Exhibitions |

Art Wars East April / May 2018

Art Wars and Hix Art collaborate to present ‘Art Wars East. Opening on March 29th, 2018. It consists of new works by emerging and established artists and will be unveiled and on show until May 18th. Each artist has been provided with a Star Wars Stormtrooper helmet, with the brief of transforming it into a piece of art: ‘Turning the Dark Side into the Art Side.’
Artists include Ben Eine, Joana Vasconcelos, Philip Colbert, Joe Rush, Reeps One, Miranda Donovan, Lauren Baker, Will Teather, Carne Griffiths and Orlanda Broom.

Art Wars Miami & Los Angeles December 2017

Art Wars travels to Miami and Los Angeles to unveil 20 brand new works by emerging and established artists.

Artists include: Goldie MBE, Ben Eine,Retna, Blek Le Rat, Philip Colbert, Daniel Lismore, Joana Vasconcelos, and Chemical X.

Eight of the helmets will be unveiled at the Red Dot Art Fair as part of Miami Art Week 6 – 10 December. Then to coincide with the opening of Star Wars ‘The Last Jedi’ the entire collection will then go on show at Sur Le Mur Gallery in West Hollywood Los Angeles to add some of LA’s finest artists to the mix including Risk, Retna, Robert Vargas and Emerson Barrett.
The exhibition, curated by Ben Moore, will raise funds to benefit two charities, Missing People and the Missing Tom Fund.

ART WARS ROGUE ONE EDITION

8th – 28th December 2016

To coincide with the launch of the latest Star Wars film Rogue 1 – eight emerging and established artists, including Sir Anish Kapoor, have each embellished a Star Wars stormtrooper helmet with a unique design.

The participating artists Sir Anish Kapoor C.B.E., D*Face, Dan Baldwin, Carne Griffiths, Agnetha Sjogren, Polina Vasenkova, Schoony and Miranda Donovan, were each been given a stormtrooper helmet with the instructions from Art Wars curator, Ben Moore, to “Turn the Dark Side into the Art side.”

Art Wars South Place

2nd – 28th February 2016

Private View: Tuesday 2nd February, 6pm-10pm

Venue: Spies Society Members Club, South Place Hotel, 3 South Place, Moorgate, London EC2M 2AF.

‘ART WARS’ LOS ANGELES

27th – 31st January 2016

Art Wars travels to Los Angeles where we have a ‘presence’ at the Art Unified Booth at the LA Art Show

ART WARS LAS VEGAS

7th January 2016

Hewlett Packard Star Wars Themed party

Surrender Nightclub – 3131 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109

Art Wars Mayfair

18th December 2015 – 17th January 2016

As the hotly-anticipated latest addition in the Star Wars franchise opens in cinemas across UK, London based art curators Ben Moore and Sara Wade unveil a retrospective exhibition ‘Art Wars’ in the heart of Mayfair.

Opening on 17th December, at 18 Hertford Street, Mayfair, ‘Art Wars Mayfair’ will give visitors insight into nearly ten years of art in an ongoing collaboration with some of the best minds in the art world as they fuse Star Wars culture with their own artistic twist and trade mark style.

Artists include Mr.Brainwash, James Mylne, Hayden Kays, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Alison Jackson and Joe Rush.

‘ART WARS SWEDEN’

17th January – 29th March 2015.
3:e Våningen Art Centre, Carnegie sugar refinery, GOTHENBURG.

Curated by Ben Moore and Olof Persson.

Artists Taking Part:

Acéphale, Andreas R Andersson, Dorna Aslanzadeh, Erik Bergli,

Tobias Bernstrup,Sara Lo Af Ekenstam, Carolina Falkholt,

Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Carl Michael von Hausswolff,

Peter Johansson, Radmila Knezevic, Makode Linde,

Maria Miesenberger, Johannes Nyholm, Christian Partos,

Agnetha Sjögren, Linda Spåman, Pål Svensson,

Bea Szenfeld, Elin Wikström

‘ART WARS’ AT THE MONIKER ART FAIR

October 2014

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A selection of new artists, including RYCA, Joe Rush, Elmo Hood, Schoony, Nancy Fouts and Craig Davison have transformed ‘the dark side into the art side’ to be unveiled at the 2014 Moniker Art Fair. Curated by Ben Moore these artists have been specially invited to fulfil the ‘urban vibe’ that is epitomised in the Moniker Art Fair.

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Art Wars Dubai

MEFCC, Dubai, March / April 2014

Art Wars involved 20 UAE based artists applying their creative flair and individual styles to customise the classic Stormtrooper helmet. Some of the best known artists in the UAE designed creative art pieces that reflected their passions and flair. Artists included Mohammed Abedin,HH Sheikha Wafa Bint Al Maktoum, Mohammed Kanoo, William Navaro, Jalal Luqman, Stephan KK Messam, Mattar Bin Lahej, Liz Ramos Prado and El Seed