Biogs and order links for artists exhibiting at The Fall Futures and Pasts Festival.
Sean Bright AKA Hey Kids! Rock ‘n’ Roll
I am Curious Orange diorama / 50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong garland
Hey Kids Rock’n’Roll’ is illustrator/designer Sean Bright who takes inspiration from popular and unpopular culture, crafting eccentric & joyful decorative items and generally following whatever ideas take his fancy - a sort of ‘folk-pop art’.
He lives in deeply suburban South London.
Yes, he did half-inch the name from the David Essex song 'Rock On’.
Click here for HeyKidsRicknRoll ETSY SHOP
Stanley Chow
Mr Smith
Stanley Chow is an illustrator from Manchester, England. As an illustrator he is known for his sharp sense of character with a focus on portraiture and football culture (specifically Manchester United). Most notably, Stanley has been illustrating portraits for The New Yorker for over a decade and was nominated for a Grammy for his work with The White Stripes.
Prints are available from the artist’s print shop: www.thestanleychowprintshop.com
Connect | Website | Instagram: @stan_chow
Tommy Crooks
Great Laughter in the Garden of The Fall
Trained in drawing, painting, printmaking and Sculpture at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee from 1984-1988. After graduating from art college, Tommy exhibited in The Barbizon Gallery, Glasgow before moving to Provence to work in Les Ateliers D’art de Garandeau. Tommy joined The Fall in 1997 after bumping into Mark E Smith on the street in Edinburgh.
James Fox
HIT THE NORTH!
Connect | Instagram: @jamesfoxtextileartist
Anthony Frost
Fall Eyes / Popcorn Double Feature / Sir William Wray / Extricate Backdrop Design / Re Mit T-Shirt Design / Imperial Wax Solvent
Visit Anthony's pages at | Advance Graphics | Beaux Arts |
Jonathan Ganley
The Fall, Mainstreet, Queen St, Auckland, 1982 / The Fall, Sounds Unlimited Records, Queen St, Auckland, 1982
Auckland photographer Jonathan Ganley has photographed bands and musicians since 1981. His photographs have appeared in a number of books. His work has also been published in music magazines, as well as The Guardian.
Exhibited framed prints for sale. £20 each. Email 8bitnorthxstitch@gmail.com
Pascal le Gras
Lost in Music / Hasta La Victoria / Code-Selfish / Surmount All Obstacles
Pascal Le Gras, a French artist born in 1962 in Senlis, France. He has lived and worked in Paris since 1987. He designed his first album cover for a local band from Caen (Damoclès). He enjoyed a long, creative collaboration with The Fall, forging a connection with the group's leader, Mark E. Smith.
Exhibited prints are @ £100 each. Available to buy at the Poppycock merch stand on Saturday afternoon.
Original artwork available to buy. Please contact artist direct at isea13@hotmail.com
Michelle Hickman AKA 8bitnorthxstitch
The Wonderful & Frightening World of The Fall / Cruiser’s Creek / Victoria
Michelle is a serial cross-stitcher. She designs and makes things about the people, ideas and pop culture that mean the most to her. Her subject matter is usually northern, working-class, weird, or just plain wonderful (it's a good day when they're all four). She has illustrated books (Whatever Happened to Slade? by Daryl Easlea), been honourably mentioned in footnotes (Sixteen Again by Paul Hanley) and the Complete Fall design graced the back of Cherry Red’s recently re-issued 50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong.
All pieces for sale. Please email: 8bitnorthxstitch@gmail.com
Please go to her website to buy Fall greetings cards and for commission enquiries: www.8bitnorthxstitch.com
Jeffrey Lewis
100 Fall Songs
Jeffrey Lewis is a New York City based comic book creator, illustrator and musician.
Website | thejeffreylewissite.com
Exhibited poster for sale: £20. Please contact: 8bitnorthxstitch@gmail.com
Andy McCulloch
Industrial Estate / Reformation! / Hip Priest / New Puritan / Lay of the Land / My New House
Andy McCulloch is an artist born in Manchester (1970). He studied in Leeds and is now based in Utrecht. His work is exclusively in oils on canvas and paper and has been exhibited in the UK and The Netherlands. Paintings of his have resided in the Dutch Parliament and presently sit in various private collections.
All for sale @ £450 each. Please email artist direct.
Connect | Email theshake1970@gmail.com | Instagram: @andymacpainter
Jim Moir
MES Wheelchair Man
A hugely versatile artist, Jim is renowned for his contributions to comedy, television, and the arts and is known to many as his stage persona, ‘Vic Reeves’. Whilst he established himself as a household name for his TV comedy work, art has always remained his first passion. In recent years, Jim’s artistic talent has found a new outlet in Sky Arts’ Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir.
For sale: £1000. Please contact the artist via his website: jimmoir.com
Michael Pollard
This Nation’s Saving Grace (original artwork) / The Fall: Prestwich 16th March 1984 x 4 / Mark E Smith: Prestwich 5th September 1984 x 2 / Brix Smith: Prestwich 5th September 1984 / Mark E Smith & Brix Smith: Prestwich 5th September 1984
Michael Pollard is a professional photographer, with over 25 years experience, specialising in actors’ headshots in Manchester and photography for the arts and heritage sectors.
Photographic prints are available to buy. Please email photography@michaelpollard.co.uk
Mark Reynolds AKA Stuff By Mark
Grotesque Live / Totally Wired
Mark Reynolds is an illustrator and designer based in Hampshire. He is a passionate (i.e. horribly nerdy) music fan whose work celebrates the bands, songs and artists that he loves. His work covers a variety of styles from cartoon and comic art to graphic design and more traditional paintings and illustration. Mark previously collaborated with Scanlon, Riley and the Hanleys for the release of the live version of Grotesque, released on Popstock Records.
Prints are available to from the artist’s website www.stuffbymark.co.uk/shop
Suzanne Smith
Ghost in My House / Hey Luciani! / The Fallen Women
Suzanne Smith is a Prestwich-born artist. Her artwork has appeared on several Fall sleeves, including Grotesque, Wise Old Man, and 2013’s Re-Mit.
Wefail
MES
Wefail is an artist from Manchester who's drawn to the heart of the city in the Northern Quarter. The Victorian pubs and red bricks, the Mark E. Smiths and Manis that make Manchester so unique. He has worked with artists including Massive Attack, Bobby Gillespie, Sleaford Mods, Frankie Boyle and has artwork collected in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Bank of England.
Prints available from artist’s website wefail.art