RAIR | 2015-16

Topia & gould | London, UK

Collaborative duo, Roxy Topia and Paddy Gould, have been working together since 2008. Roxy received her BA in fine art from the Kent Institute of Art and Design, and Paddy received his BA from Kingston University in 2005. They have exhibited in Studio 1.1, George and Jorgen Gallery in London, Monte Vista Projects in LA, the Lumen festival in New York, the Folkestone Triennial, Atelier Haus Salzamt in Austria, the Royal Standard in Liverpool, Transition Gallery in London and Fenderesky Gallery in Belfast, amongst others. Their work has been selected for the Marmite Prize for Painting and the Neo:Print Prize, and they have been invited for residencies at Troy Town Pottery London and AtelierHaus Linz in Austria.

Topia-Gould currently reside in Birkenhead, Merseyside, UK

http://www.roxytopiapaddygould.com

Roxy: “So for the awkward part…Recently we have been digitally manipulating our handmade collaborative drawings into new designs for sculpture using digitally printed polyester satin and working with automotive paint over glazed Ceramics. (FACT!) Our works often reside where the boundaries of painting, sculpture and drawing converge or collapse.” Paddy: “Not sure about that last sentence. Is it more like how things that are intertwined, like lovers or mediums, tend towards each other but don’t actually become each other, forming a third, flattened thing?” Roxy: “Totes.” Paddy: “The constant dialogues we have about all manner of things are bound up in what we make but we could not possibly list all of them here as they would cloud the work.” Roxy: “And also there just isn’t the room! I think we are always looking for the possibilities that our relationship brings that are not present when we work alone, and trying to deal with collaboration in all of its complexities.” Paddy: “But saying all of that we don’t really trust in artists’ statements.” Roxy: “Well you don’t have to act serious to be serious. So feel free to disregard most of the above.” Paddy: “The work is better and more free than anything we could write here.” Roxy: “Just go and hang out with it already and trust your own experiences!”

Roswell Museum and Art Center

Rair exhibition • Roxy topia and paddy gould "The recovery positions" November 20, 2015 - January 3, 2016