Elizabeth Xi Bauer

20/02/2025

Elizabeth Xi Bauer is thrilled to announce the representation of Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín. Known for his compelling exploration of Mayan heritage and the intersection of Indigenous traditions with contemporary art, Pichillá will have his highly anticipated second solo exhibition with the gallery in June 2025 at Elizabeth Xi Bauer's new Exmouth Market space.

This exhibition will coincide with the release of ‘Ombligo Tierra (Navel-Earth)’ a major new publication curated by Pichillá himself, offering an in-depth look at his artistic journey. Featuring contributions from key voices in the fields of art and anthropology, this book will spotlight his recent works, alongside an interview with the artist by Pablo José Ramírez, curator at the Hammer Museum and former curator at Tate Modern.

Pichillá's work is currently part of the ‘Inaugural Exhibition’ at Elizabeth Xi Bauer's Exmouth Market gallery, which has now been extended until 22nd March 2025.

1. Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín working in his studio, San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala. Courtesy of the Artist.
2. ‘Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín: In front of the lake’, at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, 2023.
Photograph: Richard Ivey
3. Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín, ‘Umbilical cord’, 2021. Video mp4, 3:34 Min. Edition 5 + 1/CA. Courtesy of the Artist.

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Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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20-22 Exmouth Market,
London, EC1R 4QE
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

05/02/2025

Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Exmouth Market opens its doors with ‘Inaugural Exhibition’. Showcasing works by Thiago Barbalho, Theodore Ereira-Guyer, Karoliina Hellberg, Marta Jakobovits, Abraham Kritzman, Oswaldo Maciá, Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia, and Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín.

Theodore Ereira-Guyer is among the first artists to be represented by Elizabeth Xi Bauer, and his creative growth is indissociable from the gallery’s very expansion into a player on the London art scene – an expansion now crowned by the opening of this space. On this occasion, Ereira-Guyer showcases two large-scale etchings, which is perhaps the medium that he’s most comfortable with among the various that he explores. Titled ‘Starlight’ and ‘Wishes by starlight’ (both 2024), the works employ a variety of green and brown shades to depict two landscapes at twilight, as if offering a sneak peek into a scene that is not commonly seen.

1. ‘Inaugural Exhibition’ Installation
2.Theodore Ereira-Guyer, ‘Starlight’, 2024, Etching on paper, pins, silk, shellac ink, India ink, 141 x 241 x 4 cm
3. ‘Starlight’, 2024 (detail)
4. Theodore Ereira-Guyer, ‘Wishes by starlight’, 2024, Etching on paper, pins, silk, shellac ink, 141 x 241 x 4 cm

Images courtesy of Richard Ivey.

Inaugural Exhibition
Exhibition continues until 1st March 2025
Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6 pm

https://elizabethxibauer.com/exhibition/inaugural-exhibition/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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20-22 Exmouth Market,
London, EC1R 4QE
020 3048 5220
[email protected]




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22/01/2025

‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ on display at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Deptford Gallery, presents the works of Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia and Sam Llewellyn-Jones, united by themes of place, identity, and memory.

“Photography always functions as a starting point for me, a transportable practice that I use to collect information whilst employing an archaeological approach to making. The material and indexical qualities of the analogue photograph itself are important, and the chemical processes used to achieve this,” explains Llewellyn-Jones.

When developing prints, Llewellyn-Jones sometimes chooses to use a solarising technique, which enhances the eerie, anthropogenic, otherworldly quality of the landscape. Llewellyn-Jones then paints in oil on top of the developed photographs so that the brush strokes of dried, cracked paint on the surface mirror the qualities of the depicted landscape’s arid terrains. This includes the undulating details and textures captured in the physically developed images, creating haptic compositions as a result. The artist was inspired to paint over the works in a translucent wash as he marvelled at the beautiful and supernatural qualities of the colours of the light at dawn and dusk in the desert, which he endeavoured to capture through painting. The bulk of works presented by Llewellyn-Jones were developed during a two-month residency at California’s Joshua Tree National Park during the late summer of 2024.

1. Sam Llewellyn-Jones, ‘standing solus’, 2024. Oil and glazing medium on gelatin silver print, gloss medium, laid on linen, 105.5 x 81 cm.
2. Sam Llewellyn-Jones, ‘standing solus’, 2024, (detail).
3. ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ installation.

Images courtesy of Richard Ivey.

The House of Bernarda Alba
Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia
Sam Llewellyn-Jones
Exhibition continues until 25th January 2025
Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6 pm

https://elizabethxibauer.com/exhibition/the-house-of-bernarda-alba/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

15/01/2025

Onwochei-Garcia’s work confronts contemporary surveillance, identity politics, and post-colonial narratives. Llewellyn-Jones explores the themes of landscape and material elements; his work highlights the passage of time, revealing how landscapes carry layers of history, memory, and meaning. ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ currently on display at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Deptford, presents works by Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia and Sam Llewellyn-Jones, united by themes of place, identity, and memory.

On display is the panel ‘Los Espectadores’ from the series ‘Dramas de Honor’ (2023), which portrays spectators hiding in the darkness, waiting to see a performance. Onwochei-Garcia’s works draw from the formalised, rigid structures of 16th-century Spanish dramas, capturing the tension between those who act and those who govern to reflect her belief that oppression recurs throughout history, often leaving behind isolation and denial. A key focus of Onwochei-Garcia’s work is the experience of the “Other” and “in-betweenness”—the feelings of displacement, a sense of a fictionalised identity shaped by external societal perceptions. Her large paintings often take on sculptural qualities, encouraging viewers to move and shift around them, mirroring the internal disorientation she experiences.

1. Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia, ‘Los Espectadores’, 2023. Oil and tempera on washi, 208 x 364 cm.
2. ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ installation.
3. Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia, “¡Silencio!” (diptych), 2024. Oil transfer on paper, 21 x 28 cm.

Images courtesy of Richard Ivey.

The House of Bernarda Alba
Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia
Sam Llewellyn-Jones
Exhibition continues until 25th January 2025
Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6 pm

https://elizabethxibauer.com/exhibition/the-house-of-bernarda-alba/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

20/12/2024

Elizabeth Xi Bauer is delighted to announce the opening of its new central London gallery with an inaugural exhibition that outlines its vision. This exhibition will feature a selection of works by established and emerging artists who are part of the gallery’s identity, showcasing the innovative practices and thematic diversity that will define Elizabeth Xi Bauer’s 2025 programme across its two London locations, Exmouth Market, in Clerkenwell, and Deptford.

Reflecting Elizabeth Xi Bauer’s commitment to multidisciplinary art that resonates globally, this upcoming exhibition will include works by Abraham Kritzman, Theodore Ereira-Guyer, Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín, Marta Jakobovits, Thiago Barbalho, Oswaldo Maciá, Karoliina Hellberg, and Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia—each bringing distinct materials, techniques, and cultural perspectives to this ‘Inaugural Exhibition’ and the gallery’s programme.

Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Exmouth Market ‘Inaugural Exhibition’ opens 17th January 2025.

A Private View will be on the evening 16th January 2025, 6-8pm.
The exhibition continues until March 1st 2025

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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20-22 Exmouth Market
London, EC1R 4QE
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

ereira_guyer

04/12/2024

‘The House of Bernarda Alba’, Elizabeth Xi Bauer’s current exhibition, presents the work of Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia in dialogue with that of Sam Llewellyn-Jones.

Llewellyn-Jones’ work seeks to capture the evolving relationship between landscape, time, archaeology, and architecture. His work is inspired by vast, elemental terrains of deserts, mountains, and natural forms, from fauna and rocks to grains of sand.

Llewellyn-Jones’ rubbings in oil pastel on canvas preserve the textures of desert boulders, creating a direct physical connection to the landscape. The artist is interested in the index of the object; the rubbings are the same size as the form it is directly taken from. Rather than a digital image, Llewellyn-Jones uses physical documentation through the record of its layers; this is akin to how he uses photography. The artist makes prints that are a material trace of an object or landscape. The artist extracts the relics from the landscape from that moment in time before the effects of entropy continue. Due to the bright and layered colours, the works have a nebular quality, like desert suns.

1. Sam Llewellyn-Jones, ‘bathed in light’, 2024. Oil pastel and wax crayon on linen, 140 x 112 cm. & ‘but the barren earth’, 2024. Acrylic on 8x10” negative, 19.5 x 24.5 cm.
2. Sam Llewellyn-Jones, ‘idols with misshapen heads’, 2024. Oil pastel, wax crayon and charcoal on linen, 140 x 112 cm.
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3. ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ installation.
4. Sam Llewellyn-Jones, ‘bathed in light’ (detail), 2024.

Images courtesy of Richard Ivey.

The House of Bernarda Alba
Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia
Sam Llewellyn-Jones
The exhibition continues until 25th January 2025
Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6 pm

https://elizabethxibauer.com/the-house-of-bernarda-alba/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

15/11/2024

Elizabeth Xi Bauer is delighted to present ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’, an exhibition featuring works by Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia and Sam Llewellyn-Jones. United by themes of place, identity, and memory, Onwochei-Garcia’s work confronts contemporary surveillance, identity politics, and post-colonial narratives. Llewellyn-Jones explores the themes of landscape and material elements; his work highlights the passage of time, revealing how landscapes carry layers of history, memory, and meaning.

‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ transforms the gallery space into an immersive indoor-outdoor experience. Onwochei-Garcia’s large, suspended paintings construct a house-like environment that guides the viewer’s movement. In turn, Llewellyn-Jones’s photographs and oil on pastel works create a foreboding landscape that surrounds and deepens the setting. Together, the artists evoke a layered space resonating with tension and unease.

The House of Bernarda Alba
Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia
Sam Llewellyn-Jones
Private View 21st November 2024, 6 – 8 pm
The gallery will be closed for the installation until 22nd November 2024.

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]


Sam Llewellyn-jones

23/10/2024

Elizabeth Xi Bauer presents ‘Sleeping Lions’, a solo exhibition showcasing the works of Theodore Ereira-Guyer, running until 9th November 2024. The exhibition is accompanied by a printed exhibition publication, which includes an essay by Tom Jeffreys.

“These emerging images – real, imagined, and remembered – are then washed over with a mop dunked in a bucket of acid, left to rust, wiped down, painted over with inks, wiped again with scrim. Things blur, dissolve and reveal themselves again. Dry pigments like glass powder might be added too. Some plates are kept quite simple, with no ink, only varnish and the fast-developing rust. Other works bear testament to Ereira-Guyer’s material exuberance, punctured or encrusted with oak galls, gum arabic, safflower, or annatto seed. I’m intrigued about the use of these organic materials within a process replete with toxicity. Containers around the studio are labelled with things like ferrochloride or copper sulphite. Etching is a process of controlled corrosion.”

-Excerpt from the accompanying exhibition essay by Tom Jeffreys.

1. ‘Nightsinger viii’, 2024. Etching on plaster, glass, pigment, cement, copper, 40 x 30 x 10 cm.
2. ‘Sleeping Lions’ Installation.
3. ‘Nightsinger xiii’, 2024. Etching on plaster, glass, pigment, cement, 40 x 30 x 6.5 cm.
4. ‘Sleeping Lions’ Installation.

Images courtesy of Matt Ashford.

Sleeping Lions
Theodore Ereira-Guyer
The exhibition continues until 9th November 2024.
Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6 pm.

https://elizabethxibauer.com/sleeping-lions/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]
ereira_guyer

18/09/2024

Elizabeth Xi Bauer proudly presents ‘Sleeping Lions’, a solo exhibition of new works by Theodore Ereira-Guyer. This upcoming show focuses on an expansive body of work exploring innovative techniques and delving into themes surrounding memory and time.

Theodore Ereira-Guyer’s process, largely etching on paper or plaster, involves a loss of information between the plate and the new surface, emulating the mechanism of memory. The medium is rooted in reproducibility, originally conceived as a tool to distribute information en masse. Instead, Ereira-Guyer creates unique works, whether one work printed per plate or a few, as each time, different aspects of the plate are accentuated, whereas others disappear, much like the fleeting and fading nature of time.

This exhibition will be accompanied by a printed exhibition publication featuring an essay by Tom Jeffreys.

‘Sleeping Lion ii’, 2024. Etching on plaster, dragon's blood, 86 x 200 x 16 cm.

Images courtesy of Lucid Plane.
Invite designed by Giulia Garbin.

Sleeping Lions
Theodore Ereira-Guyer
Private View 26th September 2024, 6 – 8 pm
The gallery will be closed for the installation until 27th September 2024.

https://elizabethxibauer.com/sleeping-lions/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

Theodore Ereira-Guyer

03/09/2024

1- Mariana Paiva Rebola, ‘Oracle,’ 2024. Found imagery and photocopy on paper, 28 x 39.5 cm
2 - Theodore Ereira-Guyer, ‘Blue moon,’ 2024. Heat treated bronze, Edition of 2, 44 x 42 x 9 cm.
3 - Detail
4 - Mariana Paiva Rebola, ‘Lasting and Certain,’ 2023. Found imagery and photocopy on paper, 41 x 27.5 cm
5 - Theodore Ereira-Guyer, ‘Sunshine bicho (v),’ 2024. Polished bronze, Edition of 2 (1 polished, 1 heat treated) + 1 AP (aluminium), 52 x 51 x 8 cm
6 - ‘Cupid’ Installation

On exhibition until 14 September 2024, at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, ‘Cupid’ brings together nine couples where both parts are active in producing art, whether as individuals or as double acts.

Theodore Ereira-Guyer and his partner Mariana Paiva Rebola, responded with individual creations that complement one another, as in a yin and yang dynamic. Ereira-Guyer exhibits two bronze sculptures that are shaped as rustic heads, whereas Paiva Rebola displays two unique collages, both featuring headless female bodies. It is as if the works require one another to form a full body.

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‘Cupid’ exhibits works by Abraham Kritzman & Matan Oren; Andreea Petrișor Hereșanu & Cătălin Marius Petrișor Hereșanu; Clementine Keith-Roach & Christopher Page; Gokula Stoffel & Paulo Monteiro; Maria Konder & Rafael D’Aló; Mariana Paiva Rebola & Theodore Ereira-Guyer; Marta Jakobovits & Miklós Jakobovits; Mr and Mrs Philip Cath; and Rafał Zajko & Jonathan Baldock.

Images courtesy of Richard Ivey.

Cupid
Curated by Maria do Carmo M.P. de Pontes
The exhibition continues until 14th September 2024
Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6 pm

https://elizabethxibauer.com/cupid/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
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22/08/2024

1 - Miklós Jakobovits, ‘Poetic Mood-Glowing Mood’ (from the series ‘The Atmosphere of Marta’s Raku-Pillows’) 2004. Tempera on paper, 45 x 36 cm (with passepartout and frame) 3- Marta Jakobovits, ‘Raku-Pillows - Morning-Meditations,’ 2003. Rearrangeable composition of ceramics, Raku technique, rusty metal sheets and found pieces, Various dimensions, Overall dimensions: 70 x 110 cm
4 - Marta Jakobovits, ‘Ceramic Box,’ 1986. Faience, 16 x 13 x 11 cm
5 - ‘Cupid’ Installation

Elizabeth Xi Bauer presents ‘Cupid’ exhibiting works by nine couples, 16 individual artists within their romantic partnerships, and an artist duo.

Marta and Miklós Jakobovits exhibit three types of interconnected works. There is a series of small Raku pillows created by Marta, exhibited alongside tempera paintings of the same pillows made by Miklós: a perfect example of how one’s individual practice might inspire the other’s work, creating an effortless artistic flow with mutual benefits. In addition, they exhibit a box that was devised by both of them: the form made by Marta and painted by Miklós, yet again vouching for the beauty of collaboration between lovers.
‘Cupid’ exhibits works by Abraham Kritzman & Matan Oren; Andreea Petrișor Hereșanu & Cătălin Marius Petrișor Hereșanu; Clementine Keith-Roach & Christopher Page; Gokula Stoffel & Paulo Monteiro; Maria Konder & Rafael D’Aló; Mariana Paiva Rebola & Theodore Ereira-Guyer; Marta Jakobovits & Miklós Jakobovits; Mr and Mrs Philip Cath; and Rafał Zajko & Jonathan Baldock.

Images courtesy of Richard Ivey.

Cupid
Curated by Maria do Carmo M.P. de Pontes
The exhibition continues until 14th September 2024
Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6 pm

https://elizabethxibauer.com/cupid/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
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06/08/2024

Image: Marta Jakobovits & Miklós Jakobovits in 2008.

Celebrating the many entanglements between love and creativity, Elizabeth Xi Bauer presents ‘Cupid’. Exhibiting works by nine couples: 16 individual artists within their romantic partnerships and an artist duo. The exhibition invites artists to explore the various creative dynamics within a relationship.

‘Cupid’ exhibits works by Abraham Kritzman & Matan Oren; Andreea Petrișor Hereșanu & Cătălin Marius Petrișor Hereșanu; Clementine Keith-Roach & Christopher Page; Gokula Stoffel & Paulo Monteiro; Maria Konder & Rafael D’Aló; Mariana Paiva Rebola & Theodore Ereira-Guyer; Marta Jakobovits & Miklós Jakobovits; Mr and Mrs Philip Cath; and Rafał Zajko & Jonathan Baldock.

‘Romantic relationships are intense bonds in themselves, but what about when people take this bond to the next level, blurring distinctions between living and creating? When, beyond sharing a private life and a bed, lovers also share a profession? Does this then shift into the occasional schadenfreude, or can selflessness prevail? How can one give honest feedback about your partner’s work when so many feelings are involved?’, explains Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes.

Image by Otto Kaiser. All rights reserved 2024 / Bridgeman Images.

Cupid
Curated by Maria do Carmo M.P. de Pontes
Private View 15th August 2024, 6 – 8 pm
The exhibition continues until 14th September 2024
The gallery will be closed for the installation until 16th August 2024

https://elizabethxibauer.com/cupid/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

03/07/2024

Image 1: ‘A portrait,’ 2024. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 30.5 cm and ‘Black pensées (revisited),’ 2024. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 30.5 cm.
Image 2: ‘You keep coming back in,’ 2024. Oil, acrylic and ink on canvas, 113 x 144 cm.

Elizabeth Xi Bauer’s current exhibition ‘Labyrinth,’ on until the 3rd of August, exhibits Karoliina Hellbergs’ first UK solo exhibition.

A magical realism permeates Hellberg’s work, accentuated by the abundance of flora, suggesting but never depicting humankind. This triumph of nature is exaggerated in paintings such as ‘You keep coming back in,’ 2024, where an enormous amount of hydrangeas flow towards a living room from all its windows. A water leak in the back wall of the room creates large puddles on the floor, heightening the inclemency of nature.

‘My process for composing works begins with a connection and evolves into a form of problem-solving. I use symbols like snakes, oysters, and a selection of various plants and flowers to shape the worlds within my paintings. These symbols carry memories, emotions, and secrets that define the worlds I create. The aesthetic ghosts, such as certain plants, animals and objects, often hold hidden meanings related to people in my life. These symbols can represent specific individuals, their values, or my memories of them. However, I do not intend to confine the interpretation of my paintings to these symbols alone. I aim for the different elements to evoke a range of understandings and atmospheres, encouraging diverse interpretations among viewers. My visual vocabulary and the significance of each symbol can vary in meaning from one person to another, enriching the experience and the universe of my work,’ Hellberg explains.

Images courtesy of Richard Ivey.

Labyrinth
Karoliina Hellberg
Curated by Maria do Carmo M.P. de Pontes
The exhibition continues until 3rd August 2024
Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6 pm

https://elizabethxibauer.com/labyrinth/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

30/05/2024

Image: ‘You keep coming back in,’ 2024. Oil, acrylic and ink on canvas, 113 x 144 cm

Elizabeth Xi Bauer is delighted to present Karoliina Hellberg’s first UK solo exhibition, ‘Labyrinth’.

‘Labyrinth’ will exhibit new works by the artist and a wallpaper print designed and executed by Hellberg for this upcoming solo show.

Karoliina Hellberg lives and works in Helsinki and is known for her large, vibrant oil, acrylic, and ink canvases. Her work immerses the viewer in a world of repeated imagery, signs, and symbols, a labyrinth of spaces and places, combining layers, forms, and elements. The artist blends dream-like visions and narratives that merge the everyday with the ethereal. This is explored with pictorial tropes such as indoor scenes, plants, flowers, clouds, animals, and textiles, which are remembered, imagined, or inspired by researched source material.

“Spaces and moods in my paintings have been influenced by the environment in which I grew up and the kind of places I feel to be important…spaces in [my] paintings are collages of metaphysical and psychological elements; they do not just reflect just one place or experience’’, Hellberg explains.

Image courtesy of Jussi Tiainen

Labyrinth
Karoliina Hellberg
Curated by Maria do Carmo M.P. de Pontes
Private View 6th June 2024, 6 – 8pm
The exhibition continues until 3rd August 2024
The gallery will be closed for the installation until 6th June 2024

https://elizabethxibauer.com/labyrinth/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

24/04/2024

‘Caught in the act of being ourselves’ exhibition EXTENDED until 25th May 2024

Elizabeth Xi Bauer is happy to announce that the debut solo exhibition by Alexandra Zarins, ‘Caught in the act of being ourselves’ is being extended. The exhibition will be on view until the 25th of May 2024.

Watch Alexandra Zarins talk more about her practice and works in the studio interview with Elizabeth Xi Bauer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEIBF9EF1RI

‘I feel like my art shouldn’t be didactic, I don’t want to tell those who view my works what to think, I don’t want there to one kind of clear-cut message. I want my paintings to raise questions, whether it is about the body or intimacy, or what closeness means’ - Alexandra Zarins

Video courtesy of Eleazar Akpan

Caught in the act of being ourselves
Alexandra Zarins
Curated by Maria do Carmo M.P. de Pontes
The exhibition continues until 25th May 2024

https://elizabethxibauer.com/caught-in-the-act-of-being-ourselves/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery visits Alexandra Zarins in her studio in South Kensington

17/04/2024

Art Market Magazine highlights Alexandra Zarins’ current exhibition, ‘Caught in the act of being ourselves’, on display until 11th May at Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London.

https://www.magzter.com/US/Art-Market/Art-Market/Art/

Image courtesy of Richard Ivey, the Artist and Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London

Caught in the act of being ourselves
Alexandra Zarins
Curated by Maria do Carmo M.P. de Pontes
The exhibition continues until 11th May 2024

https://elizabethxibauer.com/caught-in-the-act-of-being-ourselves/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]

02/04/2024

Elizabeth Xi Bauer is proud to announce Alexandra Zarins’ debut solo exhibition, ‘Caught in the act of being ourselves.’ The body of work on display showcases Zarins’ evolving exploration into concepts surrounding intimacy, social interactions, personal closeness, and the emotional turbulence tethered within these moments. On large canvases, the artist’s compositional techniques immerse the viewer within the paintings, calling the observer to become submerged as an active participant within the scenes.

Working from her imagination and lived experiences, Zarins conjures surreal moments brimming with pronounced intimacy. Composing the interplay between closeness with oneself and others, her works delve into nuanced and dynamic emotions. The apparent comfort and tranquillity are subverted by challenges such as unsettling critical over-analytical thoughts and self-consciousness. Zarins’ use of a rich, vivid colour palette with weighted underlayers of paint alludes to the manifestation of these conflicts. Something inviting on the surface has undertones of something more sinister creeping in. The artist often presents a blend of unconventional viewpoints which serve to amplify the sense of intimacy. Zarins explains, ‘Pushing the viewpoint right up into the viewer’s space—not allowing any release from the subject that I’m presenting—is an attempt to fully realise that sense of closeness.’

Images courtesy of the Artist and Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London

Caught in the act of being ourselves
Alexandra Zarins
Curated by Maria do Carmo M.P. de Pontes
Private View 11th April 2024, 6 – 8pm
The exhibition continues until 11th May 2024
The gallery will be closed for the installation until 11th April 2024

https://elizabethxibauer.com/caught-in-the-act-of-being-ourselves/

Elizabeth Xi Bauer
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Fuel Tank, 8-12 Creekside
London, SE8 3DX
020 3048 5220
[email protected]