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2013

Slade alumni are among those showing in Film in Space at Camden Arts Centre. Louisa Fairclough is showing Song of Grief and Bore Song from 6 - 24 February 2013. There also and artist's talk with Chris Welsby on Wednesday 6 February 2013, 7.00-8.30pm.

Chris Welsby is showing an installation of films and Neil Henderson is showing a 50-projector performance on 2-3 February 2013.

Film in Space: An exhibition of film and expanded cinema selected by Guy Sherwin, is at Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG, from 15 December 2012 - 24 February 2013. See www.camdenartscentre.org.

David Blandy is showing Mobile Suit Academy, an exhibition of new work which will transform the gallery into a futuristic environment evoking the interior of a starship travelling through distant galaxies, at Peckham Space, University of the Arts, London, 89 Peckham High Street, London, SE15 5RS, from 18 January – 24 March 2013. See  www.peckhamspace.com.

Daniel Preece's painting, Power Station and Barges, has been selected for the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize. The prize was created in 2005 by the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and the Lynn Foundation to encourage the very best creative representational painting and promote the skill of draftsmanship.See www.lynnpainterstainersprize.org.uk. There is an exhibition of all selected artists at The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1Y 5BD, from the 19 February - 2 March 2013. See www.mallgalleries.org.uk.

Following the exhibition In the Way of Being in Deccember 2012, which included work by alumni Alice Gomme, Will Saunders and Gabriella Sonabend, there is a review in the Urban Times and online documentary on Vimeo. The exhibition held in the former home and practice of the late Dr John Slome (1929–2012), was curated and documented by Gabriella Sonabend.

Antony Gormley has a solo show, Model, at White Cube, 144 – 152 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3TQ, from 28 November 2012 - 10 February 2013. See whitecube.com.

Alumni Ed Atkins and Naheed Raza premiere their new commissions at Jerwood Visual Arts (JVA) at Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, Bankside, London SE1 0LN. Presented as the second part of the exhibition Tomorrow Never Knows, the new works will be on show from 16 January - 24 February 2013. See http://tomorrowneverknows.org.uk.

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Liz-Anne Bawden, former Slade tutor in the influential Slade Film Department. An obituary is posted on www.thetimes.co.uk and further information about her role at the Slade and her subsequent work can be found in the Times Higher Education, March 1966.

Julie Rafalski – Solo Exhibition is showing at Westminster Reference Library Gallery, 1st Floor, 35 Saint Martin’s Street, London WC2H 7HP, from 5 - 23 February 2013. Throughout the show, she will be in residence in the gallery space at the library on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 2-7pm working on an additional work-in-progress, a collection of collages. There will also be a series of blog posts updating progress of the collages on http://julierafalski.wordpress.com.

Alumni Chris Grygiel, Gabriele Porta, Hiromi Kawasaki, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt and Aishan Yu are showing in Setsuko Hara, put together by Richard Bevan at Oriel Sycharth Gallery, Glyndŵr University, Mold Road, Wrexham LL11 2AW, from 22 January – 15 March 2013. See www.glyndwr.ac.uk.

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