Swords into Ploughshares: Knives into Jewels
Komelia H Okim
Turning knives into jewels; positive creative actions focusing on social change and community.
1 April - 13 May 2023
The curators Norman Cherry and Dauvit Alexander
Cristina Filipe, With the Lights Out
A touring exhibition curated by Professor Norman Cherry & Dauvit Alexander.
In this multi-disciplinary project the curators highlight and examine the phenomenon of knife crime currently being experienced across Britain. At the core of the project is an invitation by joint lead artists and project curators Cherry and Alexander to 35 international jewellery and metals artists, to create new bodies of work by refashioning, repurposing, adapting or otherwise transforming knives which have been surrendered to UK police.
The exhibition will consist of specially-commissioned works by a range of international artists.
Work in progress, Stephen Bottomley
Previous page image by Rachael Colley
Artists exhibiting:
Dauvit Alexander, UK
Boris Bally, USA
Petra Bishai, UK
Stephen Bottomley, UK
Tim Carson, UK
Norman Cherry, UK
Jens Clausen, Germany/Estonia
Rachael Colley, UK
Eimear Conyard, Republic of Ireland
Bob Coogan, USA
Rosie Deegan, UK
Jeff Durber, UK
Ndidi Ekubia, UK
Cristina Filipe, Portugal
Daniel Freyne, UK
Anna Gordon, UK
Herman Hermsen, Germany
Jorge Manilla, Norway/Mexico
Patrick McMillan, USA
Nanna Melland, Norway
Eliana Negroni, Italy
Rohan Nicol, Australia
Ted Noten, Netherlands
Coilin O’Dubhail, Republic of Ireland
Komelia Okim, Korea/USA
Peter Parkinson, UK
Annelisse Pfeifer, UK
Jo Pond, UK
Liz Shaw, Australia
Rebecca Skeels, UK
Risto Tali, Estonia
Fred Truus, Estonia
Taavi Teevet, Estonia
