BEN BROUGH PROFILE

BEN BROUGH PROFILE

It’s difficult to believe it has taken us two years to feature the work of Californian-born artist Ben Brough. Because if any artist legitimises the notion of the artistry around board-riding, it is Ben. Sure, Ben is an artist – but he’s many more things besides: surfer, designer, father, husband,...
WILL BARRAS PROFILE

WILL BARRAS PROFILE

Will’s work has been in the spotlight since the 1999 publication of Scrawl, the book that according to the Stolen Space gallery “documented a new movement in street art, graphics and illustration”. Since then, his career has diversified to the point that he is now equally in demand as an...
NEW LOOKING SIDEWAYS SHOP OPENS FOR BUSINESS!

NEW LOOKING SIDEWAYS SHOP OPENS FOR BUSINESS!

It’s a double celebration here at Looking Sideways HQ this week, as we throw open the doors of our virtual shop for the first time. Head on over to http://shop.wearelookingsideways.com/ and you’ll be able to buy unique original work and prints from our featured LS artists for the first time....
MICHAEL C. HSIUNG PROFILE

MICHAEL C. HSIUNG PROFILE

Here at Looking Sideways we’re lucky to work with some amazing artists. And as well as inspiring us with their work, they also inspire with their own recommendations as well: like when LS artist Phil Morgan introduced us to the sublime, surreal imaginative netherworld of Californian artist and illustrator Michael...
PHIL MORGAN PROFILE

PHIL MORGAN PROFILE

For prolific Welsh illustrator Phil Morgan, skateboarding and illustration work go hand-in-hand. ‘I’ve been scribbling for as long as I remember, and have always taken inspiration from all kinds of things: skating, music, drinking, books, art, my friends and family’. Both pursuits have taken him a long way, whether designing...
JAMES ALDRIDGE PROFILE

JAMES ALDRIDGE PROFILE

Born in the UK in 1971, James Aldridge is a painter who cites his influences as his father’s birdwatching field books, a youthful obsession with heavy metal, and skateboard graphics from Santa Cruz and Powell-Peralta. He now makes paintings from his home in a Swedish forest. I first stumbled on...
FRENCH PROFILE

FRENCH PROFILE

Richard ‘French’ Sayer is one of the most prolific artists and illustrators working in skateboarding right now. Since 2001 he’s been exhibiting his work in solo and group shows in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia. He also finds time to run his own company, Witchcraft Skateboards. His distinctive work,...
TIMOTHY KARPINSKI PROFILE

TIMOTHY KARPINSKI PROFILE

Like many of the artists we feature here at Looking Sideways, boardsports and art have been part of Timothy Karpinski’s life since he was a young kid stoked on skateboarding back in New England, customising board graphics for his friends. As it happens, one of those friends was soon-to-be snowboarding...
SCHOPH PROFILE

SCHOPH PROFILE

“I’m always inspired, by meeting new folk, going to new places, and by every situation I find myself in,” reckons Schoph. “I don’t like to be in the same place for too long. I think that’s important for me”. It’s something that certainly comes across in Schoph’s life and work....
BEN ALLEN PROFILE

BEN ALLEN PROFILE

Artist Ben Allen recently swapped his hometown of Brighton for a new life in Cornwall. It’s a move that means he can bring up his young family in a rambling new homestead, and spend more time indulging his twin passions of surfing and art. As an artist, Ben is best...
PETE FOWLER PROFILE

PETE FOWLER PROFILE

Pete Fowler is a multi-talented and prolific artist, illustrator, toy designer, skateboarder, DJ,  musician, and monster creator from Cardiff, South Wales, perhaps best known for his collaborations with Welsh band the Super Furry Animals. Since the early 1990s Pete has been sharing his psychedelic world visions with us in almost...
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NEW PHIL MORGAN SHOW ANNOUNCED

NEW PHIL MORGAN SHOW ANNOUNCED

We’re really pleased to let you know about Looking Sideways artist Phil Morgan’s first solo show, which he’s just announced for Saturday May 25th in this hometown of Penarth in Cardiff. Check the Phil-designed poster above. Phil’s been working with us here since last year, and produced the brilliant Practise Makes Perfect series for #LookingSidewaysLondon...
LOOKING SIDEWAYS LONDON PRIVATE VIEW

LOOKING SIDEWAYS LONDON PRIVATE VIEW

So after months of planning and plotting, the doors of #LookingSidewaysLondon are now open. We’re here all weekend showing work by Ben Allen, Will Barras, Pete Fowler, French, Michael C Hsiung, Tim Karpinski, Phil Morgan, Schoph and Owen Tozer. We were lucky enough to have some of the artists in town for the show, including...
Transatlantic Schoph

Transatlantic Schoph

In a move not seen since Phil Collins played Live Aid London and Philadelphia on THE SAME DAY, the ever-productive Schoph is exhibiting at two shows either side of the Atlantic simultaneously. Those in London can catch his new work at the Looking Sideways show at 71a Gallery in London’s Shoreditch (show runs 25th-28th April...
Out Of Towners featuring Michael C. Hsiung

Out Of Towners featuring Michael C. Hsiung

Michael C. Hsiung is a busy man these days – not only is he one of the 10 featured artists at our upcoming #LookingSidewaysLondon show next week, but he also has a show at the Seeing Things gallery in San Jose, California starting this Sunday 20th April alongside Jason Arnold and Andrew Mecum. Look out...
NEW LOOKING SIDEWAYS LONDON SHOW AND WEBSITE ANNOUNCED!

NEW LOOKING SIDEWAYS LONDON SHOW AND WEBSITE ANNOUNCED!

After a busy winter at Looking Sideways HQ spent plotting and planning, we’re stoked to announce our first show of 2013 at the 71a Gallery in London’s Shoreditch, and the launch of our brand spanking new website. For our Looking Sideways London show, we’ve gathered together ten of our favourite artists and collaborators: Ben Allen,...
Endeavor Snowboards X Ransom Holding Co.

Endeavor Snowboards X Ransom Holding Co.

Our friends at Endeavor Snowboard Design, with whom we recently collaborated to make the super limited series of LS X Vans X Endeavor snowboards based on the crowd sourced artwork created at our Wangl Tangl exhibition last year, have recently been working with Ransom Holding Co. in a collaborative project to produce an original snowboard...
Ben Allen - New Website Launch

Ben Allen – New Website Launch

Artist Ben Allen’s new website, featuring a crisp, clean new look, has just gone live. The site features a comprehensive archive of Ben’s work over the years, from his various shows and commissions to his interior work and prints, and a regularly updated blog. The site also has an extensive selection of works for sale,...
LOOKING SIDEWAYS X FLUID JUICE X VANS SURFBOARD COLLABORATION

LOOKING SIDEWAYS X FLUID JUICE X VANS SURFBOARD COLLABORATION

The sun is out, the surf looks like it’s going to be pumping all week – what better time to release the latest LS film about our collaboration with long-term partners-in-crime Vans and local Cornish shapers Fluid Juice? Looking Sideways x Fluid Juice x Vans Boardmasters Collaboration from Looking Sideways on Vimeo. This one took...
Endeavor x Red Bull 'Slash Your Own Art'

Endeavor x Red Bull ‘Slash Your Own Art’

Our friends at Endeavor Snowboard Design have teamed up with Red Bull Canada for a great art / snowboard competition combining their commitment to promoting art in snowboard design and innovation in board production at their unique in house R&D facility the ‘Archetype Lab’. They’re offering the chance for four artists / designers to have...
Scott Bourne publishes 'A Room With No Windows' book

Scott Bourne publishes ‘A Room With No Windows’ book

Following in the footsteps of fellow American authors like Hemingway and Henry Miller, who were drawn to live in Paris, skater, poet & photographer Scott Bourne has called the French capital his home for a number of years now. Know to many in the skate community for his raw & creative skating, notably for Consolidated...
Moose & Moonshine

Moose & Moonshine

Rhythm Livin’s latest happening is on tomorrow night, 1st February in Innsbruck, Austria. Featuring art from LS friend Schoph, who’s been traveling and painting in Scandinavia with the Rhythm crew recently, along with Case, Carlos Blanchard, Crista Leonard, Josh Galletly & Matic Zavodniknight – as with any of the Rhythm crews events there’s sure to be...
ENDEAVOR SNOWBOARD DESIGN - MAX JENKE INTERVIEW

ENDEAVOR SNOWBOARD DESIGN – MAX JENKE INTERVIEW

I’m sure you’ve noticed if you’d been checking in on us here at Looking Sideways recently, we recently arrived at the culmination of the ‘Eyes’ art / snowboard project that began in March last year as part of the exhibition we hosted at the Wängl Tängl in Mayrhofen, Austria. The plan was for the final...