Depot Art Studios at BasementArtsProject present . . . 

II. A Tale of Two Cities (Manchester to Leeds)

PREVIEW
Friday 11th May  | 7.30pm – 9.30pm

The last five years have seen a significant period of development for both BasementArtsProject; Leeds and Depot Art Studios; Manchester. Defined over time by a sense of mutual support for each others projects A Tale of Two Cities / A City of Two Tales will be the first opportunity for these two organisations to realise a project that cements a long term working relationship. 

Featuring  the work of Michael Branthwaite, Kasumi Dean, Linda Hemmersbach, Kieran Leach and Martha Lyons

Exhibition Open

Saturday 12th May | 2pm – 4pm
Sunday 13th May | 2pm – 4pm
Monday 14th May | 11am – 2pm
Saturday 19th May | 2pm – 4pm
Sunday 20th May | 2pm – 4pm
Monday 21st May | 11am – 2pm

Exhibition Remains Open By Appointment until…

Monday 11th June

For direct bus connections between (£9.50 return) Manchester and Leeds visit: http://www.cityzap.co.uk/

GALLERY

Photos: Bruce Davies GIF's: Lee Dale

ARTISTS

Michael Branthwaite

Michael Branthwaite is an artist and Senior Lecturer of Fine Art at Staffordshire University. He was one of the founders of Manchester’s late Ny Space and he exhibits and undertakes residencies nationally and internationally producing mainly sculptural works and recently focusing on conceptual drawings.

Kasumi Dean

Kasumi Dean is one of Manchester’s young emerging artists and a recent graduate from Manchester’s School of Art graduating in 2016. She produces sculptures and installations with the use of cheap throw away materials giving them a new lease of life. Sarah was also part of Ny Space in Manchester before its closing.

Linda Hemmersbach

Linda Hemmersbach (b. Cologne, Germany) lives and works in Manchester. She is a member of Bankley Studios. She has exhibited internationally and undertaken a number of residencies around Europe. Linda is a painter whose work explores gesture and colour. She was selected to exhibit as part of the John Moores Painting Prize in 2016.

Kieran Leach

Kieran Leach is an artist and curator based in Manchester, He became a Fine Art graduate from Lancaster University in 2015 and curated the Castlefield Gallery’s Launch Pad show Stick or Twist in 2017. He produces playful sculptural works exploring the culture of the everyday, online and the art world, which are abstracted, condensed and often satirised.

Martha Lyons

Martha Lyons is an artist from Littleborough, though currently working in a Welsh foundry. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2013 with a BA Hons in Sculpture and has worked nationally and internationally on collaborative and solo exhibitions and also undertaken several residency programmes. She currently works as programme manager for Ebor Studio and Gallery.