Tim Ridley interview in the Cornishman
Caitlin Dean interviewed Tim Ridley at Daisy Laing gallery in Chapel St, Penzance. Tim’s show Light Remnant ran there till the 21st of June before going up to London later this summer.
Rock Chick performance at Sol Force
Tim Ridley performed ‘Rock Chick’ at the Sol Force event on the 21st of June. Described as a “rampant solstice celebration”, Sol Force was a spectacular outdoor art event at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens in Cornwall. Held in aid of Freedom from Torture, the event featured soundscapes, films, paintings, ceramics, talks, poetry readings, performance and site-specific …
Island at Enys House
Tim Ridley was part of the Island exhibition at Enys house near Penryn over the weekend of the 15th and 16th of June 2019. 20 emerging artists placed work in 8 rooms in the ‘half restored’ Georgian mansion, which sits in grounds famous for their annual bluebell fields. The Private view was very busy and …
Island exhibition at Enys House
On the 14th June 2019 at 6pm Tim will have work in ‘Island’ a non-profit exhibition at Enys house near Penryn, Cornwall. The exhibition only runs till Sunday the 16th, click here for details. Over several rooms Tim’s assemblages, some of which formed the exhibit ‘Cabinet’ at Dasiy Laing this year, will weave a new …
Light remnant
Miniature oil paintings in antique frames made for exhibition in Baku, Azerbaijan as part of a NoCollective residency come to Daisy Laing Studios on Chapel Street Penzance. Kate Jones of Daisy Laing has kindly invited me to show these miniatures inspired by the depiction of animals in ‘Persian’ miniatures at her Chapel St gallery. Part …
Light remnant
In April 2019 I exhibited a series of miniature oil paintings made in response to animals depicted in ‘Persian’ miniatures of the 14th and 15th centuries. Animals in these works were used as symbols, narrative devises and to illustrate hunting scenes. This project was made possible by The NoCollective’s Natalie Bays and Joe Easman. The …
Light Remnant comes to Penzance
Very pleased to be showing the small scale paintings inspired by the animals in ancient Persian miniatures, made for Light Remnant exhibition in Baku April 2019, as part of the InAzerbaijan project with the NoCollective and photographer Nick Joubinaux. With a great many thanks to Natalie Bays and Joe Easman of the NoCollective for making …
New website
The wonderful Erwin Van Wanrooij who can be found here It was definitely time to move on and although my previous website platform Squarespace worked well enough, the new all singing and all dancing site is so much more dynamic and bright thanks to Erwin. Erwin and Katrina Naomi at the Edge of the World …
Light Remnant
Along with another artist I will be showing some Persian inspired miniatures in Baku, Azerbaijan in April. As part of the NoCollective’s InAzerbaijan project these miniature paintings look at the animal/human relationship through the prism of Persian miniatures. Exhibition on the 11th of April at Floors café, Old City, Baku 7pm till midnight. Click here …
Gaze @ ExLibris
Very pleased that ‘Gaze’ was selected by Dr Ryya Bread for ExLibris group show at Tremenheere gallery, Gulval, Cornwall. Whilst reading Derrida’s lecture ‘The animal that therefore I am’ at college I came across numerous references to the gaze of animals, in Derrida’s case the cat, but here I have depicted a chimp. Excellent source …
