In this episode Rosa Torr chats with Eelus about how he made his passion his job, his love of art and what he hopes his artistic legacy is. Eelus has released 3 limited edition prints with Art on a Postcard that can be found at https://artonapostcard.com/collections/eelus
Availability is extremely limited so purchase yours now to avoid disappointment. 

Born and raised in wigan, Lee Pennington moved to east london in the early 00s and entered the street art boom of the time. He began to experiment with his own stencil based works, painting under the moniker of Eelus. after Banksy encountered the work on the streets of the East End that everything changes for Lee. The image – a young girl taking a Star Wars At-At for a walk – sells out in record time,securing Eelus’s place as a favourite amongst collectors. The image itself becomes iconic, helping define the early days of a rising art movement.

After repeat success with more sell-out editions, Eelus receives an invite from Banksy to paint at his now infamous ‘Cans Festival – A Street Party of Stencil Art’ in Waterloo, London. His mural and stencils become a highlight for many of the thousands of people who visited the landmark outdoor exhibition. Eelus has now painted and exhibited worldwide alongside key figures within the movement. The desirability of his artwork evident in the success of his solo exhibitions and sell-out print editions.

Episode Special: Meet The Artist - Eelus

This episode features two of the Art on a Postcard Summer Auction artists, Ben Edge and Dave White. Ben and Rosa discuss his current exhibition with the Museum of British Folklore down in the Crypt at Kings Cross. Dave and Rosa discuss discuss dinosaurs, authenticity and Nike Jordans.

Ben Edge is a visual artist and songwriter who lives and works in North London. He grew up in Southborough, Kent, spending weekends visiting his Dad in Shoreditch, London, where he developed a passion for local history, storytelling, and folklore. Ben studied fine art at London Metropolitan University and since graduating in 2008, has exhibited in numerous group shows, including: BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery and National Gallery of Scotland, where his portrait of his grandfather, ’The Animal Handler’ was shortlisted for the prize.
Since his debut solo show at Hix Gallery in 2017, Ben has embarked on the ‘Frontline Folklore’ project, exploring the folk customs, traditions and ritual practices of the British Isles, and producing a series of twenty paintings and a full-length documentary film in response to his research, that will be going display in collaboration with the Museum of British Folklore throughout June 2021 at the Crypt Gallery, St Pancras New Church, London.
Ben has also created artwork and art-directed music videos for the Fat White Family and Raf Rundell, and released his own debut solo album on Glass Modern Records, New Tradition, written simultaneously with his ‘Frontline Folklore’ series.

Dave White is a contemporary British Artist who dedicates his work to celebrating popular culture and interpreting emotive issues. White graduated with a BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) at Liverpool John Moores University and has enjoyed success from the inception of his career, with selection for the Northern Graduates exhibition at the Royal College of Art in 1994, whilst also debuting at Sotheby’s London and international art fairs.
White pioneered the 'Sneaker Art' movement in 2002, with the execution of pop art inspired sneaker oil portraits, leading to long term collaborations with Nike and Brand Jordan which continue to this day. White is one of a handful of artists to have his own signature Jordan releases. In 2016 White collaborated on an international signature sneaker project with Size? x Nike for the AM95 DW, depicting both the Rabbit and Fox artworks from the Albion Collection.
Whilst White has pursued many subject matters over the last twenty years, for the last decade he has been focussed on environmental issues by promoting endangered species with his signature expressive portraits. With charitable colaborations and donations of work, he has supported Virunga National Park, Tusk, Rainforest Foundation UK and Wild Aid, and Project Zero.

Ben Edge has donated Lots 387-389 and Dave White has donated Lot 397 to the Art on a Postcard Summer Auction to help raise money for The Hepatitis C Trust.

Bidding starts at just £50 for each lot.
24th June- 8th July 2021

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Learn more information about The Hepatitis C Trust on their website: www.hepatitisctrust.org.uk

Got questions for Rosa? Get in touch at: rosa.torr@hepctrust.org.uk

Series 7 - Episode 6: Ben Edge and Dave White AoaP Summer Auction

Rosa Torr is joined by co-host for the series Mollie Barnes, founder of She Curates and curator of Art on a Postcard's upcoming mini auction. 
In this episode they chat with participating artist Erin Lawlor about Paris, working with an alive medium and bringing Caravaggio and Dr. Seuss into the studio.
You can find all the info about the upcoming auction on our website here: https://artonapostcard.com/collections/she-curates-auction

** Series Special ** She Curates x Art on a Postcard: Erin Lawlor

Rosa Torr is joined by co-host for the series Mollie Barnes, founder of She Curates and curator of Art on a Postcard's upcoming mini auction. 
In this episode they chat with participating artist Helen Downie, aka Unskilled Worker about death, capitalism and pseudonyms.
You can find all the info about the upcoming auction on our website here: artonapostcard.com/collections/she-curates-auction

**Series Special** She Curates x Art on a Postcard: Unskilled Worker

In this episode Miles and Rosa talk about the colour selection process, the effect homelife has on art and domestic madness.

Miles Aldridge (born 1964) is one of Britain’s most celebrated fashion photographers, who has worked for a number of international publications, including American and Italian Vogue, The New Yorker and The New York Times. Best known for his cinematic images of women, Aldridge’s work is often brightly lit by fluorescent colors and depicts a world that is at once glamorous and surreal. He aggressively confronts themes of religion, popular culture, and 1950s Americana through his signature brand of moody imagery and dark humor.

Art on a Postcard is excited to release its first series of beautifully produced photography boxsets.⁠

Photographers Miles Aldridge, Sandro Miller, Ade Adekola, Harry Borden and Julia Fullerton-Batten have each made a selection of 10 of their most outstanding photographs which are printed on museum quality photographic paper and presented in individual archival boxes with a signed Certificate of Authenticity.⁠

We are committed to making art available to everyone at affordable prices. Each box set is a limited edition of 100 and priced at £250 each  with 50% of proceeds going to The Hepatitis C Trust⁠ and 50% to the photographer. ⁠

These beautiful collector’s items are available for pre-order NOW and will be sent out in time for Christmas.⁠

Buy your boxset now - https://artonapostcard.com/collections/fine-art-photography-boxsets

Series 5 - Episode 1: Meet The Photographer: Miles Aldridge - Fine Art Photography Boxset

In today’s episode Rosa Torr chats with Jane Shea and Julia Sheehan who both coordinated the Hepatitis C Trust’s women’s prison team. Having met first as inmates and reconnected in the Hep C Trust’s offices, the pair found an opportunity to reach women in prisons and encourage an environment where women felt free to talk, come forward and get tested.

Our prisons are full of women who should not be incarcerated but who are in need of help and support through other means. Women in vulnerable positions are less likely to come forward and ask for help for fear of the implications and increased exposure. By addressing women’s needs, some woman can avoid getting caught up in the criminal justice system and have their problems addressed in a more appropriate setting. Women with addiction issues are much more likely to have hepatitis C. The prevalence of hepatitis C among women in prison is higher than in the male prison cohort. Getting tested and treated is a crucial step in rehabilitating women’s health and lives. Jane and Julia discuss their most recent project; a magazine called ‘i am’ provides a cathartic outlet for women who are incarcerated.

The Art on a Postcard Auction for International Women's Day is raising money for The Women's Prison Team at The Hepatitis C Trust to support their important work.

The artists who have donated their work have used 'i am' as inspiration for the artwork. Artists include such luminaries as Claudette Johnson known for her large scale paintings of black women; ‘Punjabi, Liverpudlian’ Dr. Chila Kumari Burman whose joyous work has been adorning the Tate Britain since Diwali; Japanese born, Brooklyn based artist Yui Kugimiya whose work is unique in its use of traditional painting techniques to create quirky stop-motion animations and Antonia Showering whose lockdown year included a White Cube show and representation by Timothy Taylor.  

Bidding starts at £50
25 Feb – 11 March 2021

View the auction - http://bit.ly/2XWXmiN

Series 6 - Episode 1: The Cause - IWD 2021 Art on a Postcard Auction

In today’s episode Rosa Torr chats with Ayobola Kekere-Ekun who is participating in the auction with some beautiful works sent all the way from Nigeria where she lives and works. In the episode we chat about Ayobola’s practise and how she explores themes of gender, power and the human condition through distinctive aesthetics and mediums. 
 
Ayobola Kekere-Ekun (b. 1993) is a contemporary visual artist. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Her B.A. and M.A. in Visual arts were received from the Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos; where she majored in Graphic Design. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Art and Design at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Ayobola is also a Lecturer at the Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos.
Ayobola’s work often explores subjects connected to gender, mythology, power and the human condition in a multi-layered way; creating work through a labour-intensive process. Ayobola works predominantly with a technique known as quilling, in which strips of paper are individually shaped to create forms.


The Art on a Postcard Auction for International Women's Day is raising money for The Women's Prison Team at The Hepatitis C Trust to support their important work.

The artists who have donated their work have used 'i am' as inspiration for the artwork. Artists include such luminaries as Claudette Johnson known for her large scale paintings of black women; ‘Punjabi, Liverpudlian’ Dr. Chila Kumari Burman whose joyous work has been adorning the Tate Britain since Diwali; Japanese born, Brooklyn based artist Yui Kugimiya whose work is unique in its use of traditional painting techniques to create quirky stop-motion animations and Antonia Showering whose lockdown year included a White Cube show and representation by Timothy Taylor.

Bidding starts at £50
25 Feb – 11 March 2021

View the auction - bit.ly/2XWXmiN

Series 6 - Episode 2: Ayobola Kekere-Ekun - IWD 2021 Art on a Postcard Auction

In today’s episode Rosa Torr chats to Yui Kugimiya about her art practise, minimalist aesthetics and exploration into oil paint animation.

Yui Kugimiya (born 1981, Tokyo) has been working from her base in Brooklyn since graduating from Yale University in 2007. Yui has has exhibited within the US, Mexico and Europe as well as Japan. A multidisciplinary artist she uses drawings, etching, and paintings as well as animation to explore the internal world of imagination and nothingness in order to transport the viewer to these places.​ ​‘Movement’ and ‘stillness’ are two conflicting elements which coexist in Kugimiya’s paintings and we are delighted to include her in our upcoming auction.

The Art on a Postcard Auction for International Women's Day is raising money for The Women's Prison Team at The Hepatitis C Trust to support their important work.

The artists who have donated their work have used 'i am' as inspiration for the artwork. Artists include such luminaries as Claudette Johnson known for her large scale paintings of black women; ‘Punjabi, Liverpudlian’ Dr. Chila Kumari Burman whose joyous work has been adorning the Tate Britain since Diwali; Japanese born, Brooklyn based artist Yui Kugimiya whose work is unique in its use of traditional painting techniques to create quirky stop-motion animations and Antonia Showering whose lockdown year included a White Cube show.

Bidding starts at £50
25 Feb – 11 March 2021

View the auction - bit.ly/2XWXmiN

Series 6 - Episode 3: Yui Kugimiya  - IWD 2021 Art on a Postcard Auction

In today’s episode Rosa Torr chats with Sikelela Owen, or Ziggy as she often goes by, about new motherhood, themes of intimacy in her work and her artistic practice.

Sikelela Owen’s subjects are images of family and friends, of domestic life, of moments of rest and relaxation. Her dedication to the theme of intimacy lends her paintings a sense of strength, as if through searching for the precious in the everyday, Sikelela traces the shape of something subtly empowering. This is work in which a domestic muse is used to provoke an identification not with the image, but with the special sense of community and the family ties that the paintings imply. ​She holds a PG Diploma from the Royal Academy Schools and her work was featured in 2015 Thames and Hudson publication ‘100 Painters of Tomorrow’. Owen has exhibited nationally and internationally.

Sikelela has generously donated 4 artworks to our Art on a Postcard Auction for International Women's Day. View lots 397-400: http://bit.ly/3tHeiZs

The Art on a Postcard Auction for International Women's Day is raising money for The Women's Prison Team at The Hepatitis C Trust to support their important work.

The artists who have donated their work have used 'i am' as inspiration for the artwork. Artists include such luminaries as Claudette Johnson known for her large scale paintings of black women; ‘Punjabi, Liverpudlian’ Dr. Chila Kumari Burman whose joyous work has been adorning the Tate Britain since Diwali; Japanese born, Brooklyn based artist Yui Kugimiya whose work is unique in its use of traditional painting techniques to create quirky stop-motion animations and Antonia Showering whose lockdown year included a White Cube show.

Bidding starts at £50
25 Feb – 11 March 2021

View the auction - bit.ly/2XWXmiN

Series 6 - Episode 4: Sikelela Owen - IWD 2021 Art on a Postcard Auction

In this episode Rosa Torr talks with Antonia Showering about the universal potential of telling personal stories through art, artistic process, special Swiss mountains and good music.

Antonia Showering is known for her richly layered depictions of family members in landscape settings, deployed in warm, velvety washes of red, orange and green. Antonia is interested in how paint has the ability to manipulate or alter past experiences. Her works capture the ephemeral nature of memory, using canvas or paper as a portal into these private moments. Similar to the act of story-telling some parts are exaggerated, forgotten and other parts totally invented. ​Antonia has been featured in dozens of group exhibitions at the Stephen Friedman Gallery, South London Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Timothy Taylor and more. She continues to make waves as one of Britain’s most exciting artists and last year Antonia’s first solo show at White Cube GALLERY was a major success.

Antonia has generously donated 2 artworks to our Art on a Postcard Auction for International Women's Day. View lots 227 & 228: http://bit.ly/2ZHNkmI

The Art on a Postcard Auction for International Women's Day is raising money for The Women's Prison Team at The Hepatitis C Trust to support their important work.

The artists who have donated their work have used 'i am' as inspiration for the artwork. Artists include such luminaries as Claudette Johnson known for her large scale paintings of black women; ‘Punjabi, Liverpudlian’ Dr. Chila Kumari Burman whose joyous work has been adorning the Tate Britain since Diwali; Japanese born, Brooklyn based artist Yui Kugimiya whose work is unique in its use of traditional painting techniques to create quirky stop-motion animations and Antonia Showering whose lockdown year included a White Cube show.

Bidding starts at £50

25 Feb – 11 March 2021

View the auction - bit.ly/2XWXmiN

Series 6 - Episode 5: Antonia Showering - IWD 2021 Art on a Postcard Auction

In this final episode of the International Women’s Day auction series Rosa talks with Anne Desmet RA about her work and practice as one of Britain’s leading printmakers. They talk about becoming a Royal Academician, the history of wood engraving and Anne’s love of Italian architecture.

Anne Desmet was born in Liverpool, UK, in 1964.​ She has taught wood engraving widely, including at the RA Schools, British Museum and Middlesex University. In 2011, Anne was elected a member of the ​Royal Academy of Arts​ and is only the third wood engraver ever elected to the RA in its entire history. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) and the Society of Wood Engravers (SWE). In 2018, she was elected an Honorary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. She is the author of many books on the topic of print making and retrospectives and exhibitions of her work have toured the UK. 

Anne has generously donated 4 artworks to our Art on a Postcard Auction for International Women's Day. View lots  244-247 to our auction which you can view here: http://bit.ly/3bbU5Uj

The Art on a Postcard Auction for International Women's Day is raising money for The Women's Prison Team at The Hepatitis C Trust to support their important work.

The artists who have donated their work have used 'i am' as inspiration for the artwork. Artists include such luminaries as Claudette Johnson known for her large scale paintings of black women; ‘Punjabi, Liverpudlian’ Dr. Chila Kumari Burman whose joyous work has been adorning the Tate Britain since Diwali; Japanese born, Brooklyn based artist Yui Kugimiya whose work is unique in its use of traditional painting techniques to create quirky stop-motion animations and Antonia Showering whose lockdown year included a White Cube show.

Bidding starts at £50

25 Feb – 11 March 2021

View the auction - bit.ly/2XWXmiN

Series 6 - Episode 6: Anne Desmet RA - IWD 2021 Art on a Postcard Auction

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