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Tobacco Factory and the Grain Barge host free contemporary art exhibitions
Continuing in their promotion of local artistic talent, the Tobacco Factory and the Grain Barge have announced the latest in their series of free exhibitions, running in February and March.
Main Room, Tobacco Factory
The UWE Illustration Final Degree Show Exhibition will be available to view in the Tobacco Factory main room for the first three and a half weeks of February.
Showcasing the work of 3rd year students, the entire collection will be on sale, will proceeds going towards fundraising efforts for their final graduation show in the summer.
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On February 2, an official opening night for the exhibition will be held, featuring ‘drink and draws’, caricature drawing, badge making and rubber stamp printing, alongside a raffle.
The exhibition runs at the Tobacco Factory main room from February 1-26 at 10am-11pm daily. To find out more about their fundraising, as well as the students themselves, visit their GoFundMe page or follow @zest_uwe on Insta.
The Snug, Tobacco Factory
Born and raised in Łódź, Poland, Dominika Wenz is something of a polymath, with a background of studying art, occupational therapy and social work.
Alongside her principal hobby of photography, fine art has increasingly become a way for her to express emotion, particularly through the medium of abstraction.
Wenz previously exhibited in Bristol at the 4th Art Meeting of Polish Artists at Centrespace Gallery in 2017. Here, she will be showing her City Shapes series, representing the different forms, colours and light at play throughout the days and seasons in the city.
“The artwork forms a fascinating communication between the artist and the viewer,” she says. “Abstract painting is open to everyone’s interpretation.”
Dominika Wenz, from City Shapes exhibition (2022) – photo: courtesy of the artist
Dominika Wenz: City Series runs at the Snug, Tobacco Factory from February 13-March 25, at 10am-11pm daily. Follow @wenz_fineart on Insta for more details.
Grain Barge
Claudia Gibbons is a Bristol-based fine artist specialising in drawing and painting. She draws inspiration from “nature, people and city living”, and has spent time working in Europe and Argentina, all of which filters into her vibrant style.
“My work is a reflection of the wonderful multi-cultural environments I’ve lived in,” she says.
This collection to be exhibited at the Grain Barge features patterns, shapes and colours she sees every day, taken into imagined scenes or compositions. Her chosen title Daydreamer pays homage to her experience of neurodivergence, which she now sees as the driving force of her creativity.
Claudia Gibbons: Daydreamer runs at the Grain Barge from January 31-March 5. Follow @claudiagibbons_art on Insta or visit www.claudiagibbons.co.uk to find out more.
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Main photo: Claudia Gibbons
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