Toby has made 3 visits to Myanmar in recent years. His latest exhibition reflects on memories of these journeys through his paintings. Exhibition runs 18 Sep - 14 Oct 2016 at Freedom Mills, Leeds. For full details see below:
Toby Latham's triptych 'Shwedagan Pagoda' (2014) has been specially selected to appear in 'The Temple Works Legacy Exhibition' funded by Leeds City Council and Arts Council England. The work will feature in honour of the significant body of work produced by leading local and international artists at the recently closed cultural landmark, Temple Works. The show runs from 27 Aug to 7 Sep at the […]
Leeds based artist Toby Latham is no stranger to Southeast Asia, having notched up a devoted 13 or so visits to the region in the past 20 years. Helen Smith of Art Points North caught up with him for a quick-fire round of questions just two hours before his latest trip there - a third in close succession to Myanmar. […]
A retrospective and new works inspired by a journey to Myanmar/Burma.
Toby is thrilled to share that his work 'Two Minds' will front the cover of Asylum Magazine's Summer 2014 edition. Asylum is the leading international magazine for democratic psychiatry. Describing itself as a forum for free debate, open to anyone with an interest in psychiatry or mental health, the quarterly is produced and developed by a voluntary collective working in a spirit of equality. […]
Toby Latham has been specially commissioned to create a new work that will hang for posterity in the 19th century Grade I listed site Temple Works in Holbeck, Leeds. The vast former-mill-turned-arts-centre with it's facade modelled on the Temple of Horus at Edfu in Egypt is widely referred to across schools of architecture and engineering alike. A quadriptych celebrating the life of the building is […]
The private view of Toby Latham’s latest exhibition was declared a resounding success by all last night. With excellent attendance and a number of sales to private collections already secured by the end of the evening, the works on display met with high praise from critics and visitors alike. Speaking ahead of the event, Susan Williamson, Director of Temple Works […]
Toby Latham speaks to Susan Williamson about his upcoming exhibition of new work: Journeys in Asia. “STEP INTO MY WORLD” Toby Latham’s work is like no other’s. His figures drift and glide though richly textured landscapes, looking away from the viewer and into the horizon, their destination only hinted at. Landscapes permeate the dreamlike figures, whose scale plays games […]
