Current
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Divergence: Exploring Monochromatic Abstraction
Cat Spilman, Carsten Beck, and Beñat 8 - 30 Mar 2024 The exhibition aims to delve into the psychological nuances of black and white, emphasising the divergence of emotions, perceptions, and perspectives within this seemingly simple colour palette. The choice of monochrome abstraction serves as a metaphor for life's inherent duality, inviting viewers to contemplate the interplay of light and shadow,... Read more -
Project Room: Suns and Daughters
Ces McCully 8 - 30 Mar 2024 In this new collection of three original works on canvas, we see McCully’s style take a new direction. Building from her instantly recognisable use of bold colour and interest in internal thoughts, McCully has ventured into a new stylistic world, replete with symbolism and texture. Previously, McCully has used vivid... Read more
Past
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Square Go
Stewart Swan 2 Feb - 2 Mar 2024 A contemporary Glasgow-based artist, Swan’s creations reflect the city in which he lives and works. He draws inspiration from the people and characters he encounters day to day, which find their way into his canvases through facial features, expressions, and turns of phrase. These portraits feel tangible and emotive, despite... Read more -
Project Room: Kinship
Yool Kim 2 Feb - 2 Mar 2024 Focusing on themes of human relationships and the connections that are made between us, Kim's new series of works have a self-reflective element to them with the artist drawing on her inner self and feelings as a catalyst to her image and mark making. Engaging with the influences and interactions... Read more -
Origins
Group Exhibition 1 Dec 2023 - 27 Jan 2024 Paper is often the first medium an artist uses when developing their creative process or planning a larger scale piece. It is the works Origin, a sketch or scribble which develops into a finished work. Here, we’ve given the artists no limits to what they produce, other than it must... Read more -
When it's in the middle of the day, and the moon is shining
Danny Gretscher 3 - 25 Nov 2023 In this new exhibition, we see Gretscher continue to develop his large-scaled paintings with a unique combination of vivid colour, organic delicacy and semi-abstract symbolism creating an incredible story of lasting drama. When it's in the middle of the day, and the moon is shining, showcases big paintings alongside small-scale... Read more -
Project Room: Paracosm
Nick Smith 3 - 25 Nov 2023 Van Gogh's masterful impasto technique, with its thick and textured brushstrokes, invites viewers into a vivid realm of emotion and movement. Every stroke speaks volumes, drawing the observer deep into his world, unveiling an intricate tapestry of emotions. Smith’s pixelated adaptations distil these emotions into blocks of colour, simplifying the... Read more -
Lustre
Lino Lago 5 - 28 Oct 2023 Lago continuously pushes the boundaries of contemporary art practices, painting with technically traditional oil paints and inspired by the imagery of classical European portraits, his work has a distinctly contemporary feel. In his UK debut solo exhibition Fake Abstract, which was showcased by RHODES in 2020 the artist playfully treats... Read more -
Project Room: Fade Out
Marius Seidlitz 5 - 28 Oct 2023 Sexuality is a pervasive theme of Seidlitz’s works. The portraits he depicts are of emphasised beauty; elongated necks, large voluminous lips and sultry eyes gaze at the viewer from the canvas. Broken down into separate shapes and components, Seidlitz cuts away the parts of the face which society deems unexciting,... Read more -
Cravings
Cat Spilman 13 - 30 Sep 2023 ‘Cravings’ will open at the brand-new RHODES gallery space, 65 Great Portland Street, on Tuesday 12th of September, 6-8pm. The exhibition will continue until the 30th of September 2023. ‘Cravings’ presents Spilman’s most raw and honest body of work to date, opening herself up and allowing herself to be emotionally... Read more -
La Vie en Couleurs
Projects Room: Cathy Tabbakh 13 - 30 Sep 2023 RHODES Projects Room is a new exhibition space within our Fitzrovia gallery, which allows emerging artists the opportunity to exhibit their work in a central London gallery, exploring their practice and curating their own personal aesthetic. Tabbakh’s artistic vision is a fusion of fantasy and reality colliding through the use... Read more -
My Algorithm Loves Me
Stephen Ormandy 7 Jul - 5 Aug 2023 Stephen Ormandy is an Australian artist, whose paintings combine geometric and lyrical forms. His graphic planes of colour primarily operate as purely abstract schemas while occasionally bordering on recognisable iconography and figuration. Drawing inspiration from the natural world and incorporating a strong design aesthetic, Ormandy’s body of work encompasses oil... Read more -
POLYTHEISM
Nick Smith 17 - 21 May 2023 'Our choice of footwear often reflects our life's journey. Shoes not only offer comfort and protection but also serve as a medium for expressing our diverse tastes and cultural affiliations. This body of work investigates the intricate relationship between iconic footwear and the subcultures they have become associated with. POLYTHEISM... Read more -
NUCLEON
Jan Kalab 24 Mar - 22 Apr 2023 RHODES is delighted to welcome back Czech artist Jan Kalab for his second solo show. His spectacular 2020 exhibition ‘SOLAR’ took us on a journey of colour and shape, inspired by the sun, sky, and gradients of dusk. For his new exhibition ‘NUCLEON’, Kalab brings us back into his clean... Read more -
HERO
Group Exhibition 24 Feb - 18 Mar 2023 RHODES Contemporary Art is delighted to announce a new group exhibition HERO, featuring four East Asian artists whose works depict repeating characters – heroes. While all the represented artists take completely different approaches to their heroes and themes, there is a distinct influence of East Asian traditions of cartoon characters... Read more -
Can't Reach Me There
Jason Tessier 20 Jan - 11 Feb 2023 Rhodes Contemporary Art is delighted to announce the debut solo exhibition ‘Can’t Reach Me There’ by the British contemporary artist Jason Tessier. The show invites its viewers to partake in an immersive dialogue sparked by the bold combination of vibrant colours and diverse mediums. Jason Tessier is a London-based artist,... Read more -
POSED
Nick Smith 25 Nov - 22 Dec 2022 Rhodes Contemporary Art are delighted to announce Nick Smith’s phenomenal tenth gallery exhibition, ‘POSED’ opening at the new gallery space in Fitzrovia, London. After a hiatus experimenting with individual colour chips and examining the realms of digital and collaborative art, Smith returns to his more familiar pixelated colour-chip style, presenting... Read more -
Yes, And Other Things
Cat Spilman 21 Oct - 19 Nov 2022 Rhodes Contemporary Art is delighted to announce the debut solo exhibition ‘Yes, And Other Things’ by US contemporary abstract painter, Cat Spilman. This new series of works continue in Spilman’s instantly recognisable abstract, monochromatic style; her expressive and spontaneous works addressing themes of separation, belonging, modern feminism and motherhood. The... Read more -
A Moment in Time
Zoë Hoare 12 - 16 Oct 2022 Zoë Hoare is a recent masters graduate Fine Art at City and Guilds of London School of Art, interested in the dual processes of deconstruction and reconstruction, specifically in how surfaces such as paper can be taken apart and reassembled through their cutting and rearrangement. Hoare aims to establish... Read more -
London Art Fair 2022
21 - 24 Apr 2022 Rhodes Contemporary Art is delighted to be taking part in the 34th annual London Art Fair at The Business Design Centre, 21st - 24th April 2022 (Booth G3). Featuring a curated selection of works by emerging, established and blue chip artists, we will be showcasing works we love and which... Read more -
MARY & ME
Ces McCully 25 Feb - 26 Mar 2022 Rhodes Contemporary Art is excited to present a new solo show by Australian artist Ces McCully. Now based in France, McCully’s new series of works are inspired by the lockdowns we have all experienced, and how isolation and dependence on social media for contact influenced her and our collective psyche.... Read more -
Memories
Thomas Stempel 13 Jan - 5 Feb 2022 The starting point for Stempel’s works is always the circle. Drawing one circle after another, the meditative repeated action builds over hours in which his fragile forms grow quite organically, leading the viewer beyond the familiar, into an undiscovered sphere. With the help of a simple compass and repeated action,... Read more -
Psycolourgy 2.0
Nick Smith 3 - 7 Dec 2021 Rhodes Contemporary Art is thrilled to host Nick Smith’s new solo show ‘Psycolourgy 2.0’ at our pop-up gallery space, 15 Bateman Street, Soho. Having hosted 7 exhibitions with Nick Smith, this new collection promises to continue on the reputation Nick has made for himself; one of humour, intellect and first... Read more -
Hinterland
MASER 22 Oct - 20 Nov 2021 Rhodes Contemporary Art is delighted to present Hinterland, a solo exhibition of new paintings by the contemporary Irish painter Maser. Returning to London for the first time in years with this new collection of work, Hinterland takes viewers on an immersive discovery designed to remove you from the studio placing... Read more -
Just Between Us
Anoushka Mirchandani 17 Sep - 16 Oct 2021 Rhodes Contemporary Art is proud to present Anoushka Mirchandani’s London debut solo show ‘Just Between Us’. Following her sold out 2020 San Francisco exhibition ‘Note to Self’, Anoushka presents a new series of intimate portraits composed of oil and oil pastel on canvas. In the face of recent adversity and... Read more -
Summer Exhibition .21
22 Jul - 28 Aug 2021 Rhodes Contemporary Art is proud to present our Summer Exhibition 2021, showcasing a dynamic collection of contemporary emerging and mid-career artists working now. Kicking-off what will become an annual group show, we have brought together a collection of incredibly skilled artists, working in a variety of mediums, from around the... Read more -
A Woman By Any Other Name
Jess Cochrane 3 Jun - 10 Jul 2021 Following her sell-out debut London exhibition Study of a Woman Talking to Herself, 2019, Jess Cochrane returns with a new body of work inspired by symbolism in 17th century portraiture. A Woman By Any Other Name features a suite of portraits depicting women posing to camera, adorned with the fruits... Read more -
PAPER | WORK
A selection of artworks on paper 14 Jan - 27 Feb 2021 We are kicking off 2021 with a monumental collective show titled, ‘Paper | Work’. Featuring a specially curated eclectic mix of well-known contemporary artists that include Tracey Emin, Banksy and David Hockney, alongside fresh and emerging international artists like Alayne Spafford, Thomas Stempel, Ces McCully and Stephen Ormandy to name but... Read more -
Pioneers
Nick Smith 22 Oct - 28 Nov 2020 Rhodes Contemporary Art is proud to present Pioneers, a solo exhibition by Nick Smith that examines the American canon of art and cultural heritage through a personal lens of word-colour associations. The exhibition features a new series of works Nick Smith created during lockdown, from his small village of Crinan.... Read more -
Intransitive
Stephen Ormandy 4 Sep - 17 Oct 2020 The work of Australian artist Stephen Ormandy, returns to Rhodes Contemporary Art this September with his solo exhibition titled ‘Intransitive’. This exciting show is set to mark the artist’s first solo exhibition in the UK in recent years. As well as original artworks, the artist will release a limited edition... Read more -
FAKE ABSTRACT
Lino Lago 1 Jul - 30 Aug 2020 After much anticipation, Rhodes Contemporary Art takes great pleasure in presenting the UK debut solo exhibition of Spanish artist Lino Lago. The show will display new original works, from his ongoing Fake Abstract series, in which Lago employs his unique visual language of traditional portraiture, combined with contemporary minimalism. ... Read more -
SOLAR
Jan Kalab 13 Mar - 18 Apr 2020 Rhodes Contemporary Art is proud to present our inaugural solo show with Czech artist Jan Kalab. The show brings together a collection of new original works, drawing inspiration from the sky, sun, and natural gradients of light created at dusk. As a graffiti pioneer in his native Czech Republic, Jan... Read more -
London Art Fair 2020
22 - 26 Jan 2020 This January the gallery will be taking part in the 2020 edition of London Art Fair, located at the Business Design Centre, Islington. Our stand will feature new and exclusive original works and editions from a range of international contemporary artists, all of whom feature in our upcoming Spring/Summer solo... Read more -
Purgatory
Context Art Miami 3 - 8 Dec 2019 RHODES presents 'Purgatory' at Context: Art Miami, a new solo show by Nick Smith. “Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.” 'When planning this show for Art Miami, a few things came to mind. White trousers... obviously, Miami vice and a cavalier nonchalance regarding certain aspects of morality. I... Read more -
Study of a Woman Talking to Herself
Jessica Cochrane and Francis Bacon 8 Nov - 7 Dec 2019 Jess Cochrane’s latest body of work, Study of a Woman Talking to Herself is in conversation with the works of modern British master, Francis Bacon. Paying homage to Bacon, Cochrane’s emotionally charged, visceral works are reminiscent of his warped distortion of the human figure. Her subjects writhe in unnatural, sometimes... Read more -
C H R O M A
Summer Group Show 9 Aug - 28 Sep 2019 Rhodes Contemporary Art is proud to present our Summer Group Show ‘CHROMA’; a celebration of the purity and intensity of colour. The show brings a host of international emerging artists to the gallery, as well as a selection of blue chip works, all investigating use of colour and its importance... Read more -
ICON
Keith Haring 7 Jun - 3 Aug 2019 RHODES Contemporary Art are proud to present ‘ICON’, a collection of works, artefacts and photos of legendary artist, Keith Haring. The show, coinciding with his retrospective at Tate Liverpool, will be a collection of paintings, posters and prints by Keith Haring, as well as a selection or artefacts such as... Read more -
Pinched
Nick Smith 3 May - 1 Jun 2019 Contemporary artist Nick Smith will open an exhibition of new works at Rhodes Contemporary Art on 3 May 2019, following four sell-out shows at the gallery. Smith often uses satire threads in economics, society and pop culture to curate his exhibitions, as previously seen in Priceless, in which he looked... Read more -
Priceless
Nick Smith 20 Apr - 25 May 2018 Conceptual artist Nick Smith returns to Rhodes Contemporary Art Gallery this Spring for his hugely anticipated fourth gallery show: Priceless Using last year’s world record breaking $450,000,000 sale of Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi at Christie’s, Smith builds upon this as the catalyst to explore the world of high-end art auction... Read more -
Parlance
Nick Smith 3 Mar - 1 Apr 2017 Following two previous sell-out solo shows at Rhodes Contemporary Art, conceptual artist Nick Smith returns with a brand new body of work. Employing Smith’s signature ‘colour-chip’ methodology, Parlance reinterprets existing images of celebrities and iconic pop culture figures, giving them new life and meaning. Follow this link to view the... Read more -
Paramour
Nick Smith 18 Mar - 16 Apr 2016 Paramour Nick Smith 18 March 2016 - 16 April 2016 Following his debut sell-out solo show in January 2015, visual artist Nick Smith returns to our gallery with a new body of work inspired by erotic literature. Marking 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, Paramour employs Nick Smith’s signature ‘colour-chip’ methodology,... Read more -
Psycolourgy
Nick Smith 23 Jan - 21 Feb 2015 Psycolourgy Nick Smith 23 January 2015 - 21 February 2015 Our current exhibition, our first of 2015, is from contemporary artist Nick Smith who presents his re-worked masters series in custom made colour chips in the show Psycolourgy. This exhibition will be the first time ever Smith has exhibited... Read more