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Absorb Arts Studio is a registered charity providing studio spaces for painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and more.

Absorb Arts Studio was founded in 2007 on Millers Avenue, Dalston. The studios are situated in a 50’s built, double glazed 1st floor factory warehouse. With natural light from both sides of the building, the individual studios are light, semi partitioned areas. Spaces are independently occupied but the layout is open plan, creating a collaborative community environment.

Resident artists: Mark McClure, Rose Stallard, David Newton, Lucille Clerc, Seraphina Neville, Hannah Ludnow, Richard Stone, Craig Keenan, Gavin Dobson, Andrew MacGregor, Alex Bradshaw, Danielle Singer-Moore, Krishna Machado, Maria Kelesidi, Giannis Berkiaris, Emma Charles.

To view the studio, or any other enquiries, please contact: info@printclublondon.com

Bluetack Collective | Charity number 1112490

Mark McClure

Mark McClure Studio embraces bespoke surface design alongside public art, printing, sculpture and gallery works, all in his trademark geometric style. Mark has exhibited widely both in the UK and Internationally. With a background in visual design and working with ink, wood, paint and other materials – Mark collaborates with interior designers, architects and public bodies to bring the bold, geometric works to both private and public spaces. The resulting works build on the idea of a graphic landscape - drawing on the structural shapes of the built environment and combine them with graphic motifs such as signage, letterforms, chevrons and other markings - resulting in a distilled visual language. Artworks created with this palette of shapes and motifs reflect the architecture and shapes of the spaces they inhabit - and murals complement the shapes that inspire them. Mark is also one half of Continuous Cities - an ongoing printing collaboration with artist Katy Binks.

Lucille Clerc

Lucille Clerc is a French Graphic designer and Illustrator based in London. She set up her studio after graduating from Central Saint Martins with an MA in Communication Design. She works within the field of editorial design and illustration for books and magazines, mainly, but also for the fashion industry and occasionally creating interior or exhibition spaces. A lot of her personal work is inspired by London’s architecture and the relationship between Nature and urbanisation. In the past five years she has studied green spaces, both in the cities of London and Paris. Her work is mainly handcrafted from drawing to screenprinting which allows her to create large scale compositions, architectural portraits of her favourite places and exploring their past and present lives. Lucille has been a member of printmaking studio PrintClubLondon for the last 7 years, where she has been practicing screen printing. In the last 3 years she worked for clients including Berluti, Boucheron, Crabtree&Evelyn, DC Comics, Dior, Elephant Magazine, Eurostar Magazine, Fortnum&Mason, Farrow&Ball, Guerlain, Granta, Le1Hebdo, Laurence King Publishers, L’Obs, Marks&Spencer, Nathan, Penguin, Pernod, Plon, Stock, Rivages, Royal Historical Places, SabéMasson, TGV Magazine, The V&A Museum, Winsor&Newton. Her work has been regularly exhibited across Europe since she graduated, in group as well as in solo shows.

Craig Keenan

I’m Print maker specializing in cyanotypes. While I teach screen printing and produce work for people via that medium - I always fall back on Cyanotypes as being my primary creative output. My favourite thing in the world is listening to good music and just being creative in some form or another. It’s peaceful, meditative and a deep compulsion. I absolutely love the depth and richness of colour that the cyanotype process produces, as well as the gestural brush strokes and mark making. The fact that they sit somewhere between painting, photography and printmaking is why I love the process. I enjoy constraints within creativity – a blank canvas and infinite possibility can be a daunting prospect, so being tied to say, a specific colour, is actually quite freeing. I spend a lot of time painting abstract pieces – it’s basically meditation through mark making, but it’s nothing I’d be proud enough to put into the public eye – but this definitely informs the work I produce. I actually make lots of different things, from abstract painting to collage to screenprints to illustrations and typographic work. But I always find solace in cyanotyping – it hits all the right notes for me creatively – it’s digital and analogue, painterly and expressive. It’s also slightly unpredictable.

David Newton

David’s affinity for screenprinting started at a studio in Bristol called SNAP – it was the draw of manually printing imagery away from the digital world that got his attention. David builds all of his designs by hand, with no computers, cutting and scribbling with many types of real pens and pencils; montaging and taping to tracing paper to then expose directly to a screen to screenprint. David celebrates all the mis-registrations and splodges that come with the handmade process of screenprinting his bright and cheerful artwork.

Rose Stallard

London-based artist Rose Stallard is the creative director and co-founder of Print Club London. Splitting her time between Print Club, commissioned work and her own projects the iconic artist brings the Print Club brand to life with her inimitable 1970s fanzine-style artworks and edgy typography. Everything Rose does, from curating new talents to producing exclusive artworks for the gallery is injected with a little hint of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Seraphina Neville

Seraphina is an abstract artist & designer based in London. She creates original artworks, screen prints & textile designs. Her work explores colour, light, texture & the space in-between things. Through her use of colour & simple, playful compositions, she hopes that her work may inspire feelings of calm, lightness & joy. Seraphina has worked on commissions for clients such as Vogue, COS & Evermade. She has also collaborated with brands, with recent examples including: LPOL & Choose Love x Print Club London. Her prints have been featured in Stylist & Grazia.

Richard Stone

Fellow and Trustee of the Royal Society of Sculptors, is based in Pietrasanta, Italy and London, United Kingdom. He has an established practice in sculpture and painting, exploring notions of statelessness, collapse and transformation. His sculptural works illustrate the continued relevance of classical materials and forms whilst in his paintings, hypnotic mark making captures depth, movement and evocations of nature. His work moves in and out of art historical movements whilst displaying its own unique contemporary viewpoints and eccentricity, resulting in works which are distinctly of his, and, our time. His work is collected internationally and has been recently published alongside Vija Celmins, Kris Martin and Gabriel Orozco and exhibited with Matt Collishaw, Derek Jarman and Michael Raedecker.

Krishna Machado

I am inspired by the scenes of classical and biblical stories painted by the Great Masters and their ability to capture the character of their subject with the utmost care and precision. They created complex scenes of intrigue, torture and death but also of passion and love that transfixes the viewer and transports them on a journey through time. Their mastery of paint and storytelling inspired me to depict individuals from my own time, to tell their story and give insight into who they are and what they represent. I am interested in the complexities of the human mind, the innumerable expressions that pass over a face and the histories engraved upon it. My practice to date has been focused on people in society who are not usually glorified, whose story is never told. Krishna Machado is a London based artist who graduated in Fine Art Painting from University of the Arts London, Wimbledon in 2010. Experienced in portrait painting, her practice is inspired by traditional painting techniques and in particular the art of chiaroscuro. Currently she is working on a series of portraits depicting musicians who live and work in London, alongside this she is exploring the genre of the painted landscape.

Maria Kelesidi

Maria Kelesidi lives and works in London as a visual artist. The human form dominates her work, exploring relationships between people and the space around them. She believes that through reminiscing and observing our past we redefine ourselves in the present. Maria also creates abstract forms and shapes on canvas and paper. She has co-authored and co-designed the limited edition publication 'Lead between the Lines' with contributors Rick Poynor, Freda Sack and John Morgan, the book was launched at the Design Museum in London April 2007. Selected painting is displayed at the Saatchi gallery since 2013 as part of the Saatchi Screen project. Video works has also been screened at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris between 2011-2015.

Hannah Ludnow

My paintings are never an actual place, inspired by my Cornish childhood they are about the an atmosphere and light that can evoke a memory and and an emotion in the viewer.

Gavin Dobson

Gavin is an artist based in East London. Originally from the North East of England, he trained in Fine Art at Middlesex University specialising in painting. Alongside his painting, Gavin is also an experienced screen printer. Gavin tends to keep his paintings loose and expressive, using fluid movements and textures to create engaging and lively pieces which thoughtfully lead the viewer to a chosen narrative. In recent years Gavin’s practice has focused into exploring homosexuality and the various subcultures which surround it, looking into the expectations and stereotypes which gay men face and how in turn this can effect ones mental health. His paintings are loose and expressive tackling the emotional highs and lows of being a gay man in contemporary Britain. Queer culture exists beyond a week at Pride and it has a proud and sadly unearthed history which in turn has effected notions surrounding masculinity/ femininity and indeed what it means to be gay.

Giannis Bekiaris

In every artwork, I'm making a conscious effort to create a balance between the monochrome and the polychrome element. This co-existence becomes vital, powerful and unpredictable as the artwork progresses.

Alex Bradshaw

Alex is an illustrator, writer and sculptor. The main body of his artwork revolves around the world of the Orata, a fictional tale of animal mythology, upon which his books, 'Seek The Throat From Which We Sing' and "‘Wretched is the Husk’ is based, and an illustrated compendium, known as ‘The Orata; a compendium of the cultures and creeds of Naa.’ His illustration serves to expand upon the novel, by depicting both the earthen magic, animal cultures and symbolism contained within. His personal and political aspirations are explored further in ‘The Book Of Venym, An Egalitarian Demonology’ An illustrated anti-fascist occult grimoire, a call to arms in the defence of nature and against humanities proclivities for violence, told through striking illustrations of benevolent demons and deities - and ‘Punks in the willows’ is an illustrated love letter and colourful guide to the punk rock community, told through the lives of animals. A collection of illustrations depicting the creativity, music, social justice and above all, friendship that is found in punk. His frenetic lines and beautiful depictions can be seen on band artwork, record labels and book covers alongside his own personal projects. He regularly takes on commissions, so feel free to contact him if you wish to discuss a project. Alex is also the vocalist in a number of bands, where he creates self contained narratives and artwork inspired by his favourite authors, and ideologies shared within the band. He is currently part of MORROW , ANOPHELI, WREATHE and previously ARCHIVIST, WORST WITCH and FALL OF EFRAFA

Emma Charles

Emma Charles (London, 1985) is an artist working in film, photography and sound. She studied Photography at the Royal College of Art in London and is currently studying at the National Film and Television School. Playing with the blurred lines between documentary and fiction, her work often explores different forms of invisibilities, and Charles is often drawn to subjects which are concealed, hidden or out of reach, whether that be the physical space of invisible technologies or more ethereal notions of the unseen. Her practice has developed in recent years to explore the different ways technology and geology intersect. Exploring the realm of rare earth minerals, media archeology and deep time, with a particular focus on nuclear cultures. She has produced numerous moving image works which have achieved success at international film festivals, art biennials and exhibitions including Serpentine Galleries, Institute of Contemporary Arts, HKW and Jeu de Paume, Sheffield DocFest and Visions du Réel. She has been commissioned by Tyneside Cinema as well as ZKM Karlsruhe to produce 16mm work ‘White Mountain’ for the exhibition Reset Modernity!, curated by Bruno Latour. In 2017 she was nominated for the ‘New Talent Award’ at Sheffield Doc Fest for this work. In 2020 she completed her first feature length film which was selected to screen at MoMA, New York, Visions Du Réel, Dharamshala International Film Festival and 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2022 Charles was invited by Centre Pompidou in Paris to present an evening of her film works spanning the past ten years. Charles’ films are held in two museum collections at Guangdong Museum of Art in China and The ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in Germany.

Andrew Macgregor

Andrew MacGregor lives and works in East London. His work spans illustration, paper sculpture, set design and art direction. His love for working with sustainable materials, such as paper, on a three-dimensional level has shown incredible results. His graphic style is built on his interest in people, culture, pattern, colour and the natural world. His portfolio boasts clients such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Vogue, Vanity Fair, American Express, Easy Jet, British Airways, American Airlines, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Soho House magazine, Sainsbury's magazine, Harpers Bazaar, GQ, Mens Health, Wired magazine, Arise magazine, The Daily, Richard Learoyd, Tim Walker, Hillman studio, Mazda, Uniqlo, River Island, Darkroom Store, Nike, Addidas, Lacoste, Chopard, Louis Vouitton, MAC make up, Tony & Guy, TK MAXX, Target, Uggs, Una Burke, Master Crafts Union, FT magazine, Getty, Interview magazine Russia, Fault magazine, Doc Martens, Roksanda Ilincic, Piers Atkinson, Balantines, Maxim, ASOS, EAT17, The Assembly & Paul McCartney.

Danielle Singer Moore

Danielle Singer Moore is a multidisciplinary artist, born and based in London. Danielle studied art at Camberwell College of Art and received a first class BA (Hons) in Design from the London College of Communication (formerly the London College of Printing) in 2007. Her work is collected internationally. “My work reflects a journey between abstract and figurative form defined by the subtle movement to and from the surrender of control. From this process characters and stories emerge that underpin the more commercial side of my work. In this way the subconscious becomes conscious, the unseen becomes seen, the psychotic finds solace and becomes celebrated rather than feared.” “I was immediately totally struck by her work. She seems to lay bare her heart and soul in such a delicate and beautiful way, both in her paintings and in her writings.” - Harriet Frazer MBE, Founder of memorials by Artists and the Lettering Arts Trust. “To see how each Mandala piece speaks to another is utterly mesmerising. I find myself reflecting on their beauty almost every day, there is a thought and a feeling expressed in every line. They seem to capture the connectedness and oneness of all things. Danielle’s work is at once deeply personal and absolutely universal.” - Ash Selby