- Venue
- Platform1Gallery
- Starts
- Thursday, June 16, 2022
- Ends
- Thursday, June 23, 2022
- Address
- Platform 1 Gallery, Platform 1 Wandsworth Common Station, Jaggard Way, London SW12 8PB
- Location
- London
- Organiser
- Platform1 Gallery
Exhibition Title: Journey of Healing | Dates: June 16 – 23 2022
Artist: Jada Quaye | Collaborator: Natalie Malambo Nkrumah – poet | Curator: Ema Mano Epps
Platform 1 Gallery Introduction
Set on a train station platform, this space celebrates diverse public dialogue and sustainable collaboration. ‘Journey of Healing’ features the latest artist in residence Jada Quaye curated by Ema Mano Epps alongside the raw and vulnerable poetry by Natalie Malambo Nkrumah. The gallery space was founded by artist, mentor and curator Ema Mano Epps MA in 2006, initially an art studio; the space was acquired in 1998.
Summary
‘’Through the body of works in ‘Journey of healing’ I discovered the therapeutic act within my art practice; ‘Microstories’ are the act of presiding over the mundane and occasionally shocking accounts of ostracized communities. ‘’- Jada Quaye
Jada’s intimate scale paintings are symbols of hopefulness, whilst documenting breakdowns and relapses within the journey of healing. ‘Microstories’ are fully collaborative, from the source material, media, medium to the curation. The works on paper are supported by the artist’s sound pieces and films. The collected sounds and images capture and alleviate Jada’s innermost discrepancies and they are put together at the end of each series. The collaboration with poet Natalie Malambo Nkrumah is part of the artist’s personal journey of healing.
