TANIA BEAUMONT

Talk about extreme forward planning - I have booked a stand at the Untitled Artists' Fair, Chelsea Town Hall London, beginning of June 2010. Decided it's about time I started to think about making contacts in the UK for when we finally go back to 'real' life, whenever that might be. Escalating gallery fees in Abu Dhabi make it almost prohibitive to show here - all to do with escalating property rentals of course. Sooner or later the whole silly system will grind to a halt when everyone says 'ENOUGH' .

I continue to have open studio shows twice year, which are quite successful.

After several months of winter hibernation Abu Dhabi's best gallery is set to reopen, with a collective show - 7.30pm 26th April. The newly refurbished space is lighter and us artists are definitely pleased to have the opportunity to show there once more. We have missed you !!

Exciting, innovative, affordable  Art in all media - definitely a space to watch.

     Home Sale.  Wed. 5th & 6th May 

 Studio sale of  paintings and original prints  Plus  silver jewellery, antique engravings & calligraphy, decorated boxes etc  etc ...........................and NEW CARDS !!

JUDY ROBERTS from Dubai will also have her vast range of goodies -New soft teddies wearing UAE T shirts, and darling tiny little ones with jumpers or skirts. Bottle stoppers and Keyrings inset with coins, screen-printed aprons and carrier bags, hand-painted 'Shake & Shaker' salt and peppers.......... if you need gifts to take home for the summer....this is the place.

COME AND BROWSE , OVER A CUP OF COFFEE AND A BROWNIE !!

Happy New Year.

Ten of us have formed a group/art cooperative, called Fanaan (Artist in arabic) - to try and get round the lack of exhibition opportunities, and exhorbitant fees required by the few galleries that exist in Abu Dhabi.  We are hoping to be able to have an Art Fair somewhere this year, and have been encouraged by the offer of a couple of venues -  even though we will still have to pay a fee to ADNEC, a government institution.  This is not like Dubai - there are very few galleries available. Having said that, 2 new ones have opened in the past six weeks, so things are looking up.

Fanaan's FIRST APPEARANCES show will be at the Ghaf Gallery, Abu Dhabi, 18th-29th Jan 2009.

Next stop  Art-Paris Abu Dhabi ??

Settled in Abu Dhabi for 2 months now - it all went surprisingly easily. Studio up and running, but in desperate need of organisation - what's new !

Carrying on working on mixed media paintings, on ephemera - also altered books.  Exhibition from home May 21st and 22nd, to test the waters.

Hope to exhibit at the Hemisphere Gallery in the autumn.