CURRENT EXHIBITION

Ian Irvine and Rob Gittins first met while working at the University of Bolton (now the University of Greater Manchester) 25 years ago. 

Virtually the same age, they discovered they had a lot of shared interests, influences and life experiences both living in London during the culturally dynamic mid-1970s.

Their artistic practices flow in a similar way, united by a passion    for silkscreen imagery and a decade of shared working space at neo: artists studio in Bolton. Employing similar printmaking processes yet drawing upon markedly different sources of inspiration, their work demonstrates the rich diversity that can emerge from common ground. 

Though both artists exhibit regularly, this exhibition marks their first collaboration, a conversation twenty-five years in the making.