Stuart Hartley by Sarah Garwood Creative

STUART HARTLEY B R AV E N E W W O R L D A S O LO E X H I B I T I O N O F N E W W O R K S 1 9 M AY - 1 4 J U N E 2 0 2 1

6 Park Street, Woodstock, OX20 1SP

STUART HARTLEY B R AV E N E W W O R L D A S O LO E X H I B I T I O N O F N E W W O R K S ‘I like to think of these works in terms of gossip or scandal. It has a life of its own once it happens and it’s rarely fully under control’. Stuart Hartley Zuleika Gallery is delighted to present Brave New World a solo exhibition of new work by British contemporary artist, Stuart Hartley (b. 1970) from 19 May – 14 June 2021 at Zuleika Gallery, Woodstock. Known for fusing painting and sculpture, Hartley’s practice lies in the isolation of a moment; an encounter or decision taken that breaks up the routine structure of daily life. Stuart Hartley’s Event & Incident works consider the notion of collective moments and experiences we accumulate in life and use when we are confronted with a choice or decision. The works create a colourful and playful visual dance on an initial encounter, but it is with further exploration that the ideas around singular moments start to evolve. Hartley uses the first ten words of famous novels, including Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’, and poems including William Wordsworth’s ‘Upon Westminster Bridge’, then randomly scatters the letters around the work, partially hidden on the balls, reducing their significance to single letters and emphasising the need for the author's personal history to interact with them, allowing the creative moment to happen. It is within this moment that the physical and visual play dissipates, and the work shifts from the 'here and now' into an encounter with the moment just prior to creation. Hartley’s Pathway works begin with an overall sense of geometric form and a presence of oneness in the totality of their whiteness and familiar shape. Carved pathways interrupt these forms, creating new shapes and places, highlighted through the use of reflected colour. Brightly coloured balls seem to pulsate with movement and activity through these spaces resulting in a sense of structure on both an atomic and a city level. It is when viewing these works with the scale of a city in mind that a sense of self and our placement within the collection of constructions we have made to exist within, starts to emerge. For this exhibition, Hartley has produced a new series of Pathway works on paper in a joyful exploration around the notion of incident. Through the interruption of the geometric shape the artist uses the fluidity of the watercolour to indicate activity, movement and interaction. A break in the norm and a catalyst.

Event 1/2021 Lord of the Flies 100 x 100 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood Book by W. Golding using the ﬁrst words ‘The boy with the fair hair lowered himself down…’ 4

Event 2/2021 Ode to a Nightingale 80 x 80 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood Poem by J. Keats using the ﬁrst words ‘My heart aches and a drowsy numbness pains…’ 5

Event 3/2021 Everyone Sang 80 x 80 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood Poem by S. Sassoon using the ﬁrst words ‘Everyone suddenly burst out singing…’ 6

Event 4/2021 Upon Westminster Bridge 80 x 80 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood Poem by W. Wordsworth using the ﬁrst words ‘Earth has not anything to show more fair…’ 7

Event 5/2021 Brave New World 78 x 120 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood Book by Aldous Huxley using the ﬁrst words ‘A squat grey building of only thirty four stories…’ 8

Pathway – 1/2021 120 x 120 x 10 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood 9

Frontality 1/2021 81.5 x 169.5 cm acrylic on tulip wood 11

Pathway on Paper 27/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

10. Pathway on Paper 14/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

Pathway on Paper 18/2021 31 x 32.1 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

11. Pathway on Paper 11/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper 12

12. Pathway on Paper 16/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper

14. Pathway on Paper 13/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper

13. Pathway on Paper 17/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper

15. Pathway on Paper 15/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper 13

16. Pathway on Paper 7/2021 31 x 32.1 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

18. Pathway on Paper 9/2021 31 x 32.1 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

17. Pathway on Paper 26/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper

19. Pathway on Paper 25/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper 14

20. Pathway on Paper 8/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

22. Pathway on Paper 5/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

21. Pathway on Paper 4/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

23. Pathway on Paper 3/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper 15

24. Pathway on Paper 12/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper 16

25. Pathway on Paper 24/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper 17

LIST OF WORK

Event 1/2021 Lord of the Flies 100 x 100 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood

8. Pathway on Paper 27/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

Event 2/2021 Ode to a Nightingale 80 x 80 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood

Event 3/2021 Everyone Sang 80 x 80 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood

10. Pathway on Paper 14/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

4. Event 4/2021 Upon Westminster Bridge 80 x 80 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood

11. Pathway on Paper 11/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper

Event 5/2021 Brave New World 78 x 120 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood

12. Pathway on Paper 16/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper

6. Pathway – 1/2021 120 x 120 x 10 cm acrylic on birch ply and beech wood

13. Pathway on Paper 17/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper

Frontality 1/2021 81.5 x 169.5 cm acrylic on tulip wood

Pathway on Paper 18/2021 31 x 32.1 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

14. Pathway on Paper 13/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper

15. Pathway on Paper 15/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper 16. Pathway on Paper 7/2021 31 x 32.1 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper 17. Pathway on Paper 26/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper 18. Pathway on Paper 9/2021 31 x 32.1 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

22. Pathway on Paper 5/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper 23. Pathway on Paper 3/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper 24. Pathway on Paper 12/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Arches HP paper 25. Pathway on Paper 24/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

19. Pathway on Paper 25/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper 20. Pathway on Paper 8/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper 21. Pathway on Paper 4/2021 31 x 31 cm acrylic and watercolour on 300g Bockingford HP paper

C O M M I S S I O N A N D I N S TA L L AT I O N S

Swarm (detail)

Swarm, 2012, 383 x 434 cm, resin and acrylic on tulip wood. Commission for 33 Gracechurch Street, London

Hartley is an accomplished installation artist, and has extensive experience in working with both private and corporate collections on site-specific work. He can respond in a bespoke way to both contemporary and traditional architectural settings. His work suits different scales - be it a smaller domestic, boutique space, or a larger commercial arena. Hartley has a solid background in working to commissions, and to deadlines, an experience that extends to over 15 years. He has worked on many international commissions, with site specific work in Canada, Washington, Singapore and New York. Should a commission be of interest, please do get in touch via info@zuleikagallery.com and we would be delighted to discuss this with you.

STUART HARTLEY

Education 2005 – 2007 MFA – The Slade School of Fine Art – UCL - London 2002 – 2005 BA Fine Art (1st Class Hons.) Manchester Metropolitan University

Solo Exhibitions 2016 2018 2017 2017 2015 2015 2014 – 2016 2014 2011 2011 2008 2007 2007 2006 2006 2005 2005

The London Art Fair –Business Design Centre – London Art Fairs with Mark Jason Gallery in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York The London Art Fair –Business Design Centre – London Art Fairs with Mark Jason Gallery in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York The London Art Fair –Business Design Centre – London ‘The Dream of Modern Living’ Warrington Museum & Art Gallery Art Fairs with Mark Jason Gallery in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York The London Art Fair –Business Design Centre – London ‘Smaller than a Lemon’ – Angelica Studios - High Wycombe The Open West 2011 – Cheltenham The London Art Fair 2008 – Business Design Centre, London MFA degree show at The Slade School of Fine Art, London ‘AsDa’, DaGallery, London Interim Show at The Slade School of Fine Art, London Colour & Light, Woburn Square, London Northern Graduates – Curwen & New Accademy Gallery, London & Newcastle ‘For One Week Only’ - Manchester Metropolitan University Degree Show

Competitions 2012 2011 2007 2003

John Moores - shortlisted Anthology - shortlisted Celeste Art Prize - shortlisted Winner of the DF/DS Fine Art Prize

Selected Collections & Commissions 100 New Oxford Street, London; 33 Gracechurch Street, London; 64 Knightsbridge – London; Advent – London; Advent – Luxembourg & London; American Airlines; Baker/Botts – London; Bassadone – France; Columbus Capital - London; Coutts – London; DFDS - London; Dryland – London, Gruss – London & Hong Kong; ED&F Man London; Isle of Man & Jersey; Miller – London; Portland Estates - London; Red Pepper London, Grainger Plc. London; Royal Bank of Scotland - Bishops Gate; Stephenson/Bell Architects – Manchester; TDR Finance – London; Trowers & Hamlins – London, Bruntwood – Manchester; TT International – London Private collections internationally.

Publications 2017 2012 2011 2007 2007 2007 2005

Ideal Home Magazine, May FX Magazine Pauls Art World Saatchi Gallery on-line magazine, February Celeste Art Prize The Independent Newspaper UK – ‘BritArt, the next generation’ Interior Design Magazine – USA

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