The Approach Gallery is a

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situated above a

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of the same name in

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History

The gallery was founded in 1997 by Jake Miller, along with artists Damien Meade, Ana Genoves and others . One of the gallery's original objectives was to offer solo exhibitions to London-based artists at the start of their careers - several of whom have gone on to achieve international success. The gallery was soon solely run by Jake Miller as the other original founder members wished to concentrate on their own careers. Since 1998 the gallery began representing artists and the programme expanded into an international one, working with established artists as well as continuing to exhibit younger emerging artists and curating a lively group show programme. In April 2006, The Approach opened a second gallery space (The Reliance) above a pub of the same name in Old Street, Shoreditch. Overseen by Approach gallery director Emma Robertson, the programme ran for 1 year and included a number of emerging international artists, premiering in London for the first time. In November 2007, The Approach opened a short lease West End gallery space in Mortimer Street,

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, London W1. From November 2007 – June 2009 The Approach operated a dual programme in the East and the West, The Approach E2 and W1 respectively.

Artists

Artists represented by The Approach include: * Phillip Allen (UK) * Helene Appel (DE) * Sara Barker (UK) * Sophie Bueno-Boutellier (FR) * Stuart Cumberland (UK) *

Sara Cwynar Sara Cwynar is a contemporary artist who works with photography, collage, installation and book-making. Cwynar was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1985 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Cwynar's work presents a marriage of old a ...

(US) * Peter Davies (UK) * Anna Glantz (US) * Patrick Hill (US) * Allison Katz (CA) *

Caitlin Keogh Caitlin Keogh (born 1982) is an American painter, born in Alaska. Keogh's first solo show at Bortolami Gallery in New York City was in 2016. In 2020 Keogh began a painting cycle entitled ''Waxing Year'' which was completed in 2021. Her work is in ...

(US) * Germaine Kruip (NL) * Rezi van Lankveld (NL) * Jack Lavender (UK) * Bill Lynch (US) * Sandra Mujinga (CD) * Dave Muller (US) *

Lisa Oppenheim Lisa Oppenheim (born 1975) is an American multimedia artist. Education Lisa Oppenheim was born in New York City in the year of 1975. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1998, concentrating in Modern Culture and Media, Art a ...

(US) * Maria Pinińska-Bereś (PL) * Magali Reus (NL) *

Amanda Ross-Ho Amanda Ross-Ho (born 1975) is an artist based in Los Angeles that works in painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography and uses found objects. She participated in the 2008 Whitney Biennial. Early life and education Ross-Ho was bor ...

(US) *

John Stezaker John Grenville Stezaker (born 1949) is a British conceptual artist. Biography and career Stezaker attended the Slade School of Art in London in his early teens, he graduated with a Higher Diploma in Fine Art in 1973. In the early 1970s, he was am ...

(UK) * Evren Tekinoktay (DK) *

Sara VanDerBeek Sara VanDerBeek (born 1976), is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. She is known for photographing sculptures and three-dimensional still-life assemblages of her own making, some of which she destroys after the photos have be ...

(US) * Sam Windett (UK)

References

External links

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The Reliance Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Approach Gallery Contemporary art galleries in London Art galleries established in 1997 1997 establishments in England Bethnal Green