Kerry Lemon: Exhibitions

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Friday

Coutts residency paintings

Happy Friday all

Cor it's a scorcher here, I hope it's lovely and sunny where you are too! I just wanted to share the last blogpost in my series about my Artist Residency at Coutts Bank 440 Strand London. It was a DREAM project, documenting the beautiful plants in their rooftop garden. I created 4 x limited edition prints for their clients and live painted 4 x 2m high canvases in the windows so the public could watch. These paintings were then auctioned off for Coram Childrens charity at a special evening at the bank. Thanks to the team at Coutts for a wonderful project!

Lots of new things underway (some secret, some not!) looking forward to sharing more with you soon. Have a great weekend, if you get a chance go and see the Beatriz Milhazes exhibition at the White Cube, it's AWESOME! x

Wednesday

Birdy sculptures

Eeeeeeeek! I did it...

I actually stopped fiddling with the life sized bird sculptures I've been working/ fretting on and posted them off to the fabricators (London Mouldmakers). I used roughly 7,000,000 miles of bubble wrap in a panic that they would all arrive with snapped tails and beaks but have since been assured they're all in one piece.

I made them from Sculpey (the same way I made the insects for the street benches at The Lexicon - see here) and baked them in the oven. Now they'll be cast and attached to the street name plates on the new Bellway Development in South Gloucestershire by the Essex wizards. The commission is all inspired by local birdlife and includes weathervanes, tiles and paving - thanks again to Studio Response for the marvellous project!

Last weekend I went to Tate Modern with the marvellous illustrator Sharon Farrow. We went to see the Ilya and Emilia Kabakov exhibition but I gossiped all the way through and took very little note of the show (yes, I am a deeply annoying person - I highly recommend you never visit any exhibitions with me.) I did however enjoy the giant swings on the ground floor - TOTALLY JOYOUS - highly recommend.

This weekend is full of marvellous things, I'm off to see wonderful Zerin (interior designer extraordinaire) for an afternoon of craft and cake. I am likely to spend the entire time talking, eating vast quantities of food and crafting very little haha, but I'm really looking forward to it. The next day I'm off to see Rachna at her open studios (we've been working on a skills exchange - I'm designing a logo for her and she's making me a wall hanging for my new flat in Hove - I CANNOT WAIT to share what we've been up to). Then off to see fabulous illustrator Willa Gebbie and visit the Rose Wylie show at the Serpentine. The visit will include cake and I will try to actually look at the art and not just gossip to Willa but no promises.

OK, I'm off for now, next week I should get the birdy tile samples so I'm hoping to share them with you soon, until then it's the usual drill - have fun, eat cake, hug friends x

Monday

Easter weekend

Hello!

I hope your Easter weekend has been full of chocolate and fun. I have had FIVE DAYS off (I literally NEVER do this and it's been a TOTAL revelation!)

I've had a really wonderful time visiting the fashion exhibition at Chatsworth House and the Wedgwood Museum...

I have posted LOTS of beautiful snapshots over on Instagram, and I've returned feeling so inspired and excited about the highly decorative things I've seen. If you get a chance to visit these exhibitions do go, they're incredible!

I'm excited to return to the studio tomorrow (it feels like I've been away for ages!) and get my teeth into the public art project I'm working on in South Gloucester. I'm designing the consultation element at the moment and it's so great to have the opportunity to work with and learn from the people I'm making the art interventions for! x

Friday

Bespoke lighting

Hiya

I'm excited to share this animation by the magnificent Lazy Chief - it's SO exciting to see my drawings brought to life and flying across the screen! This is one of fifteen static gobo designs I've designed for The Lexicon town centre, a public art commission with Artscape Management.

I drew the moths from specimens collected in Bracknell in the 1980s and held at Reading Museum called the Dumbleton Collection. These drawings are screen printed onto glass and then fitted into a projector to shine the drawings in light down onto the pavements at night. I recently had the opportunity to test one of the designs on site (see below) and I can't wait until they're all in place.

Have a lovely weekend, mine will be a combination of walking, screen printing and going to see the Hockney show at the Tate HOORAH! x

Sunday

Konnichiwa Japan!

I am SO EXCITED to share that I've been commissioned to hand paint a mural at a University in Tokyo. This means I'll be in Japan for 3 weeks in November/ December later this year, my flights are booked and I've got a really gorgeous apartment waiting for me. I CANNOT WAIT!

I've sent the rough draft of the design and I'm waiting for feedback eeeek, for now I just thought I'd share some photos taken from my last trip to Japan in 2013 (for a solo exhibition at the gorgeous Galerie Doux Dimanche). Here's a photo of one of the three window murals I hand painted as part of the exhibition, and the private view card for the show...