© Johanna Eliisa Laitanen

Johanna Eliisa Laitanen: The Spectacle of Nature 2005
c-type print, 76 x 76 cm


Still Life with

Peggy Atherton
, Johanna Eliisa Laitanen, Luke Gottelier, Georgie Hopton, Des Hughes, Ellen Mandemaker, Andreas Rüthi, Jane Simpson


"Still Life With" brings together a group of artists working with sculpture, photography and painting.


Peggy Atherton (b.1968 in Cumbria) lives and works in London. Recent exhibitions include "Wake", London Gallery West, 2005 and "Mini Museum", a touring exhibition featured at the Port Elliot Literary Festival and Paul Smith Floral Street, 2005.


Johanna Eliisa Laitanen (b.1976 in Helsinki, Finland) lives and works in London. Recently graduated from Central St Martins School of Art & Design. Showing photographs from a series taken in The Museum of Natural History in Helsinki.


Luke Gottelier (b.1968 in London) lives and works in London. Currently showing "The Bart Wells Institute" at The Essl Collection in Vienna as part of "Hot Spots" a survey of artist-run spaces in cities around the world.


Georgie Hopton (b.1967 in North Yorkshire) lives and works in London and New York. Recent exhibitions at Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles 2005, William Ling Fine Art, 2004, and "Peter Blake Sculpture", The London Institute Gallery, 2003.


Des Hughes (b.1970 in Birmingham) lives and works in London. Recent exhibitions include "Boneless" at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2005 and "The Screaming Abdabs", The Showroom, London, 2004.


Ellen Mandemaker (b.1969 in Haarlem, The Netherlands) lives and works in Amsterdam. She had a solo show "Things, Figures and Still Lives" at FOAM Foto Museum Amsterdam this year. Previous exhibitions include "No More Monkies" at Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam in 2003.


Andreas Rüthi (b.1956 in Zurich) lives and works in London and Wales. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Galerie Hammelehle & Ahrens, Cologne, and Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich. In 2006 he has a solo show at Bay Art in Cardiff, Wales.


Jane Simpson (b.1965 in London) lives and works in London. Recent solo shows include "Jane Simpson" at New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Roche Court, England and "Tableau" at Centro de Arte Contemporaneo (CAC) Malaga, Spain. In 2006 she has a solo show at Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid.


Exhibition: 18 November - 17 December 2005
Gallery hours: Thu-Sun 12am - 6pm or by appointment.


Kate MacGarry Gallery
95-97 Redchurch Street
UK-London E2 7DJ
Telephone +44 020.7613 3909
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