This Friday see's the opening of the latest Urban Art Sale from Dreweatts, Back at Selfridges Ultra Lounge, Oxford Street. Pieces go under the hammer on Thurs 26th Feb. urbanart.dnfa.com
Council and Rowdy will both be taking part in what looks to be Bristol's biggest ever Street Art / Graffiti Show. 21 March to 2 May
www.rwa.org.uk/ curpro.htm
This Summer Rowdy's long awaited London solo show kicks off at Sartorial Contemporary Arts new venue at 26 Argyle St, Kings Cross. 4 June to 27 June
www.sartorialart.com/ forthcoming.html
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MUTATE BRITAIN Added: 5.11.08 BEHIND THE SHUTTERS GALLERY
TATE / CHANNEL 4 Added: 15.08.08 Recently Channel 4 commissioned a series of short films in association with the Tate Modern on the subject of
street art featuring various artists including Rowdy, Cyclops and Sweet Toof in action!
ANDY COUNCIL NEWS AUGUST 2008 Added: 15.08.08 SHAOLIN DRAGON
Shaolin Dragon is Andy Councils latest venture into the world of painting. It is a large canvas (approx 1.7m high) which he painted using Acrylics and Spraypaint. There are close up pics of this piece and lots of other things he has been up to on his new blog.
andycouncil.blogspot.com/
The piece is going to be auctioned off for charity as part of Graffle. It will be shown alongside pieces donated by other Street Artists 10th – 12th Sept at Paint Works, Bristol, UK.
BIRMINGHAM EXHIBITION WITH THEM LOT
Andy will have some of his prints exhibited as part of Them Lot's show at Urban Outfitters, Birmingham, UK which opens Thursday 7th August. Please do check it out if you can!
WINDOW DRAWING IN LONDON
The old Council will be taking part in The Brick Lane Gallery Free For Wall! Part 3. He will be doing some Dinosaur related Window Drawing as part of the group show of Street Artists on Sunday 17th August.
GAGGED IN BATH The Fine Art Print Company present 'Gagged' an art exhibition featuring work by Andy, Ben Newman and Neil Kelly. It is going to be at Walcot Chapel, Bath, UK 26th - 31st August.
And finally.....
Andy has some original artwork pieces available to buy from Art-El !
COMING SOON Added: 10.08.08
Recent collaborations between Rowdy and Dora mean this very desirable, strictly limited edition print will soon be available. Watch this space for more details.
DREWEATTS AUCTION UPDATE Added: 15.07.08 After the recent success of the Urban Art sale, including a high profile show at The Ultra Lounge ( Selfridges, Oxford St, London ),
it begs the question;
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE NEW CANVAS PAINTINGS FROM ROWDY? Click here
URBAN ART AUCTION Added: 11.04.08 Includes work from 39steps Collective: Dora, Hine, FLX and Rowdy as well as Faile, Adam Neate, Cyclops, Nick Walker, Goldie and Banksy.
At 'Paintworks', Bath Rd, Totterdown, Bristol
Thu 5th June Private view icludes DJs Daddy G and Queen B.
6- 10pm
Open Daily 6 - 9th June 10 - 6pm
MAY DAY EXHIBITION Added: 11.04.08 Stokes Croft, Bristol looks set for another potent injection of Urban Artwork, this time indoors. With a fine orray of
Artists both national and international including Matt Small, Sweet Toof, Mudwig, Will Barras, Pure Evil, C125 and Rowdy.
MARTINEZ FAMILY AT PURE EVIL GALLERY Added: 11.04.08 At last the Martinez Family will be in the UK during May for various actions? Their 'vibrant abstract humour' transcends many
neighbourhoods of Barcelona, chances are if you've already been to BCN you'll have already seen it!
The line up is as follows:- KENOR,TOM 14, GOLA, UEIA LOLTA, OVNI and PEZ.
This is their debut London Show at
108 Leonard Street,
Shoreditch,
London EC2A 4RH.
12 DAYS OF XMAS! Added: 29.11.07 Bored of Christmas Shopping? Not sure what to do with yourselves on these dark wintery days...? Panic no more!
This December we want to welcome you the public to come witness nearly 50 (yes 50!) of the world’s most loved & loathed contemporary urban artists exhibiting and selling in one of the most interesting venues in Bristol.
The old Bridewell Police Station in the centre of Bristol will be opening it's doors and cells on the 7th of December at 12 days to showcase as much art as we can cram into the place and give you all a well deserved break from the repetitive boredom of consumer mayhem this Christmas.
Featuring a real mix of styles - stencils, fine art, sculpture, canvas, prints, video & graffiti from Cyclops, Nick Walker, Guy Denning, Beejoir, Dr.D, James Cauty, Misteraitch, Ghostboy, Eelus and many, many more (full list at www.12daysofxmas.co.uk).
One of the best groups of artists Bristol's ever seen - and a great way to fill those Christmas stockings!
Venue
The Old Bridewell Police Station
Nelson Street, Broadmead, Bristol
'Twist' illustrations, including this Shoe Dragon for Feel Good Project, Tapei, Taiwan. www.feelgoodproject.net
August
Exhibited with the Them Lot collective at the Custard Factory, Birmingham. More window drawing too! www.themlot.co.uk
And last but not least - this Origami crown exhibited at the RCA, London as part of YCN group show. www.ycnonline.com
ROWDY ON TOUR - IMAGES NOW ONLINE! Added: 15.08.07 June and July saw our man Rowdy hitting Berlin, Italy and Barcelona. Special thanks to Gola, Kenor, Ovni and Maze ( Martinez Family ).
WRONG ISLAND T-SHIRTS ON SALE IN BARCELONA Added: 17.08.07 This new Gallery and Clothing Store opened for business in June. So next time your in BCN, why not check out Bonita Works in the Raval.
Bonita Works Art Solutions Lleialtat 6, 08001 Barcelona
ARTE BASTARDO ITALY Added: 16.08.07 Giant size walls painted by Bastards from all over Europe. Trento's Social Centre, Bruno, provided sterling hospitality to put this Festival on. Click link to find out more..
BRISTOL STREET ART FEATURE ON JUXTAPOZ Added: 15.08.07 Click link for an informed and updated report, courtesy of Juxtapoz Magazine. Look out for September's feature on 39 Steps Artist, Ian Francis.
ANDY COUNCIL AND TIM FLOYD AT WINDOWS 204 (10th MARCH - 7th APRIL) Added: 22.02.07 On Saturday 10th March Bristol Illustrators Andy Council and TimFloyd will be drawing on the windows at Windows 204, 204 GloucesterRoad, Bristol. The drawings will then be on display 24 hours a dayuntil 7th April.Windows 204 is a new space for contemporary art in the windows of avacant shop in the busy Gloucester road area of Bristol.
204 Gloucester Road, Bristol (near the Gold Lion Pub!)
ANDY COUNCIL IN DIGIT MAGAZINE Added: 22.02.07 Following on from being featured in Computer Arts magazine, Andy Council is now in Digit magazine!He is part of an eleven-page guide to this year’s most promising up-&-coming British creatives – and a showcase of the best of their work so far.
ANDY COUNCIL SOLO SHOW! ADDED: 10.12.06 Illustrator Andy Council from the Farm Yardeez will be having a solo show at Workshop from January 5th to the 2nd February.
The show opening night is on Friday 5th January 6pm 'til 9pm.
Expect dinosaurs, music and drink!
All artwork will be on sale and will be up for one month.
DIGITAL SHOW
Andy Council has recently had two of his works on display at www.digitalshow.co.uk an online exhibition of
digital art for the Liverpool Biennial - Independents 2006 featuring 200 images by 135 artists from 25 countries.
His "Beer Monster" and "City Rooster" are in there - check it out and leave your comments and ratings!
HERE SHOP GALLERY
Following recent shows by Tapes and Patch the Here Gallery is now displaying various works by our very own Andy Council, through out July.
Followed by Milk (39 Steps) during August, with the September slot taken by "the man like Rowdy".
PENDING IRAN CRISIS
Skat Cat and Wrong Island have teamed up again, to vent their feelings on the pending Iran crisis
Amamos a Iran (We Love Iran). Mexico City
I love Iran out now!! Click to buy
To check out more Mexican Graff go to www.graffitiarte.org
HERE SHOP EXHIBITION
From July 1st Andy Council will have work exhibited in the Here shop, Stokes Croft, Bristol. The exhibition lasts a month.
BRISTOL DINOSAUR MURAL
Heres a pic of the Bristol Dinosaur mural that Andy Council painted as part of the "Illustrate" exhibition at The Hotbath Gallery in Bath a couple of months ago. The beast is no longer there as the wall has been returned to it's natural white painted state...
WINDOW WORK
Andy Council and Tim Floyd have been busy decorating windows in Bristol over the last couple of months.
Drawings have popped up in the windows of the old Audi showroom, Cheltenham Road, The Here Shop, Stokes Croft and
most recently at The Shakespeare pub, Totterdown as part of the Frontroom 2006 Art Trail. Above is a pic of their
booze themed piece in Totterdown
ANDY COUNCIL IN DAZED AND CONFUSED
The latest issue of Dazed and Confused magazine includes a pull out magazine that features an interview with Andy Council about his work. There's a nice pic of Andy sat with his cat Herman shortly before he went missing.
The pull out mag also has interviews with fashion designers, poets and other talented youngish types including Lethal Bizzle and the guy who plays Billie Pipers boyfriend in Dr Who.
For more info on Dazed and Confused go to www.confused.co.uk
IDLER BABY
The latest edition of The Idler features a somewhat scary cover illustration by Andy Council. The features are all on childhood. Contributors include Michael Palin, Billy Childish and Bill drummond. Check out www.idler.co.uk for further info.
SOUTHBANK ART TRAIL
Andy Council and Tim Floyd took part in Southbank Art Trail on the 20th and 21st of May decorating the windows of the Tobacco Factory with their drawing work. Here's a pic of Andy's Beer Monster that he came up with after being stuck in a bar for two days.
39 STEPS EXHIBITION Here's a little inkling of what happened...
'39 STEPS' ART EXHIBITION
What are the 39 Steps....?
In reality, the 39 steps is the name of an exhibition by 4 artists based in
Montpelier, Bristol.
We aim to open our Studio to the public over a long weekend and present our
work in gallery form.
2 Girls, 2 Guys, 4 different styles and a common interest in urban art. We
hesitate to use the term 'Street Art' and strive to give Graffiti it's
broadest interpretation, we love spraypaint and believe urban decay
provides a valid canvas, so call it what you will!
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Feat: Milk / Rowdy/ / Dora / James Tinkler + guests
June 1st & 2nd - 6-10pm. 3rd & 4th - 11am - 4.30pm
TOTTERDOWN ART TRAIL
Andy Council and Tim Floyd festooning the Shakespeare pub window! Click here for more pics!
NEW FLYER DESIGN BY ANDY COUNCIL
This flyer was designed for the 'Monkey!Knife!Fight!' club-night, on Wednesday 12th April at The Tube, Bristol.
June 7-10 INSURGENT ART MASSIVE
One year on, Bristol witnessed its 3rd autonomous art exhibition; just a stones throw away from the City's main Art Gallery, the Arnolfini.
The empty warehouse was successfully squatted on the Monday night, however by Wednesday lunchtime police had gained entry to the premises,
with the buildings owner and things were looking a little bleak, that is until Police were alerted to a 'bomb scare' in the city centre.
A world war 2 Bomb gave us the break we'd been looking for, Police bailed quick-time to rousing applause from the Insurgent Artists, and the 'Plod'
courteously bid us a good day!
ANDY COUNCIL AT 'ILLUSTRATE' - HOTBATH GALLERY
Andy Council will be producing a Mural for the group show "Illustrate" at the Hotbath Gallery, Bath. Expect lots of detail
and probably dinosaurs! The show runs from Thursday 27th April - Friday 19th May.
NEW FLYER DESIGN BY ANDY COUNCIL
This flyer was designed for the 'Monkey!Knife!Fight!' club-night, on Friday 28th April at The Thekla, Bristol.
Bristle
This book brings you nearly 500 pictures of various forms of political art, graffiti and actions from the streets of Bristol and the south west. www.bristle.org.uk
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ANDY COUNCIL ON TOTTERDOWN ART TRAIL
As part of Totterdown Art Trail 2005 Andy Council will have artwork on display alongside work by other artists in The Shakespeare pub. In addition Andy and Tim Floyd will be festooning the pub windows with numerous drawings on the afternoons of Saturday and Sunday.
The Shakespeare, 1 Henry Street, Totterdown. 18th - 20th November. www.frontroom.org.uk
THE RELAY TOUR
An ongoing tour worth checking out is the Relay Tour which showcases 15 Artists from the Inner City area` of Stokes Croft , Bristol. It's an MP3 tour which goes daily from the Here Shop, 108 Stokes Croft.
Click Flyer for Full Details
Spunky T: Harvester
Leeky Gallery: Board
Leeky Gallery: Jerry Can
ANDY COUNCIL NEW T SHIRT DESIGN FOR SPUNKY
Andy Council has a T-shirt design available as part of Spunky's new Autumn/Winter range. "Harvest" features a deranged sheep driving a Hotrod combine harvester.
Check it out at www.spunky.co.uk
LEEKY GALLERY
To coincide with the release of the new seasons designs Spunky had an exhibition of
The designers work at the Leeky gallery above the Bristol shop on Park Street.
Among the works on display were customised Jerry cans and large boards.
IDLE ANDY
The Winter 2005 edition of The Idler is out now featuring Andy Council's Illustration to Ash Prosser's article on hitch hiking. www.idler.co.uk
MUDWIG EXHIBITION
Mudwig is regarded as some what of a local if you get the chance check out his new exhibition at Royal Cheese from Oct 19th till Nov 19th, Central Paris or go to www.kuildoosh.com.
Royal Cheese will also be stocking Wrong Island gear from Jan 06.
SQUAT ART EXHIBITION Earlier this year during the month of May saw a quite remarkable Squat Art Exhibition taking place in an Ex Police compound!! At Temple Meads Bristol. Click 4 flix
X MARKS THE SPOT
X Marks The Spot is an Art exhibition by Rowdy from Fri Dec 2nd till early Jan 2006, at the Detour Skate Store, Broad St, Bath.
June 2005 THEY ARRIVED by coach. Not your usual tourists on a sightseeing trip round the Mendips. Nor for them the sights of Wells Cathedral and Glastonbury Tor.... Click here to read the full report!
ANDY COUNCIL IN THE BRISTOL PACK
A design by Andy Council is to feature in the Bristol Pack- part of Creative Bristol 2005.
56 Bristol artists have been invited to create designs for a unique deck of playing cards called the Bristol Pack. All of the original artworks that feature in the Bristol Pack will be on show in
an exhibition that reflects the wealth, depth and diversity of the visual arts in Bristol.
Editions of the Bristol Pack will be available at the exhibition at the
Centrespace Gallery
6 Leonard Lane, Bristol.
Sat 3rd Sept to Thur 8th Sept 2005.
11.00am - 4.00pm
(10.00am to 7.00pm Weds 7th Sept)
Coming in just left of centre Bristol Graffiti artist Rowdy and "Kiddy-Disco Punk Shit-Hop" purveyor Kid Carpet are a ray of sunshine amid the grey.
Kid Carpet: "I'm thinking of doing my album launch at the car-booty just off the M32, bringing in a car and setting up my tables next to a burger van."
READ MORE IN THE AUGUST ISSUE OF DAZED & CONFUSED, ON SALE NOW!
Experience Dazed online at www.confused.co.uk
DRAWER ILLUSTRATORS EXHIBITION
Andy Council has work displayed as part of Drawer
Illustrators Exhibition:
Shires Yard, Milsom Street,Bath.
Monday 23rd May - Friday 10th June.
For further information go to www.drawer.me.uk
THREE YEARS OF WRONG ISLAND
Click image to enlarge
A photographic exhibition of various exxploits around the Isles.
Launch May 15th from 7.30pm at Kebele (kebele.org), Robinson Rd, Easton.
Runs till 15th June.
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