Painting Personal Projects: Saturdays 02 Oct 2021 to 02 July 2022

Saturdays 10am to 5pm 3 x 10 week terms

Artist-tutors: Archie Franks and Sikelela Owens

Painting Personal Projects is a programme that aims is to give you an opportunity to develop your own work whilst receiving guidance and mentoring in a supportive community of artists. It is intended to increase confidence, creativity and a sense of direction; helping to provide strategies for establishing and growing a body of work.  The artists on this programme are all practising and exhibiting artists who are working on their own projects and are here to help each student clarify and develop their short and long term goals. You will individually work on your own projects and as a group work on similar agreed goals. With this comes tutored classes, group discussions, crits and an End of Year Exhibition.

If you would like to discuss with us whether this class is suitable for your needs please fill in the form below.

Fees for bookings made after the start date will be calculated pro-rata and the difference refunded. Any questions please get in touch with the school.
Annual Fee £1925  Term Fee £710

This course is limited to 12 participants only. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Sikelela with her paintings

About the artists

Sikelela ‘Ziggy’ Owen

London born (1984) artist Sikelela, known to her friends and family as Ziggy, is a graduate of Chelsea College of Art and Design (2009) and the Royal Academy (2012). A multi-award winner, she is the recipient of The Elephant Lab residency award (2019), Dover Street Arts Club award (2011), Richard Ford Award (2010) and Prado Museum Travel and Drawing Award, Madrid Spain (2010) and Nichol Young Foundation Award (2009).

Sikelela work has been exhibited in the United Kingdom and abroad including solo exhibitions with James Freeman Gallery London (2019), ‘Love, Eat, Sleep, Repeat’ at HSBC Canada Place London (2017) and the NAM Project Milan ‘ People Everyday’ (2014). Her work is part of the collections of  Robert Hiscox, London and  HG Capital, London and she has been written about in various publications including, in 2014, the Thames and Hudson publication of 100 Painters of Tomorrow, in 2013, two publications were done by  iBook 100 London Artists (Vol. 1) by Elizabeth Beecher Publishing and a-n.co.uk review ‘Young Gods’ and the 2011 ‘Arts’ by The Telegraph – Newspaper and Online News.

Archie with his paintings

Archie Franks

Archie Franks holds a post graduate diploma from The Royal Academy Schools, 2012, and a First-Class BA, Honours degree from City & Guilds London Art School, 2009. He is the recipient of various awards and honours including the Jerwood Painting Fellowship, 2016, the Sainsbury Scholarship in Painting, The British School at Rome 2013; Tooth Award 2012; Gordon Luton Award 2012; Richard Ford Award, 2011; and the Philip T Ribbon Award, 2011.

Recent solo exhibitions have been held at Salon London, 2017 and Welcome Screen, London 2015.

Select group shows include APT Gallery London, 2019; Narrative Projects London, 2018; Mall Galleries, London, 2018; Mercer Chance, London, 2017; Edicola Radetzky, Milan, 2017; The Jerwood Painting Fellowship Show, Jerwood Space, London, touring to the Arts University Bournemouth, Cardiff Bay Arts, and Norwich University 2016-17; Transition Gallery, London, 2016, 2015 and 2014; Block 336, London, 2015; Horatio Junior, London, 2015 and 2014; Transition Gallery at Sluice Art Fair, London, 2015

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About The Essential School Of Painting

The Essential School of Painting (ESOP) is an alternative art school based in Wood Green, London, specialising in painting and drawing classes taught by leading contemporary artists. The ESOP offers exciting, intellectually rigorous courses with the intention of advancing painting. Classes are available for all levels of experience.