Material Changes: Creativity and Problem Solving towards a Post-Hydrocarbon World

 

From 17 – 27 September Messums will be at Space House in Covent Garden focusing on non-hydrocarbon awareness with an exhibition showcasing artists working innovatively with alternative materials. This exhibition forms part of Messums well-established ‘Active Environmentalism’ programme and long-standing commitment to art that engages with the environment and strives for sustainability. As a gallery, Messums is dedicated to proactively responding to the world we live in and creating a platform for artists who are using their creative practices to activate knowledge, to problem-solve and to develop new, progressive approaches that can advance our thinking and understanding.

Furthermore Messums believes in the fusion of art and scientific research.  This exhibition is in partnership with Ocean Rising, a global initiative weaving the ocean into the fabric of contemporary culture through creative partnerships.  Created by the Schmidt Ocean Institute and Nekton, it integrates the ocean with art, fashion, film and more to spark curiosity, inspire new perspectives and galvanise ocean empathy.  Through partnerships like this it cultivates a vibrant community dedicated to celebrating and safeguarding our blue planet and inspiring a new generation of ocean ambassadors.

The exhibition at Space House will present the work of three artists who are producing work with a post hydrocarbon mindset – Zena Holloway, Julia Lohmann and Tessa Campbell- Fraser. It will be on display during London Design Festival and will coincide with the launch of Material Matters London, the art fair dedicated to material intelligence in architecture and design, which this year will take place at Space House from 17-20 September.

 

Biography 

Tessa Campbell Fraser FRSS

[ 1967
- Present ]
Tessa Campbell Fraser is a British painter and sculptor based in Oxfordshire. Born in Edinburgh, she studied at Chelsea School of Art and afterwards established herself as one of the country’s leading animal artists. She has completed several major life-size, and larger than life, sculptures and paintings for clients including the late Queen Elizabeth II, the King of Bahrain, Knuthenborg Safari Park Denmark, William Grant & Son, the Household Cavalry and Sir Jackie Stewart.  She has work in private collections around the world including Australia, South Africa, Monaco, and the USA, and has exhibited widely including at the Royal Academy Summer Shows, Sculpture at Goodwood, the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford and the Natural History Museum in London where she had a major solo show in 2004.  
Artist Profile

Zena Holloway

[ 1973
- Present ]
Zena Holloway is a self-taught maker, researcher, collaborator and the founder of Rootfull. She cultivates textile by guiding plant root, as it grows, with templates that are intricately carved from beeswax. The process goes from seed to harvest in just two weeks and uses only organic and locally sourced materials; any excess shoot or seed is repurposed as animal fodder, leaving no waste behind.
Artist Profile

Julia Lohmann

[ 1977
- Present ]
German-born artist, designer and researcher Julia Lohmann (b. Hildesheim, 1977) investigates and critiques the ethical and material value systems underpinning our relationship with flora and fauna. She is Professor of Practice in Contemporary Design at Aalto University, Helsinki, where she also lives. Julia studied at the Royal College of Art, where she has also taught.
Artist Profile
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