Boom Boom exhibition of prints by Iva

Invitation by IVA to Front Room, Totterdown Art Trail Preview

http://www.grantbradleygallery.co.uk/current.html

January 2013 Exhibition

Showing 12th January - February 2nd 2013

Private view - Friday 11th January at 6pm

Ivana's exhibition of Prints at St George's in Bristol

http://ivanasvabic-iva.blogspot.co.uk/

EXHIBITION IN BELGRADE!

http://www.spikeprintstudio.org/courses/136

Ivana Svabic

This is one of the illustrations for the book 'Pim &Patty and the big oak tree', only 9 spreads, which I've nearly finished! It's a commission for a private buyer.

Gorilla Auction exceeds all expectations: Going, Going, Gone!!!

Ready to GO!  Gorisambard (L) by Tim Miness started a bidding war and went for the highest price £23K.

Banana Shirt (Ivana Svabic Cannon) £6K

SW Illustrators together raised £45 000 of the total £427 300

raised on Thursday night at the auction of 60 gorillas at the Victoria Rooms, Bristol.  That's more than 10% of the total for 10% of the gorillas sold on Thursday!!!!  The money goes to The Wallace & Gromit Grand Appeal in aid of Bristol Children's Hospital and Ape Conservation charities which have been long supported by Bristol Zoo Gardens.

Blackbeard Silverback (Jane Ververis Callan) £10K

Hubert (Anthony Hitchcock) £6K

Guerilla Tourist (Anthony Hitchcock) £7.5K

Endangered PJs (Frances Cony) £6.5K

Blackbeardorilla (Chris Taylor) £9K

Bristol Zoo Wow! Gorillas appear in London 16-22 September 2011

20 of the Bristol Zoo Wow! Gorillas hit the M4 - hopefully not literally - for London today.  They will appear at More London for nearly a week to promote the auction of all 61 ape sculptures 2 weeks today Thursday 29 September at The Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol.  The Gorillas will be along Queen's Walk between London Bridge and Tower Bridge near City Hall.

Included will be Jane Ververis Callan's Blackbeard Silverback, Anthony Hitchcock's Guerilla Tourist, Frances Cony's Endangered PJs and Chris Taylor's Blackbeardorilla. Here they all are in earlier days:

Blackbeard Silverback

 

Guerilla Tourist



Endangered PJs (Bert); Guerilla Tourist (Bob) in background
and Tony with Hubert (aka Joe)



Bert (Endangered PJs) (pic: Ivana Cannon)

  

Blackbeard (& Chris)

Update (16 Sept): There are 4 photos on Facebook of them in London including Tower Bridge in the background and Endangerd PJs bottom in the foreground.

Meanwhile, Ivana Svabic Cannon's Banana Shirt is still on display in Bristol, now inside its sponsor Waitrose's Queens Road, Clifton store.

Banana Shirt (& Ivana)

Hubert, Guerilla Tourist & Banana Shirt

In want of photos of them on the street as yet, here are the guys when they were in the warehouse where they were painted:

Guerilla Tourist (aka Bob) by Tony Hitchcock

Hubert (aka Joe) & Guerilla Tourist both by Tony Hitchcock

Hubert & Banana Shirt

Banana Shirt by Ivana Cannon

Guerilla Tourist (no 60) is at Birmingham Coach Station (to encourage passengers not to go to Edinburgh, Manchester or Norwich, but to change their plans and visit Bristol instead!  Apparently in the past they have positioned such artwork on the top of a Welsh mountain).  Tony is to visit him in situ this week, c/o the sponsor National Express.

Hubert (26) is outside Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre to start with, and then Holiday Inn Bristol Airport.


Banana Shirt (48) is outside The Victoria Rooms, having been sponsored by Waitrose.

They will be on display until 7 September.  After that, they will all gather at Bristol Zoo, before being auctioned on 29 September.  The money raised will be split between The Bristol Children's Hospital (The Wallace & Gromit Grand Appeal), and ape conservation projects.  Sometime before that the artists have to spruce their apes up ready for the auction - getting rid of scratches, graffiti tags and scuff marks from the shoes of kids who've sat on the gorillas!

Download a map of the WOW! Bristol Gorillas at http://www.wowgorilla.org.uk/wow-gorillas.  There are now 61 life-size gorillas (including Doris a new figurehead for The Matthew), and 101 smaller gorillas which have been decorated by local schools.  For more information on the WOW! Bristol Gorillas project and Bristol Zoo's 175th birthday see: http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/wow-gorillas

WOW! project is a celebration of 175 years of Bristol ZOO

Preliminary sketches for a gorilla sculpture

 This was my first design; Gorilla wrapped in a bundle of hair.

Second design is definitely more commercial!
Sponsor - Waitrose, location - Queen's Road, Bristol.

Banana shirt

My design is influenced by everyday consumerism, where supermarkets become the main places where we ‘hunt food’! I’ve illustrated this by dressing up my gorilla in a shirt patterned with bananas.

I’ve also used my prints in linocut for this design. Rhythm of pattern is an essence of my printmaking work. I’ve patterned gorilla’s head and body with the motif of my print called ‘Twirl’, a stylised twirl of hair. This symbol gives the impression of safety, with the gorilla wrapped in a twirl of hair; strong and ancient like the Sphinx.

Another linocut motif ‘Sparkler’, I’ve placed at the back of his trousers, just to add to its cartoony, comical look.

I just need to paint it now!

Ivana Svabic Cannon 

Introduction to Collagraph Course ~ Ivana Svabic Cannon

2 Week Course

Introduction to Collagraph

£50

Led by Ivana Svabic Cannon MA

Wednesdays 19 & 26 January 2011

6.00 – 9.00pm

At Spike Print Studio, Spike Island Artspace, Bristol UK

Click here to download the PDf Booking Form

Collagraph technique is fantastic for those interested in using mix-media in printmaking. The course will provide ideas and technical shortcuts in image making. You will use a wide range of materials and will be practise a combination of both intaglio and relief method of inking.
This course is suitable for both, beginners and experienced printmakers.


'Hello Monet'
Collagraph print by Ivana Svabic Cannon

 COLLAGRAPH

In a collagraph, the plate is built up and manipulated by the artist, using a collage-like process which combines a large array of materials such as glue, card, carborundum, sawdust, paints, filler, string, fabric and more. The artist can also draw lines into the paint or plaster before it hardens. As a result, the plate may print as both relief and intaglio. Collagraph prints are inked and printed in a similar manner to an etching.

Making Collagraphs is for artists who enjoy mix-media; printing collagraph plates reveals unexpectedly truly magical images, quite interesting for developing new free illustrating styles.

Season's Greetings from Ivana Cannon

Polar Milonga

Front Room 2010 - Art trail, Totterdown, Bristol 19-21 November

SWillustrator Ivana Svabic Cannon is taking part in the art trail Front Room 2010 this weekend in Totterdown, Bristol.

Friday 19 November: 6-9pm

Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 November: 12-6pm
See Ivana's work at Venue 26

Ivana Svabic Cannon - Sparclar

Ivana Svabic Cannon - attraction3



Ivana Svabic Cannon - edge



Zappy Christmas!

Ivana Svabic Cannon

SWill at the RWA 2009

SWill member Ivana Svabic Cannon has been selected to exhibit at the Royal West of England Academy 'Open Print' exhibition.

"Contemporary printmaking selected from an open submission. The exhibition includes examples of recent work by nine invited artists - from China, Japan, Poland and Russia".

9th August - 19th September 2009

RWA Opening Times 10:00 - 5:30pm Monday - Saturday 2:00 - 5:00pm Sunday Last admission half an hour before closing

Admission : £4.00
Concession : £2.50
Children : Free

www.rwa.org.uk