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International artists unite for UEL Professional Doctorate show - June 21-28

Friday 8 June 2007

A major exhibition of the work of six international artists will go on show at UEL’s School of Architecture and the Visual Arts at the Docklands Campus from 21-28 June.

The artists involved are all currently completing UEL's Professional Doctorates in Fine Art - the highest qualification any artist can achieve in the UK. Their exhibition will involve a wide range of media and styles, providing an enlightening insight into contemporary fine art practice.

Sheng-Kai Chou, from Taiwan, produces abstract, vividly coloured paintings. Chou, who is profoundly deaf, associates visual experiences with sounds in his imagination. He then interprets these imaginative transformations into visual elements which are incorporated into his paintings.

Michail Parlamas, from Greece but now living in Whitechapel, explores the relationship between high and low culture and their possible co-existence. Parlamas combines visual elements from his native Greek classical culture, and from international mass media to produce paintings and drawings of verve and wit.

The work of Coral Shubert, from Southend, involves photography, video and multimedia. Coral attempts to piece together the moments, relationships, thoughts and feelings that tend not to be recorded within the traditional family album, but are nevertheless important in the construction of our personal narratives.

Annie Hui-Chen Lin explores her subject matter of the feminine ‘phenomenological’ experience by drawing upon memories and cultural influences of her Taiwanese heritage. In her meticulous paintings, she investigates the darker, suppressed side of eroticism, evoking themes of danger, desire, and constraint.

Martha Dimitropoulou, from Greece, creates paintings and sculptures that explore the unlimited relationships between the natural and the artificial world. Using adhesive vinyl, she creates forms that reinforce a sense of suspension, a place between reality and the appearance of truth.

Vasso Gavaisse’s work is preoccupied with geometry in terms of the structures and webs that make up the mental and physical fabric of human activity. Vasso, also from Greece, uses holographic paper, a material often used in space-related research, and produces massive sculptural constructions.

  UEL’s School of Architecture and the Visual Arts, opened in 2004 by Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry, offers dedicated, purpose-built studios, workshops and exhibition space. For further information, visit www.uel.ac.uk/ava.

The Professional Doctorate exhibition will be open to the public from Monday 18 to Friday 22 June, between 11am and 5pm each day. For further information, visit www.uel.ac.uk/ava or contact Beryl Watson on 020 8223 3400.

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For details and pictures contact Patrick Wilson: 020 8223 2061 or 07951 797 975

Notes to Editors

The University of East London (UEL) is a global learning community with over 28,000 students from over 120 countries world-wide. Our vision is to achieve recognition, both nationally and internationally, as a successful and inclusive regional university proud of its diversity, committed to new modes of learning which focus on students and enhance their employability, and renowned for our contribution to social, cultural and economic development, especially through our research and scholarship. We have a strong track-record in widening participation and working with industry.

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