OPENING TIMES

Private View
Wednesday 16 October, 5 – 9pm

Public Opening Times
Thursday 17 October, 11am – 9pm
Friday 18 October, 11am – 9pm
Saturday 19 October, 10am – 6pm
Sunday 20 October, 10am – 6pm

Evolution London, Battersea Park, Queenstown Road, London SW11 4NJ, UK

Opening: Wednesday 18 September 5-8pm

I’m delighted that we are opening our doors to the public for our 2024 ACAVA’s Colville Road Open studios at W3 8BL, as part of the Borough of Ealing Art Trail. The studios have been an integral part of the local community in West London for over 17 years and is home to artists working across different media: painting, Painting, installation, sculpture/3D and printmaking.  As a visitor you will have the opportunity to meet the artists, see their practice and browse a wide range of works available to buy. I am at Studio 10, at the end of a long corridor and look forward to showing you my work.

You can also join Acava’s curator Georgia Taylor Aguilar for a 2 hour guided tour. Wed 18 Sep, 6pm meet at Chiswick Chiswick Park Tube Station

Very excited about showing my work again at the Affordable Art Fair Battersea Autumn. You will find my work along with the work of The Hunter Gallery artists at Stand L6.

The fair starts with the Charity Private View on Wednesday October 18 until Sunday 2

GENERAL OPENING TIMES

Thursday 19 October
11am – 5pm, Art After Dark Late* 5 – 9pm
Friday 20 October
11am – 5pm, Art After Dark Late* 5 – 9pm
Saturday 21 October
11am – 6pm
Sunday 22 October
11am – 6pm
Weekend Family Hour – 11am – 12pm

Private View:
Wednesday 18 October, 5 – 9pm*

Life can sometimes feel so focused on the individual, making it easy to forget the importance of those around us. The philosophy of Ubuntu, translating to ‘I Am Because We Are’, proposes a different perspective. It is the idea that, as humans, we have a responsibility to one another, and that we are a culmination of the people around us. It is empathy and humanity.

This exhibition looks at community, culture and humanity. The 8 selected artists are:

Asiko , Suchi Chidambaram, Suman Gujral, Alban Haysom, Rosa Kelly, Madhu Manipatruni, Olamide Ogunade and Isobel Scarsbrook

They have each created work that fits to the concept in some way. The pieces explore various interpretations of the title, in order to consider what it could mean to different people. These include explorations of culture, identity and history, in a variety of styles and disciplines.

Curated by Bethany Haysom , Babylon Young Curator.

I am Because We Are

View the exhibition on Matterport

Artists’ Panel

Exhibition Catalogue

Our natural world surrounds artists with endless opportunities to embrace the beauty of mother nature, capturing her in countless different styles of work and numerous different mediums.

 This exhibition brings together some of the finest land and seascape painters in the UK and will certainly be a show not to be missed.

 ‘Choose only one master, nature.‘

Rembrandt  (1606-1696)

https://thegalleryholt.com/exhibitions/

The Spring exhibition

Suchi has produced a stunning collection of oils based on the theme of theme of light. She has particularly focussed her attention on sunrise and sunsets of the coast, to make the most joyous paintings.

This delightful collection illustrates the meaning of light itself – one of the most universal symbols representing hope and wisdom. It is an exhibition full of optimism and is one not to be missed!

The exhibition is open from Wednesday 1 February to Friday 24 February, 10 - 5 pm.

Suchi Chidambaram Solo Exhibition , Artwave West

The World Reimagined is delighted to announce its final installation of 96 globe sculptures in London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 November. In what promises to be an unmissable moment at the landmark location, the sculptures will invite families, businesses, and communities to explore how we understand our shared British history; and how the past—particularly the UK’s relationship with the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans—shapes the future.

For more information visit:
https://www.theworldreimagined.org/trafalgarsquare/

A selection of the works of the gallery artists

Art for Youth London was established in 1988 by Diana Brooks MBE as a platform for emerging artists and a fundraising exhibition in support of the UK Charity, UK Youth. 

Now in its 34th year, this annual art exhibition has raised over £1.8 million enabling UK Youth to support a network of 8,000 youth organisations and nation partners, collectively reaching 5.3 million young people, many of whom are living in deprived areas or facing personal barriers. Purchasing a work of art or making a donation will support artists and young people at a time when they need it most.

The exhibition will feature the works of over 100 contemporary emerging and established artists.

Visiting the exhibition:

Free entry from 11 am to 4 pm, 1st - 4th November. The event is ticketed for visits between 6-9 pm. Link for tickets here

https://artforyouth.com

The fair runs from 20 - 23 October, with the Private View on Wednesday 19 October 2022. The exhibition will include works by Huw Williams, Gemma Harwood, Louise Fairchild, Alexander Debenham, Sophie Botsford, Alfredo Palmero, Suchi Chidambaram and Gabriel Ortega.

Please contact the gallery for complimentary tickets.

https://www.thehuntergallery.com

Come visit Illuminate at Max Roach Park, Brixton

Sunday, 16 October - I will be there between 2-4 pm

To share my inspiration and experience of painting the globe and the significance of The World Reimagined

The globe is at the North end of Max Roach Park by Villa Road which is a 7 minute walk from Brixton Tube station.

The World Reimagined at its core, is built on the belief in the transformative power of art: to inspire, to move and to open our imagination to new possibilities. The World Reimagined has 103 unique Globes across the 10 trails in 7 host cities across the UK,  helping people travel through this Journey of Discovery.

The World Reimagined is a national artistic learning program involving over 200 schools across the country and taking action with the people, organisations & communities doing the work of making racial justice a reality.

theworldreimagined.org

The theme for my globe is Reimagine the Future and is titled: Illuminate. This will be part of the Southwark - Lambeth Art trail . It is no 10 on the art trail and is located in Max Roach Park, Lambeth.

The globes will be on display from 13 August through to 31 October 2022, after which they will be auctioned.

The Autumn Hampshire Art Fair

PREVIEW DRINKS SATURDAY 8TH OCTOBER 12.00 -2.00PM

Gallery opening times: 11.00AM - 5.00PM (CLOSED MONDAYS)

West Norwood Library & Picturehouse, 1 - 5 Norwood High Street, London SE27 9JX, UK

Oct 2, 2022 - Jan 7, 2023

Exhibition Launch - Friday, 14 October, 6-9pm

Suchi Chidambaram | Crossings

“Humans have always sought a better life and inspiration.”

A response to how people seek better lives and inspiration, Crossings is the latest solo show by an artist whose work attempts to convey the sentiment and mood of journeys. Each work in the exhibition tells its own story of a crossing.

https://www.packedlunch.org/whatson-list/crossings

An eclectic selection of Original paintings, Sculpture, Glass & Limited edition and Prints at Stand B1, The Wey Gallery, at the Fresh Art Fair Ascot. 23- 25 September

https://www.freshartfair.net/exhibitor/ascot-exhibitors/

https://theweygallery.com

Paintings, Ceramics and Sculpture. The annual Spring fair at Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, The Old Grain Store, Westover Farm, Goodworth Clatford, Andover, Hampshire SP11 7LF

Opening Hours

 Monday–Friday 9.30am–5.30pm

Saturday10.00am-6.00pm

Sunday 10.00-4.00pm

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An exhibition of the work of 27 artists from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and communities, curated by Olu Taiwo, Black artist and participant in the Babylon Arts Young Curators Programme in 2020/21.

The exhibition is a mixture of new and existing artworks in various mediums including sculpture, photography, painting, poetry and digital art, showcasing works that connect to the importance of diversity as it relates to local traditions, customs, crafts or stories and portrays the skills and creativity of artists – all responding to the powerful declaration “I Matter”.

In early March 2022, like most of us, I was very shocked to see painful images of war and destruction. As a way to show support, I offered a small oil painting ‘In search of hope’ to the highest bidder by 13/3/22 with all proceeds  evenly split between the Disaster Emergency Committee and the UN Refugee Agency, in aid of the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. 

I was very pleased that I received two top bids of £500. Rather than these two people bid against each other for the same painting, I decided to make a second painting: In search of hope II. I was therefore able to offer two paintings each for £500. I’m pleased to say that together, this raised a total of £1,125 including gift aid for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.  

I want to thank you all for your generous bids and support. This would not have been possible without your participation. When I initiated the auction, all I had in mind was to be able to raise a small amount of money for the people of Ukraine but on hearing from one of the winning bidders, I also became aware of how such experiences can extend across lifetimes. Reading her family story of displacement, loss, grief and desperation over a century ago highlighted that history is made up of individual stories which have longstanding impacts. Hearing about her grandparents and their children’s lives and imagining what suffering they would have gone through after war and for her now as their descendant to be able to support people going through that same pain, was very inspiring! I was humbled to learn that the paining In search of  hope I  had  been placed alongside her  family treasures and memories. A full circle!

In search of hope I, Oil on canvas, 12 cm x 18 cm

In search of hope II, Oil on canvas, 12 cm x 18 cm

Art for Youth London was established in 1988 by Diana Brooks MBE as a platform for emerging artists and a fundraising exhibition in support of the UK Charity, UK Youth. 

Now in its 33rd year, this annual art exhibition has raised over £1.6 million enabling UK Youth to support a network of 8,000 youth organisations and nation partners, collectively reaching 4.1 million young people, many of whom are living in deprived areas or facing personal barriers. Purchasing a work of art or making a donation will support artists and young people at a time when they need it most.

In 2020 Art for Youth London moved online for the first time, exhibiting over 150 contemporary emerging and established artists. This year’s event will return once more to the Mall Galleries in December. For those that are unable to attend in person, art will be available to purchase online at the end of the live exhibition.

Art for Youth is supporting UK Youth

Art for Youth is the perfect opportunity to buy your very first piece of affordable art, add to your collection or pick up unique Christmas presents. Buyers have the added satisfaction of knowing that 35% of all sales goes to the charity UK Youth, a leading national charity that exists to ensure all young people aged 9-25 are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives.