Seifreid and Mack paper bird commission

Recently completed paper commission, inspired by taxidermy birds, for German interior designers Seifried & Mack.

Ammo Magazine

This month sees the release of Ammo magazine's 8th issue, which features an interview with myself along with loads of great work from from some really top illustrators. Its a really beautiful little mag and at a really nice price. Click HERE To get your hands on a copy.

to find out more about Ammo magazine go to www.ammomagazine.co.uk

Work featured in Blankpages Magazine

Check out the recent issue of Blankpages Magazine, which features my work on the cover and an artists profile.

Blankpages is a monthly magazine issued by Blank Media Collective, a manchester based creative organisation set up to support emerging artists. To find out more go to http://www.blankmediacollective.org/

You can read the new issue of Blanpages here

Live drawing at the Hepworth grand opening

image: charcole test drawing by Andy Singleton and Richard Sweeney

Myself and Richard Sweeney will be creating a large scale charcole drawing live at the grand opening of the Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire's land mark new gallery. The event will be held over two days, the 21st - 22nd of May. For more information on the event and the Hepworth gallery go to www.hepworthwakefield.org

Sneak Peek: : Liberty Birds

Here is a sneak peek at what i have been working on for Liberty. The work will be fully installed by the 10th of March. More images coming soon.

'They Loved What They Found' Crafts Council and Liberty Commission

I am very excited to tell you I have been commissioned by the Craft Council and Liberty to create a installation at the Liberty store in London after proposing my concept to them earlier this week. The image above shows test pieces i created that formed part of my proposal.

The installation, which is called 'They loved what they found' will make up part of Liberty's Stationary Room and will be constructed entirely from paper. The work will be fully installed and ready to view by the 10th of March.

Coral Reef papercut commission

A private commission i recently completed. Inspired by beautiful and complex coral reefs, the piece was hand cut over about 3-4 days from 170gsm acid free paper stock. The piece is 29cm x 21cm in size.

Noiselab Window Installation

I have been asked to create a window installation for the Noiselab pop-up shop in Manchester city centre. Installing on the 16th of August. The finished work will be posted soon.

'Dust Clouds in the Eagle Nebula' Paper exhibition

Photography by Richard Sweeney

'Inspired by photography from the Hubble space telescope, Andy Singleton attempts to explore the scale, intricacy and beauty of our universe. Choosing the medium of large scale paper cuttings, he hopes to inspire the same sense of awe that we feel when we look into the deepest regions of space. '

This is the completed hand cut paper installation piece, 'Dust Clouds in the Eagle Nebula' currently being exhibited at the Bowery gallery, Headingly, Leeds.

If you would like further information on the show and the location of the gallery, please follow this link: http://www.bowery.org/

or contact me directly at andy_singleton1@yahoo.co.uk

Cut Paper Exhibition, The Bowery Gallery, 8th of July - Oct 22nd

I will be exhibiting a new large scale paper cut work 'Dust Clouds in the Eagle Nebula' at the the Bowery Gallery. I will be exhibiting along side paper artist Jayne Wilson.
Opening night is Thursday 8th of july. Please come down to see the works, for complimentary refreshments, and live music.

For further details please visit thebowey.org website or feel free to contact me directly.

Singleton Sweeney & sons Gallery

After temporarily acquiring access to the empty shops in Wakefield, myself and Richard Sweeney have transformed the space given to us into the Singleton Sweeney & sons Gallery for last Wednesdays artwalk. To see some the works on show just click here

WAKEFIELD ART WALK: Shop Front Exhibition, Wednesday May 26th

One again its the Wakefield Art Walk. Me and Richard will not be in our studio on Wednesday evening, as we are opening up the empty shop front space (formerly cash converters) to exhibit new large scale works.

Please come down and see what we have been up to!

We are in 102/104 Kirkgate in the town centre. Please follow this link for more details about the art walk or feel free to email me at andy_singleton1@yahoo.co.uk

Iv attached an image of a piece that is being exhibited.

hope to see you there

Ex Virtus T-shirts on Sale

Finally the Ex Virtus T-shirts have arrived and are now available to Buy from my Etsy Shop

Hope you enjoy

Paper Cut Exhibition, The Bowery, Leeds 8th July - Oct 22

I have recently been asked to create a large scale paper installation piece at The Bowery Gallery, Leeds. The work is going to be a freestyle paper cut on a scale i have never attempted before. Stretching roughly 15 meters in length, the cut is going to take inspiration from images of the Universe.
For now that is all i can tell you, but i can give a little taster of the work to come. The images below are a series of cuts i created over the last few days in preparation for the large work.

paper cut test sheets


Cosmic dust (test 4) 594mm x420mm



Nebula (test 3) 594mm x420mm


The show opens on the 8th of July and continues until the 22nd of Oct. More details to come.

Empty Shop Front Exhibition

Westgate Studios in association with East Street Arts presents: Empty Shop Fronts Exhibitions

This Wednesday (28th April) the scheme kicks off in Wakefield with 3 shop fronts transformed into gallery spaces.

98 Kirkgate – Julie Clarke exhibits ‘Thousand Cranes’

88 Kirkgate – Alice Bradshaw exhibits ‘Blown Light Bulbs’ with the PEEP Gallery

102/104 Kirkgate – Richard Sweeney and Andy Singleton show paper sculptures and a large scale mural.

Much of this exhibited work has been specially developed in response to the space.

Please join us for the opening night on Wednesday 28th between 5pm and 9pm as we venture between venues to witness the city’s first shop front exhibitions.


http://westgatestudios.blogspot.com/

Organic/ Mechanics Book (the origins of my visual style)

I recently put together a small book, using imagery from early works which are the origins of much of the visual language i use today. Check it out at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andysingleton/sets/72157623585770378/

Available to buy. please contact me for more details

andy_singleton1@yahoo.co.uk

New year, new studio, new work!

2010 is here and to celebrate i have moved out of the bedroom and into a new space, at Westgate Studios in Wakefield.
I am already working towards a group exhibition for Wakefield Art Walk, put together buy the artist Vicky Lucas, on the 27th of January. I will update further soon.
Also expect to see a new paper cutting project come into fruition, a brand new website, new commissioned works and im sure many ideas and works i dont even know about yet!

Happy New Year.

i hope its a good one

'Oi, Big Head!!'

Me mam found an Load of A1 flipboard paper pads in a £1 shop. amazing price. i decided to have a go on it last night. This big headed fella was what popped out.

Ex Virtus Back On Track

Over the last few months, we at Ex Virtus have been struggling to move things along. We have not been able to give the Project the time has been asking for.
Things have taken a turn for the better in the last week or two and we are now looking for a Dec 1st release of the Website with 5 designs ready to buy in time for you to get your presents for Christmas.

Here is an early drawing of one of the designs, 'child on the river'
keep watching this space for more news of the launch.

Wall mural for Smithfield, Manchester completed under Ex Virtus alias

'Smoke Machine'

8 days work.
Looks pretty cool.

Check out the shop, opening late October, Smithfield, on tib street. Below Hedonist salon.

You will also be able to pick up Ex virtus t-shirts from the store.