Oct 9, 2024
The first exhibition to showcase artists from the UK public relations (PR) industry, ‘The Art of PR’, will open to the public for a week in London this November.
The first exhibition to showcase artists from the UK public relations (PR) industry, ‘The Art of PR’, will open to the public for a week in London this November.
The exhibition, taking place at The Coningsby Gallery in the heart of Fitzrovia, London, features works from PR Practitioners who have launched successful art careers including Tonye Ekine, ROSL 2024 Rising Star and Venice Biennale Fellow, Occhi Arts and Entertainment’s David Emmanuel Noel and Stella Tooth, a professional portraitist specialising in musicians. It also presents emerging artists from within the PR industry including Nadia Padayachy, Simon Moore, Joe Thomas, Ruby Quince, Emily Rose Halladay, Justine Bower, Francesca Hales, Alexandra Heybourne and Ade Lee.
This diverse and vibrant exhibition, open to the public and free to view, will show a collection of original contemporary works in various media including oils, watercolours, pencil, digital, print design and photography. The exhibition will also feature live portrait drawings in the gallery by artist and PR Joe Thomas.
Whilst the advertising industry has a long-established association with art and artists, its younger sibling, PR & Communications, despite its roots in creativity, has until now never celebrated its artists. Organisers hope the exhibition will become an annual event in arts and marketing calendars.
Exhibition organiser and Boldspace senior creative Ade Lee said, “A showcase for artists in the PR sector is long overdue. Artists often have day jobs, and this exhibition gathers some of the incredibly talented, dedicated and inspiring artists from the world of PR. The Art of PR will provide a platform for the Picassos of publicity and the Michelangelos in media relations for the first time.”
Coningsby Gallery owner Andrew Coningsby said, “This gallery represents some of the most original illustrators and animators working in the communication arts fields. As such I’m particularly delighted to be helping Ade and the artists he is promoting with his innovative enterprise.” The exhibition has been organised by Ade Lee and supported by brand and communications agency Boldspace.
The free exhibition is open to the public between 18th and 23rd November 2024 at The Coningsby Gallery, 30 Tottenham Steet, London. Artworks will be available for sale. A Private View event will take place Tuesday 19th November 5.30pm – 9pm. Ade Lee has worked at various PR agencies, is a former director of publicity at Sky, and senior creative at Boldspace. A film photographer who studied darkroom techniques at Greenwich Community College, Ade works exclusively with vintage Rolleiflex cameras and black and white film, developing and printing in his darkroom in Charlton, London.
For more information, please visit: www.coningsbygallery.com