Twenty Two

Private view:
Thursday, October 17th, 6-9pm, 2024

Exhibition dates:
October 18th – 27th, 2024

2023 Open Call Winner Naomi Boiko-Stapleton

In the upstairs gallery we also have the opening of “Twenty Two” by the overall winner of last year’s open call, Naomi Boiko-Stapleton.

After the passing of their mother, Naomi took on the caregiving role to her younger sister, and these works reflect that dual nature of responsibility and naivety, strength and vulnerability.

The number 22 was given significance by the death of their mother, and now exists as a symbolic anchor of hope for the pair, a message from the afterlife, and a sign that they are both heading in the right direction.

These paintings are Naomi’s attempt to navigate the confusion created by both fulfilling a mothering role whilst still being little more than a child herself.

Join us for the private view of ‘Twenty Two’ on Thursday 17th October 6-9pm
The exhibition runs until the 27th October.

About Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop and the Workshop Foundation:

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop is an exhibition and residency space in London and unique in its approach to bringing artists and their practices to the public. They support a diverse range of emerging and mid-career contemporary artists by providing them with space and time to develop their practice, network within our growing community, be mentored by team members and crucially be introduced to their expansive network of collectors, art educators, professionals and visitors.

Through their residency programmes and exhibitions, they give artists, curators and theorists a platform to present work and share ideas as well as creating an environment for freethinking and exchange.

They have now organised more than 40 exhibitions with over 120 artists and curators, with 10 exhibitions and 25 artists in residence a year, drawing in international audiences and participants, as well as being a local landmark in the community of Kensington and Chelsea and its surrounds.

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop was founded in 2015 by artist Stacie McCormick in a former builder’s merchant.

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