Nelly Duff
Nelly Duff is a contemporary commercial art gallery in Shoreditch, London. It is based at the foot of Columbia Road market in the East End of London. IT Works with Ben Eine, The Toaster, and many other internationally-recognised artists. The origin of the name 'Nelly Duff' comes from the Cockney rhyming slang for "Life".
History
Nelly Duff is run by Jessie Dyer and Cassius Colman. The Gallery space was opened in November 2006 and became one of the first physical commercial space for selling street art screen print in London.
The gallery specializes in limited EDition prints in the graphic arts using traditional printing methods such as screen printing, lithography, embossing, hot stamping, linocut and woodblock printing. In 2009 it produced an edition of Ben Eine's work that attempted the Guinness Book of World Records for hand-pulling the most colors in a screen print (78).
Artists
Artists shown at the gallery include:
- Above
- Accept and Proceed
- Aida
- Angelique Houtkamp
- Anthony Burrill
- Banksy
- Calma
- Chin
- Cyclops (Lucas Price)
- Danae Bravi
- Dave the Chimp
- David Walker
- Ben Eine
- Faile (artist collective)
- Flavio Morais
- Gilles and Cecilie
- Hennie Haworth
- High Raft
- Ian McDonnell
- Jessica Albarn
- Kozyndan
- Marc Stewart
- Mathew Galvin
- Mathew Small
- Mr Bingo
- Mr Wim
- MOMO (artist)
- Mysterious Al
- Natalie Ferstendik
- Nick Purser
- Nick Walker
- Olive 47
- Patrick Thomas
- Peret
- Phlash
- Pure Evil
- Richard Ardagh
- Ruth Collett
- Serge Seidlitz
- Shepard Fairey
- Soozy Lipsey
- Speto
- Stevie Gee
- Sweet Toof
- The Toasters
- Universal Everything
- Yuko Kundo
- Zezao
- David Walker
- Eine
- Faile
- Flavio Morais
- Gilles and Cecilie
- Hennie Haworth
- High Raft
- Ian McDonnell
- Wrongwroks
Past and present exhibitions
• Angelique Houtkamp solo exhibition – Angelique Houtkamp, March 4 – March 6, 2010
• Bumble Bee – Jessica Albarn, July 26 – August 19, 2009
• Tresspassers of the world Unite – The Toasters, May 28 – June 11, 2009
• EINE World Record Attempt Show – Ben Eine, May 7 – May 27, 2009
• Solo – Patrick Thomas, October 9 – Oct 23, 2008
• Foiles les femmes – Angelique Houtkamp, May 19 – May 26, 2008
• Open Studio – Various Artists, December 6 – 20, 2007
• There is a circus in our town – The Toasters, November 9 – November 23, 2007
• The wonderful world of Mr Wim – Mr Wim, July 12 – July 26, 2007