The Figure This Residency Exhibition, which spotlights non-Western artists from underrepresented backgrounds, opened at Bridge Point Studios in Rye, East Sussex in 2023. Born of a mutual interest to serve, support and platform emerging young artists, the residency offered a platform for international artists with a particular emphasis on a unique cross section of Eastern European and Western African talents.
The artists were selected by Joseph Awuah-Darko (Founder of Noldor Artist Residency, Ghana), David Kowitz, a patron of the programme, and gallerist Sarah Kravitz and are each informed and indebted to the tradition of figurative painting but also visibly fraternise with its subversion. The exhibition served as a testament to Sarah Kravitz’s core ethos, diversifying the London-centric arts scene, encouraging creative dialogue between regions and truly championing individual and cultural expression through art.
Figure This features several exciting young female painters from the flourishing contemporary art scene in Sarah Kravitz’s native Poland.