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Seen And Unseen. Ferens Art Gallery - Nahem Shoa
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Emma Petrie
BBC News An artist says he has faced racism within the art world and has struggled to find galleries willing to display his portraits of black people. However, classically-trained Nahem Shoa said museums were increasingly open to representing images of non-white subjects. The artist has put together an exhibition focusing on race and identity which opens at Ferens Art Gallery in Hull on Friday 18 October. Mr Shoa said it was a "dream come true" that his work would appear alongside artists including Rembrandt and Lucian Freud. |
Ferens Art Gallery portrait of Dan by
Nahem Shoa
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Mr Shoa, from London, was a graffiti artist before he trained as a painter. The artist won the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1992 and exhibited his work at the National Portrait Gallery's BP portrait awards the following year.
He began painting his friends but struggled to get the portraits displayed in galleries. He said that some museums "didn't even reply to me". "It was a project about race, but the project itself received a lot of racism, so it was barely shown, up until recently," he said. Mr Shoa said museums changed their attitudes towards his work after the death of George Floyd, the African-American man who was murdered by white police officer Derek Chauvin in Minnesota during an arrest. Following Mr Floyd's death, protests spread across the world as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, which campaigns for freedom, justice and equality. |
Ferens Art Gallery artist and co-curator Nahem Shoa
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Seen And Unseen. During the time of Covid and post Covid artist Nahem Shoa has created a startling series of coloured pencil 'paintings exploring in the language of myths, the concerns of the time, Covid, Black Lives Matter and nature taking care of our planet.
Nahem in the Leaves
Seen but Not Seen
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"Covid Odyssey is a series of coloured pencil paintings that explore the mythic stories around the Cover 19 pandemic: the metaphor of entering the dark forest into the unknown and our future destiny. Black lives Matter, Climate Change, Covid 19 and polluting our fragile planet with our waste all feed into the narrative of these works. We are all on a journey due to the pandemic, that has brought out all the injustices in our society, which have been seen but not seen. My characters in these paintings including myself are wearing the rainbow symbol of diversity, and are partly being hidden by the leaves preventing them from being seen, which reflects how society has kept certain people invisible. My work has always been about shining light on what deserves to be seen, but due to racism and class have been kept hidden.," Nahem Shoa
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BLACK PRESENCE, Saturday 21 September 2019 until Saturday 23 November 2019, BLACK PRESENCE, curated by artist Nahem Shoa chose a large selection of his striking oil paintings of black sitters. They were shown alongside key portraits by a wide range of British artists from the 18th century to the present day.
"Nahem Shoa is especially keen to increase the number of positive images of black people in British art collections and has donated many of his own works to this effect. This exhibition includes, among others, work by Joshua Reynolds, Desmond Haughton and Sonia Boyce, as well as Allan Ramsay’s outstanding ‘Portrait of an African (probably Ignatius Sancho)’. Some of the paintings in the exhibition are from The Atkinson’ collection and the contrast with Nahem’s work is immediately obvious. Historic images including those from The Atkinson’s collection tend to be negative and based on a limited number of stereotypes" – Stephen Whittle, Principal Manager, The Atkinson Multiculturalism is now acknowledged as a fact of life in 21st century Britain. Shoa’s paintings of his friends are a unique contribution to celebrate this mix of race. An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition will be available to purchase.
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Des - Painted by Nahem Shoa
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Desiree Sanderson speaks about the process of sitting for artist Nahem Shoa's painting DESIREE ON THE BED. She talks about friendship, racism, learning to love herself and how powerful she felt sitting for Nahem Shoa over many years.
Sandra, Desiree, Ziggy, Nahem
Face of Britain Southampton City Art Gallery
Nahem Shoa on Gwen John’s Girl in Mulberry Dress part 2: ‘a quality of quietness’.
Nahem traces the origins of Gwen John’s distinctive palette and reveals his admiration for her technique.
See it as part of Face of Britain,
Nahem's videos
Nahem Shoa on Gwen John’s Girl in Mulberry Dress part 2: ‘a quality of quietness’.
Nahem traces the origins of Gwen John’s distinctive palette and reveals his admiration for her technique.
See it as part of Face of Britain,
Nahem's videos
Other Worlds 2018 A painting (and video) by Nahem Shoa. Textures and paint take us on a storytelling Journey over three canvases. We are all part of Other Worlds.
Wedding Dress Alterations London
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Wedding Dress Alterations in London.Yvonne Reed alters and remodels Designer, Vintage Bridal and Wedding Dresses
YVONNE REED - BRIDAL AND WEDDING DRESS ALTERATIONS - LONDON She is an expert in remodelling Designer and Vintage Bridal Dresses. http://www.wedding-dress-alterations-london.co.uk See all the art made by Open Age members. Look at art made on an iPad. Tutor Myrna Shoa.
Open Age Art Gallery, built by Myrna Shoa
Strange Ways Stories are written and illustrated by artist and storyteller Myrna Shoa.
The 4 stories - The Sofa, The Marriage, The Box of Chocolates and Rosie & the Iron Bar are tales passed down through the generations about a family of immigrants living in Manchester in the early part of the last century. Grandfather Meyer and his family fled their native Dvinsk in Russia to begin a new life in Manchester. These tales of life in and around the Strangeways area present a cast of colourful characters, stunningly brought to life by Myrna's artistry. Printed in full colour. Price £6.50 each or buy the full set for £25.00". Gatehouse Books Publisher.
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Denise Ramsay Overall Olympic Lifter and President of Trinidad & Tobago Weightlifting Federation. See her Olympic Lifting video made by Myrna Shoa. Partners in Rhyme Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects Download the music and sound effects you need for your multimedia project today at Partners In Rhyme. 
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Zodiac Arts provide workshops for sports and recreation pursuit tailored to the needs of children, young people and adults with disabilities particularly wheelchair users, This is great to promote inclusivity and enhance their quality of life through recreational and physical activities |
Am I the One? (Nahem Shoa) video art installation looped from Nahem Shoa on Vimeo. Taken from one of his own oil paintings artist Nahem Shoa has created a collaged video incorporating himself with his painting: the artist's involvement with his work? See Artist/painter Nahem Shoa's mixed media animation, video.
Nahem Shoa's paintings of nuclear explosions are bursting with incident and continue with the theme of death. resurrection and transformation.
These inevitably draw on 'unreal' sources, photographs, TV and film as well as memory. More paintings by Nahem Shoa.  Caroline Poole Frigiliana Spain
Take a look at artist Carloline Poole's pantings.
She paints, self-portraits, portraits, landscapes in Suffolk, Frigiliana, Spain and Africa. Artist Nahem Shoa painted Caroline Poole part of his Giant Head series. 
Timuchin Dindjer
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Timuchin Dindjer is a Creative Consultant, Producer and Trainer. Timuchin collaborated with Myrna Shoa on the film "What's so Special about Portobello". 
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Laurence Carbon operations Director
with Denise Ramsay Overall of Zodiac Arts Sports 4 All Zodiac Arts Sports 4 All: Martial Arts, Olympic and Paralympic Weightlifting and Boccia Zodiac Arts Sports 4 All one to one, or for groups in the community. Sports Massage - Therapeutic Massage for individuals and club members.
Through his martial Arts training Laurence Carbon has developed his unique approach to special needs and sports. He provides workshops for sports and recreation for children, young people and adults with special needs and disabilities particularily wheelchair users, in Greater London and the UK. |
