Collusion

‘Collusion’ Rich White and Brychan Tudor

Arena Gallery

Friday 19 March – Saturday 3 April 2010

PV Thursday 18 March 6-8pm

Arena Gallery is pleased to present Collusion, a collaboration between Rich White and Brychan Tudor. Collusion features a newly commissioned joint work by White and Tudor that responds directly to the unique architectural features of Arena Gallery and draws on the history of the Elevator Building where Arena is located as a former industrial trade building and now a refurbished multi use facility.

This collaboration and adaption to the conditions of joint production will draw upon each of their respective artistic interests and methods of working to generate discourse in an environment that will ultimately be created and defined by their collusion.

Rich White
Recent and forthcoming projects:
2010 Collusion, Arena Studios & Gallery, Liverpool. 2010 Market Estate Project, London. 2009 Urban Hacking, Paraflows09, Vienna. 2009 Floor Plan, Phoenix, Brighton. 2009 Capitalyst, Catalyst Arts, Belfast.

Education:
1995-98 BA(hons) Fine Art: Sculpture. University of Gloucestershire.

Selected solo exhibitions:
2005 Censored Books, The Bookartbookshop, London. 2002 Dislocation, Islington Arts Factory, London. 1999 Singularities, Nottingham Playhouse.

Selected group exhibitions:
2010 Collusion, Arena Studios & Gallery, Liverpool. 2010 Market Estate Project, London. 2009 Urban Hacking, Paraflows09, Vienna. 2009 Floor Plan, Phoenix, Brighton. 2008 Conjunction08 Airspace, Stoke-on-Trent. 2008 OSOP08, Northampton. 2007 VELOCITY + FRED07, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. 2007 CUBE Open, Centre for the Urban Built Environment, Manchester. 2007 Intervention, Royal Scottish Academy. 2006 Conjunction06, Airspace, Stoke-on-Trent. 2006 Sublime, Association of Photographers Gallery, London. 2001 Polyphilia, The Basement, Nottingham. 2000 Nottingham Contemporary Art Exhibition, Nottingham Castle Gallery. 2000 Transfiguration, Roadmender, Northampton. 1999 ww.uk@rwa, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. 1998 Degree Show 98, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education. 1996, 97 & 98 Locations, Gloucester Docks.
Residencies:
2009 Capitalyst, Catalyst Arts, Belfast. 2008 CUBElab, Centre for the Urban Built Environment, Manchester.
2006 Creative Links expo:06, London. Collaboration with Jaimes Nel. 2005 .jpg Semi-collaborative digital drawing project, netbehaviour.org. 2004 create/remove real-time digital/net art residency, www.furtherstudio.org.

Awards:
2007 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England. 2007 1st Prize, CUBE Open. 2006 Work presented at net_sight 2006, final seven. 2001 Visual Artists Grant London Arts.

White’s current work involves physically altering (or appearing to alter) existing architecture in public and exhibition spaces. These architectural interventions are developed specifically  for their location through research and site visits; responding to the architecture, history and current happenings in the area. Through this he creates a narrative or story that evokes the collective subconscious – a visual reference that seeks to provoke thoughts about the location by drawing on elements of the locale.

The final work often takes a simple form or pattern of structure which is intended to resonate with the viewer through its unexpected familiarity. The work is built on-site from materials found or reclaimed in the vicinity and integrated into the existing architecture. Afterwards the materials are recycled or returned for reuse. This conveys a connection to its location and influences its development. The work is at the whim of the materials he can find and at the mercy of their limitations. It is about making it work, about adapting ideas to changing situations, and creating an inspiring experience for the viewer which challenges their perception and causes them to question what they see.

www.counterwork.co.uk

Brychan Tudor

(60Mx20M). Found wood, found objects and projected light

(12Mx8M) Aluminium wire, cling-film and projected light. KAF, Keighley 2009

St Leonards Church, London, 2009. Projected light (12Mx4M)

Education MA Fine Art (Merit), Wimbledon School of Art, Sep 2005 – Sep 2006. MA Course Representative.
BA (Hons) Fine Art (2:1), Art and Design Foundation Diploma (Merit), University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Sep 2001 – July 2005. BA Course Representative.

Libya Residency, British Council, Oct/Nov 2007

Creative Director, CAAPO – www.creativeassault.org – May 2009 onwards
Wales Editor, Art Art Art, May 2009
Curator/Programme Manager, Wolstenholme Projects, February 2007 onwards

Art and Design Demonstrating Technician, Hugh Baird College, March 2007 – March 2009

Forthcoming projects: 2010 Collusion, Arena Studios & Gallery, Liverpool

Solo Exhibitions

Jan 2009 – ‘Transparency Personified #1’, Keighley Arts Factory, Keighley.

Group Exhibitions December 2009 – ‘Wave If Your Really There #5’, St.Leonards Church, Shoreditch, London. Jan 2009 – ‘A Festival of Collaboration’, Take The Floor Series, Liverpool Tate, Liverpool.

Nov 2008 – ‘Interchange’, Cities On The Edge, CCP Car Park, Liverpool Biennial ’08, Liverpool. October 2008 – ‘Unmade’, Arena (TAO), Liverpool Independents Biennial ‘08, Liverpool. October 2008 – ‘Trace’, Schwartz Gallery, Hackney Wick, London. July 2008 – ‘Façade’, Gallery 33, Berlin, Germany. June 2008 – ‘Wave If Your Really There #1’, Mercy, St.Brides Church, Liverpool. March 2008 – Grigore Mora Gallery Projects, Bucharest, Romania.

November 2007 – ‘Settlement’, Sabatha University, Libya. August 2007 – ‘Eyes, Lies & Stories’, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool. February 2007 – Stroud House Gallery, Stroud.

September 2006 – MA Degree Show, Wimbledon School of Art. June 2006 – ‘Muscular Pet’, Mashed Potato Gallery, Deptford Bridge, London. May 2006 – Delhi Exhibition Centre, Delhi, India. March 2006 – ‘Oh Buoy!’, Trinity Buoy Wharf, East India Dock, London.

December 2005 – Centre For Drawing, Wimbledon, London. June 2005 – BA Degree Show, UWIC, Cardiff. December 2004 – UWIC, Cardiff.
Events Curated/Produced April 2009 – ‘Portrayal & Perpetration’, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool. Nov 2008 – ‘Interchange’, Cities On The Edge, CCP Car Park, Liverpool Biennial ’08, Liverpool. July 2008 – ‘Façade’, Gallery 33, Berlin, Germany. April 2008 – ‘Sixth Sense’, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool. November 2007 – ‘Settlement’, Sabatha University, Libya. June 2006 – ‘Muscular Pet’, Mashed Potato Gallery, London. March 2006 – ‘Oh Buoy!’, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London.

Exhibitions Project Managed March 2009 – ‘Interzone’, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool.

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