Reflecting Peckham II

About

Dido Hallet
Dido was born in Bath in 1969. She studied at Goldsmiths from 2003-6 and the Royal College of Art from 2010-13. She was in New Contemporaries in 2006 and came 3rd in the Welsh Portrait Prize in 2007. She won the Neville Burston Painting Prize in 2006. Her work is in the private collections of John Moores family, Goldsmiths College and the RCA.

Mark Pearson
Mark is a figurative painter who specialises in the urban landscape. For the past decade or so he has concentrated on London and in particular Peckham, portraying the people, places, and the massive changes that continue to affect those who live and work here. Having first shown his work on this subject in ‘Reflecting Peckham’ 2016, he is delighted to be part of the exhibition again this year.

New for this exhibition Mark is showcasing large works on recycled cardboard. Having previously produced small studies in this medium he has now scaled this up. In this original way of working the cardboard is first treated with a stabiliser, then the architecture or urban landscape is drawn in with precision before paint is applied. The paintings still have his signature elements of light, space & movement but within a more structured environment for the figures to be in.

Max Miechowski
While Burgess Park is a portrait of one community, it, in turn, communicates something much more universal. Not only does it relay the importance of community, wherever you are, but it advocates for diversity and multiculturalism within those communities. The virtue of the park lies in the people who visit it. It is a space that facilitates the coming together of ideas, cultures, and beliefs; it allows people to feel part of something and to belong somewhere. Although quiet, Miechowski’s series is a subtle backlash to the increasingly polarising political rhetoric surrounding national identity – ideals which would see communities such as these changed forever.

Mignon Nixson
Peckham is a place where there is a vast amount of culture, it is the nightlife of South London, the nurturer of artists, a beginning for businesses to blossom and an indulging experience for all senses. When you live and work here you will come across a number of interesting characters as well as continuing to find hidden gems. However, I wanted to discover a different lifestyle compared to what I am consistently surrounded by; this is what I am focusing on in my current series of photographs. I decided to go to the most rural parts of Cornwall to encounter peaceful moments by the sea and feel the wind when walking among the cliffs. I find it an interesting contrast to present such photographs where there is so little going on, within an area where so much is going on.

Sani Sani
An interdisciplinary artist whose artwork is inspired by his Nigerian heritage, London, the human condition, exploring the subconscious, the optics of the eyes from an artistic point of view, colours and form why and how they trigger feelings in humans.

Sani also aims to achieve one of 3 things with every artwork, first to teach the viewer about themselves, to teach the viewer about himself and finally to theoretically push the right brain of the viewer to be more creative.

Sani born in Peckham London to Nigerian parents and move to Nigeria at the age of 6 where he lived until the age of 15.

In his 2018 solo exhibition called identity, Sani expressed how having Nigerian parents but being British puts him in a very fortunate position and this is what created the formula, to his subject matter, process and style of expression.