slice is a new project I've set up that happens every month at Stryx Gallery. Stryx is an artist run studios and gallery space in Digbeth, Birmingham. The project is a constant negotiation with the gallery about how much and which space I can use. Each month I will be inviting an artist to have a solo presentation at Stryx - whether that be in the main gallery space, a smaller space, a workshop space, a corridor - depending on what Stryx have already programmed.
For the launch of the project, I invited Leeds based artist collective SEIZE Projects to create a show of their own individual work in the main gallery space at Stryx. The show opened at April's Digbeth First Friday and was very busy. We also invited a group of young people from Ikon Youth Programme to look around the show on Wednesday evening and they asked me and Ned (one of the artists) lots of questions.
You can see photos from the show here:
http://stryx.co.uk/Slice-Vol-1-Wish-You-Were-Here
Last night the second in the series of exhibitions opened. This month I invited Manchester based artist Emily Tilzey to present work in the small gallery space alongside the opening of Stryx's annual residency programme. I'm really pleased with how the exhibition turned out, Emily has a great eye for how to place objects and I love her use of materials. I think that the project worked really well alongside Stryx's show as it looked like a separate gallery space in itself which is something I was interested in creating - exploring how we can use, share, layer and negotiate existing space to facilitate more artists.
