The London Art Book Fair

How To Say 'I Love You' In Greenlandic: An Arctic Alphabet 

was represented by KALEID Editions at The London Art Book Fair at the Whitechapel Gallery earlier this month. The image below shows my book surrounded by book works by artists including Tamarin Norwood, Victoria Browne and Rose Smith. 

The Birgit Skiöld Award for Excellence was awarded to 

How To Say 'I Love You' In Greenlandic during the fair. As a result of the award, the book has been acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum. The award was presented by Elizabeth James, Senior Librarian in the V&A's Word and Image Department.

UDKANT, made in collaboration with Mette Sofie D. Ambeck

during my residency at Doverodde Book Arts Center Denmark, 

was acquired by the Tate Gallery, London.

KALEID 2013 LONDON

How To Say 'I Love You' In Greenlandic: An Arctic Alphabet was selected by an international jury for representation by KALEID 2013 LONDON. The book was one of 50 ‘best artists’ books’ exhibited at the launch event at the Art Academy in July (pictured). I am delighted to announce that it will go on to be one of the 15 titles represented by KALEID EDITIONS at The London Art Book Fair at the Whitechapel Gallery on 13-15 September 2013.

Summer Exhibitions: Brighton, New York, London

I will be showing work in Making Tracks, the summer exhibition at The ONCA Gallery, Brighton. Earlier this year I was commissioned by artist Pete Lally to write a poem for his Suitcase Library, a collection of miniature books. My poem 'Obituary' is now available as one of the letterpress-printed library titles, which will be on display at ONCA.

'Obituary' will be shown alongside The Night Hunter - the artists' book designed and executed by Roni Gross and Peter Schell in response to my poem of the same title.

Meanwhile the latest book from Z'roah Press, Tikilluarit (Roni Gross's imaginative setting of my poem 'The Hunter Teaches Me To Speak') will be exhibited at Poet's House in New York as part of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, a group show of artists' responses to violence in Iraq. Tikilluarit, a recent finalist in the MCBA Prize, is currently on show at The Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Finally, How To Say I Love You In Greenlandic: An Arctic Alphabet has been selected for KALEID 2013 London. The chosen books will be on show to the public at The Art Academy on Saturday 20th July 2013. The book will also be part of group exhibitions in Beijing and New Zealand during the autumn and winter: watch this space.

KALEID 2013 LONDON

KALEID 2013 London will showcase the best of artists' books to an international audience of collectors. KALEID editions works closely with librarians, private book dealers and individual collectors, to advocate public special collections and promote artists' books as an interdisciplinary activity.

I'm delighted that How To Say 'I Love You' In Greenlandic has been selected from over 200 submissions for KALEID 2013 London. KALEID editions will be exhibiting book works from Spain, UK, Ireland, Norway, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Norway. This prestigious annual event, established in 2011, is an opportunity for creative practitioners and invited collectors to view singular book works. The international jury comprised Sofie Dederen (Frans Masereel Centrum for Print, Belgium), Elizabeth James (Word and & Image Department, National Art Library, V&A Museum, UK) and David Senior (MoMA Library, USA).

KALEID welcomes visitors to the public event on Saturday 20th July. Follow this year's progress on #KALEID2013London.

Awards and acquisitions will be held during a private event on Friday 19th July, supported by The Art Academy, Frans Masereel Centrum, the British National Art Library and English Arts Council’s Saison Poetry Library. 

A selection of twenty five books will be represented by KALEID editions during The London Art Book Fair at The Whitechapel Gallery, 13-15 September 2013.