'Beyond The Pale Blue Dot' Cheba Solo Show at It's All 2 Much Gallery - Stokes Croft, Bristol

'Beyond The Pale Blue Dot' a solo show from Bristol artist Cheba.

Opening preview Friday 7th November 7-10pm
@ It's All 2 Much Gallery - 124 Cheltenham Rd, Stokes Croft, Bristol.

'Beyond the Pale Blue Dot' presents Cheba's first major show in 4 years, a series of mixed media works presenting the artist's journey into abstraction and futuristic spray can expressionism. His recent work has evolved into vibrant and abstract fluid formations, a new and refreshing direction for the artist although influences of the bold character led work that he is well known for can still be found.

The show features a series of 3D paintings using a complex process of poured resin. Cheba has created his own unique technique working with various mediums building up layer upon layer of resin to create multidimensional Nebula inspired paintings. Heavily influenced by Space, starscapes and the very elements that create us, Beyond the Pale Blue Dot focuses on the past, present and future of our existence. The work evokes mixed emotions of both hope and fear; the frightening thought of being alone in our universe or that there is something else out there are equally daunting but viewers will also find hope in the work, a homage to the beauty that surrounds us.

Cheba began painting the Bristol landscape in the early 00’s, soon after picking up a spray can Cheba was hooked and has been a long-standing figure in his hometown of Bristol’s thriving street art culture. Showcasing his work at over 40 exhibitions across the World (4 Solo) alongside illustrious figures from the world of street art including the ‘Crimes of Passion’ show at the Royal West Academy of Arts and more recently The House of Commons, London and Art Fairs in New York.

Cheba has donated many works but most notably he was selected for two charitable fundraising public art exhibitions, Gromit Unleashed and Wow Gorillas, alongside household names such as Sir Quentin Blake, Peter Brookes & Peter Blake. At auction Cheba’s sculptures raised £28,000 and £10,000 respectively, among the highest selling at both auctions.

Opening preview Friday 7th November 7-10pm.
Show runs until Sunday 7th December. 

Gallery open hours
Thursday/Friday 12 - 5pm, Saturday 12 - 6pm, Sunday 1 - 5pm. Other times by appointment art@itsall2much.com

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Cheba X Inkie Wizard Collab print available now

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Cheba X Inkie collab Wizard print

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'Human Explosion' by Nychos available now from Edition Fifty

New print from Nychos, available now from www.editionfifty.com 

• 60 x 42 CM, 5 Colour screen print on Munken Cream 300 g/m2 paper
• Signed & numbered, edition of 50
• £99 +P&P shipped Worldwide 

The Austrian urban art and graffiti illustrator Nychos was born in 1982 in Styria, Austria where he grew up in a hunting family. Getting confronted by the anatomy of dead animals at an early age and being an 80’s kid with an interest for cartoons and heavy metal ended up being some of the ingredients which inspired him when he started graffiti and painting at the age of 18. Over the years he developed a distinctive style which stands out - his dissections and cross sections of human and animal bodies are easily recognised. The focus and reinterpretation of dissected motives in a combination of colourful outlines can be seen as his branding.

“Uniting the comic character with how a body actually works is really interesting to me”. (Nychos)

He is well known for his huge and technically outstanding art pieces in the urban environment as well as several gallery exhibitions. In 2013 he had solo shows in Detroit (Inner State Gallery), New York (Mighty Tanaka) and Turin (Galo Art Gallery), besides traveling the world, painting in over 15 different cities and participating in Art Basel Miami Beach, Pow Wow Hawaii and many other events. He’s currently seen as one of the most soughtafter artists of the street art scene. In 2014 three solo shows in San Francisco (Fifty24SF), Singapore (Mighty Jaxx) and Paris (Open Space) are planned amongst a set of festivals, events, conferences and fairs.

Nychos is also part of international graffiti and urban illustration crews like “The Lords”, “The Weird Crew” and “The Jukebox Cowboys”.

A Big Show in a Small Gallery - Matchbox Pop Up

Situated in the heart of Bristol's Stokes Croft, a new pop up gallery is about to open its doors for the summer. Matchbox Gallery; an intimate and independently run space, will be showcasing work from urban & graffiti artists from both in and out of the city, new and old. With a large and eclectic range of artists submitting fresh work for this group show, there's sure to be something to satisfy everyone. Prolific grandfathers of graffiti will be juxtaposed along a fine few youngsters.

Artists exhibiting on the night include: 
.Com, Mr Jago, Spat, Into, Mr Met, Xenz, Rose, RPM, Oath, Wens, Gumbo, Touch, Matt Manson, Ponk, Shadee, Zomby, Ventsa, Marcos Attwood, Jimmie Tatts, Brainwashed, Deamz, Epok, Jon5, 3Dom, Cheba, Liz Buckfield, Richt, & DNT

Show opening 7pm Friday 20th June.

Location: Matchbox Gallery, 87 Stokes Croft, Bristol.
(Opposite The Love Inn)
 

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Natural History Artist Study Days, behind the scenes at Bristol Museum

Thought this might be of interest to a few of you.. 

A chance for artists to come behind the scenes at the museum to draw and photograph specimens from the biology collections. 

The biology curator will assist you prior to your visit in sourcing unusual and rarely seen specimens from the biology collection in our underground store. We have over 650,000 specimens including taxidermy, pinned insects, shells, corals, eggs, skulls and ‘pickled’ animals, that can be drawn and photographed as reference material for your art work. This workshop is for adults and is untutored but the curator will be on hand to ensure you get the most out of the day.

Friday 31st January

10.00am – 5:00pm

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

8 Queens Road, Bristol.

Spaces are limited to 6 people per day, £35 each dry materials only. Book here

Please email bonnie.griffin@bristol.gov.uk with any questions or enquiries.