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[13 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
Cop some Style….

Yeah Yeah!

Many apologies on my belated posts TSG fans! A mixture of no internet connection, hangovers and a bout of flu are taking the blame.
So, Style Never Dies: The Scandalous Adventures of Erm One is on and poppin’ in the upstairs gallery right flippin now!
-Cheers to all who came out for the opening on Friday, real good of y’all!!!
As always, many beverages were bodied whilst Dillatron 9000 hit us up with some classic cuts on the wheels of veal. The night finally concluded after some terrible pool playing (more squid …

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[15 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Style Never Dies…..

Howdy y’all!
We gots a ridiculously hella hot show coming up for you!
This November The Soup Gallery proudly welcomes globe trotting, graffiti artist: ERMONE for his first solo show:

‘Style Never Dies: The Scandalous Adventures of ErmOne’
Graffiti artist ErmOne, who is originally from the North of England will be traveling over from his studio in Paris to exhibit a collection of work produced exclusively for his show at The Soup Gallery in Truro, Cornwall.
The Soup Gallery is extremely excited to welcome an artist who rides high in the estimation of his peers, …

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[13 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
UK Street Art….

Hola Urban Art lovers!

If you are fiending for a fix of gritty graf candy I thought I would point you all in the direction of UK Street Art, a crackin site-whose aim it is to provide you with a destination to find out about everything going on in UK galleries, on our streets and anywhere else in the world that our wealth of talented artists might have passed through.

UKStreetart.co.uk are always slingin the heads up on upcoming shows-and conducting interviews with some of the biggest names in the world of …

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[23 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
Mister Millerchip!

What the haps cats!
I have finally got around to putting the awesome Mister Millerchip prints I have here at the gallery into our online shop…..

All are the prints are limited edition, numbered and signed by Senor Millerchip and all purchases come with free postage and packaging!!!
Mister Millerchip is a retired Brumie socialite that has hung up his Cuban dancing shoes to produce delightful hand rendered imagery. After studying illustration (and the way of life) at the university of Wolverhampton, he relocated to pastures …

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[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
Autumnal artwork available to buy online NOW!!!!

What Up!
I have just finished putting all the mega affordable/super limited/crazy ace Autumnal prints online-
The prints were produced by a handful of local and international artists specifically for the exhibition here at The Soup Gallery, so be sure to go and check them out!!!
They will look bloomin lovely in a framed up and stuck in your living room. Postage is a mere pittance at £1.50, and remember any purchases will be shipped out immediately!
So don’t delay people-get that wall spruced with a desirable limited print that will make your friends …

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[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
You’re not from round here are you?

Howdy peeps,
Sorry I have failed to get photos of the Autumnal exhibition up online yet. Been a bit ill this week, so have been out of the shop for a few days. But I am back at TSG towers now and gradually getting up to speed again.
The prints will hopefully be up in the online store by the end of the day.
In the meantime- I have just added an awesome booklet produced by recent FCA graduate Lizzie Frost entitled, ‘You’re not from round here are you?’
This brilliantly funny booklet is …

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[10 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
Dale McCarthy

Another day closer to the opening of ‘Autmnal’, another artist to profile!
Today it’s the turn of mega talented Mr. McCarthy, who after traveling the globe beautifying many a clump of bricks has finally settled in Qatar.

Me and Dale go way back, he’s is the first person I painted a wall with many many moons ago. Give the kid a pen, pencil or paint and he will dish up something hella slick- hell, give him some macaroni, some glue and a bag of glitter and he wouldn’t disappoint.
I have plenty of …

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[8 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
Alex and George

What What!
Following on from yesterdays profile of David Shrillinglaw, today we are showcasing the superb talents of another two artists involved in our forthcoming exhibition, ‘Autumnal’ .
Ladies and Gentleman, Alex Higlett and Georgina Hounsome….

Alex studied illustration at Bath Spa university and is currently working freelance. She mainly produces work through drawing, painting and printmaking, but I also likes to make things and publish zines.

Her work is narrative based and focusses on people; interesting characters and their stories and backgrounds.
Georgina also studied at Bath Spa university and left with a BA …

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[7 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
David Shillinglaw

Yo Yo Soupsters,
‘Autumnal’ opens this week and I thought in the run up I would do some mini posts on some of the mega talented peeps producing work for the show and some links to where you can have a looky see at some examples of their work-and start getting amped for Fridays opening!
We will get things crack-a-lackin with…..
David Shillinglaw
‘David illustrates a chaotic exchange between individuals and their tactile environment, exploring ideas of identity and the riddle of the human condition. Much of the work includes representation of the human …

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[2 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
Autumnal Opening Party

How do!
I am excited to announce the impending arrival of our brand spanking new exhibition ‘Autumnal‘!
Our new show features a series of super limited edition prints from a mix of super talented local and international artists including:
Sam Bassett, David Shillinglaw, Christopher Raymond, Georgina Hounsome, Alex Higlett , Dale McCarthy, Carlos Don Juan, Eric Haacht, Jess Tremaine and Nathan Fletcher.
Each artist has produced a limited edition run of A3 prints taken from an image they created using colours associated with the season of Autumn. By assigning this loose brief we aim …