Arkley Fine Art Presents... Urban Contemporary: 1st October - 31st October 2022

1 - 31 October 2022

  • Arkley Fine Art presents Urban Contemporary!

     

    This Autumn we are excited to bring you something so spectacular we can barely contain our excitement.

    From the day we opened our doors, the urban world of art has continued to grow globally in popularity, resulting in one of the fastest developing genres the artworld has seen in years pushing the investment boundaries into overload!

    From the 1st October get ready for the coolest, funkiest and brightest exhibition to date! We promise  to bring the best rising stars the urbanworld has to offer, with new works from each and everyone of them, some of which will be exclusive to us at Arkley!

     

    Get ready to see the very best from the ever so brilliant and popular Lhouette, And Wot, Catman, Gareth Tristan Evans and Ben Riley!

     
     
    We are thrilled to announce that for the first time ever, we will have Live music from Ibiza DJ Kiara KL. She will be bringing a chilled vibe with all you’re favourite Café del Mar sounds. Now if that’s not exciting enough, we have confirmation that all featured artists are CREATING SOMETHING UNIQUE TO WIN!
     
    The first 30 people through our doors at 1pm on the 1st October will be given a golden envelope, if you are one of the lucky people that receives an envelope with either LHOUETTE, BEN RILEY, GARETH TRISTEN EVANS, CATMAN OR AND WOT’S name on it, you will win a creation from their studio! How cool is that!
  • LHOUETTE

    LHOUETTE

    Over the last ten years the meteoric rise of British artist Lhouette (Born Ciarán Robinson) has been nothing short of remarkable. Gaining his pseudonym from a series of works featuring a cast of striking yet subversive female silhouettes, Lhouette is regarded as one of the United Kingdom’s leading urban pop artists. Lhouette became widely known from 2012, having gained representation from a series of distinguished commercial galleries across the UK. This presence immediately led to a new generation of urban art collector acquiring key early works. A series of sell-out solo exhibitions alongside published editions and original collections soon followed.
    Lhouette's meticulously developed craft produces standout works utilising both raw and refined materials coated in his signature jam-packed painted collage work, the artist has gained critical recognition for his 'Post Urban Glamour' and 'Pop Maximalist' concepts, along with his widely collected cast off figurative motif’ designs.
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  • AND WOT

    AND WOT

    And Wot is a born and bred North Londoner and has been working with spray cans for about 20 years, mainly creating graffiti tags in his teenage years. Almost a decade ago And Wot became interested in painting and started creating and designing artwork using the spray can but covering a wider variety of themes. This has now developed him into using many different techniques and mediums, including intricate stencil work and also using digital art to create layered collage pieces. He is now proud to have his artwork hanging in the homes of clients as far as New York, Spain and Dubai, as well as closer to home.

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  • GARETH TRISTAN EVANS

    GARETH TRISTAN EVANS

    Born in Singapore, brought up in a remote Welsh valley and now living in Macclesfield Gareth is an emerging mixed media artist whose work is gathering increased interest from contemporary art collectors in the UK and abroad.

     

    Utilising a range of techniques from photography to digital to traditional pen and brush his work is influenced by childhood memories, vintage textiles, street art and an O.C.D. attention to detail.  Unconstrained by the need to conform to traditional codes he employs whatever skills and materials needed to achieve the desired result.

     

    His latest series ‘Urban Geisha’ draws upon his influences and interest in materials to create 21st Century versions of the traditional Geisha.  The influence of street art is obvious as is his interest in Eastern symbolism and imagery.  Each piece is hand crafted as layers of Gold Leaf, acrylics, Hanko stamps, Japanese postage stamps and 3D relief tiles are woven into the artwork.

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  • CATMAN

    CATMAN

    Catman is a street artist based in Whitstable, Kent. Whilst studying architectural model making at The University of Creative Arts Rochester (UCA), he gained his fine scalpel skills producing scale architectural models, expertise that is used today in the stencil use within his paintings. After realising how much he missed art, Catman returned to Canterbury UCA to study Fine Art where he re-discovered his passion for painting. Catman’s street art is therefore renowned for its high level of detail, particularly that found in his street pieces.
     
    In April 2015, ITV News ran a story on a mural Catman had painted on a homeless shelter overnight. His anonymity sparked the newsgroup’s interest, but Catman managed to keep his identity a secret.
     
    He has been listed as a finalist for the Stencil Art Prize in Sydney for 2014 and 2015, which is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious stencil art competitions in the world. 
     
    In the UK, his work hangs alongside  Banksy, Alec Monopoly and Stik, to name a few. In 2017, Catman’s work was also exhibited at the Scope Art Show in Miami, where his collection sold out.
     
    In June 2018 he had his first solo show, “Painting Out Loud” where Catman exhibited canvas work, sculptures and had interactive area that showed a time-lapse of the creation of his ‘Usual Suspects’ piece on Portobello Road. The show sold out and since then he has exhibited in Paris and Bangkok where he has received unprecedented sales and interest.
     
    Following on from this, Catman was flown to Florence Italy for a private commission to repaint 'The Usual Suspects' at full scale. The work now sits alongside renaissance paintings from the client's personal collection. The "Usual Suspects" is also one of 8 Catman paintings that proudly hang in Gordan Ramsey's "Heddon Street kitchen".
     
    Catman is an artist who actively responds to current affairs and world events. In October 2019, Catman was featured in The Guardian, The Mirror and the Independent national newspapers for his witty portrayal of Boris Johnson as a ‘Deal or No Deal’ contestant in Farringdon, London. More recently Catman’s ‘Superhuman’ street piece, a nod to the front line workers during the Coronavirus pandemic, has been covered on ITV news. 
     
    Most recently, Catman was invited to exhibit at Fulham Town Hall in May 21. The large art collective took over a 51,000 sq ft Victoria grade 2 listed building that had been derelict for 10 years. The Exhibition was to celebrate the end of Covid restrictions and the reopening of the art world.
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  • BEN RILEY

    BEN RILEY

    Born in 1981, Ben Riley is an accomplished British artist, based in Staffordshire – merging the boundaries of art & music. Since his early life, music had played a significant role in the journey to professional artist. Studying the academics of art since his teenage years, Riley has established a number of signatures, which include concept art, and crossover techniques.
    Since 2002, Ben has been able to deliver his art professionally to an international audience focusing on iconic & stimulating portraiture worldwide, gaining notoriety in the capture of mood, soul and character of a subject. With an accolade of celebrity & professional collectors to his books, Ben’s commissioned pieces have featured proudly throughout media, television and press worldwide.
    “The human face is a landscape of detail, showing its lifelong adventure. Each one unique to the rest, the story changes each time holding a multitude of twists and turns. The eyes, the mouth, the skin, the tell-tale signs of the life and journey – captured in the peaks and troughs of the lines, just like the vinyl record. Each feature is its own song, each subject – its own genre, and living phonograph of mood, feeling, character and sheer existence… beautiful…”