Bio
Slinkachu
32/m/UK
The 'Little People Project' started in 2006. It involves the remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place, photograph and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography and the titles I give these scenes aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed. But underneath this, there is always some humour. I want people to be able to empathise with the tiny people in my works.
Shows
Unbuilt - V&A Late (Exhibition and workshop) The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, June 2012
Megacool 4: Youth & Art (Group show) Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria, June-October 2012
Focus On Life (Charity group show) Getty Gallery, London, May 2012
You Are Here - Slinkachu in 2018 Antwerp (Solo show and outdoor event) Antwerp, May 2012
East Wing X: Material Matters (Group show) Courtauld Institute of Art, London, January 2012-June 2013
Street Art: The New Generation (Group show) Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland, February-May 2012
The Big City (Solo show) Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany, October 2011
Concrete Ocean (solo show) Andipa Gallery, London, March 2011
Fame Festival 2010 (Group show and city-wide installations), Grottaglie, Italy, September 2010
Inter-Cool 3.0 (Group show) U, Dortmund, Germany, 2010
Booked (Group show) Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, June 2010
Extraordinary Measures (Group show), Belsay Hall - English Heritage, Northumberland UK, May 2010
London Original Print Fair Royal Academy of Arts, London, April 2010
Skullduggerous (Bhopal charity group show) Pure Evil Gallery, London, March 2010
Andipa Gallery Annual Show at Gstaad Palace (Group show) Gstaad, Switzerland, February 2010
Fame Festival 2009 (Group show and city-wide installations), Grottaglie, Italy, September 2009
Whatever Happened to the Men of Tomorrow? (Solo show) Andipa Gallery, London, June 2009
Tunnel 228 (Group show), London, May 2009
Identity Crisis (Group show) Shiv Gallery, London, May 2009
Made to Measure (Group Show) The Forum, Norwich, April 2009
Sample 09 (Group show) Exhibitx at theprintspace, London, March 2009
Focus (Group show) T & P Fine Art gallery, Philadelphia, USA, March 2009
The Print Show 09 (Group show) Black Rat Press Gallery, London, February 2009
Andipa Gallery Annual Show at Gstaad Palace (Group show) Gstaad, Switzerland, February 2009
Ground Zero (Solo show) Cosh Gallery, London, August 2008
Trespass Alliance: Inside Urban Art (Group show) Andipa Gallery, London, June 2008
The Print Show (Group show) Black Rat Press Gallery, London, February 2008
The Bunny Show (Group show) Cosh Gallery, London, October 2007
NuArt (Group show) Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway, September 2007
Gis (Group show) Cosh Gallery, London, June 2007
Play (Group show) Urbis Gallery, Manchester, March 2007
Eleven (Group show) Leonard Street Gallery, London, March 2007