User:Weloveart/Forman's smokehouse gallery

Forman's Smokehouse Gallery is a contemporary art project space in Hackney Wick, East London managed by William Chamberlain. The gallery works with local, national and international artists. It is situated on the top floor of H Forman & Son, Britains oldest salmon smokers and overlooks the London 2012 Olympic Stadium.

History
Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery started in March 2010 on the top floor of the H Forman & Son smoked salmon factory in Hackney Wick.

After H Forman & Son was forced to move from its original location due to the London 2012 Olympic games development, the company let Hackney Wicked CIC use its attic space in July 2009 for the Hackney Wicked Art Festival as a pop up gallery called The Conference Room. There were two shows in the space: In Place, A Wall with Tom Trevatt, Ciaran Begley, Charles Worth, Lewandowski & Mann and Emily Hussey and “Jamais Vu (“Never Seen”)” with Tina Hage, Keh Hui Ng, David Rickard, Bona Park, Matthew Stock, Warren Garland, Imogen O’Rourke and Olivia Reynolds. Three thousand visitors attended the event over its three days. H Forman & Son entered into agreement with William Chamberlain in December 2009 to run the space as Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery, starting with the first exhibition, East Meet East in March 2010. Each month the gallery hosts new exhibition. Shows titles have included Conduit (April 2010) and Between Two Truths (May 2010).

External Link
http://smokehousegallery.wordpress.com