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Summer Show // 1: Pabi Daniel | Ermias Ekube | Leah Gordon | Mário Macilau | Abe Odedina | Sola Olulode | Eric Pina
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Gallery news, press and updates
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Summer Show // 1
Pabi Daniel | Ermias Ekube | Leah Gordon | Mário Macilau | Abe Odedina | Sola Olulode | Eric Pina 14 July - 17 August 2022 PRIVATE VIEW: July 13, 6-8pm // 19 Garrett Street, London, EC1Y 0TY RSVP essential Ed Cross is delighted to announce the gallery's inaugural Annual Summer Show, 14... -
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In conversation: Anya Paintsil and Charlotte Jansen
We Are All Made of You, May 26 - June 29 2022 Watch Anya Paintsil in conversation with writer Charlotte Jansen to celebrate the opening of her first London solo show We Are All Made of You at Ed Cross's new permanent... -
ANNOUNCING: Leah Gordon
Ed Cross is delighted to announce representation of Leah Gordon Ahead of her presentation at documenta fifteen, Ed Cross is delighted to announce representation of artist Leah Gordon. An artist, curator and writer, Gordon was born in Ellesmere Port between... -
Anya Paintsil // We Are All Made of You
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Leah Gordon at documenta fifteen
Gordon presents The Caste Portraits, part of her curatorial project with Atis Rezistans At documenta fifteen, Leah Gordon presents The Caste Portraits, part of her curatorial project with Atis Rezistans (Resistance Artists). A shifting community of Haitian majority-class artists, including Gordon’s partner... -
Textile artist Anya Paintsil incorporates humour, hair and folklore to tell stories of her dual heritage
May 30, 2022 'She grew up speaking Welsh and always had a 'weird little art practice' going on the side, even though she wasn't much a fan of school or art, for that... -
Rising Art Star Anya Paintsil Weaves Powerful Personal Stories with Tapestry
April 14, 2022 'African hair braiding and Welsh rag rug making may not seem to have much in common. But in the hands of Anya Paintsil, these two distinct art forms are masterfully... -
Interview: The Many Faces of Pabi Daniel
April 13, 2022 'In the work of Pabi Daniel, there is style and there is style . Thick climbing holds of paint meet swathes of vibrant colour on runway-ready figures. ‘Clothing is key... -
ANNOUNCING: Pabi Daniel
Ed Cross is delighted to announce the sole representation of Pabi Daniel Ed Cross is pleased to announce the sole representation of 22-year old Ghanaian artist Pabi Daniel, who joins the gallery’s roster of artists working across and beyond the diaspora. Ed... -
Rushdi Anwar features in 'Art In Conflict' at the Shepparton Art Museum
26 March - 31 July 2022 Art in Conflict is a new touring exhibition of contemporary art from the collection of the Australian War Memorial, launching at the Shepparton Art Museum, VIC on 26 March 2022.... -
ANNOUNCING: Eugene Palmer
ECFA is delighted to announce representation of Eugene Palmer Born in Jamaica and growing up in Birmingham, Palmer moved to London to attend Wimbledon School of Art before completing the prestigious Goldsmiths MA course in Fine Art. At Goldsmiths,... -
Anya Paintsil in What Lies Beneath: Women, Power, Textiles
February 17 - August 28 at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge Featuring: Miriam Schapiro, Permindar Kaur, Francisca Aninat, Enam Gbewonyo, Nengi Omuku, Anya Paintsil, Memorarte, Stella Mae Pettway (Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers), Nicola L., Tejedoras de Mampuján 'This exhibition brings together... -
“We are not separated by the sea, we are connected by it” - Shiraz Bayjoo in interview with Komplex Culture Magazin
February 14, 2022 'When visiting a historical museum, an archive or an art collection, did you ever question the power structures behind the exhibited objects? – Who is collecting and what is made... -
Abe Odedina: Love & Hate
Paintings 2013 - 2020 Please see button below to view sample pages Featuring texts by: Katherine Finerty David Remfry RA Adjoa Armah Emily Watkins Ed Cross 144 pages 229 x 290 Available to purchase...
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Seven questions with Anya Paintsil
September 23, 2021 'Born in Wrexham, North Wales, but now based between Manchester and Chester, Anya's work proudly utilises historic rug-hooking techniques passed down by generations of Welsh women in her family, while... -
Shiraz Bayjoo at Somerset House
We Are History, 16 October - 06 February 'Curated by writer Ekow Eshun, and showcasing photography, prints, textile, installation and video, We Are History presents works which are moving, lyrical and thought-provoking, capturing nature as a place of... -
Anya Paintsil in 'State of the Nation: Young Artists Discuss Life and Work in Britain'
September 9, 2021 'Being Welsh is personally more significant to her than being British, believes Anya Paintsil. She combines elements of her upbringing in the Principality with her father’s Ghanian heritage to create... -
Shiraz Bayjoo // Apart Bez, Tu Korek
Ed Cross Fine Art at 20 Clerkenwell Green 16 June - 11 July 2021 Apart Bez, Tu Korek grapples with the visual language of European status imposed on native populations and reconfigured by Bayjoo materially and conceptually. The exhibition’s archival genealogies stem from Malagasy... -
Anya Paintsil Nominated for Kleinwort Hambros Emerging Artist Prize 2021
Winner announced April 2021 Anya Paintsil has been nominated for the prestigious Kleinwort Hambros Emerging Artist Prize 2021. The award seeks to acknowledge and celebrate artists who have been active on the art scene... -
Shiraz Bayjoo Interview: Searching for Libertalia
April 7, 2021 'SHIRAZ BAYJOO: I seek to create a constellation in my installations, where objects and works speak to each other, presenting multiple layers of language that I hope present the complexity... -
Abe Odedina: Love and Hate Review by Chris Spring
March 30, 2021 'Most artists would be delighted at the prospect of having a substantial book dedicated to their work – in the case of Abe Odedina, such a book is not so... -
Image of the Day: Anya Paintsil's Anya or Anum
February 11, 2021 'Total discombobulation, as embodied by Anya Paintsil. The Welsh-Ghanaian artist features in our latest Artists to Watch selection, spotlighting the art stars set to make waves in 2021 . “There... -
Ones to Watch: The Definitive Art Stars of 2021
February 2, 2021 'These artists are on the rise this year. Keep your eyes peeled—you’re going to be seeing a whole lot more of them in 2021.' [...] 'It was love at first... -
Mário Macilau: Circle of Memories
At La Terrasse, Nanterre, January 29 - April 17 2021 'In the crossed framework of Africa2020 and Afriqu’à Nanterre, La Terrasse proposes a personal exhibition of Mário Macilau, photographer born in Mozambique in 1984. He presents a new series entitled... -
Pick of the Week: Tiffanie Delune & Kaye Freeman
'In [Delune's] absolutely enchanting paintings, figures, such as the young black girl in Hot Pepper , are lost in a mystical land. Some are cautiously present, or else composed of... -
Abe Odedina: Love and Hate Review
February 2, 2021 In 1960, the year of Nigerian independence, the artist Uche Okeke wrote a manifesto: ‘Young artists in a new nation, this is what we are! We must grow with the... -
Five Highlights from London Art Fair: Abe Odedina
January 25, 2021 'Since 2009, Ed Cross Fine Art has focused its gaze on the art of the African diaspora. One of its most championed, and beloved, artists, Abe Odedina, is the gallery’s... -
A Conversation with Wole Lagunju
December 23, 2020 'Episode Forty-Six features Wole Lagunju. He is a 1986 graduate of Fine arts and graphic design at the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. Lagunju’s hybrid paintings of... -
Shiraz Bayjoo and Shivanjani Lal's Nadi, 2021
Making Ground is presented by CONSTANCE ARI, Tasmania 'Nadi, meaning river, is a collaborative work by Shiraz Bayjoo and Shivanjani Lal. Shot on the Meghna River in Bangladesh and edited in London, with audio translated and read by... -
Tiffanie Delune at Band of Vices
In The Midst of All That Is, January 23 - February 20 'Band of Vices (Los Angeles, CA) is pleased to present their first exhibition of 2021, aptly entitled In the Midst of All That Isfeaturing the artwork of Tiffanie Delune and... -
Abe Odedina and Emily Watkins In Conversation
Love and Hate To celebrate the release of Love and Hate, Abe Odedina's first major monograph, the artist talks to the book's editor Emily Watkins about the neediness of canvas, demanding gods and... -
Tiffanie Delune’s work acquired by Fondation Gandur, Geneva
African Contemporary Art and the Diaspora 'The collection of African Contemporary Art and the Diaspora brings together over 200 works produced by artists who have strong links with the African continent and its history in the... -
The Portfolio: Mário Macilau
November 20, 2020 'Reality and fantasy overlap in the socially motivated photographs of Mário Macilau, a skilled portraitist who prefers to work on long-term projects. His output includes series focused on street children,... -
Anya Paintsil Awarded The Wakelin Prize 2020
"Highly charged and tender." We're delighted to announce that Anya Paintsil has been awarded The Wakelin Prize 2020. The annual award is given to a Welsh artist, whose work is purchased for the Glynn... -
New York art diary: a miracle on 24th Street
October 24, 2020 'Then, there are paintings I want to pour myself into, like “Wanderlust”, by the French-Belgo-Congolese artist Tiffanie Delune. Geometric bands of orange sunlight fill a fiery coloured sky full of... -
Anya Paintsil: Artists to Watch at 1-54 and Frieze Masters
October 8, 2020 'Welsh-Ghanaian artist Anya Paintsil has just completed her Master's at Manchester Metropolitan University's School of Art, having been announced as one of three mentees, alongside Bryn Rogers and Wincent Szczerba,... -
Thread by Thread: An Interview with Anya Paintsil
'The immediacy of Anya Paintsil’s textile faces and bodies belies the laboriousness of their making. A glance at the artist’s Instagram highlights reel reveals a marathon runner not a sprinter,... -
Anya Paintsil: A Walk In The Park, Whitworth Podcast
'Continuing the discussions raised by the Black Lives Matter movement, we meet and chat with the artist Anya Paintsil. Anya Paintsil is a Manchester based artist, of Welsh and Ghanaian... -
Interview with Tiffanie Delune
August 17, 2020 VANESSA MURREL: Having lived and worked in Canada and Switzerland, as well as taken trips to Bali and recently Luxor, in what ways have those diverse histories and cultures shaped... -
Tiffanie Delune in The Bite Magazine
May 1, 2020 'There are many reasons why an artist paints: it could be to express or release the emotions or experiences they have gone through, as a way to get a message... -
In-Conversation: Tiffanie Delune and Katherine Finerty
Watch in full Watch our 45 minute virtual Q+A with artist Tiffanie Delune and Katherine Finerty, who curated Tiffanie’s solo exhibition ‘Seeds of Light’ which opened 5th March 2020 at The Gramophone Works... -
Conversation between Shiraz Bayjoo and Anna Arabindan-Kesson
Global Plantation Series: A Land of Extraordinary Quarantines On June 2nd, Shiraz Bayjoo participated in the first of a series of artist-directed digital discussions that contemplate the global forms and meanings of the plantation historically, and in our... -
In The Spotlight: Ed Cross Fine Art
May 20, 2020 'Way back in 1988 I left my London publishing job at Heinemann to live in Kenya to pursue a career as an artist and continue my publishing interests as an... -
Innocence and Experience: Interview with Tiffanie Delune
March 4, 2020 'Tiffanie Delune’s work is both deeply personal and universal, archetypal. So I shouldn’t be surprised by the bright and open way she greets me, or the grounded and generous analogies... -
5 Peintres Africains qui sont plus doués que Picasso
February 12, 2020 5- Wole Lagunju Peintre Nigérian d’origine Yoruba comme son nom l’indique, ses créations tirent leurs sources d’un mélange de l’univers multiple des entités Africaines et de la culture vestimentaire de...
