Open studios 21st - 22nd of September 2019 12- 6pm Free Event

41 studios in 7 buildings will show the diverse businesses within its area. Are there still creative skills in furniture making (The ArtWest would like to thank the OPDC Light Factory), glass (Danny Small Grants Scheme, which has also Lane’s famous studio), crafts, print, funded ‘Video Portraits’ of ArtWest artists painting, sculpture, photography and artists and makers, and an exhibition by film. Experience this great opportunity of ArtWest at the Collective Old Oak. working in visiting an incredible range of workspaces and meet the makers themselves in a ? relaxed and informal way. Some artists and makers are at the beginning of their careers while others Soledad by her paintings. YES! Welcome are award-winning stars at the top of their game. What can we do to to ArtWest get more studios in Open Studios Martina, Why do London? London NW10 you do art? Anna Gardiner: I can’t help myself. Recognise that 2019 Our newspaper presents 19 people who are all participants in the Open Studios. the arts are not a The question and answer format luxury! gives an insight into their lives (with a preponderance of pets, weird ways and startling admissions!) and the way they work within the NW10 light industrial areas of Hythe Road, Scrubs Lane and Harrow Road. June Bartlett: Don’t think I ever decided to become an artist – I just don’t remember ever Celia, do you cry in not drawing – all the time! your studio? No. This Newspaper is funded by OPDC Do you struggle? (Old Oak and Park Royal Development Constantly! Cor- poration), and seeks to show this inde- pendent community during a Celia, what time of change in a fun and provocative Asaki, if the world way. New plans to develop the area exercise do you have created feelings of uncertainty do? Climbing but the OPDC is keen to document and was only one colour Kat Lubar. what would it be? ultimately re-house where possible Ladders Transparent. Do you have any allergies? ArtWest Open Studios is in its 8th year. A voluntary organisation of creatives Stephen Williams: with studios in 7 buildings in NW10. Their doors will be open on Saturday 21 Yes, Jacob Reese- and Sunday 22nd September, 1-6pm. Free Entry! All are welcome. Mogg & Boris See map for locations. Johnson ART ART WEST WEST

Duke lives with Peter Blegvad and finds his art ok. Read more on page 3. 2 ArtWest!

How many nice clothes have you ruined in your studio because you didn’t wear protection? None. What exercise do you do? Sleep. Is art important? I think so. What do you dream of? To dream. What is the biggest problem in your studio? I can’t complain. What is the smallest problem in your studio? Electric design.

What would you have done without I am Jeff’s owner. He is my head of your studio? Sales and Marketing and as such he Look for a studio. is very effective. He’s always happy to How do you get to work? receive visitors. By bus. What medium do you work with? William Warbrick Many! Which Building? If you weren’t an artist what would you The Light Factory. have done? What do you do? No idea. Cabinetmaker, all kind of bespoke Did you study art? furniture. Yes, sort of. What medium do you work with? Do you sleep in your studio sometimes? Wood, metal, cork, linoleum, leather, Often I have a nap. Perspex, silk, glass, Formica, paint.... What question would you like to ask How often at work? yourself? Every day. Asaki Kan Am I sleeping too much? What am I working on now? A large sliding door walnut sideboard If the world was only one colour which Do your parents like your art? with some beautiful handmade one should that be? Yes. wallpaper on the front, Japanese Transparent. What art piece do you wish you had Limited ‘Kintsugi’ inspired. In which building do you have your done? editions of Has my father been in my studio? studio? I do what I want to make. No neither of my parents have ever ACME. How long have you lived in London? come by, but they are up in North Asaki’s work Yorkshire so I understand. Why do you do art? Nearly 20 years. Why not? What piece of art do I wish I had done? What music do you listen to in your £100 this Do you come in to the studio daily? studio? None really, happy for others to. I’m always happy to ‘borrow’ ideas from Yes. Radio. weekend other cabinetmakers, as I’m sure they How can the art world in London Do you have a picture in your studio you did. get better? keep looking at, which is not your work? only What did you dream of last night? Keep going. No. Jumping out of the way of two trains.... What hours do you come in? Do you listen to radio? If so, what I made it. Whenever I want. channel? Does my pet like my work? Absolute. Do you work at night? He spends most of his time asleep on a Not often. Do you have friends who think you sofa I made, so I’d say yes! should get a proper job? What do you eat in the studio? Is my studio messy? No. Just tea. Rarely, everything has to have a place! Do you have a hobby? Do you ever cry in the studio? How long have you been working in Yes. Yes. London? Do you go for lunch nearby your studio? How did you get this studio? 20 years. No. My passion. Do you struggle? Do you have a job? Yes. As an artist. ArtWest’s Community Workshops Do you go to the gym? Which country are you from? Asaki Kan leading a plaster-casting No. Other planet. workshop at Kenmont Primary Is your art political? School. Do you have a cleaner? Contact: Not at all. No. [email protected] Is your studio messy or tidy? for more information on workshops. What are you working on now? Very messy. Read more on page 12. Anna Gardiner’s sign at Acme Studios A few. ArtWest! 3

Soledad Bustos-Moron

Where is your studio? I’m in studio 8 in Harrow Road, ACME. PB recording images IMAGINED “When on looks into the darknesss there is always something there.” - W.B. Yeats How long have you been working there? I’ve had a studio in London since 1997, aware of them as influences looking at the time when there were still plenty Peter Blegvad over my shoulder when I work. of suitable properties for artist’s studios. What can we do to get more studios in Do your parents like your art? The situation at the moment is dire for London? artists trying to find a place to work in They were always encouraging and Artists are often in the first wave of the city. The basic need for an artist supportive even when they didn’t gentrification, improving the spaces is to have a space to work that is truly understand or approve. and neighbourhoods they occupy and affordable. It seems nowadays... mission then, when rents rise, being evicted for What art piece do you wish you had impossible. their trouble. As an alternative to this done? Where are you from? exploitative trend, artists should be Illustrations by Balthus to Wuthering Argentina allowed to use as studios ‘ghost’ homes Heights. (unoccupied ‘buy to leave’ properties Do you struggle? Do you have a picture in your studio you of which there are many thousands in keep looking at, which is not your work? To be an artist exposes you continually the capital) in return for light custodial to your own failures as the question Jeff having a break duties. I have books of work by Kiki Smith, Paul of quality and purpose in what you’re Klée, Picasso, Joseph Cornell, Balthus doing is constant. We usually have big In which building do you have your and others which I consult regularly. studio? egos that sustain us from criticism and If you have children, do your children Hythe Road, studio 12. judgement, which is an essential part hate your work or love it? of the art profession-business. There Peter’s Why do you do art? I think ‘love’ might be a bit strong, but I are, in my case, brief moments of clarity ‘Must have the vent or die’ (Charles think they generally like and respect it. that justify why I’m doing this. You hang books £10 Olson). on to those moments like dear friends Do you have a hobby? and you thank your art teachers who only this Do you come in to the studio daily? If doing something for love rather than prepare you for the future, telling you to Several times a week, whenever for money is a hobby than most of what get rid of what you are doing and start possible. I do is a hobby. again. weekend How can the art world in London get Do you struggle? better? Constantly. Being less in thrall to fashion, status, Is your art political? and money would be a start. Oppositional by default. Do you have a job? Is art important? Art for sale! I taught for 20 years but am now retired. I still perform occasional gigs as a How ‘important’ are things like mystery, singer/songwriter. meaning or pleasure? I’d say art is GOOD crucial to our species. The sapience of Which country are you from? homo sapiens was mostly acquired via I’m from originally. Which arts of one kind or another. PRICE is not quite a country, but neither is it What do you dream of? the USA. I have dual (UK/US) nationality. Last night: a balloon ascent, running out FOR YOU! What are you working on now? of oxygen. Depictions of Things imagined, What medium do you work with? This observed and remembered and a series of big strong (female) bathers. Acrylic, gouache, ink and mixed media on paper and canvas. Weekend Has your father been to your studio? Not physically. Both he and my mother only! were artists. They’re dead, but I’m very 4 ArtWest!

Katherine Lubar What’s your name? I studied music, so have a very eclectic Katherine Lubar (aka Kat) range of what I listen to. It ranges from opera - esp Verdi - and musical In which building do you have your theatre, to rock (ie Led Zeppelin) metal studio? (Metallica!) as well as indie bands Acme Harrow Road, Studio 9. and singersongwriters, such as Kasey Why do you do art? Chambers. My favourite all-time band is For me, it feels like something I don’t Rush. have a choice about. I’ve always Is your studio messy or tidy? drawn and painted, ever since I was Pretty messy, which is strange, as a very young child, so I never actually my work is quite perfectionist and ‘decided’ to be an artist, it was always hardedged. just part of me. The reason I carry on (now that it is a more conscious choice) Which country are you from? is because I find meaning in making America, specifically Dallas, Texas images about what affects me visually How long have you been working in in the world around me, and it’s my way London? of understanding and processing the I moved here in 1994, then started world. focusing on my art practice seriously What medium do you work with? from around 1998. Acrylic. There can be a kind of snobbism If you weren’t an artist what would you about paintings not made in oil. Many have done? people assume that oil painting is the highest form of painting, but acrylic is an amazing medium. I create many, many layers for each section in my 10% off with paintings, and because acrylic dries so fast, I’m able to do this. this voucher on The paintings already take many all Kat Lubar’s months to make, so if they were in oil, they would take years! prints What art piece do you wish you had done? This weekend So many! Probably easier to list my favourite artists: Charles Sheeler, only! Cordelia’s work ‘Whale I’ was selected at this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Edward Hopper, Patrick Caulfield, and sold out entirely. Wayne Thiebauld, Ellsworth Kelly and When I was at university, pursuing a Fine de Chirico. But I also really admire the Art degree, I didn’t like the way art was Cordelia Cembrowicz works of John Singer Sargent, da Vinci, taught (I didn’t believe at the time that and some of the Flemish artists from the it could be taught) so decided to study How does it feel to juggle teaching Alongside her artistic practice 15th Century, like Van Eyck. A couple music instead (and to carry on doing art and being an artist? Cordelia teaches art at a secondary of my all-time favourite works are the art on my own). I then studied classical I don’t often strike the right balance school in Feltham. Ghent Altarpiece by Van Eyck and St guitar, which I was extremely passionate between the classroom and George and the Dragon by Uccello. about, though sadly had to later give the studio. I feel inspired by the Do you have a pet? this up, due to a wrist problem. enthusiasm of the children that I OFFER 10% Yes - Charlie, a very old and cantakerous At the time I loved being immersed in teach; however my energy is also Maine Coon. the music world. There is something zapped by the weekly routine so I so immediate about playing an don’t get much chance to make my off on all What do you think your pet thinks about instrument – you get the feedback very own work outside of the holidays. Art your art? quickly, whereas with art – especially education has been sidelined over Cordelia’s I imagine he thinks it distracts me from my paintings that take so long to make the last decade or so, but I know from being always around to cater to his – you don’t get the feedback from the personal experience how important constant need for feeding! work as quickly, it’s more of a slow it is to have the opportunity to realise prints this What music do you listen to in your grower. But the great thing now is that your imagination and learn new studio? I can paint and listen to music at the creative skills. same time, so I get to indulge in both my weekend passions. ArtWest! 5

purple forehead. What is the biggest problem in your studio? EXHIBITION Keeping faith with myself and staying ‘works on Paper’ warm in winter without breaking the by ArtWest artists at bank. The Collective What would you have done without your studio? Old Oak Nash House Yikes! Remain subject to the terrifying vagaries of the commercial rental sector as I had been for the previous twenty- five years. What question would you like to ask yourself? Please can you make me coffee now and have you got any biscuits?

‘Whether it is in bringing communities together, promoting individual wellbeing, or helping towns to adapt to changing economic circumstances, the arts have an ever-increasing role to play Stephen Williams ‘Flying Man’s Journey’ in helping us all to live well.’ ‘Works on Paper’ presents 16 artists (Nick Serota, Guardian article using different media from pencil to 26/8/19) gouache to collage. Whatever the media, they are all on paper. Exhibited at The Collective Old Oak, Thanks to the in their Bar + Kitchen and also in the Anna Gardiner Gallery Event Room, each work is 2019 Open studio framed within the same type and size What can we do to get more studios in Has your father been to your studio? of frame, standardising the ArtWest London? Although I’m no portraitist, I’ve been managers: contribution within the larger public Recognise that the arts are not a luxury! working on a painting of my dad for over spaces of The Collective. The arts and culture sector contributes 8 years off and on. Thanks to the 2019 Funded by OPDC. £2.8bn to the Treasury via taxation, What can we do to get more studios in Open Studio managers: and the sector’s total contribution London? to GDP, including employment and Celia Toler for administration supply chains as well as the £10.8bn Government, mayoral and council-led of the exhibition, Open House, From September direct impact, amounts to about £23bn initiatives in conjunction with artist Newspaper and fundraising. 9th to October 10th, annually. It’s crucial to allow for and centred groups such as Acava or Acme plan for physical space for that to are most likely to result in long term Chloe Fremantle for 2019 Old Oak Lane happen. studio buildings. Sadiq Khan’s Creative Enterprise Zones are a start, but it’s managing the Open Studios In which building do you have your important to recognise the difference and fundraising & Stephen London NW10 6FF studio? between ‘creative hubs’ for small Williams for designing the Acme, Harrow Road, Studio 2. businesses and artists’ studios. Both are required but have separate specs. catalogue and flyer. Do you have a pet? I borrow my sister’s dog Asta as often as Do you wear clothes in your studio, you Anonymous she can spare her! wouldn’t wear anywhere else? Postcard Absolutely. My studio clothes are What do you think your pet thinks about Thanks to OPDC revolting, and in winter about 15 layers your art? exhibition for the deep. for supporting Asta may enjoy my charcoal drawings ArtWest Gazette more than the oil paintings as her red How often do you clean your windows? the artist video green colour blindness means she’s less Not nearly often enough. Postcards From ArtWest!!! able to appreciate the vivid palette in Do you have friends who think you portraits. ArtWest members, and other the oils. She’s a tonal type person. She should get a proper job? unknown people, make postcard- also likes to attack the broom when I I hope not! Related: one of the most ‘Video Portraits’ reveal a sized artworks to go in an sweep up the charcoal on the floor, so anonymous postcard exhibition there’s that too. common questions artists are asked is unique way of working, how much money they make. Please providing insight into the which will be exhibited in the How did you get this studio? don’t ask this! ACAVA and ACME buildings. See if I was on the Acme waiting list among process and forming an there is something you like. They How many nice clothes have you ruined others - for almost 10 years before are only £25 for an original, small, in your studio because you didn’t wear intimate portrayal of how getting a sublet for 18 months, and no problem for space on a wall or protection? individual artists approach then thankfully a long term lease. It’s maybe good as a gift artwork. Even not an overstatement to say it’s been Almost every item of clothing and their work. more of a gamble is that you won’t footwear I own has a small amount of lifechanging to finally have secure Unmissable! They will be know who created yours until it is tenure with a charitable organisation oil paint on it even though I change into mailed to you the week after the like Acme which is run by artists for workwear every day. Often paint goes shown at both ACAVA and event! in my hair or behind my ear and is then artists. Studio affordability and longevity ACME buildings over the All proceeds go towards next year’s transferred. I frequently find myself on are probably number one and number weekend and also on social ArtWest Open Studios. two on most artists’ insomnia lists. the receiving end of quizzical looks in Tesco, as I might have a green nose or media. 6 ArtWest!

Miranda Donavan In which building do you have your financial job to pursue a music career. studio? If you have children, do your children ACAVA. hate your work or love it? Why do you do art? I have one son who tells me he likes all The urge to create is so deep in my my work! That said he diplomatically libido. will on occasion tell me he prefers one thing to another. Do you work at night? Do you have a hobby? Occasionally. Yes, I love running. How long have you had your studio? Can you recommend a place for lunch 12 years. nearby your studio? How did you get this studio? Thai place on the Harrow road. After 3 years of subletting a space in Is your art political? someone else’s studio, I eventually I’d say it’s socio-political. managed to get my own studio. Is your studio messy or tidy? Do you have a job? Organised mess. No How long have you been working in Martina von Meyenburg Which country are you from? London? I’m half Dutch/half English. Since 2005 after graduation from Art Where were you born? What materials do you mainly work What are you working on now? college. I am from Schwitzerland. with? Anything really… from pitchforks and I’m currently painting large urban What is the biggest problem in your In which building is your studio? old saws to chairs and curtains, scissors, landscapes. studio? In The Light Factory. ceramic cups and pots, needles, nails, Do you have any allergies? Parking at the studios is an absolute nightmare. The amount of fines I’ve What is your problem? paint and cement, string and magnets. Yes. been given are too many to count and I Looking for a boyfriend. Do you have a picture in your studio you What art piece do you wish you had need my car because of the school run. keep looking at, which is not your work? Can you recommend a place to have done? What is the smallest problem in your One of Pippi Longstocking cutting lunch nearby your studio? Anything I’m wishing to do is still on my studio? Rubio. Spaghetti with her scissors and the hit list to be done! other of ‘Das Schweigen/Silence’ by Lack of heating. Because of my Dutch What music do you play in your studio? Johann Heinrich Füssli. Do you wear clothes in your studio, you puritanical blood there’s a masochisc From George Michael ‘Kissing a wouldn’t wear anywhere else? side of me that doesn’t mind too much Fool’, Cosmo Sheldrake, Gorillaz ‘On Is your art political? My blue boiler suit has on occasion feeling frozen, though last year with the Melancholy Hill’, First Aid Kit, Paul Isn’t any art in some way or the other popped up at a fancy dress party! Beast from the East I lost my sense of Simon, Florence & The Machine to Dolly political? humour! What music do you listen to in your Parton. Why do you do art? studio? What medium do you work with? Why have you recently moved back to I can’t help myself. Currently a lot of deep house. Currently Oils, acrylics, auto paints and London? Mixed media. Do you have a picture in your studio you Because I never lose hope – and I If you weren’t an artist what would you keep looking at, which is not your work? missed it. have done? YES I often think i’d have been a Do you listen to radio? psychotherapist. I go in and out of love with the radio. Did you study art? Currently i’m in a love out! The news is Yes. I started my BA in Fine Art at the too repetitive and monotonous. École Supérieure d’Art Aix en-Provence Do you have friends who think you - a degree I then completed at the City should get a proper job? and Guilds of London Art School. Someone very close to me once told me to go and get a ‘proper’ job. However, www.artwest she ended up apologising after leaving a openstudios.co.uk ArtWest! 7

and birds but also some examples of pets — dogs, cats etc. There was a brilliant one of a standing German Shepherd — looking very alert! I entered the premises with Bamse at my side, (as always!) and the proprietor popped out from the rear of the shop. I asked him about the stuffed pets on show and he went into great details about them. I dropped my voice to a whisper (as I didn’t want Bamse to hear me!) and proceeded to ask about the possibility of stuffing Bamse — when the time came, of course! He whispered back — bless him! — that depending on the condition of the animal after death he could ‘do’ Bamse for a certain amount. I’d added that I didn’t want glass eyes!! By this time the man had backed off slightly with a look of rising fear.... and I thanked him and hurriedly let the shop! T I felt so guilty afterwards so gave Bamse Whats your name? extra treats!! June Bartlett T. What studio are you in? from the pup - but no more than two In which building do you have your My studio is number 1 at Acme. I had with this particular delicate bitch. I was studio? waited some time for a more permanent instructed to remove the sack from Cadogan, Hythe Road. studio after renting a couple in the his body and clear his airways etc. Hackney Wick area for a while. That What an honour!! I fell in love with him Why do you do art? whole area was demolished for the immediately and was ‘allowed’ to visit To keep insanity at bay. Olympics Stadium, etc. I love having this him every day until I could take him Do you have a pet? home. I believe this early involvement studio you can see and chat to other Yes, a boxer, Red. artists in the building if you wish or keep explains the closeness and ‘telepathy’ your door closed and block the world we shared — he could ‘read my mind’!! Do you bring your pet to the studio? out. I love this and everyone is very The breeders were Danish so I called No. respectful of this. him Bamse — Danish for teddy bear. He What do you eat in the studio? became my shadow and would always Acme Studios Harrow Road What do you eat in your studio? sit at the base of my easel when I was Home made cheese sandwich and/or I always have biscuits in my studio... painting. This is Bamse. Biscuits. usually Rich Tea and/or Garibaldi! How long have you had your studio? What do you eat in your studio? 2 years I don’t wear any ‘special’ or What are you working on now? protective clothing while I’m working — consequently I get oil paint on I am preparing a piece that question everything! today’s illusion of privacy using film and AI as mediums. What do you listen to? Do you wear clothes in your studio, you I have BBC Radio 4 on almost all the wouldn’t wear anywhere else? time I’m in my studio — I’m an ‘Archers addict’! Sometimes I’ll put on a CD Yes, of course. or tape. I really like organ music, (I’m The Light Factory Scrubs Lane Do you have a hobby? not religious), Arabic music and most I love gardening and reading. classical, but my particular love is violin — my ‘hero’ being Itzhak Pearlman. I Do you struggle? really like painting ‘en plein air’ in all Constantly! weathers if possible! I often work on Is your art political? oil sketches I’ve brought back from my I would say more of a reaction of the trips. I find it almost impossible to work world’s politics. at my easel in a sitting position and stand most of the time — which explains Is your studio messy or tidy? why I’m now having foot problems, I Depending on what phase of the project s’pose!! I am on and/or how many projects are happening at the same time. Don’t think I ever decided to become an Bamse artist — I just don’t remember ever not Acava Studios at Danny Lane’s How many nice clothes have you ruined drawing all the time! My first sale of a At three years old I put him in a B.A. in your studio because you didn’t wear piece of my work was on the railings in crate and sent him off to the UK and protection? Bayswater Road — it was a tiny oil of a didn’t see him for six months while I overcame this by deciding to stop dog sold for £13 to an American!! he did quarantine. Hard!! At the age buying nice clothes. of sixteen he developed some serious I hope I never have to stop being What medium do you work with? ailments and died. creative in some way — otherwise... My practice involves Paint, Film and what’s the point?! The thought of life without him was installation. So I use quite a lot of unbearable so while he was still My dog, a fluffy white Japanese Spitz, different mediums. reasonably fit I took him along to a local was born in the Kingdom of Bahrain. I shop in Islington called ‘Get Stuffed’ — a was ‘assistant midwife’ at his birth — he taxidermist. was number three to arrive. I learned that in order for the mum to produce The shop was amazing — crammed full milk she has to eat the protective sacks of small and large wild and rare animals Apex Studios Hythe Road 8 ArtWest!

Stephen Williams If the world was only one colour which What art piece do you wish you had Affordable Studios & one should that be? done? Workspaces in West London Fish. Yet to be conceived and made. In which building do you have your What music do you listen to in your Northwest & NW10 studios are located studio? studio? in NW10, just off Scrubs Lane, nearest tube and overground ACAVA Hythe Road. Shuffled collection from an extensive Junction Station — the furthest corner ipod list of a lot of different music that Why do you do art? of the Borough of Hammersmith and includes Tom Waites, Bob Dylan, Tracy Fulham and in HA9 just off East Lane, I am worker, strategist, mixer, fixer and a Chapman, Corrine Baily Rae, Joan next to North Wembley tube and formulator. The responsibility for what I Armatrading, Van Morrison etc… do is only mine. overground Station. Do you ever bring flowers into your We started in 2006 to provide affordable Do you come in to the studio daily? studio? Physically no, mentally yes. artist studios and creative workspaces I use dried flowers and plants in my — now over 90 artists/creatives work in How can the art world in London get work. NW10 and HA9. better? Do you dance in your studio? We cherish any form of creativity, so feel By working more collaboratively and Frequently. with less emphasis on the individual. free to apply! Also to get rid of the financial Do you have a hobby? NEW Studios in North Wembley: investment power groups that exist and Cooking. Studios sized between 75 - 400 sq. are an elite group of players that dictate Do you struggle? Good natural light/ communal area and the vagaries of the art market, which kitchen/ 24/7 access/ good security/ helps no one but themselves. I struggle to keep exasperation under control when a person is being excellent public transport links/ free What hours do you come in? pompous, arrogant or ignorant. parking/ free wifi I come in either early or late but not in www.nw10studios.co.uk Do you go to the gym? the middle. Northwest Studios and NW10 Studios I go swimming at the Janet Adegoke are two separate buildings located in Do you work at night? Centre, White City and get further Zone 2, London. Both buildings are Yes. exercise by walking the dog. dedicated to providing comfortable How long have you had your studio? Is your art political? and affordable studio spaces for artists I have always had a studio but this Yes, sometimes if not always. and creatives. There are many sizes and studio for 10 years. styles of room to suit any kind of work. Is art important? Do you ever cry in the studio? Yes. It’s a means to discovering things To view photos, floorplan and Only when I think of past things that are whilst revealing those routes of availability, visit: sad, and sometimes what I read. discovery taken. The best kind follows www.nwstudios.wordpress.com truth and does not lie. How did you get this studio? Northwest Studios and NW10 Studios The building was a shell, having been Did you study art? are home to an exciting range of repaired after having had a fire. It was a Still do. creatives, including painters, potters, very large open space and I was put in designers, graffiti artists, photographers touch with the owners through another and even an artist’s book publisher. existing user on the ground floor. After having talked to the owner’s agent, invited ACAVA to take over the available lease on the first floor. ACAVA agreed and then divided the open floor space into 16 studios. What are you working with now? Wire, cardboard, feathers, hope, expectancy and existential determinism. Tess NW10 Do you have any allergies? www.artwest Yes, Jacob Reese-Mogg and Boris North West Studios Johnson. openstudios.co.uk ArtWest! 9

How did you get this studio? I just asked and it was available. Which country are you from? From Germany originally. I’ve lived in France, Italy and the UK for 20 years now. What are you working on now? The annual cycle vs life cycle. And a series about treasures. Do your parents like your art? Yes, they do. My late father used to ask me: Where do you get this from? How can you think that way? Do you ever bring flowers into your studio? No! Good idea! Do you dance in your studio? Yesssss! Movement and rhythm are very important to me. Celia Toler Do you have a picture in your studio you In which building do you have your through that to change or come up with keep looking at, which is not your work? Uta Brouet studio? a solution that I haven’t found. Yes, many. Brancusi, Henry Moore, ACAVA Hythe Road. If the world was only one colour which Barbara Hepworth, Rebecca Horn, What exercise do you do? one should that be? Louise Bourgeois, Jean Arp, Isamu Why do you do art? Climbing ladders. Blue. Noguchi, Kiki Smith, Max Ernst, Leonora I thought it was going to be easier than Is art important? Carrington. writing. What can we do to get more studios in Part of what I express in my art is that London? If you have children, do your children Do you ever cry in the studio? there are more important things. My The Government should impose a hate your work or love it? No. mission is to prove that art is important percentage of space to art-making They are proud and show it to their to me. and artisan use. For example, when Do you read novels in your studio? friends. But they also always feel a bit What do you dream of? White City is re-developed a certain alarmed and embarrassed by some No. I write them sometimes. I don’t dream. amount of space should be kept and of my feminine-masculine portrayals. Which country are you from? dedicated to art studios. The city wants ‘Mum — you are weird’ — and proud to North West of the UK. What would you have done without art and culture in the urban space. We be! your studio? want art galleries, art weekends, etc. It What are you working on now? Hire a desk. elevates the spirit of those who walk the Do you have a hobby? An exhibition on the theme of ‘work’ streets, it creates interaction, it creates Dance, theatre, sport in general. What medium do you work with? Do you have any allergies? commercial opportunities. A lot is done Do you go to the gym? Acrylic paint, digital film, pencil & Urban sprawl, litter and over tidy parks. pastels. to make art accessible to the larger No, I do daily exercises and go for runs. public. Well then, let’s make an effort Started Yoga and would like to do Tai What art piece do you wish you had If you weren’t an artist what would you to make workspace accessible to those Chi? Any suggestions? done? have done? who create it. Paintings by Peter Doig and now quite a Is your art political? Novelist. In which building do you have your few Goyas as well. I’m not a political person but my art Do you sleep in your studio sometimes? studio? sends an underlying message of need What music do you listen to in your A short nap in the French armchair can Cadogan House, studio 14. for change: see beauty and aliveness studio? refresh. Why do you do art? in everything and therefore reduce the I never listen to music, only when I’m It keeps me sane! It can be an escape need for consumption. Eco-Feminism. driving. from the outside world. When I’m in Is your studio messy or tidy? Do you have a picture in your studio you my studio and finally manage to shut Half half. keep looking at, which is not your work? down my prefrontal cortex (the one Lots of them; currently Goya, Doig, responsible for appropriate social What is the biggest problem in your Bonnard, Munch, Hopper. interaction with others, where you studio? constantly judge yourself if what you do I need more space to store material, Do you have a hobby? is appreciable by the outside world) I inspirational objects, models and Reading novels. can reach deeper layers of knowledge. finished work. The eternal problem of Do you struggle? I can delve into unknown depth and space. A water point in the studio would Yes, I struggle with a lot of things. bring up a truth that I was not even be helpful as well. Physically I struggle to climb ladders. I conscious of. What would you have done without have to climb ladders for my paintings Do you have a pet? your studio? and long to become so famous I can afford to have an electric seat lit, but I I always had a dog as a young girl, I want Mess up my home. to settle somewhere and have a dog think it might take the edge off it, and again. What medium do you work with? the technology of positioning could be Clay, plaster, Jesmonite, metal, wood, restrictive rather than the sport I have of Do you ever cry in the studio? glass, found objects. the haphazard guess when moving the Yes. I went through a very difficult patch ladder. for quite a long time, and my studio If you weren’t an artist what would you floor has been swept with tears. For have done? Can you recommend a place for lunch me my studio is a safe space — like a Anthropologist. nearby your studio? Beck’s Cafe. creative mother womb, which accepts Do you sleep in your studio sometimes? everything and transforms it back into Power naps. Is your art political? ‘Sitting down in front of art is the only nurturing ground. Art keeps me sane. Yes. I deal with issues about conflict, way to view it’ (C Toler and G. Calvert It engulfs me in the energy swirls of a often international but from a UK talking in front of C. Toler’s painting larger entity. www.artwest standpoint. I search for images that will ‘Demonstrator’, June 2019), photo openstudios.co.uk help the viewer to think and perhaps credit: Rocco Redondo. 10 ArtWest!

Dress like the Michelin man in winter, and in very little if it’s hot and steamy. Do you listen to radio? If so, what channel? Radio 3, 4, 4 extra, 5 sport for tennis and BBC sounds, etc.. Do you have friends who think you

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should get a proper job? Too late now! Do you have a hobby? Chloe Fremantle Several: gardening, yoga, family. Do you struggle? Blegvad Art is struggle, delusion, and joy. Do you go to the gym? What’s your name? Swimming. Chloe Fremantle ( Fremantelli if in Italy!), Chloe Blegvad sometimes, and Is your art political? Rosie in Marie Claire White’s Studio Chloe Eley in the distant past. Personal reactions. If the world was only one colour which Is your studio messy or tidy? Marie Claire White one should that be? Half and half. Blue. In which building do you have your Do you have friends who think you How many nice clothes have you ruined studio? should get a proper job? In which building do you have your in your studio because you didn’t wear studio? protection? ACAVA. No, my friends have always been very openly supportive of my music and art. Acava Hythe Road, Studio 15. Too many. Do you have a pet? I’m very lucky. Why do you do art? Is art important? Yes, Rosie. Do you go for lunch nearby your studio? Seems to be an inbuilt need, urge, Of course — it’s a fantastic therapy, Do you bring your pet to the studio? I sometimes go to Centro Galego de hunger, exploration, quest. escape, thought provocation, Sometimes. celebration, irritant, etc. Londres on Harrow Road post-studio Do you have a pet? What do you think your pet thinks about for tapas. Yum!! I often work Sundays as 3 cats, all girls and one female tortoise What medium do you work with? your art? it’s nice and quiet and I’ll go for a 2 for 1 who is well over 65. Water-based paints & collage. Rosie is indifferent to everything...... roast at the Masons Arms. Do you bring your pet to the studio? Do you sleep in your studio sometimes? apart from cheese! How long have you been working in Guess! Snooze city. What do you eat in the studio? London? What do you think your pet thinks about What question would you like to ask Veggie Kabuto noodles (always). 5 years. your art? yourself? Do you have a job? Is art important? Where are my biscuits and my banana? Why & how. I’m also a musician (SEIL LIEN). It’s only life! What do you eat in the studio? Which country are you from? What would you have done without Comfort food! Scotland — Glasgow your studio? Four Books by I would have had to get a ‘real’ job, How long have you had your studio? What are you working on now? probably. This one for 11 + years. Chloe Fremantle I’m illustrating a children’s book. How do you get to work? Do you have a job? each with What art piece do you wish you I walk along the canal or drive. Been a yoga teacher and ran the London had done? Yoga Teacher Training course for many photographs & John Duncan’s Bride Painting. Did you study art? many years — am retiring gracefully? I went to Robert Gordons’ School of Art. related paintings. What music do you listen to in your now… studio? What are you working on now? Find them at Acava I listen to podcasts — Guilty Feminist, Contemplation & nostalgia, anecdotes Sam Harris — Making Sense, Desert to the state of the world today. studio 15. Island Disks, The Tim Ferriss Show... Do your parents like your art? Do you dance in your studio? Used to, when alive! I stretch, I have to — it’s so easy to do How long have you lived in London? your back and neck in, hunched over a drawing board for hours. If I had more Too long, but I’ve also lived in Italy, room, I might dance! France and the USA. Do you have a picture in your studio you What can we do to get more studios in keep looking at, which is not your work? London? I have some beautiful glass negatives I Demonstrate? picked up in a flea market in New York Do you wear clothes in your studio, you that sit on my windowsill. I love them. wouldn’t wear anywhere else? ArtWest! 11

What medium do you work with? I work with the medium of analogue film, from 16mm right up to large format photography. Do you have a hobby? Taxidermy and going on road trips.

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www.artwest openstudios.co.uk Samantha Johnston June Cadogan In which building do you have your If the world was only one colour which scrap metal yard I can see from the studio? Charlie one should that be? window of my studio, the sounds that Regent House, number 11. Blue, the colour of the sky. come from it are amazing. There is always something moving there. Why do you do art? What can we do to get more studios in It’s a compulsion. I have never thought London? How often do you clean your windows? why I am doing art? I need to always be We need to take all the empty buildings Ha, never! creating and if I am not creating, I am and either make them into houses for Do you listen to the radio? reading or watching films that inspire those that need them or artist studios. If so, what channel? my practice. In which building do you have your I’m a radio 4 listener or podcasts which Do you come in to the studio daily? studio? are the new radio. I try to come in at least 4 times a Cadogan House, also my last name — it week, either after work and during the was meant to be! Is your furniture new or old in your weekends. I start to get grouchy if I studio? Why do you do art? cannot make it to the studio for a few All my furniture is preloved! days. I’m a photographer so it takes me away from my day job and I love the creative Do you struggle? Do you have a picture in your studio atmosphere. I sometimes struggle to find time for my you keep looking at, which is not your art. work? Do you come in to the studio daily? Is art important? Yes, I actually have many pictures — No I work full-time, so come into the I see art as a release and use it quite it’s more of an inspiration wall which studio once or twice a week. often to answer questions I have or includes artists such as Samuel Beckett, How can the art world in London get investigate things I’m interested in. It Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith, Charlie, the magnificent Maine better? also takes me away from the daily grind Dorothea Tanning, Franz Kafka and Coon who lived with Kat Lubar sadly The art world needs to be more and helps control anxiety. many film directors. I also have a poster passed away while this paper was in inclusive and diverse. of Sigmund Freud. production, aged almost 17. What do you dream of? Do you work at night? More time to spend on photography. No, I’m much better working early in the morning around 4.30/5.00am — my What would you have done without brain is more awake . your studio? I would still be tripping over all my art How long have you had your studio? and photography stuff at home. About 3 years. How did you get this studio? I looked for 2 years for a studio not far June Cadagon from where I live in Harrow. There are not many studios in Northwest London. offers 10% discount Do you have a job? on her photographs Yes, I produce events and exhibitions. this weekend Which country are you from? I was born here, but my parents are from Guyana in South America. What are you working on now? I’m still working on a couple of projects, one on education and memory and another on regeneration and a new project on visibility. Do you have a picture in your studio you keep looking at, which is not your work? Image: Samantha Johnston Not a picture but I’m fascinated by the 12 ArtWest!t!ArtWes

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