Bio

Slinkachu (b. 1979, Devon, UK) has been “abandoning” his miniature people on the streets of cities around the world since 2006. His work embodies elements of street art, sculpture, installation art and photography and has been exhibited in galleries and museums globally. His images have been collected in three best-selling art books; Little People in the City (Boxtree, 2009), Big Bad City (Lebowski, 2010) and Global Model Village (Boxtree, 2012) that have collectively sold over 300,000 copies worldwide.

Artist Statement

I started working with miniatures in 2006. My work involves remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place and leave on the street. It is both sculpture, street art installation and photography. The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography and the titles I give these scenes, aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city; the universal sense of being overlooked, lost and overwhelmed. But along side this there is always some humour in my works. The modern world can be a preposterous place to live and I encourage empathy with the tiny people struggling to get by.

Shows

Manufactories of Caring Space-Time (group show) - Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (June - August 2017)

Magic City (group exposition) - Munich, Germany (May - September 2017)

La Societe?! (group Show) - Atelier Des Bains, Geneva, Switzerland (April - May 2017)

Miniaturesque (solo show) - Maison de L’Environment, Lyon, France (March - June 2017)

#28Grams (group show) - Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (March - April 2017)

Here I Come to Save the Day! The Science, Culture and Art of Superheroes (group show)  - Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA (February - July, 2017)

In Depth: A Collective Exhibition of Street Art Sculpture (group show) Unit 5 Gallery, London, UK (February 2017)

Metamorphoses, or What To Do With Your Childhood? (group show) University of Franche-Comté - Besancon, France (January - March 2017)

Museum Night (solo project) - Museum of Fine Arts Gent - Ghent, Belgium (December 2016)

Little and Large (group show)  - Falmouth Art Gallery - Falmouth, UK (November 2016 - January 2017)

Enough To Swear By (group show) - Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, USA (October -December 2016)

Miniaturesque (solo show) - CAUE - Annecy, France (October 2016 - January 2017) 

Vitality & Verve: In the Third Dimension (group show) - Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, USA (July - October 2016)

Voyage Photographique (group show) - Abbaye de l’Epau - France (May - November 2016)

#DubaiWalls (outdoor event and exhibition) - City Walk Dubai - Dubai, UAE (March - ongoing 2016) 

Exposition Slinkachu (solo show) - Francheville Médiathèque - Francheville, France (March - April 2016) 

All Of This Is Temporary (group show) - Rich Mix / CCI Collective, London, UK (February 2016)

POW! WOW! Hawaii (outdoor event) - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (February 2016)

POW! POW! Print Show (group show) - Lana Lane Studios presented by 1xRun - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (February 2016)

Exploring the New Contemporary Movement (group show) - Honolulu Museum of Art School - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA  (February 2016)

Catastrofe (group show) Grottaglie, Italy (October 2015)

MAMA Murray Art Museum Albury - (opening exhibition)  - Albury, Australia (October 2015-February 2016)

One Square Metre (group show) - Communal Galerie Berlin - Berlin, Germany (September - October 2015)

Miniaturesque (solo show) - Andipa Gallery, London, UK (March - April 2015)

Multiplied (art fair) - Christies, - London, UK (October 2014)

#streetart : espace Au Coeur D'un Mouvement - Espace Foundation EDF - Paris, France (October 2014-January 2015)

Independent Arts Festival (group show) - Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (April 2014)

From The Streets (group show) - M Contemporary, Sydney, Australia (March - April 2014)

Global Model Village (solo show)  Hallarts @ TheSofa - Istanbul, Turkey (November 2013)

Strarta (art fair) - Saatchi Gallery - London (October, 2013)

20 Years of War Child  (charity group show)  The O2, London, February (March 2013)

Global Model Village (solo show)  Andipa Gallery, London (September 2012)

Space//Form (group show)  Breezeblock Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA (September 2012)

Unbuilt - V&A Late  (Exhibition and workshop) The Victoria & Albert Museum, London (June 2012)

Megacool 4: Youth & Art  (Group show)  Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria (June-October 2012)

Focus On Life (Charity group show)  Getty Gallery, London (May 2012)

You Are Here - Slinkachu in 2018 Antwerp  (Solo show and outdoor event) Antwerp, Belgium (May 2012)

East Wing X: Material Matters  (Group show)  Courtauld Institute of Art, London (January 2012 - June 2013)

Street Art: The New Generation  (Group show) Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland (February - May 2012)

The Big City  (Solo show) Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany (October 2011)

Concrete Ocean  (solo show)  Andipa Gallery, London (March 2011)

Fame Festival 2010 (Group show and city-wide installations), Grottaglie, Italy (September 2010)

Inter-Cool 3.0  (Group show) U, Dortmund (Germany, 2010)

Booked  (Group show) Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (June 2010)

Extraordinary Measures (Group show), Belsay Hall - English Heritage, Northumberland UK (May 2010)

London Original Print Fair Royal Academy of Arts, London (April 2010)

Skullduggerous (Bhopal charity group show)  Pure Evil Gallery, London (March 2010)

Andipa Gallery Annual Show at Gstaad Palace (Group show) Gstaad, Switzerland (February 2010)

Fame Festival 2009 (Group show and city-wide installations), Grottaglie, Italy (September 2009)

Whatever Happened to the Men of Tomorrow? (Solo show) Andipa Gallery, London (June 2009)

Tunnel 228 (Group show) The Old Vic Tunnels, London (May 2009)

Identity Crisis (Group show) Shiv Gallery, London (May 2009)

Made to Measure (Group Show) The Forum, Norwich (April 2009)

Sample 09 (Group show) Exhibitx at theprintspace, London (March 2009)

Focus (Group show) T & P Fine Art gallery, Philadelphia, USA (March 2009)

The Print Show 09  (Group show)   Black Rat Press Gallery, London (February 2009)

Andipa Gallery Annual Show at Gstaad Palace (Group show) Gstaad, Switzerland (February 2009)

Ground Zero (Solo show)   Cosh Gallery, London (August 2008)

Trespass Alliance: Inside Urban Art  (Group show)   Andipa Gallery, London (June 2008)

The Print Show (Group show)    Black Rat Press Gallery, London (February 2008)

The Bunny Show (Group show)   Cosh Gallery, London (October 2007)

NuArt  (Group show)   Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway (September 2007)

Gis (Group show)    Cosh Gallery, London (June 2007)

Play (Group show)    Urbis Gallery, Manchester (March 2007)

Eleven (Group show)   Leonard Street Gallery, London (March 2007)