LONDON.- Tyburn Gallery is a new gallery dedicated to international contemporary art and will open on 17 September in Marylebone, London.

The Gallery exhibits, represents and champions established artists and younger talents from a global range of evolving art scenes, with Africa as a point of departure.

The first exhibition will be an international group show curated by Kim Stern titled Broken English which includes artists such as Athi Patra-Ruga, Mohau Modisakeng, Edson Chagas and Joël Andrianomearisoa.

Emma Menell, the Gallery’s Founder said: “Tyburn Gallery is at the forefront of African and international contemporary art. Our initial focus is on the African continent because that is where our heritage lies, but we are engaged in a dialogue with other dynamic and emerging art scenes. Our aim is to exhibit great and innovative artists across all media from around the world and promote their work nationally and internationally.”

The Gallery’s upcoming programme will also include solo exhibitions by Moffat Takadiwa, Michele Mathison, Mouna Karray and Bridget Baker.

Emma Menell - Founder
Emma Menell grew up in South Africa and has long been been passionate about art. She was educated at the University of Oxford where she gained a Doctorate in International Relations. She worked as a barrister and was the editor of the South African Journal of Human Rights. Since 2008 she has been based in Britain. The Menell family has engaged in businesses across Africa, which has brought Emma in contact with a wide range of artists and collectors on the continent. Emma’s own art collection includes works by William Kentridge, Guy Tillim, Robert Hodgins, Moffat Takadiwa, and other younger South African artists.

Kim Stern – Curatorial Advisor
Kim Stern is one of the foremost curators specialising in emerging contemporary Art. Graduate of the Michaelis School of Fine Art (South Africa), curator in residence at the ISCP (New York), former director of Goodman Gallery (South Africa), consultant to the Global Africa Project at the Museum of Arts and Design (New York), and consultant to Saatchi Gallery (London) for their look into the South African market - Stern is well known for her instinct for developing and fostering emerging artists and for independent projects involving site specific public works. Stern lived and worked in New York for seven years where she built her consultancy and now lives and works between New York, London and South Africa.

Alessandra Olivi - Director
Alessandra Olivi grew up in Italy, where she qualified as a journalist and worked as the Art Editor of Piacere Magazine. In 2009 she helped launch Il Giardino dei Lauri, the arts organisation founded by leading collectors Massimo and Angela Lauro. After moving to London she completed a masters degree in Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths and an Art Business course at Christie’s. Most recently Alessandra held the position of Gallery Manager and Press Liaison at the renowned London gallery Maureen Paley, where she worked with artists Wolfgang Tillmans, Gillian Wearing, Rebecca Warren, Liam Gillick, AA Bronson and Morgan Fisher among others. She has always been passionate about art from growth markets, which she has studied at Sotheby’s Institute in London.