30th June – 4th August

From 30th June to the 4th August 2012, Nottingham based Artists Denise Western and Inge Tong will be exhibiting their new bodies of work at Tarpey Gallery.

The Djanogly Art Gallery and Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, are proud to announce Denise Weston's first solo exhibition in the region since 2006. Split across the two venues, this widely anticipated exhibition by the Nottingham­based painter includes confrontational portraits of children reflecting her interest in female identity and thearchiving of memory. Working with traditional mediums and by building up rich layers; the paintings act as visual metaphors referencing the passage of time, memory and change. Weston will also be exhibiting a series of boxed collage works and sketch­books that explore the nature of the representation of the human form as visual image.

Exhibiting alongside Weston, Inge Tong presents a new series titled ‘Into the Woods’. This exciting new series of work consists of multi­faceted children’s blocks that have endless possibilities in the tales they tell. Each piece has an opening to a different story setting one image against another allowing the stories to merge together in a puzzle of colour and activity. Tong’s work plays with shadows and colour using oil paint, inks and charcoal. Tong's art practice is influenced by the natural world; human and animal; their close environment and the stories and immediacy that relates to them.

This exhibition runs alongside Western’s solo show at the Lakeside Arts Centre in Nottingham, which runs from 23rd June – 19th August. Exhibition runs from 30th June – 4th August at Tarpey Gallery. 77 High Street, Castle Donigton, Leicestershire, De74 2pq.

For further information, press enquiries or images please contact Luke Tarpey :info@tarpeygallery.com / 0777 240 4293

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Denise Weston

Exhibitions

2011 ' The Wheel Turns' Embrace Arts. Richard Attenborough Centre, The Univeristy of Leicester, UK.2010 'Body in Pieces' (Sideshow exhibition), Nottingham, UK.2009 Face to Face, Contemporary Portraiture, The Richard Attenborough Arts Centre, The Univer­sity of Leicester, UK.2007 Oldknows @ 20 , mere jelly space, Oldknows Studio Group, Nottingham2005 ‘Fabrication’ 1851 Gallery, Nottingham Trent University. (solo show)2004 mere jelly @ On the Wall, The Grand Hall, Olympia, London.2002 ’Paintings of Youth’ Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, South Hall. (solo show)2001 Gothenburg City Library, Foreningen Norden, Gothenburg, Sweden, ‘Av Modern Brittisk Konst’2000 Oldknows Studio Group Exhibition, Oldknows Studio, Nottingham.1997 Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University. ’Representing Lives’, with Lubina Himid, Sonia Lawson, Hilary Cartmel. (Curated by Pauline Lucas)1994 Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax. ‘Disparate Experiences, Unheard Singing, Chocolate Hearts’. Three person show. 1993 Leicester City Gallery, Main Gallery space. (solo show) Phoenix Arts Centre, Leicester. (solo show) Nottingham Castle Museum & Gallery, South Hall. (solo show)1992­3 Bonn, Magdeburg, Neustadt, (Various Galleries) Germany. ‘Hinter den Sieben Meeren.’1990 Nottingham Polytechnic, ‘Crossing The Water’. (solo show)1989 Oldknows Gallery, Nottingham. ’30 Artists’, Nottingham Festival Exhibition.1988­89 Nottingham Castle Museum & Museum, ‘Artists Open’, selected by Graham Crowley.

Inge Tong

Born 1964, London Tong studied her BA at Cantebury College of Art before completing an MA at Nottingham Trent University.

In 1995 she joined ‘CAN’ studio group.

NOTES TO EDITORS

Inge Tong

Into the Woods, 2012

Oil on Wood

25 x 35 in

Founded in 2009, Tarpey Gallery maintains an ambitious program of exhibitions by established

and emerging artists. The gallery represents artists from the region at earlier stages in their

career as well as practitioners with international reputations.

For further information, press enquiries or images please contact Luke Tarpey :

info@tarpeygallery.com / 0777 240 4293

Denise Weston

Girl No.15 (detail), 2012

Oil on Canvas

122 x 107cm