Graham Lambkin

Graham Lambkin (b. 1973 in Dover, England) is a multidisciplinary artist, currently based in Upstate New York, who first came to prominence in the early 90′s through the formation of his music group The Shadow Ring. Combining a D.I.Y. post-punk ethic with folk music, cracked electronics, and surreal wordplay, The Shadow Ring created a unique hybrid sound that set them apart from their peers and continues to show as an influence today.

Following the dissolution of The Shadow Ring Lambkin embarked on a series of striking and highly original solo releases, including ‘Salmon Run’ (2007) and ‘Amateur Doubles’ (2012), a critically acclaimed trilogy with experimental tape music artist Jason Lescalleet:’The Breadwinner’ (2007), ‘Air Supply’ (2010) and ‘Photographs’ (2013), and ‘Making A’ (2013) a collaboration with legendary table-top guitarist and founding member of AMM, Keith Rowe.

Since 2001 Lambkin has also curated the Kye label, releasing work by contemporary sound artists such as Vanessa Rossetto, Rushford & Talia, and Astor, as well as archival collections from the likes of Henning Christiansen, Moniek Darge and Anton Heyboer.

Lambkin’s reputation as a visual artist also came into focus during the 1990′s, designing record sleeves, t-shirts, posters/flyers for a slew of underground labels and bands including The Dead C, Harry Pussy, Sun City Girls and Double Leopards. The playful combination of figurative and abstract elements lend Lambkin’s work a jarring, dreamlike quality that confuses the eye by placing childlike totems against a darker adult undercurrent.

To date four hardcover books of Lambkin’s art/text have been produced: ‘Unfocused Hands’ (2004), ‘Dumb Answer To Miracles’ (2009), ‘Dripping Junk’ (2010) and ‘Millows’ (2012), as well as several chapbooks of poetry. ‘Came To Call Mine’ is the latest, and most expansive publication of Lambkin’s work thus far.

‘Came to Call Mine’ at Audio Visual Arts marks the first solo exhibition of Lambkin’s visual work. Works included in the exhibition were created in the last two years and a drawn from the recent publication on Penultimate Press of the same name.