VIRTUAL Exhibition at City Inn Westminster

 

14 January to 12 April 2008 
City Inn Westminster
30 John Islip Street 
London SW1P 4DD 

  

Arts & Business presents the first exhibition of 2008 at City Inn Westminster.  The exhibition from VIRTUAL coincides with the London Art Fair and features the work of award winning photographers, painters and designer makers.

 

 

Exhibiting Artists

Jane Anderson, Daniel Bosworth, Stephen Brockerton, Vanley Burke, Colin Carruthers, Helen Cass, Louise Cattrell, Jennifer Collier, Ravi Deepres, Katherine Harvey, Eryka Isaak, Nigel Jackson, Ross Jones, Chris Keenan, Michelle Lord, Stuart Mills, Betty Pepper, Deborah Roberts, Stephen Earl Rogers, Lawrence Roper, Gail Troth and Stuart Whipps.

VIRTUAL is a unique business service from Arts & Business West Midlands bringing the highest quality contemporary visual art into the workplace.  VIRTUAL makes corporate art affordable, achievable and relevant to business of all types and sizes.  Our clients use VIRTUAL to build their brand, inspire their employees, create dynamic interiors in which to do business and invest in their people and their community.

VIRTUAL promotes contemporary visual art, showcasing the best professional fine art, photography, digital media and contemporary craft.  The service is focused on the needs of our business clients.  We are investing in the talent of emerging and established artists through a programme of activity that makes exceptional interventions in the business environment.  We deliver in-house exhibitions, commissioning services, corporate art collections, individual purchases, events and participatory opportunities .  In doing this we develop the practice and profile of artists, build new audiences and transform and energise the participating businesses.

VIRTUAL makes the best professional fine art, photography, digital media and contemporary craft available to business via a flexible service dedicated to meeting the needs of business clients.

A selection of work from the City Inn Westminster 2008 exhibition:

 

Stuart Whipps
Awarded 1st place in the Observer Hodge Photographic Prize 2006 for his ongoing documentation of the Rover automotive works at Longbridge, UK.

 

 

 Jennifer Collier
Her work is available at galleries nationwide, most notably at The Victoria & Albert Museum, London. She has exhibited at Origin, the UK's premier selected craft fair for the last two years and has been featured in magazines such as Elle Decoration, Brides, Living and most recently the Times Magazine.

 

 

Ravi Deepres
Established an international reputation for his film, photographic and digital media work. Collaborations with globally renowned choreographers have been seen at the Edinburgh Festival and in theatres and festivals around the world including Japan, Europe and the US. Ravi has been commissioned by Sadler's Wells, The Royal Opera House, Paris Opera House and La Scala 

 

 

Stephen Earl Rogers
A painter with a rapidly growing reputation. His work has been exhibited at the BP Portrait Awards held at the National Portrait Gallery six times in the last seven years. 

 

 

City Inn is proud to support contemporary Art in the UK and has partnerships with a wide range of arts organisations. Our Hotels in London, Bristol, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester all show specially commissioned exhibitions throughout the year.

To find out how your business can get involved with this unique business service contact virtual@aandb.org.uk

 

Acknowledgements

Arts & Business is grateful for the funding we receive to run VIRTUAL from:

                    

 

We are most grateful to our sponsor EDS for helping to make this project possible.

 

VIRTUAL is produced by Arts & Business, based on an idea by the Renn & Thacker Partnership LLP