Look Gromit! An Art Exhibition!

Gromit at belfast Print workshops?????


Experienced animator, and artist Jan Sanger has worked on some amazing projects during the course of her noteworthy career and now shes coming to Belfast! She has spent the majority of her professional life working in the animation film industry. A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, the major motion picture Chicken Run, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, are just some of the projects Jan has worked on with Aardman Animations. Most recently she has been working closely once again with the world renowned Nick Park for his Wallace & Gromit TV short A Matter Of Loaf And Death.

With such an impressive CV it is no wonder that Belfast Print Workshop are delighted to announce that they will be hosting a solo exhibition of Jans work in their Gallery on Waring Street opposite the Merchant Hotel. The exhibition will include drawings and photos spanning the course of Jans career illustrating methods used to develop animation characters and set design. Not only will the viewers of this show get an inside look at how the characters are made but the content of the exhibition will also illustrate how these plasticine stars have developed from the original drawings into the recognisable personalities they have become. The exhibition launches on Thursday 6th August from 7pm to 9pm and finishes on 31st August.

Jan will be visiting BPW from 17 28th August taking part in the Belfast Print Workshop Residency Programme where she will develop works in prints, which will be available for sale after her residency.

During her residency, Jan will also be giving an artists talk on Thursday 27th August at 7pm, she will be bringing with her the actual armatures and maquettes used to create some of the characters she has designed and worked on. This exhibition promises to be a fascinating insight into the world of modern animation, which is bound to excite and enthral anyone with even a passing curiosity in this field.