The Showroom presents a major new commission by Canadian/Irish artist Ciara Phillips. For her first London solo show, a new print-based installation will be presented alongside a temporary screen-printing workshop within The Showroom’s gallery.

Throughout October and November Phillips will be based in the gallery producing new screen prints in collaboration with artists and invited groups. These will include members of past radical and feminist print collectives, designers, and local women’s groups (many of whom have ongoing relationships with The Showroom), who will bring their different knowledge and experiences of working collectively to these workshops. These new collaborations will initiate conversations and actions that aren’t contained within specific disciplines of art, community action, design or activism.

Phillips’ long-term commitment to collaborative production underpins her expansive solo printing practice that makes use of screen-printing, wall drawing and photography to create context-specific installations. Collaborative work includes projects with Poster Club, a group of Glasgowbased artists that she initiated in 2010 and with which she regularly collaborates.

Workshop (2010 – ongoing) explores the relations between the interlinked strands of Phillips’ solo and collective work, and is informed by her recent research into the history of London-based radical print collectives working between the 1970s and 1990s. By making prints in new collaborative groupings at The Showroom, Phillips will explore the potential of ‘making together’ as a way of negotiating ideas and generating discussions around experimental and wider uses of print.

A limited edition produced to accompany the exhibition will be available for sale at The Showroom.

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