In the age of self-design, where everyone is constantly producing an image of themselves for the reception of a global audience Hempton and Cuddon choose the body as subject through quiet aesthetic insubordination. As part of a unique collaboration for the two artists they will respond to one another and the space. Works will have physical dependency, although discrete and component parts can be read individually or synthesize as one.

To coincide with the exhibition Katie Cuddon will launch her new publication ‘Without A Sentence, Without A Name’, alongside a performative event by the two artists.

Published by Newcastle University and Art Editions North (Sunderland University)

Celia Hempton’s solo exhibitions include 'Paintings on Walls and Canvas', Lorcan O’Neill, Rome, 2014, 'VUG', Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany, 2013, 'Cur', Southard Reid, London, UK, 2013, 'Tin', Take Courage, London, UK, 2012. Recent group exhibitions include 'Open Heart Surgery', The Moving Museum, London, UK, 2013, 'Abstract Cabinet', David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK, 2013, 'Ruby', Gallery Vela, , 'SV12', Studio Voltaire, London, UK, 2012.

Katie Cuddon’s solo exhibitions include 'Waiting For The Cue', Simon Oldfield Gallery, London, UK, 2011, 'Spanish Lobe', Ceramics Fellow, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK, 2011, 'I no longer know what the money is', Alma Enterprises Gallery, London, UK, 2010. Selected group exhibitions include 'The Stone of Folly', Downstairs, Hereford, UK, 2012, 'Studio Voltaire Members Show', London, UK, 2012, 'Friendship of the Peoples', Simon Oldfield Gallery, London, UK, 2011, 'Spazi Aperti', Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy, 2009.