exhibition – Jo Cheung Illustration

Tropical Safari, Art & Illustration Exhibition Round up!

Hello! Hope you’re all good despite the rain! This past week has been slightly cray cray (love using that word at the moment). I was a little bit stressed out what with the exhibition and the house moving situation (which is officially happening!), so I’ve been meaning to write up a post about the show but couldn’t find the time until now!

For the past few months there was a slightly lull in terms of organising things; until a month before the show I was emailing blogs to list our exhibition as well as getting my own things ready all at the same time. Needless to say the night before the opening we all came in to put our work up (obligatory action shot photos here):

We had a few things to do before the opening such as getting flyers prepped and the buying the drinks ready to go for the evening; happy to say that all went well and the private view was so much fun! It was great to see everyone again plus we had a giveaway raffle too- messed it up slightly but Emily helped out so it was ok! The biggie prize for the night was two tickets to the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition Show 2016, which the winner wasn’t there by the time we announced it so I had to post it to her the next day.

Left to right: Ivy Mei, Emma Cowley, June Chanpoomidole.

Left to right: Emily Bakes and my work.

Left to right: Emily Bakes and Chrissy Wallace.

Kellie Black.

My big cats series for the show.

My tiger artwork for the show.

I really enjoyed curating the show and would love to curate another show in the future. I learnt a lot about myself in terms of organising tasks effectively, time management, keeping communication lines open plus delegating tasks to others as sometimes I lack confidence in that area.

For now though there’s no rest for us as we’re moving next weekend so we have loads of stuff to pack and get rid of! I can put my feet up and do nothing once we’ve moved, which I’m super excited about. I’ll keep you all updated about it (maybe even photos included too!)

ByJo Cheung

June 16, 2016

Exhibitions, London

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House of Tigers Exhibition: Private View

What a hectic/manic week! On Monday night I dropped off my work at A-side B-side Gallery– Hackney Downs Studios– for the House of Tigers exhibition; leaving Adam, who curated the show, and a few of this other friends to paint the walls (sorry folks!).

Anyway, Thursday’s Private View was amazing! The turn out was incredible and the whole place was buzzing with people admiring the artworks and getting to talk to the other 30 plus artists.

My work for the show: Tiger in the Night

Tiger In The Night

Adam and his friends did a fantastic job of curating the show; everyone’s work really complimented one another as the artworks were all spread out across the space rather than your typical linear layout (see below).

June and I posing next to her artwork!

My friend June Sees was also part of the show and here we both are standing next to her beautiful artwork of a sleeping tiger and rabbit with a lovely bamboo frame.

I had a wonderful evening talking to friends, getting to know the other artists and then we headed off to the pub for a burger. And more beer.

Pretty good night indeed!

House of Tigers will be running until Tuesday 27th October.

ByJo Cheung

October 24, 2015

Exhibitions, Illustration, London

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House of Tigers Exhibition

This month I’ve been pretty busy with work and so it’s been great to be able to do shows just to break things up a little bit.

I’m part of ‘House of Tigers’ exhibition at A-Side B-Side Gallery! Super stoked to be part of an awesome show for a great cause, Save Wild Tigers, as well.

The private view will be on Thursday 22nd October and the show will run from the 22nd until the 27th.

More about the show:

House of Tigers- A group exhibition

Curated by Adam Bartlett

Public View: Thursday 22nd October 6-9.30pm

Show Dates: 23-10-2015 – 26-10-2015

A-side B-side Gallery is pleased to present, ‘House of Tigers’ an exhibition curated by Adam Bartlett:

“The show came about through my love of tigers and painting them. I thought it would be great to raise some money for our stripy friends, curate my first show and provide a platform for many artists who don’t get to show their work out much due to full time jobs etc. Kind of bringing everyone great and small together, the emphasis is on fun with this show and getting involved in any way you can.”

Adam Bartlett | Ian Bartlett | Alexandra Miller | Amber Sinclair-Ray | Archie Proudfoot | Ben Wilson |Catherine Hall | Clare Wilson | Dan Feit | Ed Coy | Ellie Tate | Fabi Santiago | Géraldine Buckland | Ivy Mei | Jenni Desmond | Jo Cheung | Julie Ash | June Sees | Kevin Hope | Laura Gee | Lewis Campbell |Loui Stokoe | Lyle Saunders | Maxwell Paternoster | Mike West | Novemto Komo | Steph Parr | Steven Quinn | Xander Coy | Laura Hughes | Chay Morris

20% of all sales will go to savewildtigers.org

ByJo Cheung

October 4, 2015

Exhibitions, Illustration, London

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Covet Pop-Up Show

Evening all! Hope you’re all well and enjoying the first week of a new month. Very happy to announce that I’ll be part of a pop-up show, organised by my friend Chrissy, called ‘Covet’ at The Hackney Shop on Morning Lane. I’ll be selling cards, prints and postcards during the pop-up show.

Come along to the PV on Tuesday 6th from 6-9pm and say hello to us! More details about the event can be found on the Facebook Events Page.

ByJo Cheung

October 4, 2015

Exhibitions, Illustration, Links

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The Story So Far Update

Double whammy of exhibitions this month and the previous month! Having finished ‘Into the Sun’ exhibition, ‘The Story So Far’ followed on from it pretty much the following day! Last night I went by to pick up my work and I can’t believe it’s over!

Here’s a bit of a blurb about my piece for the exhibition:

My work for the exhibition explores an ancient folklore that resonates with some East Asian countries, all of which sees the fox spirit as cunning, conniving, and a magical creature that has the power to trick the human mind whilst being able to shape shift into a human form.

I was particular drawn to the similarities that the motif transcends from one culture to another. I wanted to depict the fox spirit as something almost quite majestic, alluring, and mythical.

I didn’t attend the private view as I was working late that evening- sad face here- but I have asked the organisers if I could include some photos from the night. Here are a few photos of the Private View, courtesy of ‘The Story So Far’ Facebook group: