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Upfest 2010 Ilse Of Wight

Upfest will be at Cowes week in the Isle of Wight. Featuring many of the artists from the Upfest/View gallery show (inc myself).

Opening night is tonight at 6pm.

This evening is the start of a four day exhibition at Graffik London that I have been invited to take part in.

Tonight (Thursday) is viewing by invitation only but if you’re near Portobello Rd this weekend please go down and take a look.

http://www.graffiklondon.co.uk/

The weather has frustrated the hell out of me, since the cold frost descended over the UK in December I’ve been able to do very little work in the studio. Paint takes too long to dry (well to be precise it tends not to dry at all) and after an hour or so I start to lose the feeling in my fingers. So for the last six weeks I’ve spent the time on my ass drinking beer, getting fat and procrastinating on Twitter and dare I say it, Facebook. There has been some movement but it’s been very slow (more to come on that a little later this month). It’s not all bad though, I have been reading quite a lot too… am I boring you yet?

It’s also been a little disappointing as two of the three planned projects for the beginning of the year have since fallen through. That kinda knocked the wind out of my sails for a bit – I’m very good at feeling sorry for myself. On a plus, I’ve been invited to take part at another exhibition in London at the end of February (again top secret until the show opening) but I’m excited again and it means that the next seven to ten days will prove (hopefully) very fruitful, especially as I still have a private commission to complete before the middle of February.

After all that excitement I came across these two paintings hidden behind all kinds of crap at the back of the studio – I can’t wait to get them finished off.

Have a great February!

I’m proud to announce that I’ll be one of the artists taking part in Anno Domini’s Fresh Produce Group Exhibition.

With 50 artists from around the world it will no doubt be a great show (just wish I could get over in person).

Opens Friday December 4, 2009, 8pm til late, free and open to the public.

On view through January 16, 2009

Click the image below to visit the Anno Domini website and for more information.

Anno Domini - Fresh Produce

18 November 2009 – 09 January 2010
I have two pieces available.

for more information please call the gallery – +44 (0) 151 236 4236
16 Cook Street,
Liverpool.
L2 9RF

Editions Gallery, Liverpool

Last Thursday saw the start of my work being displayed at Oddest Bar in Chorlton, Manchester. Thanks to all those that came to say hello and have a drink with me and huge thanks to the guys (and gals) at Oddest/Odder and Odd for the support and help. It’s on display til the 8th October 2009 so if you’re planning a visit to Manchester pop in and have a look.

photo by annar_50

Here’s the poster for my first solo show at the Oddest Bar in Chorlton Manchester – 10.09.2009 – 08.10.2009. If you’re in the area, please come along and say hello!

Julian Kimmings - Oddest 10 September 09

This weekend was amazing in so many ways. Bella had two parties over the weekend so I got to spend some one to one time with Bailey and Riley, man-to-man-to-man I guess. Anyway we had a good time and managed to get a few things, including more carrot seeds for the garden. On the carrot note, we pulled some of the first crop over the weekend and was extremely happy with the results, nothing tastes like a carrot that you’re grown yourself, fresh from the ground. The smell is intense and they’re so sweet. (Can you tell I like carrots?).

I also spent some time in the studio and broke the back of this beauty below. It’s a painting I have been working on based on the one I painted at Upfest 09. It’s for the Buy Art Fair at the Urbis, Manchester in September. I hope to finish it this evening and get a shot sent off to the organisers. I wanted to get the same style figure but adding a dimension that I couldn’t while down in Bristol due to time constrains, without completely re-painting it… (where would the fun be in that?) and hopefully you’ll agree that I have succeeded. It’s a 100×80cm canvas painted with Aerosol, Acrylic and Ink.

Register for the Urbis Art Fair 09 – free

My ‘Suitors’ artwork has been featured on the Art In Liverpool website as part of the review of the recent exhibition ‘City Garden’ at Ye Cracke in Liverpool.

It’s lovely to see it up there, thanks to the guys at Art In Liverpool and Gayna at Strange Attractors (in Light). Check out Micheline Robinson’s artwork – her artwork was also featured in the review. I like her abstracts.

Check out the review on the Arti In Liverpool website here.

Art in Liverpool - Julian Kimmings, Suitors

Illustrative returns to Berlin from the 16th of October to the 1st of November -Villa Elisabeth… I wish I was part of it.

“ILLUSTRATIVE showcases an international scene of artist-designers, whose works have been inspired by subculture movements like comic and graffiti as well as by applied arts like illustration and book art. The exhibition explores the merging of infinite materials and techniques in widely unprecedented combinations, which challenge learned ways of seeing – e.g. the latest development, where illustration and graphics are translated into the third dimension, or new narrative strategies in 3D-animation.”

ILLUSTRATIVE 2009