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Faded Glory – Thompson & Murphy

Faded Glory – Nick JS Thompson & Benjamin Murphy

Faded Glory is the first fully-collaborative exhibition between artists and Delphian Gallery directors Benjamin Murphy and Nick JS Thompson.

Since 2012, the pair have collaborated in many ways, including founding the peripatetic gallery Delphian, which has gone on to have a string of sold-out shows since its inception in 2018.

Despite their long history of collaboration, Faded Glory will be the first time that the immensely different styles of work from the two artists has sat together in a way in which the works coalesce to form one coherent whole. The similarities enhance the differences, which allows the autonomous works to add to, and to contradict, one another in a way that enhances each through the union of both.

In this show, the paintings by Murphy will be hung atop, within, and below the photography by Thompson, so as to deconstruct the barrier between each.

The experimental curatorial style that is so synonymous with Delphian will make its presence known, as the two artist/ curators will apply their signature curatorial style to their own works for the first time. Faded Glory is a show about how the perceived differences between two separate processes can sit symbiotically, making the whole more than the sum of its parts.


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A Long Way From Home – Moritz & Perkins

A Long Way From Home – Igor Moritz & Kevin Perkins

Kevin Perkins and Igor Moritz are two incredibly exciting early-career artists whose work shares a vibrancy that is expressed through their shared passions for form, line, and colour.
 
Two unique artists are paired because of their individual, but shared experimentations with figuration. Each artist brings their distinct perspective to their subjects, which both distorts and exaggerates certain formal qualities to enhance the whole.
 
The title ‘A Long Way From Home’ refers to the adventure and experimentation present in the practice of both artists, who have approached the show collaboratively despite living on separate continents and never having met in person.
 
The curatorial style of Delphian Gallery will make its mark on the show also, which will result in a exhibition of works by two intriguing artists, that forms together almost as if it is by one creator, while still maintaining the distinct integrity and individuality of each.

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Diary of an Introvert – Jordy Kerwick

Diary of an Introvert – Jordy Kerwick

Delphian Gallery is proud to present ‘Diary of an Introvert’ by Jordy Kerwick (b. 1982). This will be Kerwick’s debut UK solo show. With a substantial Instagram following, he is part of a new generation of internationally renowned artists who attribute part of their success to connecting, sharing, and selling online.
 
His work draws on the contours of organic forms in domestic settings. Texture and colour inhabit his canvas, often centred on a potted plant. Sometimes traces of human life present themselves in way of an abandoned cigarette or a pile of books, their titles written playfully on their spines almost as if conversing with the viewer. The artist utilises a decisive use of impasto paint in blocks of colour combined with anarchic references to drugs, punk, and the odd romantic poet or philosopher. Kerwick’s paintings go beyond simply beautiful subject matter to reveal deeply personal stories like an inside joke.

Delphian Gallery will be showing Kerwick‘s latest body of work of original paintings, as well as releasing his first ever limited edition prints.

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Jordy Kerwick

Jordy Kerwick

Jordy Kerwick is one of the most exciting artists around at the moment. He is absolutely dominating the social media realm, and is on a constant world tour of both solo and group shows.

We are excited to be hosting his first ever UK solo show, as well as releasing his first ever prints, both happening in December 2018.

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The front cover of Navigating The Art World art business book by Delphian Gallery
The front cover of Navigating The Art World art business book by Delphian Gallery

Seating Arrangement – Florence Hutchings

Seating Arrangement – Florence Hutchings

Florence Hutchings is an exciting emerging artist currently undertaking a Painting degree at Slade School of Fine Art. Recently awarded the Lynn Painters Stainers Prize (2016-2019), and included in the upcoming ‘Kaleidoscope: A Decade of New Art’ at The Saatchi Gallery next year, she is known for creating colourfully bold and playful works depicting, tables, chairs, and other interior configurations.

Citing Matisse, the Cobra Group, and Pierre Bonnard as inspirations; Florence Hutchings’ pieces create an environment of loud nostalgia from the everyday. The exhibition presents a documentation of the artist’s continual re-examination of the domestic object and the negative space between. Through repetitive subject matter, the abstracted forms bleed into one another, allowing the viewer to traverse their own interpretations of domesticity.


After winning our open call competition, Florence Hutchings opened her debut solo exhibition with Delphian Gallery in September 2018. 

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Lavish Entropy – Benjamin Murphy

Lavish Entropy – Benjamin Murphy

British contemporary artist Benjamin Murphy opened his most recent exhibition, Lavish Entropy at Delphian Gallery in July 2018. His work is renowned for its intricate detail included in his monochromatic, figurative, line-drawings in the unusual medium of electrical tape. 

The exhibition displayed a new body of his signature tape drawings including some never seen before 3D works alongside more diverse parts of his practice including hand stitched pieces and ceramics.


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Open Call 2018 – Group Exhibition

Open Call 2018

Our inaugural open call competition attracted an incredible response. We received 8000 submissions from all over the world and the standard of the work was unbelievably high. With the help of our panel of judges, we choose our favourite 40 artists who made it into the exhibition.


Selected works are available to buy as limited edition prints

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List of exhibited artists

Alisa Aistova, Aleksandar Bezinovic, Geoffrey, Bohm, Giulia Cacciuttolo, Susana Cereja, Lauren Collier, Mark Connolly, Nicola Davidson Reed, Jonathan Edelhuber, Eva Eichinger, Ueslei Fagundes, Faiza Faiq, Bertrand Fournier, Ellie Geary, Philip Gerald, Rosie Gilligan, Nah *, Tymo Grijpma, Mia-Jane Harris, Florence Hutchings, Lindsay Kennedy, Showna Kim, Melissa Kime, Klaus Is Koming, Michal Kruger, Fernanda, Azou Lima, Roland Maas, James Mason, Chris Moore, Igor Moritz, Cătălin Munteanu, Lara Orawski, Zacharie Potvin Williams, Nichola Rodgers, Sarah Shaw, Maxie Tröltzsch, Ellen Von Wiegand, Maria Vyrra & Alexis Whitaker. 

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Lost Coast – Carson Lancaster

Lost Coast – Carson Lancaster

Lost Coast by Carson Lancaster is a photographic essay about the most undeveloped and remote portion of the California coastline. In May 2017, the photographer undertook a journey with his two older brothers along the wild and raw coastline for his 30th birthday. This debut London exhibition will be the first time in which the deeply personal project has been seen.

Carson Lancaster is known for shooting primarily in analogue and then rigorously documenting that process. This exhibition interrogates various forms of materiality through the process of photography, whilst also exploring the materiality of the desolate landscape. Lost Coast is returned to its original state with only remnants of modernity fading away as abandoned cars and crumbling buildings sink into its sandy shores. The nostalgic pilgrimage with brothers to this space reclaimed by mother nature reveals the desire for humanity’s return to the same condition. Passing time, intimacy, life, and death are all themes hinting at the anxieties which trouble the modern world.

Lost Coast asks us to consider moments forgotten or moments that could have been, encouraging us to embrace our vulnerability in seizing adventure.


Selected works from Lost Coast are available as limited edition prints

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Obscurely Prophetic – Group Exhibition

Obscurely Prophetic

‘Obscurely Prophetic’ (one translation of Delphian, stemming from Delphi, the ancient oracle of Apollo), features work from a variety of exciting artists working in photography, painting, video, and sound, all combined in innovative and rule-breaking configurations that aim to make the entire exhibition into one immersive artwork. 

Featuring Artists:​ Kevin Perkins, Aaron McElroy, Asia Werbel, Sophie Davis, Ellen Pearson, Eric Haacht, Wim Maes, Soraya Jansen, Thomas Kuppler, 616, Maxie Troeltzsch, Eva Schach, and Brooke Didonato & Peter Woodrow.


Selected works are available as limited edition prints. 

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Kevin Perkins

Kevin Perkins

Kevin Perkins is a Louisiana native living and working in Dallas, Texas. A cum laude graduate from Louisiana Tech University’s School of Art, Kevin holds a BFA in Communication Design and is currently a High School painting instructor.
 

His work is as experimental as it is refined, whether painting portraits, landscapes, still life, or abstracts. His painterly gesture is precisely energetic, and with this, it brings a signature style that is entirely his own.

Kevin has collaborated, along with Igor Moritz for the upcoming 2019 Delphian exhibition, A Long Way From Home.

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