Artists & Illustrators

Chris Rivers

While the lockdown that has been enforced during the Covid-19 outbreak has provided a time for many to re-engage with creative pursuits, for others it has severely curtailed grand artistic plans. Manchester-born painter Chris Rivers was all set to stage his first London solo exhibition at the Pontone Gallery in May, but at the time of writing those plans were currently on hold. “We’re taking it day by day at the minute because everything is changing so quickly anyway,” he says. “I’ll be astonished if it happens, by the sounds of things nothing is going to be open for a long time really.”

His plan is to launch the collection online for now. “It’s a shame that the actual physical show is going to be postponed until things get back to normal but yeah, I’ll just go with the flow and we’ll make something work out of

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