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ARTISTS LUNCHTIME CRIT: Led by Saelia Aparicio

SAT 28 OCT 12-2PM // AT TURF, 46/47 Trinity Court (Ground Floor), Whitgift Shopping Centre, Croydon CR01UQ // FREE & OPEN TO ALL

Eventbrite - ARTISTS LUNCHTIME CRIT // LED BY SAELIA APARICIO

Calling all artists, art students, performers and graduates alike!

Taking place every last Saturday of the month, our lunchtime crits give artists a chance to get feedback on their work from a practicing artist in a supportive and friendly environment. October’s crit will be led by Saelia Aparicio, artist of Peaks & Troughs.

Email us your images beforehand at at info@turf-projects.com along with any additional requirements if you’d like us to get images up full scale on our projector!

Participation isn’t mandatory – you’re welcome to simply come and view the works and take part in the discussions

 

// ABOUT SAELIA APARICIO

Saelia Aparicio lives on a secret island in London. She graduated in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 2015. She has had institutional solo shows at La Conservera (2012, Murcia, Spain) the Patio Herreriano Museum (2013, Valladolid, Spain) and Da2 2002 Domus Artium (2015, Salamanca, Spain)

Group shows include Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016, the bluecoat ( Liverpool)  and the ICA (London), Retour Sur Mulholland Drive, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud at La Panacée, Montpellier, France, And A Mysterical Day, curated by Tai Shani and the Serpentine Gallery public program.

In 2016 she was a resident  at Sema Nanji, (Part of the Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea) and is currently enjoying a New Contemporaries studio Bursary with Sarabande, The Lee Alexander Mcqueen Foundation. She is also currently working towards a second solo show : Your Consequences Have Actions at The Tetley, Leeds.

Her multidisciplinary work dwells on ideas of the organic, establishing analogies between corporeal and social mechanisms.

saelito.com

 

// IMAGES

Burning with joy, ASC Gallery, London 2016
Gutted, reversed acrylic paint on found object, mural, 2016
Looking from an angle, expoxy resin, pigment on found object, 2016
Pack, 100×70, ink on paper, 2016
carpenters rd, RCA degree show project, 2016

 

 

 

KEY ACCESS INFO​

  • To help us support you best, please let us know if you have any access needs when booking.
  • For access info about getting to Turf and the Turf space, click here.
  • Our unit in the Whitgift Centre is 4 minutes walk (0.2 miles) from Wellesley Road Tram stop via the underpass, and 7 minutes walk (0.3 miles) from West Croydon Station and 8 minutes walk (0.4 miles) from East Croydon station.

 

WORKSHOP CODE:

Turf aims to be a space where all are welcomed & respected. We ask all attendees to align with this spirit when booking and support us in creating a welcoming & collaborative atmosphere together. We ask that everyone is;

  • Kind and respectful in our language and behaviour towards others. Turf is a space which is anti racism, sexism, homophobia and ableism.
  • Considerate of others’ time; allowing others room to speak & engage.
  • Respectful of the space itself as belonging to many people, treating the space & objects with care.
  • Attend wherever possible: In 2023, around 30% of people booking free tickets didn’t turn up! Our free tickets are limited and in high demand. Every person who doesn’t turn up means someone else can’t attend, so please let us know if you can’t make it to free up a space. If you don’t attend twice or more without letting us know, you may be restricted from booking again.

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