Location: Art Gallery
When: 13 - 24 November 2024
Time: Wednesday to Saturday 10am - 4pm, Sunday 1pm - 4pm
About This Exhibition:
A dose of the picturesque, an exhibition that questions the romantic theme of the picture perfect natural world, how this matters now more than ever, a conversational show between Alej ez and Dee Ferris.
‘I assure you I sometimes long for a proper spot to write to you in, as I like a dose of the picturesque in my letters.’- Excerpt John Keats’ letter to Tom Keats, 27 January 1818.
SPECIAL EVENT:
Come join us for a special guided tour and talk by Alej ez and Dee Ferris for their exhibition ‘A Dose of the Picturesque’.
Sunday 17th November, 2pm – 3pm
Artists Bio and Statements:
Alej ez
My name is Alejandro Martinez Rodriguez, shortened to alej ez. I was born in 1973 and grew up in the South of Spain in Granada. I graduated from Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Sevilla in 1997 and in a bold move I made the UK my residence in 2000. I worked for Rick Mather architects which specialised in museum design. Being involved in projects such as Dulwich Picture Gallery and National History Museum paved my way into the arts. In 2004, I moved to Brighton and for a few years I carried out architectural work and printmaking in parallel, until 2019 when my love of drawing and printmaking got the best of me and I became a full time artist.
My first exhibition was in 1998 at Artefacto Gallery in Seville, Spain. After a gap of twelve years, stirred up by Brighton’s energetic art scene, I started creating and selling art. After that point, every year I have participated at the Artists Open Houses Festival. I have exhibited in Gallery 94 at Glyndebourne and had solo exhibitions at the West Pier Trust and the Regency Town House, both located in Brighton. Currently my work is permanently on display in selected galleries from East to West Sussex.
My motto is “Love life, love art.” Life represents personal experiences, and I cherish both these experiences and the act of expressing them through art. I aim to express my surrounding world: physical, cultural, and emotional aspects. Physical refers to places and things, both animate and inanimate. Culture encompasses art created by other artists, forming a network of meta-experiences and emotions. As humans, we are inherently emotional beings, and this emotional depth shapes our artistic expressions
Dee Ferris
Dee Ferris (born 1973 in Paulton, Somerset), is a British painter. She studied at Christ’s College, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Art.
Ferris has participated in group exhibitions at Saatchi Gallery, London; Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo; Tate Britain, London; City Gallery Prague, Prague; Prague Biennale, Prague; Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; and the Royal Academy. She has had solo shows at Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo and Corvi-Mora, London.
Her works are held in the UBS art collection in London and the Saatchi Gallery.
