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Press Release 8 April 2015
Exhibition of east London’s most
talented artists to take place in
unique new venue
The Rum Factory, Pennington Street Warehouse, E1W
30 April to 17 May 2015
Artists from across east London shortlisted for the 2015 East London Painting Prize will be
showcased in a unique exhibition at The Rum Factory, Pennington Street Warehouse,
London Dock in Wapping in May 2015.
The East London Painting Prize, now in its second year, celebrates the incredible talent and
diversity of artists living and working in the boroughs of east London. The prize has been
created by The Legacy List and Bow Arts Trust, with kind support from the Goldhill Family
and the Zabludowicz Collection.
The landmark exhibition will be the first public use of the historic Grade II listed building for
over 200 years. The Rum Factory will be transformed into 90 affordable artists’ studios run
by charity Bow Arts Trust and is the first meanwhile use of the Pennington Street
Warehouse, which forms part of the wider London Dock development by St George.
The influential panel selecting the shortlist and eventual winner includes artist and painter
Phoebe Unwin (Wilkinson); editor of Art Review, Oliver Basciano; Director of the
Zabludowicz Collection Elizabeth Neilson; founder of Launchpad, Sarah Elson (Contemporary
Art Society and Bow Arts Trustee); winner of the East London Painting Prize 2014, Nathan
Eastwood, representative of the Goldhill Family, Michael Goldhill and Claire Gevaux,
Creative Director of The Legacy List.
The artists shortlisted for the exhibition will be announced on Tuesday 21 April. The winner
will be selected from the artists exhibited at the Rum Factory on Wednesday 13 May,
winning a £10,000 cash prize and a solo exhibition in the Nunnery Gallery, Bow later in the
year.
EXHIBTION DETAILS:
East London Painting Prize exhibition
30 April to 17 May
The Rum Factory, Pennington Street Warehouse
London Dock
E1W 2BD
Open daily 12noon – 6pm
Closest DLR and Overground station Shadwell, closest underground station Tower Hill.
ABOUT THE PRIZE:
The East London Painting Prize was launched in May 2014 to honour the life and work of
painter and philanthropist Jack Goldhill. It was created by The Legacy List, the charity of
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and Bow Arts, with kind support from the Goldhill Family and
the Zabludowicz Collection.
Nathan Eastwood was the first ever winner who held his solo show at the Nunnery Gallery
in late 2014. On being awarded, he commented: “Winning the East London Painting Prize
has been a huge boost, I’ve been able to invest a much larger proportion of time in painting
and producing new works which are larger in scale, it’s been an incredible opportunity.”
The artists shortlisted for the East London Painting Prize 2015 will be announced on Tuesday
21 April, and the winner on Wednesday 13 May.
ABOUT THE RUM FACTORY:
The Rum Factory in Pennington Street Warehouse is the only substantial building to survive
from the former London Dock, which was the first enclosed commercial docks in the capital.
The two-storey, 313 metre long brick-built structure was constructed in phases between
1804 and 1806. It was designed by the Dock’s surveyor, the engineer Daniel Alexander, for
the storage of imported goods held in bond.
When the area ceased being used as commercial docks in the 1980s, the site was acquired
by News International for its newspaper offices and print works. The Pennington Street
Warehouse was used for office space and storage facilities. As part of the St George
development of London Dock, the Grade II listed building will be restored and brought back
into use with an eclectic mix of retail, restaurants, galleries and offices.
ABOUT LONDON DOCK:
In March 2014, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets granted permission to St George to
transform London Dock site in Wapping into a residential-led mixed use development.
The world-class Patel Taylor masterplan includes:
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1,800 homes, 486 homes of which will be affordable (30% of overall habitable
rooms)
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210,000 sq ft of commercial floorspace
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Six acres public open space including a major new civic square
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Land for a six form entry secondary school and sixth form college (1,200 pupils)
The construction of London Dock started in September 2014.
St George is contributing over £6 million in Section 106 funding for:
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Local leisure facilities
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Public open space
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Public realm improvements
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Extensive local employment and training commitments, including 65
apprenticeships
SUPPORTING THE EAST LONDON PAINTING PRIZE:
The Goldhill Family
A property developer and philanthropist, Jack Goldhill was one of the chief figures in the
post-second world war reconstruction of Britain and fittingly, the regeneration of the war
damaged east end. A keen amateur artist himself, Goldhill’s name is synonymous with arts
philanthropy in the UK. He was a major benefactor to national cultural institutions,
supporting over 70 charitable organisations for more than four decades, including the Royal
Academy and the Princes Drawing School.
The Legacy List
The Legacy List is a founding partner of the East London Painting Prize. They are an
independent charity for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, set up in 2011 to support the legacy
of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Legacy List is merging with a new
charity, the Foundation for FutureLondon in the coming weeks, to play a key role in the
delivery of ‘Olympicopolis’, a new cultural and university district on Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park, and the advancement of art, culture, education, heritage and science on the
Park and surrounding area. www.thelegacylist.org.uk
Bow Arts
This year Bow Arts is celebrating twenty years of supporting community renewal in east
London. Established in 1995 as an educational arts charity in its famous Bow Road site, the
team supports a network of over 400 artists with affordable, secure, creative workspace in
the heart of London's Artist Quarter. Alongside this, Bow Arts manages one of the country's
most exciting education programmes, which takes world-class artists into schools to
improve the lives and learning of children and young people. Bow Arts runs the Nunnery
Gallery, a public art gallery, which supports a diverse range of local, national and
international exhibitions and events as well as the delivery of art commissions. The East
London Painting Prize winner will be offered their own solo exhibition within the Nunnery
Gallery’s autumn 2015 programme. www.bowarts.org
St George
St George is proud to be a member of the Berkeley Group and is London’s leading mixed use
developer, regenerating brownfield land to create thriving new communities in attractive
landscaped environments. Since 2000 St George has delivered over 8,730 new homes; over
2,400 of which are affordable; 836,000 sq ft of commercial floor space and 83,000 sq ft of
community space, as well as 30 acres of open space. In 2002, St George was the first
residential developer to be granted the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable
Development. The Berkeley Group as a whole received this prestigious accolade in 2008 and
again in 2014. Each home St George delivers creates or sustains 5.6 jobs.
CONTACT DETAILS:
The Legacy List
Sophie Woodward, Communications Consultant for The Legacy List
Tel: 020 3288 1467 Email: [email protected]
www.thelegacylist.org.uk | www.twitter.com/TheLegacyList |www.facebook.com/legacylist
Bow Arts
Rosamond Murdoch, Gallery Director
Tel: 020 8980 7774 Email: [email protected]
Melody Patman, Press and Communications Assistant
Tel: 020 8980 7774 Email: [email protected]
Web: www.bowarts.org| www.twitter.com/BowArts| www.facebook.com/bowarts