The Reem Gallery Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Reem Gallery Podcast
Reem Gallery is rooted in a passion for emerging artists, both British and international, to be showcased and celebrated. It exhibits a diverse range of contemporary and street art and is a place for everyone to experience art as a living, breathing, dynamic conversation. The Reem Gallery podcast, hosted by Creative Director Phoebe Minson, is the place to hear from the artists, the curators, the collectors, and the team. Join the conversation and follow the shows on Instagram @reemfineart
When Reem Gallery Soho opened in April 2022 we opened with the solo exhibition of Kay Gasei. He was the first guest on the Reem Gallery podcast and so on the anniversary of his solo show it is a pleasure to welcome Kay back.
Find him on Instagram @kaygaseiart, hosted by Phoebe Minson (@phoebe_minson). Follow for more @reemfineart and reemgallery.com
The Cameron Twins are a collaborative artist duo of identical twins who work together in a range of different media including screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation. Their vibrant sculptural practice involves creating casts of old, discarded toys and childhood treasures and strong pop-culture imagery to create new ‘toy forms’.
The Cameron Twins challenge the gender and age stereotypes attached to toys, collectibles, colour, and play, and explore their role as ‘the artists’ in an age of social media and self-branding.
They studied art during the pandemic and their work incorporates their reflections on living their formative years in a lockdown. As artists who had the beginnings of their professional practice dictated by the constraints of a global pandemic, their works are inventive, problem-solving, and outwardly focused.
They were part of the 'Women to watch' exhibition at Reem Gallery Soho in December and in March 2023 they have a solo exhibition at Pure Evil Gallery in Shoreditch - their second solo show and first in London. Follow them on Instagram @Cameron.twins_art and find us on Instagram @reemfineart and online at reemgallery.com, the host is Phoebe Minson (@phoebe_minson). Thanks for listening.
Tabish is the visual arts writer for the Londonist, and has been for 10 years now, he has a regular column in FAD Magazine among others as well as appears on television and radio to discuss art exhibitions and art news. His journey into the art world was via a degree in biomedical science - perhaps not what you would expect. And it was in fact the posters on the London underground advertising blockbuster exhibitions which led him to galleries and art institutions, and he’s never looked back. His day job in the energy sector runs alongside this unexpected career as an art critic, and he sat down with Phoebe Minson to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the art world.
Welcome to the first of a very special series of conversations with the artists featured in our ‘Women to Watch’ group exhibition at Reem Gallery Soho. Opening with a private view on the 6th of December, it is showing until Christmas Eve and features work by 16 artists. The first artist that I spoke to, and that you will hear from in this episode, is Cerys Murphy aka Dirtee Murfee.
Dirtee Murfee is an East London-based artist whose career was launched in lockdown after she created poignant and political street art pieces on the streets of Dublin. She is outspoken about issues affecting young women, and it was a protest piece about the lack of laws regarding revenge porn in Ireland that put her firmly in the public eye. Her works are a combination of abstract backgrounds inspired by the walls covered in peeling paste-ups that her work originated on, and text pieces, sometimes moving into the genre of prose or poetry. After a sell-out solo show at the Laz Emporium in London, Dirtee Murfee has continued to amuse, encourage and rally others with her works.
TW: Severe mental illness, suicide, abortion and medical trauma
The Reem Gallery podcast presents a conversation in front of a live audience at the Fitzrovia Gallery with artists Amy Wiggin and Rebecca Hardaker on the final weekend of their exhibition ‘She came, she saw… she conquered’ at Fitzrovia Gallery, hosted by Phoebe Minson.
Motivated by intuitive and instinctive mark-making and a sense of freedom of expression, both Rebecca Hardaker and Amy Wiggin’s practice evolves from a curious exploration of the self.
Find us on Instagram @reemfineart, the artist are @amywigginart and @Rebecca_hardaker . Hosted by Phoebe Minson: @phoebe_reemgallery.
The Reem Gallery podcast presents a conversation with @prestonpaperboy ahead of his solo show at Reem Gallery Soho (Ham Yard Village, W1D 7LT) titled 'Lonely crowded place'.
Born and raised in Essex, England, Nathan Preston studied art at school before studying for a degree in architecture at the University of Brighton. After a decade of working as an architect, and painting on the side, painting became his day job. The work in question is Neo-expressionist portraiture; these carefully composed works utilise multiple mediums (charcoal, oil pastels, oil paints) to layer facial features, text, and motifs, and create a narrative that is influenced by street art, pop culture, and the artist’s own experiences with mental illness. Having exhibited in Hong Kong, Atlanta, and Miami, among other cities he is returning to London to show his new collection titled ‘Lonely crowded place’ at Reem Gallery Soho, in Ham Yard Village.
The private view is on the 16th of November from 6 pm, and the exhibition runs until the 3rd of December.
Find us on Instagram @reemfineart, the artist is Nathan Preston @prestonpaperboy. Hosted by Phoebe Minson: @phoebe_reemgallery.
Reem Gallery are thrilled to announce ‘ELLIPSIS’, a solo show by Irish artist Vincent Devine opening on the 5th October and running until the 22nd October.
Having made waves with his distinctive Neo-Dimensionalism style and politically and socially relevant pieces, he is bringing a new collection to Soho in October, featuring a profound portrait of Winston Churchill and Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II. Creative Director Phoebe caught up with him over zoom ahead of his solo show.
Follow on Instagram for more: @reemfineart @vincentdevineart @Phoebe_reemgallery
The Reem Gallery podcast presents a conversation with @mrcenzone a street artist who has been embedded in South East London graffiti culture for 30 years, first getting involved aged 8. His parents were encouraging of his passion for painting, even when that passion landed him in police stations repeatedly throughout his youth. It’s been said that the late 1980’s was the peak in the tagging epidemic that faced British public transport, and today’s artist was front and centre, getting involved with his friends in what was known as ‘bus bombing’. He’s community-minded at his core and many murals have been part of wider community projects, like one in Winnipeg, Canada. His engagement with young people and his passion for the power of art to transform lives, which led him to set up the first graffiti workshop in London, continues to this day.
Find us on Instagram @reemfineart, Mr Cenz is @mrcenzone. Hosted by Phoebe Minson: @phoebe_reemgallery.
In this episode, Phoebe Minson chats to Pure Evil (Charles Edward Uzzell) @pureevilgallery about his work and his journey as an artist. He killed a rabbit, got free chips for doing graffiti on the side of a local chippy, and recently went to Ukraine with the charity Voices for children to make art with children. Here they discuss balancing creativity with childcare, the impact of the pandemic on working rhythms, and why graffiti is always political.
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Ahead of her debut London solo show at Reem Gallery Soho, Creative Director Phoebe Minson chats to artist Selby HI about her practice, her inspiration, and the realities of being a young artist. Selby HI graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2019 and has since exhibited at The Other Art Fair and in group shows in London and Paris. 'Cradle' runs from the 2nd to the 17th September at Reem Gallery Soho, 4 Ham Yard Village.
Follow on Instagram for more @reemfineart, @selby_hi, @Phoebe_reemgallery
Phoebe Minson, Creative Director of Reem Gallery chats to Euan Roberts, a Brighton-born artist whose distinctive style features repeated motifs, a striking colour palette, and subjects that range from crabs smoking cigarettes to bears on yoga mats. His work is humorous and touches lightly on themes of addiction, mental health, wellbeing, and consumerism. Euan is also the founder of Big Yin Gallery in Hastings.
Reem Gallery Soho is showing 'Luxury Goods' by Euan Roberts until the 20th August 2022.
Find out more over on Instagram @reemfineart and @euanrobertsart, hosted by @Phoebe_reemgallery
Troika are a collaborative artistic trio from Liverpool whose work is influenced by graffiti, urban subcultures, and oriental graphics. Ahead of their solo show at Reem Gallery Soho, Creative Director Phoebe Minson chats to artists Jamie, Paul, and Kol about their work, their backgrounds, and what art means to them. They cover everything from art therapy to painting Steven Gerrard's football boots and given that they were sitting in the garden, the birds get in on the action too! Troika's show 'N°3' runs from the 30th June until the 16th July at Reem Gallery Soho, 4 Ham Yard Village.
Find out more over on Instagram @reemfineart and @troikapaint
Ahead of her debut London solo show at Reem Gallery Soho, Creative Director Phoebe Minson chats to artist Emma Gibbons about the new collection, her practice, her story, and what art means to her. Gibbons' show 'Pop It Like It's Hot' runs from the 2nd to the 25th June at Reem Gallery Soho, 4 Ham Yard Village.
Warning: Mentions of addiction and mental illness
Follow on Instagram for more @reemfineart and @emmagibbonsart
Ahead of his debut solo show at the brand new location of Reem Gallery in Soho, Creative Director Phoebe Minson chats to artist Kay Gasei about the collection, his practice, his story, and what art means to him. Gasei's show 'Epoché' runs from the 21st April to the 7th May at Reem Gallery Soho, 4 Ham Yard Village.
Follow for more on @reemfineart and @kaygaseiart