London Eastpak store launches Eastpak Gallery

The gallery will feature artwork from urban creatives - and you'll be able to buy it too.

 

Matt Sewell is the first artist to be featured in the gallery.  Matt is from County Durham in  the north east of England but is now based in London. His work draws on his rural heritage, fusing fairytale-like narratives, natural geometry, bucolia, psychedelic landscapes, utopian dreams and a symbolic treatment of animals and birds. “I’ve been drawing since as far back as I can remember," he explains.  "I used to swap drawings at school for sweets.”

 

Matt has been a professional illustrator and independent artist for over 10 years. He has exhibited in Melbourne, Osaka, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin and Tokyo and has worked with companies including Range Rover, The Guardian, V Festival, Paul Smith and the BBC. 

 

The collection he'll be presenting at the gallery is entitled Orbs of the Arboreal. It's a new  collection of paintings and installations featuring figurines from his "Charmed from the trees" series of wooden birds. The exhibition is about exploring deep in the forest, psycho energetic artifacts of the undergrowth, new life and will o' the wisp in the woods. 

 

You can check it out at the Eastpak store at number 1 Carnaby Street from Friday January 29. More info at www.eastpak.com/carnabystreet

 

More info on Matt available at www.mattsewell.co.uk