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2019: Selling Democracy
Jelato Love hosted two exhibitions in 2019: Jelato For All, a democratic and inclusive response to cancel culture presenting 40 artists, and the closing duo show Zu Verkaufen (For Sale in German) with Kate Steciw and Tomáš Absolon.
KATE STECIW KEITH ALLYN SPENCER MILTOS MANETAS R. LORD JELATO LOVE
2018: Jelato Love
Jelato Love intended to add new flavours to the local art scene in Palma de Mallorca. Four artists: Michael Pybus, Estrid Lutz, Keith Allyn Spencer and Yanyan Huang were presented in their first solo shows in Spain. The name drew attention to the number of gelaterias in the local area catering to tourism. Jelato Love was co-founded by Javier Esteban and Ché Zara Blomfield.
ESTRID LUTZ KEITH ALLYN SPENCER MICHAEL PYBUS YANYAN HUANG JELATO LOVE
2017: Mineral Dreams
After closing the Berlin gallery The Composing Rooms hosted two offsite exhibitions while in transition to Palma de Mallorca. These were solo shows of Michael Pybus for Dream Art Fair and Ella Goerner, presented in collaboration with Pushkin & Gogol in Berlin.
MICHAEL PYBUS THE COMPOSING ROOMS
2016: Serious Comics
After two years of experimental programming, The Composing Rooms Berlin returned to a more conventional gallery roster with three solo exhibitions by Nina Cristante, R. Lord, and Ry David Bradley, and a duo show with Estrid Lutz and Emile Mold before the closing group exhibition that celebrated the culture of tea and its origins. room.thecomposingrooms.com also hosted it’s final solo show: Giovanna Olmos’ How to sell a digital painting.
HARM VAN DEN DORPEL KEITH ALLYN SPENCER MAI UEDA R. LORD RY DAVID BRADLEY YANYAN HUANG THE COMPOSING ROOMS
2015: Three Windoes
This year was dominated by three group exhibitions: Three Rooms which considered a digital spatial awareness with three artists Sara Ludy, Priscilla Tea, and Spiros Hadjidjanos in Amsterdam. #WEC (Whole Earth Catalyst), was an evolving exhibition with three panel discussions, co-curated with Ella Goerner opened in April, and Windoes materialised after many years of conversation with artist Ry David Bradley about digital painting.
AARON GRAHAM HARM VAN DEN DORPEL MILTOS MANETAS PRISCILLA TEA RY DAVID BRADLEY SARA LUDY SPIROS HADJIDJANOS YANYAN HUANG THE COMPOSING ROOMS
2014: Rooms
The Showroom intended to avoid openings in favour of events and chance encounters. Mai Ueda opened the Berlin space with a series of tea ceremonies incorporating the idea of the readymade. The online exhibition space 'room' opened simultaneously.
ANNE SPEIER HARM VAN DEN DORPEL KEITH ALLYN SPENCER MAI UEDA RAINER GANAHL SARA LUDY THE COMPOSING ROOMS
2013: Travelling
Upon closing the London project, Repeat Pattern, a group exhibition of international contemporary artists took place in a project space in Auckland, New Zealand, before offsite projects in New York and Berlin.
DAIF KING HARM VAN DEN DORPEL JULIEN CECCALDI KATE STECIW JASPER SPICERO MATTHEW JOHNSTONEPETRA CORTRIGHT SIMON DENNY THE COMPOSING ROOMS
2012: The Green Room
The Green Room presented eight artists in their first solo exhibitions in the UK. This included Petra Cortright, Jon Rafman, Kate Steciw, Artie Vierkant, and Rafaël Rozendaal generously supported by Arts Council England.
ANNE DE VRIES ARTIE VIERKANT DAIF KING JON RAFMAN KATE STECIW MATTHEW JOHNSTONE PETRA CORTRIGHT THE GREEN ROOM
2011: Two Channels
Inspired by the emergence of a new art aesthetic, as seen on the blog Post Internet and shown by Preteen Gallery, two satellite group exhibitions, Channel 8 and BYOB // Multi Channel, considered how the screen was changing art and its presentation.
DAIF KING MATTHEW JOHNSTONE THE COMPOSING ROOMS