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Press Release:
Teconic Traces, Phoenix, Brighton, 2008

Joshua Uvieghara sees his work as a means of exploring personal issues around philosophy, religion, and social interaction, using painting, drawing and installation as the vehicle for his ideas.  He draws upon photography, film stills, found objects and other materials, and employs collage as a means of bringing these disparate images and ideas together within a single work.  His approach provokes the viewer into finding new ways to “read” the picture, in order to reconcile the tensions inherent in these ambiguous images.

Teconic Traces, Phoenix, Brighton, 2008


Informed by the scientific theory of Gravitational Lensing; a study of light bending due to the gravitational pull of matter, this solo show embraces the diagrammatic compositions and situations involved in the processes of painting.

Poured and spread paint envelops the works, including objects such as coaxial cable and neon lighting, creating a dynamic fusion of suspended motion combined with controlled and chance encounters.

Gravitational Lensing, Grey Area Gallery, 2007

Joshua Uvieghara's abstract paintings embody a different kind of mobility. He uses very ordinary materials: MDF panels and household gloss paint. The paint is poured onto the panel and spread by the force at gravity. The panels are tilted in various directions as the paint flows over the surface to produce a type of marking that breaks with the regularity, say, of Ian Davenport's dripped paintings. They are reminiscent of scientific photographs of turbulence: the airstream behind an unseen object, or a disturbance in some viscous liquid.

There and Then, Marcus Galleries, Birmingham, 2004