Operating as a roaming London gallery throughout the year with a permanent exhibition space in Lancashire, Loughran Gallery’s ethos is simple: to provide a welcoming environment to find something you love. Select artists include Chris Levine, Damien Hirst, Harland Miller, Jessica Zoob, Marc Quinn, Polly Morgan, Takashi Murakami and Tracey Emin. All of the gallery’s shows are unintimidating and open to all, with a no-nonsense approach to art. In 2012, Loughran Gallery celebrated the launch of several diverse and unique exhibitions in the capital including in a garage space in Notting Hill, an old hat factory on East London’s Redchurch Street, and at the innovative Boxpark in Shoreditch – each showcasing Loughran Gallery’s rostrum of artists. The gallery’s versatility and diversity was further demonstrated by two ambitious solo exhibitions held in the autumn of 2013.
September brought the opening of Dancing With Colour, a Jessica Zoob solo show, in the Albion Riverside in Battersea. This riverside location was a perfect setting for Jessica’s 2013 collection, and the show enjoyed an extended opening of six weeks due to popular demand. October was the month in which Loughran Gallery held a first ever retrospective of the artist Dave White with its ‘Sold Out’ show. The three-day event exhibited primarily Artist’s Proofs and was therefore the last chance for many to see these editions before they completely sold out into private collections. On the first anniversary of the gallery’s launch, Loughran Gallery hosted birthday exhibition ONE on London’s prestigious South Bank opposite the Tate Modern at NEO Bankside. The celebratory event showcased the very best of Loughran Gallery’s portfolio, including a one-time-only showing of Jessica Zoob’s Passion, a 14-metre long piece comprised of six individual oil paintings. The first edition of Dave White’s Aquatic Box Set was also showcased, alongside a brand new, unique Marc Quinn piece featuring his famous muse, Lara Stone, exclusive to Loughran Gallery.
2014 started with a return to cosmopolitan South West London with the Chelsea-based Sprung show held during the spring, and continued into the summer with the Art Takeover at Muriel’s Kitchen in Soho. The breadth and depth of Loughran Gallery means the gallery is fast becoming one of the most exciting cultural businesses to watch, with press coverage in such notable publications as The Independent, The Huffington Post, The Evening Standard and Harper’s Bazaar. With nine eclectic shows since the gallery’s inception, Loughran Gallery looks forward to its tenth with Dave White’s exciting new collection, Albion.
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‘Albion’, the oldest name known for the British Isles, is the highly anticipated collection from contemporary British artist Dave White and explores the heritage and iconography of British wildlife in White’s dynamic signature style. The show is a large scale installation of oil paintings, works on paper, the second edition of Dave’s exclusive collectors’ box sets, and limited edition silkscreen prints, exclusively unveiling White’s next subject matter celebrating classic British species, both rare and common found.
Each species featured in the exhibition has a significant meaning to White, portraying the artist’s personal relationship to the British Isles and the countryside it nurtures. This includes White’s continued concern for the vulnerability and danger such creatures continue to endure, a theme first explored in his Natural Selection series, leading to the magnificent portraits of animals including a Red Squirrel, Golden Eagle and Peregrine Falcon. This landmark collection will be duly celebrated with a unique work by the artist on a classic British car. This exciting venture sees Dave White paint an Albion inspired piece on a classic Jaguar E-type coupé – a car notable for its strong British heritage – which not only features as part of the exhibition’s unveiling, but is also included as part of the three-week show.
Dave White explains his new series: “By exploring various subject matters over the last few years, my work has been presenting endangered wildlife and species from around the world. Whilst that journey continues on an international level, I would like to pay homage to our very own subjects and threatened creatures that we take for granted. “Now is the time to draw attention to our much loved countryside...to celebrate it in all its glory, whilst making the viewer re-engage with the beauty that ever diminishes. It is a stark reality that species we take for granted will be gone in less than 30 years.”
OILS
RABBIT I Original | 30” x 30” [Oil on Linen]
FOX I Original | 30” x 30” [Oil on Linen]
SCOTTISH WILD CAT
HAZEL DORMOUSE
Original | 30” x 30”
Original | 30” x 30”
[Oil on Linen]
[Oil on Linen]
RED SQUIRREL II Original | 30” x 30” [Oil on Linen]
OTTER II Original | 30” x 30” [Oil on Linen]
RABBIT II Original | 40” x 30” [Oil on Linen]
BLUE TIT Original | 48” x 42” [Oil on Linen]
SPARROW Original | 48” x 42” [Oil on Linen]
PEREGRINE FALCON
GOLDEN EAGLE
Original | 61” x 45”
Original | 61” x 45”
[Oil on Linen]
[Oil on Linen]
OTTER I Original | 61” x 45” [Oil on Linen]
RED SQUIRREL I Original | 61” x 45” [Oil on Linen]
OWL I Original | 61” x 45” [Oil on Linen]
HEDGEHOG Original | 61” x 45” [Oil on Linen]
FOX II Original | 80” x 40” [Oil on Linen]
WORKS ON PAPER
OWL II Original | 22” x 30” [Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico 610gm]
GOLDFINCH Original | 22” x 30” [Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico 610gm]
GREENFINCH Original | 30” x 22” [Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico 610gm]
BULLFINCH Original | 30” x 22” [Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico 610gm]
SONG THRUSH Original | 30” x 22” [Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico 610gm]
WREN Original | 30” x 22” [Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico 610gm]
LONG-TAILED TIT I Original | 30” x 22” [Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico 610gm]
LONG-TAILED TIT II Original | 30” x 22” [Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico 610gm]
RUNNING HARE Original | 61” x 41” [Watercolour on Arches Aquarelle]
PHEASANT Original | 61” x 41” [Watercolour on Arches Aquarelle]
FLYING SPARROW Original | 61” x 41” [Watercolour on Arches Aquarelle]
OWL III Original | 61” x 41” [Watercolour on Arches Aquarelle]
EDITIONS
RABBIT I Edition of 50 | 30” x 30” [1-10 Hand finished with acrylic paint. Giclee with Silkscreens and varnish on Somerset Tub] £1200
________ Edition of 50 | 30” x 30” [Giclee with Silkscreens and varnish on Somerset Tub] £600
FOX I Edition of 50 | 30” x 30” [1-10 Hand finished with acrylic paint. Giclee with Silkscreens and varnish on Somerset Tub] £1200
________ Edition of 50 | 30” x 30” [Giclee with Silkscreens and varnish on Somerset Tub] £600
RED SQUIRREL I Edition of 50 | 30” x 22” [Giclee with Silkscreens and varnish on Somerset Tub] £400
________ XL RED SQUIRREL I Edition of 20 | 50” x 41” [Giclee with Silkscreens and varnish on Somerset Tub, handfinished with 24 carat gold leaf] £1600
EAGLE DIAMOND DUST EDITION Edition of 50 | 45” x 33” [30 Silkscreens with varnishes & white diamond dust background. Somerset Satin White 410gms] £1600
ALBION BOX SET Bullfinch, Long-Tailed Tit, Greenfinch, Wren 30” x 22” Giclee on Arches Aquarelle hand finished with 24 carat Gold Leaf Presented in a luxury cloth bound, gold foil embossed box with signature embossed tissue £5000
BULLFINCH
LONG-TAILED TIT
WREN
GREENFINCH
Dave White is a contemporary British Artist who dedicates his work to celebrating popular culture and interpreting emotive issues. White graduated with a BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) at Liverpool John Moores University. He has enjoyed success from the inception of his career with selection for the Northern Graduates exhibition at the Royal College of Art in 1994, then exhibiting his initial animals series. A highlight of this period was exhibiting at Sotheby’s London to celebrate the Blue Cross centenary.
White has continued to reflect popular culture and in 2002 he pioneered the Sneaker Art movement with the execution of pop art inspired sneaker portraits. This has led to a long term collaborations with Nike and Brand Jordan. International exhibition career highlights include the People’s Square Exhibition Hall (Shanghai), Dia Art Centre (New York), Centre for Arts (Rotterdam), Art Basel Week (Miami), Truman Brewery (London), Liverpool International Biennial of Contemporary Art, New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York) on the Project on Creativity with Chuck Close, Hospital Club Gallery (London) and the Goss Michael Foundation (Dallas) for MTV RE:DEFINE with The Future Tense.
The Aquatic series was released in 2013 with solo exhibitions in London and Copenhagen. White’s first retrospective ‘Sold Out’ with Loughran Gallery, was also held in London, detailing a limited edition back catalogue since 2010. Other notable highlights include : a collaboration with MTV to customise an EMA Award for a charity auction in London, launching the Staple Clothing (NY) colab collection, BT ArtBox (London), a feature on The Brit List courtesy of Shortlist Magazine and Harpers Bazaar special art edition (Asia).
An exhibition in Los Angeles debuted earlier this year, with further international dates to be announced for 2015.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2014 Apex, GUSFORD | los angeles, USA 2013 Aquatic, Lawrence Alkin Gallery, London 2013 Sold Out, A Limited Edition Retrospective, Loughran Galley, London 2013 Monochrome, Jules Julian, Copenhagen, Denmark 2012 Natural Selection, Jules Julian, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Art Basel Miami 2007 The Court’s a Battlefield, Iguapop Galeria, Barcelona 2006 Breaking Boundaries, Contemporary Art Centre, Budapest 2006 A Few Of My Favourite Things, Compound Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2004 Latest Works, Claska Gallery, Tokyo
2012 Natural Selection, presented by artrepublic The Hospital Club Gallery, London
2004 Cars, Liverpool International Biennial of Contemporary Art
2011 Americana, Galleri Jules Julian, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Clash of the Titans, Exposure Gallery, London
2011 Americana, The Coningsby Gallery, London
1997 Aeroplanes, Park Gallery, Liverpool
2010 Size X, The Air Gallery, Dover St, London 2010 Forgotten Alchemy, Liverpool International Biennial of Contemporary Art
1997 Recent Works, Ainscough Gallery, London 1995 David’s Zoo, Stockport Art Gallery, Manchester
Go’ Morgen, Danmark
2011
The Arts Show’ BBC Radio 2
2008
All Asia Broadcast Company (radio interview)
2007
Miami Beach Plum TV (Art Basel Miami)
2006
Radio One Interview
1991 Natwest Prize for Art (shortlisted)
2006
BBC2 Desi DNA (Art Documentary)
1991 Royal Overseas League (shortlisted)
2005-7 MTV (Various worldwide interviews)
2013 Loughran Gallery, Shoreditch London
2006 Sneaker Pimps, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
1997 “Best Young Artist”, Animals in Art, Blue Cross Centenary at Sotheby’s, London (presented by Lord Hartington)
2005 Jordan 21, People’s Square Urban Exhibition Hall, Shanghai
1993 Painting Residency, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2012 RE:DEFINE Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, USA curated by The Future Tense 2012 BT Art Box Trafalgar Square, London 2012 CNNCTD+100 New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York 2011 Dunkeys Evolve with Coolrain, Imazoo Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2011 Mixed Up, Galerie Jules Julian, Copenhagen, Denmark 2011 15 Artists Interpret South Park, curated by Ron English, Opera Gallery, New York 2010 Forgotten Alchemy, Art Copenhagen c/o Galleri Jules Julian, Denmark 2010 Project on Creativity, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York 2009 Kunst Zurich c/o Galerie Wild 2009 Rising Stars, Seoul Art Museum, Korea
2009 Sweethearts and Sirens, Galerie Jules Julian, Copenhagen
2008 Amerikanische Kunst & Pop Art, Galerie Wild Franfurt; travelled to Galerie Wild Zurich
2008 The Original Seven, Seksan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2013
2006 New Works, Eyestorm Gallery, London
2009 EISZEIT, Galerie Wild Zurich
2008 Planes, Tanks and Automatics, Truman Brewery, London
SELECT BROADCASTS:
2014 Sprung Loughran Gallery, London
2010 Project on Creativity (Installation) All Things Digital, Los Angeles
2009 New Works, Galerie Wild, Frankfurt
AWARDS:
2008 Be True, Pop Art Gallery, Seoul 2007 Unveiling Cherry Coke, Dia Arts Centre, New York (curated by The Strategic Group)
2004 Fresh Still Life, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam (curated by Wink Van Kempen) 2003 In the Summertime, Galerie Wild, Frankfurt
1992 “Best Newcomer in Visual Arts”, Daily Post, (cat. foreword by Lord Palumbo, Arts council of Great Britain)
2001 Crows Having Fun, Raw Gallery, London 1998 Chicago Art Fair, c/o Connaught Brown, London 1997 Group Show, Connaught Brown, London 1996 Paris Art Fair, c/o Connaught Brown, London 1997 Animals in Art, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston (hosted by Earl & Countess of Derby, curated by Dr Lindsay Stainton); travelled to Royal Pavilion, Brighton; and Sotheby’s London (hosted by Lord Hartington) 1994 Northern Graduates, Royal College of Art, London
RESIDENCIES: 2012 The Goss Michael Foundation, Dallas, USA 2010 Size X, The Air Gallery, Dover St, London 2010 All Things Digital, Palos Verdes, Los Angeles 2010 CEP Studios, Los Angeles 2008 Seksan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur 2005 People’s Square Exhibition Hall, Shanghai 2004 Center for Visual Arts, Rotterdam 1995 Stockport Art Gallery 1993 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2005
ESPN It’s The Shoes
2004
Tokyo Today
1997
BBC One and Radio 4 (Sotheby’s Animals in Art)
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