Saturday 20th January 2024
12.30 - 1.30pm
Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington
Chair
Marc Steene, Founder and Director of art charity Outside In and Author of Outside In: Exploring The Margins of Art (2023)
The behemothic global art market is one which few aspiring artists manage to penetrate. How then would a creative person with virtually no arts engagement, maybe with mental or other significant health issues, disability, or difficult social circumstances, find a way in?
Marc Steene, Founder and Director of art charity Outside In will host a talk on his new book published by Lund Humphries ‘Outside In: Exploring The Margins of Art’ including a panel of artists who have contributed to the book.
Providing a means of gaining an understanding and appreciation of largely overlooked artists and their work, Outside In: Exploring the margins of art champions the creatives and artworks produced by those traditionally kept on the periphery of the art world. In the context of the support offered by the charity Outside In, it explores the artists’ motivations and approaches to making. In doing so, a robust case is made for the need to break down the significant barriers excluding talented artists from the art world, and to create an inclusive artistic community in turn.
Outside In will be exhibiting at London Art Fair in Encounters.
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Victoria Bowman (b. 1984)
Victoria Bowman was born in Darlington. She attends the Community Art Project (CAP) in Darlington.
She has produced an impressive body of work – including many intricate drawings and paintings which she works on for weeks and sometimes months. Victoria generally does not use other source material as inspiration for her work but creates designs from her own imagination.
Selected Outside In exhibitions:
Environments, Outside In National Exhibition, Piano Nobile, Kings Place, London – 2019
Under a Blue Sky, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton – 2022
Dannielle Hodson (b. 1980)
Dannielle Hodson was born in London. She was educated at Central St. Martins, London (BA Womenswear Fashion Design, MA Fine Art) and is a graduate of the Turps Banana studio painting programme. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at galleries and public institutions including, Dannielle Hodson: Another Kind of Life’, Four You Gallery (2021); ‘Miniscule Venice’, satellite programme 58th Venice Biennale (2019, in association with Cross Lane Projects); ‘An Art School’, Tate Exchange at Tate Modern (2017), and the National Open Art Competition 2016, Mercer’s Hall, London, where she won the Roy Pace Award.
Selected Outside In exhibitions:
Outside In National, Pallant House Gallery – 2009
Award Winner Solo Show, Pallant House Gallery – 2010
Outside In: Chelsea, Annoushka, London – 2012
Outside In: Journeys, Sotheby’s, London – 2018
Kindred Spirits, Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire – 2022
Carlo Keshishian (b. 1980)
Carlo Keshishian is a visual and sonic artist based in London. He works primarily with ink and paint, mostly focussing on a series of text-based diary drawings that capture his engagement with what he considers the illusory nature of time. He uses the creation process to reinforce or reimagine memories.
Selected Outside In exhibitions:
Outside In National, Pallant House Gallery – 2009
Award Winner Solo Show, Bishop Otter Gallery, Chichester – 2010
Outside In: Chelsea, Annoushka, London – 2012
Outside In: Journeys, Sotheby’s, London – 2018
Radical Craft, Outside In National Exhibition 2015/16, Pallant House Gallery and tour – 2015
Common Threads, Phoenix Brighton, 2017
HOUSE Festival/Outside In co-commission for HOUSE Biennial, 2017
Outside In: Journeys, Sotheby’s, London – 2018
Tess Springall (b. 1965)
“I first heard about Outside In through Creative Response and entered some work in 2009 to a competition that led to an exhibition at Pallant House Gallery. I have always loved Art. I have worked as a potter at Amberley Chalkpits Museum, a silversmith at R.L.S Silversmiths and later in life took a National Diploma in graphic design and illustration at Northbrook College that led on to doing a Degree at Portsmouth University in Art Design and Media, Communication Design which I graduated from in 2001 with a 2:1. I was first ill in 2007 when I was sectioned and again in 2008. I was in hospital for about 3 months on both occasions and was diagnosed with Bipolar. I enjoy painting, drawing, sculpture and experimenting with various media. Art is a great healer.”
Selected Outside In exhibitions:
Outside In National, Pallant House Gallery – 2009
Outside In: Journeys, Sotheby’s, London – 2018