Fishy Business
Heyse IP, Melle Nieling, Amélie McKee14-22 October 2023
Open: 11am-5pm
Preview: 13 October 6-9pm.............................................................................................................................
Fishy Business is a group exhibition featuring new work by Heyse Ip, Amélie Mckee, and Melle Nieling at Five Years. The show explores the mechanisms of mimicry and camouflage within technology. Juxtaposing strange antennas with reimagined bird calls and the simulacra of phishing websites, the exhibition showcases how hidden functions and reproduction can lead to absurd outcomes.
Heyse Ip, a multi-disciplinary artist originally from Hong Kong, holds an MA in Contemporary Art Practice from the Royal College of Art and a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts in the UK. Heyse Ip's work has been exhibited internationally including the United Kingdom, Austria, Greece, and the United States of America. In 2019, he presented his first solo exhibition, 'Capturing an Image,' at Lumenvisum in Hong Kong. He is currently based in both London and Hong Kong and a member of Five Years collective.
Amélie Mckee, a French British artist, holds an MA in Contemporary Art Practice from the Royal College of Art and a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts. Her work has been exhibited internationally, with showings in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Denmark, the United States of America, among others. She is also known for co-founding Plicnik Collective, an experimental curatorial platform. Amélie Mckee is currently based in London.
Melle Nieling is a Dutch contemporary artist who studied Painting and New Media at the AKI in the Netherlands before earning an MA in Contemporary Art Practice from the Royal College of Art. Their work has been exhibited internationally in countries such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and the United States of America. They co-founded Plicnik Collective and currently split their time between London and the Netherlands. Melle Nieling is a dual recipient of the Mondriaan Fonds stipend for emerging artists in 2022 and 2023.
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Five Years:
Unit 2B1 Boothby Road, Archway, London, N19 4AJ
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