Inside Outside - a-n The Artists Information Company

Venue: Aire Place Studios
Starts: Friday, March 24, 2023
Ends: Friday, May 12, 2023
Address: Unit 2c, Aire Place Mills, Kirkstall Rd, Leeds LS3 1JL
Location: Yorkshire
Organiser: Aire Place Studios

Landscapes have been depicted in many ways throughout history with representations often intertwined with deeper layers of meaning. The shape of the land could be reflective of a body, a solitary tree symbolic of personal struggles, or simply a moment captured that explores the elements of light, space, and time.

APS Gallery presents Inside Outside, a new exhibition featuring artists who invite their viewers to look closer at landscapes. This visual treat explores how artists take inspiration from the land around us. Expect to see bold and colourful landscape artworks, from miniature oil paintings that are impactful on a small scale, to flowing scenes and vistas, and multi-layered 2D sculptural works.

“It is exciting to be able to show artwork alongside fellow artists where landscape is key to their practice. There are so many incredible artworks to be seen in this exhibition and with every artwork on show there is a story entwined within it. So come and see how we have captured the world around us, inside and outside.” Lucy Morrison, Artist.

This exhibition showcases the diverse talents of four Associate Members of Aire Place Studios; Sarah Francis, Lucy Morrison, Ashley Ferrari and Joss Cole.

Artworks on display in the APS Gallery will be available to purchase; prices start from £100.

Exhibition Dates: 24 March – 12 May 2023.

Gallery visiting times: Fridays 11am – 5pm. Please book ahead of your visit here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inside-outside-exhibition-tickets-580495907887

Sarah Francis

Artist Curator Sarah Francis is a Leeds based Artist Curator who focuses on bringing under-recognised artists and narratives to the public, using empathy and warmth to build self-confidence in creatives left behind by the mainstream system. Fascinated by complex possibilities lying dormant in ‘familiar’ environments, setting a challenging dialogue between cultural identity and the inner worlds which we as artists manifest within our work. This conceptual framework draws parallels between artists from differing socio-cultural worlds, whose work follows similar lines in metaphysical realms. Francis' interpretation of the curator is that of a caretaker of other worlds, working in collaboration as the tour guide and storyteller, bringing these converging manifestations to our physical spaces. Francis’ artwork centres around her neurodiverse and queer identity, building her own language and worlds to explore and understand ‘how I made me’; a reference to an early body of work that investigated her inner trauma and re-articulation of her current self. Her work has been shortlisted for the Saatchi Gallery’s Art of Giving Prize, selected by Richard Billingham for Curator’s Choice Noise Young Talent 2009, and recognised in Aesthetica’s 100 Best Contemporary Artists in Europe. In addition to her work, Sarah Francis is the Founder and Director of Aire Place Studios, Leeds. @sarahfrancis.art & @aireplacestudios

Aire Place Studios CIC

Aire Place Studios is a creative studio which holds spaces of equality and solidarity. We host comfortable studios spaces, hold safer spaces for workshops and a bold gallery space centred around innovation and inclusivity. Aire Place Studios also features a collective of associated artists who exist to radically uplift under-represented creatives with empathy and warmth to realise the potential of those often overlooked by traditional art institutions. This dynamic collaboration builds trust and collective accountability to serve our communities.