SLAM:
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Who is The Sunday Painter and how did the gallery come about?

The Sunday Painter:
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We established the gallery in 2008 whilst studying at Camberwell. It was originally housed in a tatty old pub function room (which we spruced up) for 6 or 7 months. We then built a straight-to-the-point white cube as part of Bold Tendencies III, and after that we took 7 or 8 months off whilst we worked on finding a more permanent location for the gallery. That turned out to be a 1st floor office in Peckham, which is now home to The Sunday Painter gallery and 12 artist studios.

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What exhibitions have you held so far?

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Since opening the new gallery in May 2010, we gave Stuart Middleton his first solo exhibition and Howard Rogers his first exhibition in 6 or 7 years. We also exhibited Dark Matter - a group show that explored the monochrome, with work from Andy Jackson and Tom Hackney, and the well received but short-lived rooftop film screenings from Sam Austen, and Grace Schofield.

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What do you have planned for 2011?

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We're excited to be working with a new group of artists for our February exhibition Ready Meal, in particular Ben Wheele whom we'll be working with on a solo exhibition for late 2011. We've got a couple of big group shows in the pipeline and our first 2 person exhibition, which is set to open in April 2011.

Q —
What's your favourite thing about Peckham?

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The Jamaican Patties, and of course the people that live and work here.

The Sunday Painter
1st Floor
12-16 Blenheim Grove
London
SE15 4QL
http://www.thesundaypainter.co.uk

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