Draft:Hoxton Art Gallery

Hoxton Art Gallery was a commercial art gallery located at 64 Charlotte Road, Shoreditch, in east London between the years 2011 and 2013. The gallery was run by founder Matthew Nickerson and curator Lydia Cowpertwait. The gallery’s programme focussed on promoting emerging artists in the United Kingdom and Europe. Notable artists who exhibited at the gallery include Noemie Goudal and Mathew Tom.

Location
Hoxton Art Gallery was located amongst a hub of contemporary art galleries in Shoreditch in an area known as the Shoreditch triangle. Other galleries resident at this time included 20 Hoxton Square, the White Cube gallery in Hoxton Square and Carl Freedman Gallery at 29 Charlotte Road.

Exhibitions
Hoxton Art Gallery presented curated group and solo exhibitions that promoted artists from early on in their careers. The artists were often graduates of local London art schools including Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Goldsmiths College, the Royal College of Art, the Royal Academy Schools and the Slade School of Fine Art. Artists who exhibited at Hoxton were also often selected for emerging art initiatives including the Bloomberg New Contemporaries annual exhibition, New Sensations at the Saatchi Gallery and the Catlin Art Prize. Guest curators included Lara Wardle, Executive Director of the Jerwood Foundation.

Projects
Significant projects Hoxton Art Gallery carried out included a public art project The Phantom Fleet, which was a large-scale multimedia installation featuring the work of emerging artists Valerie Furnham and Lucy Wilson at Blackfriars Bridge, London. The project was sponsored by the City of London Corporation and exhibited during the Olympic Games 2012.