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In collaboration with Montcalm Collection, Rise Art is delighted to present The Sound of Form, a series of in-person and online experiences evoking the inner language of art.
Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.
For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy street scenes and other displays of togetherness. This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.
With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.
The Sound of Form explores the profound connection between sight and sound, where visual art transcends its silent nature to evoke sensory experiences traditionally reserved for the auditory realm. Chosen artists invite viewers to experience a synesthetic journey—one where a visual encounter might trigger the memory of a sound, or even create the impression of an unheard resonance.
A MEDITATION ON PERCEPTION
Each piece delves into the potential of visual elements to convey rhythm, tone, and vibration—creating a space where the silent language of art becomes a conduit for the imagination’s inner symphony. For optimum viewing, we invite you to find a quiet space and let “the strokes come like speech.”*
Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.
For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy streets scenes and other displays of togetherness.
togetherness. This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.
With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
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EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Christine Perfect Holding the Floor, Bar aux Folies, 2025
KATE MCCRICKARD
Paintings - 97 x 130 cm
£3,798
“Form itself, even if completely abstract ... has its own inner sound.”
Wassily Kandinsky
*Original quote from Vincent van Gogh: “The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech.”
Christine Perfect Holding the Floor, Bar aux Folies, 2024
KATE MCCRICKARD
Paintings - 97 X 130 cm
£ 3,799
Punk Quartet, 2024
KATE MCCRICKARD
Paintings - 97 x 130 cm
£ 3,802
KATE MCCRICKARD
“I wanted to transmit this sense of being crushed against the stage in a mosh pit, a familiar experience for me in my teenage years when rock concerts were more unruly with drinking, smoking, brawling in the crowd, and when trying to get on stage with the musicians was just part of the performance”.
Physical Exhibition
MONTCALM ROYAL LONDON HOUSE
22-25 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1DX, UK
13th February - 30th April
Opening reception 13th February
LUCY CADE
“My series deals with different episodic states of breaking with reality whilst using source imagery from old films: such paintings strike at the heart of my practice of re-mythologising and reclaiming the narratives of female protagonists.”
Wall of (ultra)sound, 2020
LUCY CADE
Paintings - 30.5 X 31 cm
£ 1,300
Big Pharma III, 2023
TOM WAUGH
Sculpture -50 x 38 x 33 cm
P.O.R.
Big Pharma III, 2023
TOM WAUGH
Sculpture - 50 x 38 x 33 cm
P.O.R.
Big Pharma Empty 4, 2024
TOM WAUGH
Sculpture - 32 x 48 x 6 cm
P.O.R.
TOM WAUGH
“By immortalising the ephemeral in enduring materials like marble, the piercing of a pill packet or the crushing of cardboard, I hope to challenge how we value objects and confront the tension between permanence and impermanence—between what we consume and what we leave behind."
Machine woven tapestry, 2024
KIRSTY HARRIS
Collage (Edition of 25) - 76 x 61 cm
£ 490
The instrument is not the music (Machine woven tapestry), 2023
KIRSTY HARRIS
Installation - 125 x 140 x 3 cm
£ 1,500
KIRSTY HARRIS
“There is a contemplation on ‘a split second’ that encompasses the craft, the catastrophic act, and the meditative result - all vying for attention.”
Well Hello, 2020
SAM HAYNES
Photography (Edition of 10) - 40 x 60 cm
£ 550
KJELL FOLKVORD
"While working on this piece, I was listening to Wagner—not a personal favourite, but I do enjoy some of his works. Tristan und Isolde, particularly The Death of Isolde, resonated deeply with me. It wasn’t the words, but the music itself that spoke to me and infused the painting. The whole canvas was completed in a single, uninterrupted session. As I stepped back, I realised there was a profound sense of depth, something that made me think of the universe. When I reflected on what I’d been listening to, the meaning became clear, and the title revealed itself."
The Death of Isolde, 2019
KJELL FOLKVORD
Paintings - 90 x 120 cm
£ 3,500
A Hug from Behind | Moving Away from a Kiss |
Losing Myself, 2021
SIMON TATUM
Drawings
The Tears Of Helios : Fragment 6, 2024
ANYSIA NEFISSI
Paintings - 40 x 20 x 8 cm
£ 601
Pillowtalk, 2023
ANYSIA NEFISSI
Paintings - 54 x 44 cm
£ 1,374
ANYSIA NEFISSI
“Synaesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon that combines several senses. For example, we might see colours when we hear music. Each sense is triggered by another, creating cross-sensory perceptions. Mirroring this, my approach to the senses is not just visual, but kaleidoscopic. In my work, this translates into a practice that encourages sensory experimentation through abstraction; a play between emptiness and fullness, silence and noise, vibration and mobility.”
SIMON TATUM
“I want these drawings to be compound representations of male intimacy, self-reflection, and provocation, contrasting the figurative narratives and pastoral scenes usually depicted on delftware or chinaware ceramics.”
Whispering into his Ear, 2021
SIMON TATUM
Drawings - 25 x 20 cm
£ 760
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Sofiysko Metro, 2022
CAMILLE D'ALENÇON
Paintings - 65 X 205 cm
£ 3,045
CAMILLE D'ALENÇON
"My painting draws inspiration from daily life and my urban wanderings—through a city alive with the clamour of construction and traffic, yet eerily silent in the anonymity and indifference of the night. Sounds and smells, never neutral, pour into my work, shaping the subjects I bring to life on the canvas."
RACHEL MERCER
RACHEL MERCER
RACHEL MERCER
RACHEL MERCER
EXPERIENCE SOUND OF FORM AT MONTCALM ROYAL LONDON HOUSE
EDITORIAL
Rachel Mercer: "The painterly surface becomes a conduit for emotion and feeling."
The Senses and Biophilia | Laura Basterra Sanz
"I like chicken" and Other Sotries with Sabrina Shah
Rise Art shines a light on today's most dynamic and culturally significant artists, collaborating directly with a curated roster of emerging, mid-career, and established artists worldwide.
COMING SOON
"I like chicken" and Other Stories with Sabrina Shah"
INTERVIEW
Rachel Mercer: "The painterly surface becomes a conduit for emotion and feeling."
COMING SOON
The Senses and Biophilia | Laura Basterra Sanz"
COMING SOON
The Senses and Biophilia | Laura Basterra Sanz"
BEHIND THE SCENES: THE RHYTHM OF CREATION
Thud, 2024
ANYSIA NEFISSI
Paintings - 79 x 61 cm
£ 2,103
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THE SOUND OF FORM
“Form itself, even if completely abstract ... has its own inner sound.”
Wassily Kandinsky
In collaboration with Montcalm Collection, Rise Art is delighted to present The Sound of Form, a series of in-person and online experiences evoking the inner language of art.
The Sound of Form explores the profound connection between sight and sound, where visual art transcends its silent nature to evoke sensory experiences traditionally reserved for the auditory realm. Chosen artists invite viewers to experience a synesthetic journey—one where a visual encounter might trigger the memory of a sound, or even create the impression of an unheard resonance.
A MEDITATION ON PERCEPTION
Each piece delves into the potential of visual elements to convey rhythm, tone, and vibration—creating a space where the silent language of art becomes a conduit for the imagination’s inner symphony. For optimum viewing, we invite you to find a quiet space and let “the strokes come like speech.”*
*Original quote from Vincent van Gogh: “The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech.”
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Rise Art shines a light on today's most dynamic and culturally significant artists, collaborating directly with a curated roster of emerging, mid-career, and established artists worldwide.
EDITORIAL
Rachel Mercer: "The painterly surface becomes a conduit for emotion and feeling."
The Senses and Biophilia | Laura Basterra Sanz
"I like chicken" and Other Sotries with Sabrina Shah
Rise Art shines a light on today's most dynamic and culturally significant artists, collaborating directly with a curated roster of emerging, mid-career, and established artists worldwide.
Physical Exhibition
MONTCALM ROYAL LONDON HOUSE
22-25 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1DX, UK
13th February - 30th April
Opening reception 13th February
RAC
SAM HAYNES
“Art has always been a multi-sensory experience for me, rooted within the materiality of found objects. Finely balanced assemblages can convey both a soft and silent stillness or a jostling cacophony of sound. We see and hear ourselves within these interlinking forms, striking a chord that has the ability to convey and connect our emotional selves.”
INTERVIEW
Rachel Mercer: "The painterly surface becomes a conduit for emotion and feeling."
Whether you'd like to require details and availability for a specific artwork or would like to chat with one of our advisors to refine your search, our team are always on hand to help with any enquiries you might have.
OLGA SHCHEBLYKINA
“These objects challenge viewers to reconsider the nature of art and the boundaries that define it, embodying a call to dismantle hierarchical structures. My art is a testament to the power of disruption and reimagining the boundaries of body and space. My work embraces the constant interplay between order and chaos.”
Vessel, 2023
OLGA SHCHEBLYKINA
Sculpture - 105 x 83 x 50 cm
P.O.R.
Very Sad, 2022
OLGA SHCHEBLYKINA
Paintings - 120 x 100 cm
£ 1,265
The Pursuit of Music: Flowdan, 2024
HABIB HAJALLIE
Drawings - 23 x 39 cm
£ 1,750
HABIB HAJALLIE
“Marc Veira (b. 1980), better known by his stage name Flowdan, is a pioneering figure in contemporary English music and one of the early champions of Grime since the genre’s inception in the early 2000s. This ballpoint pen portrait of Veira, drawn on collaged texts and the front cover of The Pursuit of Music by Sir Walford Davies (1949), celebrates the modern face of English music.”
JMe, 2022
HABIB HAJALLIE
Prints (Edition of 50) - 30 x 21 cm
£ 140
Fou Ts’ong, 2021
HABIB HAJALLIE
Drawings - 42 x 30 cm
£ 3,750
Dame Jocelyn Barrow, 2021
HABIB HAJALLIE
Prints (Edition of 25) - 59 x 42 cm
£ 250
YONI ALTER
“This sculpture embodies the interplay between fluid form and imagined resonance. Its intertwining metallic curves evoke the undulating rhythm of sound waves, inviting the viewer to sense an unseen melody, where the visual transforms into a silent symphony.”
Flow, 2024
YONI ALTER
Sculpture (Edition of 3) - 35 x 35 x 35 cm
£6,706
SOPHIE BOCHER
“Vibrations is an original work in smooth plaster on the theme of the wave. The curves recall those of Woman, but also of the wave and the musical line. Thus mingles water, music, wind, and sensuality in this work."
Vibrations, 2019
SOPHIE BOCHER
Sculpture (Edition of 8) - 40 x 56 x 0.1 cm
£ 4,048
Tease, 2018
BRENDAN NEILAND
Paintings -45 X 61 cm
£ 5,000
Zest 1, 2017
BRENDAN NEILAND
Paintings - 45 x 61 cm
£ 5,000
Tease, 2018
BRENDAN NEILAND
Paintings - 45 x 61 cm
£ 5,000
The Death of Isolde, 2019
KJELL FOLKVORD
Paintings -90 X 120 cm
£ 3,500
SAM HAYNES
“Art has always been a multi-sensory experience for me, rooted within the materiality of found objects. Finely balanced assemblages can convey both a soft and silent stillness or a jostling cacophony of sound. We see and hear ourselves within these interlinking forms, striking a chord that has the ability to convey and connect our emotional selves.”
Going Bananas, 2022
SAM HAYNES
Photography (Edition of 10) - 56 x 44 cm
£ 750
BRENDAN NEILAND
“I walk and walk, looking, listening and soaking up the atmosphere. I want the excitement and awe that I feel to be present in my paintings. The architecture and all of the other elements that make up the city strive for a certain perfection through form, material, and colour to win over the approbation of us all. A way of life is being displayed, one that is so rich and desirable. I immerse myself in it.”
Cantaloupe, 2021
BRENDAN NEILAND
Paintings - 120 x 180 cm
£ 20,000
KEVIN JACKSON
“There is a brutality involved when translating or describing an idea conceived and executed in one medium into another medium entirely; music or poetry into prose, dance or painting into words, stage to screen, or sound and narrative into painting. Much can be lost, but the other side of the coin is that much more can be gained, understood and revealed.”
Sibilance 2, 2021
KEVIN JACKSON
Paintings - 60 x 52 cm
£ 1,750
Trio In June, 2021
KEVIN JACKSON
Paintings - 90 x 120 cm
£ 3,500
Rush Hour, 2019
ANDREW CRANE
Paintings - 36 x 46 cm
£ 600
Half Time, 2019
ANDREW CRANE
Paintings - 38.5 X 46 cm
£ 600
ANDREW CRANE
“It’s hard to look at numbers without hearing the sound of those numbers in your head. And, when they gather together, it can be a cacophony, a conversation, a whispered word.”
ALINA SCHIAU
“I seek harmony within imperfection, where colours, shapes, and perspectives merge to reveal the hidden layers of human experience. These elements intersect and entwine, mirroring the cycles of life and death, and opening a dialogue about the struggles and truths of an entire era.”
Loving School, 2022
ALINA SCHIAU
Paintings - 105 X 150 cm
£ 2,673
Losing Myself, 2021
SIMON TATUM
Drawings - 17 x 17 cm
£ 457
Confronting My Friend, 2021
SIMON TATUM
Drawings - 21 x 25 cm
£ 760
Rise Art shines a light on today's most dynamic and culturally significant artists, collaborating directly with a curated roster of emerging, mid-career, and established artists worldwide.
Sounding Still, 2024
SAM HAYNES
Photography (Edition of 12) - 60 x 60 cm
£ 665
INTRODUCING
The Pursuit of Music: Flowdan, 2024
HABIB HAJALLIE
Drawings - 23 x 39 cm
£ 1,750
Sofiysko Metro, 2022
CAMILLE D'ALENÇON
Paintings - 65 x 205 cm
£ 3,045
Moving Away from a Kiss, 2021
SIMON TATUM
Drawings - 20 x 25 cm
£ 760
A Hug from Behind, 2021
SIMON TATUM
Drawings - 23 x 23 cm
£ 648
A Hug from Behind, 2021
Moving Away from a Kiss, 2021
Losing Myself, 2021
SIMON TATUM
Drawings