Bishop Challoner Students exhibited work last month at Four Corners Gallery in Bethnal Green, with the opening night on the 1 March. This was the first time many students had exhibited in a public gallery; it gave them a useful introduction into showing their work.
Adrian Tobin, an art teacher at Bishop Challoner and one of the show’s organisers says: ‘This was an interim show consisting primarily of the work of Year 12 photography students; art students also took part using photography either implicitly or explicitly in their submitted work.
‘“Urban environment” was the departure point which evolved into a rich variety of responses with students experimenting in a range of techniques and processes. A common thread was the link to their lives as young Londoners living in the East end.
‘All our photography/art students are Londoners and yet their family heritage stems from a kaleidoscope of different cultures: Vietnamese, Filipino, Indian, Bangladeshi, Lithuanian, Irish and Colombian. This is something which is unique to Bishop Challoner within the borough of Tower Hamlets and is reflected in the diverse and exceptional work created by our young artists.’
