12 / in production at Ripe Digital
12 in production at Ripe Digital. Rik was kind enough to film the book in production for my blog, fascinating to see a modern digital press working. It’s a long way from the letter press and optical type setting we studied at college…
Chuck Elliott / 12
Sometime towards the end of 2019, I started working on a new book, broadly designed to catalogue some of my favourite images from the past 12 years. Beautifully printed by Ripe Digital in Corsham, the book features 100 large format pages, with accompanying short texts that I hope illuminate the project succinctly, and with a little humour.
Chuck Elliott / 12
Sometime towards the end of last year I started working on a new book, broadly designed to catalogue some of my favourite images from the past 12 years. Beautifully printed by Ripe Digital in Corsham, the book features 100 large format pages, with accompanying short texts that I hope illuminate the project succinctly, and with a little humour.
Current / Exhibition catalogue / October 2017
Catto Gallery have published a fabulous new catalogue of my latest drawings, ahead of our new show, Current, opening on Thursday 19th October. If you'd like to receive a copy in the post, please email imogen@cattogallery.co.uk and she'll send one out to you.
EDIT 2016
Published by Transistor, Edit 2016 is designed to offer a broad overview of selected works from the past decade, alongside workshop images, colour proofs and associated ephemera.
Lucid / RMX catalogue
Published in March 2015 to coincide with my second solo show at Catto Gallery, Lucid / RMX is a 36 page catalogue, with a foreword by Tim Green. Lucid / RMX takes the idea of the remix from the world of music, especially contemporary electronic music, into the artist’s studio. As such many of the works featured in the exhibition riff on the idea of being visually remixed, or are in some way re-engineered. I liked the idea of working with the concept of remixing works for the show, and experimenting with a broad selection of the pieces made for a more cohesive exhibition in many ways.
Generator / show catalogue
Generator was my first solo show at Catto Gallery, following on from a two man show there with Derek Balmer, PPRWA in September 2010. The 36 page catalogue was published in November 2012 to coincide with the opening, and features images of all the latest drawings made for the exhibition, alongside a foreword by Tim Green.
Spectra 1 / flyer
Published in November 2011, to coincide with the opening of Spectra ONE at the Londonewcastle project space on Redchurch Street, E1, the show's online catalogue featured work by seven international artists, selected primarily for their interest in working with bold colour. Curated by Ed Bartlett of The Future Tense, the exhibition was the first of a three part survey to explore the use of colour in contemporary studio practice.
Synaesthetic / published by Transistor
Published in September 2011, Synaesthetic is a 110 page large format hardback book, produced by Transistor. It features interviews with Matthew Collings, Lynette Quinlan and Louise Copping, alongside in situ photography, artwork and associated ephemera from the first six years of the project. It’s available to view and download online. A short run digital print version can also be purchased from Blurb.com.
SuperCollider / Workbook
SuperCollider is a workbook published in July 2011, featuring new drawings, including Collider / gilded mandala, from a series of variations that explore the Fibonacci number sequence and its relationship to the natural world. The catalogue includes a brief text about the project on the last page, alongside working colour variants and other images associated with the project.
Coda at Close / catalogue
Coda at Close was published to mark the opening of my solo exhibition at Close House in March 2011. Curated by Freeny Yianni, ex Lisson Gallery, the exhibition featured around thirty works installed throughout the main reception rooms at Freeny’s stunning C18th home in Somerset. The 68 page catalogue features an interview with Matthew Collings and in situ photography by Stephen White. The catalogue was designed and beautifully produced by Herman Lelie.
Autumn Art Lectures / Bristol University
Bristol University has been running it’s Autumn Art lectures annually since 1905. In 2010 the series featured six lectures around the theme of colour, and so it was a pleasure to be asked to provide the artwork for the series’ poster and associated publicity material.
Fluid Dynamic
Fluid Dynamic is a PDF workbook, pulling together images of projects from 2005 to 2009, associated artwork and in situ images.
Bristol Contemporary Open 2008 / Flyer
Bristol Contemporary Open 2008 was a juried show held at Paintworks here in Bristol, featuring work by 24 mid career artists including Anna Gillespie, Barry Cawston, Beth Carter and Cathy Lewis. The catalogue features work by all 24 of the selected artists, alongside an introductory text and notes about the exhibition and jury.