East meets West

By combining the work of two artists from opposite parts of the world, this exhibition celebrates cultural and stylistic diversities and the unexpected forms in which they complement and combine.

The pictures on display are proof of the distinctive way in which printmaking techniques and aesthetics travel across continents, endlessly evolving and ultimately coming together in the creative hub of east London.

Noodle Loves Doodle‘s current work is a stencil reinterpretation of Ukiyo-e, traditional Japanese woodblock prints, in a modern graffiti style. With its saturated and bright UV colours, it makes a balanced contrast with the moodier palette of No’one‘s ongoing series of music-focused, Asian-influenced linocut prints.

The duo will also be showing for the first time a series of four oil pastel drawings made in collaboration for the occasion.

Artists Bio

Noodle Loves Doodle and No’one met in London in 2019. Two years later they began sharing a studio, “The Lab”, in Limehouse. This move was followed by opening a permanent stall at the Backyard Market in Brick Lane, where they sell their work and where you can currently find them every weekend.

Noodle Loves Doodle is a Hong Kong-born artist and printmaker. Her main practice is currently focusing on the use of hand-cut stencils and spray paint on paper to reinterpret traditional Japanese woodblock prints. Her work is marked by the use of bright colours and UV-reactive paint.

Born in southern Italy, No’one is an artist and printmaker whose work represents a visual diary, a handmade map of the journey between waking life and the unconscious mind. Making linocut his weapon of choice, No’one alternates nervous marks and dark atmospheres with fluid lines and playful colour combinations.