
‘mickey: the true original exhibition’ - celebrating an icons 90th birthday.
Disney and art enthusiasts, this celebration is for you! In honour of Disney’s original mascot turning 90, our Rivington Street gallery in East London hosted a complimentary exhibition dedicated to the beloved Mickey Mouse on his birthday. The event featured works from both emerging and renowned artists, including Jimmy C, recognized for his David Bowie pieces in Brixton, Jazz Stan, who blends traditional fine art techniques with contemporary street art, and Alexandra Kruusberg, acclaimed for her intricate linework, among others. Each artist explored a different era of Mickey Mouse, drawing inspiration from those periods to reinterpret this animated icon in innovative ways.
FEATURED ARTISTS.
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I am a multidisciplinary designer currently based in Tallinn, Estonia who loves typography, editorial design and motion graphics. I'm passionate about innovation and solutions that strive towards a more sustainable future through combining design with tech.
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I'm Ashton Attzs and I am a UK-based illustrator and painter. My paintings and digital illustrations are colourful and vibrant celebrations of the everyday person and day-to-day life. My work is bold, joyful and unapologetic both in style and message; often representing the LGBTQ+ community.
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Brook Tate is a British painter, writer and musical theatre maker based in Bristol, UK. Having taught himself to paint and play guitar since 2011, Brook has developed a creative practise that spans many art forms.
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Approaching art in the same way a child would by trying to limit the inevitable edits of an adult brain, Carl attempts to tap into the source at it's purest state: A thirty-something going back to the roots of play and creation. The equivalent of making something from a big box of Lego without the instruction booklet
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Working largely in oil paint, British artist Fred Coppin captures an eternal sense of optimism in his work through a distinctive combination of amplified colour and playful forms.
Exploring an eclectic range of subjects (from unassuming drainpipes to bottles of detergent), Coppin’s paintings are ultimately tied together by an uplifting impulse to dissect, exaggerate and reassemble the world around us into its most hopeful state.
Whilst his painting is most often representational and nods to great British painters, the careful integration of glitches, geometry and pastel tones offers a quality that firmly roots his work in the digital era.
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Liverpool based mural artist Jessica Arrowsmith Stanley, AKA Jazz Stan, works with a mix of media in a diverse range of styles and sizes.
A fusion of fine art technique and contemporary sensibilities underpins her aesthetic, resulting in bold, engaging works.
The work has recently expanded to include elements of abstract expressionism, working with more natural tones and automatic mark-making to communicate the artist's perspective more clearly.
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James Cochran, aka Jimmy C played a key role in the development of the underground graffiti movement in Australia during the early 1990's, and after working on numerous mural commissions and community arts projects, went on to complete a Masters degree in Visual Arts at the University of South Australia with an interest in urban realist and figurative oil painting. His two interests in graffiti and oil painting converged, leading to the development of Cochran's signature aerosol pointillist style; portraits or urban landscapes painted entirely from dots and dashes of spray paint. This technique developed into what he called the 'drip paintings' and the 'scribble paintings', composed of layers of coloured drips or energetic lines to form vibrant and poetic cityscapes and portraits. Cochran now lives in London and his canvases and walls can be viewed in cities across the world.
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Pal Kumar is a London-based, Indian-born multi-diciplinary artist, who specialises in hyper-realism drawings, paintings and film-making. He has a keen eye for capturing cultural and technical nuances in his artwork, drawing inspiration from his multicultural upbringing.
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Sam Adefe is an illustrator and digital artist from Nigeria now based in London.
Being creative is an everyday thing with me, it’s not really a single matter of who/what inspires what I do or how I go about doing it. I’m surrounded by an array of inspirational things/subject matters. I believe creativity is the very reason we all exist, it’s our chance to make something out of nothing. This world is governed by this basic fundamental. To do that, one must have an open mind about everything, just as we were once toddlers. Playing, dropping toys, experimenting…all in the name of discovery…“
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Hello! I'm Tanatswa Borerwe, a Zimbabwean-born British Architect and illustrator currently based in the vibrant city of London.
For me, architecture is more than just buildings; it's a catalyst for collaboration and creativity. I believe that by bringing together diverse perspectives, we can craft architectural masterpieces that transcend mere functionality and become timeless works of art. That's why I harness the power of hand drawing as both a design and communication tool in my architectural and urban design endeavours.















