustrialisation, climate change, the Arctic Convoys, industrial history and UK politics. and at least 2 works for each year of my tenure at KIAC. Together with sketches and working tools this exhibition will be a visual record of the way in which my work and its subject have developed over time. I hope you can join me.
Kieran Flynn - August 5th - August 15th.
Kieran is an abstract stencil artist based in Sheffield, England. He creates colourful pieces on both
canvas and paper using spray paint and paint.
Whereas most stencil artists cut the stencil they need for the piece they want to create, Kieran
works the other way around. He has a huge collection of laser-cut, simple, repeat pattern and single
shape stencils. These same stencils are used to build all his compositions.
The work straddles the worlds of street art, design and abstract art. With an emphasis on colour
combinations and composition.
All his paintings are made of a combination of squares, rectangles and circles.
“Using stencils allows me to try different colours and colour combinations as I work. I can easily
place the stencil back in the same place and spray the painting again with a different colour. I treat
my canvasses almost like a live version of photoshop.“
I love playing with colours, composition and process. I want to create bright optimistic paintings for
you to enjoy looking at. Whereas other stencil artists decide what they want to paint and cut the
stencil accordingly, I work the other way around. I have a large collection of laser-cut stencils and I
use these same stencils to build different compositions.
Sometimes I like to suggest landscapes or cityscapes, sometimes my work is totally abstract. All my
paintings are made up of circles, squares and rectangles. Importantly, they have no meaning behind
them at all, a lot like existence the only meaning is the one you give it.
In fact, accepting that something has no meaning is ultimately very liberating in both life and
creating art. These are existential paintings, your relationship with them is more important than
mine, I just want them to look good. So, give them whatever meaning you want, or don’t, it doesn’t
matter.
I never know where I’m going when I start. The fact that I always use variations on the same process
and the same stencils, is what gives my paintings a visual theme.
Kieran is an abstract stencil artist based in Sheffield, England. He creates colourful pieces on both
canvas and paper using spray paint and paint.
Whereas most stencil artists cut the stencil they need for the piece they want to create, Kieran
works the other way around. He has a huge collection of laser-cut, simple, repeat pattern and single
shape stencils. These same stencils are used to build all his compositions.
The work straddles the worlds of street art, design and abstract art. With an emphasis on colour
combinations and composition.
All his paintings are made of a combination of squares, rectangles and circles.
“Using stencils allows me to try different colours and colour combinations as I work. I can easily
place the stencil back in the same place and spray the painting again with a different colour. I treat
my canvasses almost like a live version of photoshop.“
I love playing with colours, composition and process. I want to create bright optimistic paintings for
you to enjoy looking at. Whereas other stencil artists decide what they want to paint and cut the
stencil accordingly, I work the other way around. I have a large collection of laser-cut stencils and I
use these same stencils to build different compositions.
Sometimes I like to suggest landscapes or cityscapes, sometimes my work is totally abstract. All my
paintings are made up of circles, squares and rectangles. Importantly, they have no meaning behind
them at all, a lot like existence the only meaning is the one you give it.
In fact, accepting that something has no meaning is ultimately very liberating in both life and
creating art. These are existential paintings, your relationship with them is more important than
mine, I just want them to look good. So, give them whatever meaning you want, or don’t, it doesn’t
matter.
I never know where I’m going when I start. The fact that I always use variations on the same process
and the same stencils, is what gives my paintings a visual theme.
