Common Ground
Sculpture, Prints, Collage and Assemblage by Camila Aguais and John Smalley
The Beach Gallery, 197 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
This collaborative exhibition will include sculpture, printmaking, collage and assemblage which traverse the many intersections between nature & culture, dream & memory, word & image.
Exhibition Events
Private View - Wednesday 18 September 6:30pm
The Art of Collage - Workshop - Saturday 21 September 10am-1:30pm Learn More
Between Image & Object - Talk - Wednesday 25 September 7-8pm Learn More
Medley - Performance - Friday 27 September 7-8pm Learn More
The Art of the Notebook - Workshop - Saturday 28 September 10am-1:30pm Learn More
Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.
Wendell Berry
Camila Aguais and John Smalley are artists and teachers of art who have discovered an abundance of common ground through their collegial and multi-disciplinary approach to the making of art and to the education of young artists. Their shared passion for the visual arts, writing, music, dance and performance has encouraged their continuing explorations of a variety of media and the marvels and the mysteries of creative process. In this exhibition, they show works in sculpture, printmaking, collage and assemblage which traverse the many and various intersections between nature and culture, dream and memory, word and image.
Camila Aguais
Camila Aguais is an artist/teacher with a passion for sharing art-making with others in a variety of contexts. After studying Fine Art and Art History, she taught art at TASIS England for eight years, and organised the Visiting Artist and Exhibition programme in the school’s gallery. Her current freelance work includes arts programming and teaching for various arts charities, centres and galleries. She has exhibited her work in artist residencies locally and abroad (France and Italy).
John Smalley
John Smalley is an American artist/teacher who, as Head of the Department of Visual Arts at TASIS, The American School in England for thirty years, also directed the Les Tapies Arts & Architecture Programme in the Ardèche, southern France for sixteen summers. He is a fellow of The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland and has exhibited his work in Belgium, France, Italy, Ireland and the U.S. His works in drawing, painting, printmaking, collage and assemblage are to be found in private collections in the United States and Europe. John left TASIS in 2018 and divides his time between studios in Chertsey, Surrey, and the Ardèche, France.
