It is with much regret that I must inform you that after four years of showcasing 75+ exhibitions and 400+ artists from 30+ countries Espionage Gallery has been forced to close down. This is the result of a streak of poor art sales and a lack of funding. Wed like to thank everyone who donated to the Save Espionage Pozible fundraiser run last year, it was successful and helped keep the gallery open for 5 more months and paid for rent and upgrades to the gallery which we had hoped to run until the end of the year. However due to issues relating to low sales and lease agreement Espionage has had to come to a sudden closure. We had every intention to try and keep the gallery open all year and had already had a full lineup of exhibitions. Unfortunately the money raised would only sustain us for so long with the hope that stronger sales both with the gallery and the shop would help us see through to the end of the year. Up until now the gallery has been able to survive due to stronger art sales, however I have also been pouring all of my personal funds into the business which have been gained from doing mural commissions and teaching jobs. However even these opportunities have become increasingly scarce. The decision was made to close the gallery to prevent gaining a heavy debt that would be near impossible to escape from. I want to take this opportunity to personally thank everyone involved and connected to the gallery. My patrons; clients; Pozible campaign supporters; my volunteers and friends, including Charlie, Kat, Alyshia, Thanh, Donovan, Rae, Simeon, Ostara, Damien, Alyssa, Sarah List, Arisa Yamamoto, Emma, Fletch, Dylan, Freddie, Locky, Belinda, Tiff, Jelena, Kwong, Mu, Steve, Gary Caitlin, Vera, Peter, Lilian, Harry, Alphamanta, Gareth, Neen, Ian Stamford, Cherie Strong, David and Dani Soukup, Rem, Losop, ELK, Ariana, John Koleszar, Pisa73, Michal Dutkiewicz, Cameron Brideoake, Cherry Moose, Shaun and Eva, Marc and Cheryl, Sam Tipler, and Genevieve; everyone else who has given their support over the years; and most importantly the artists. It has been my pleasure to mentor and support local, interstate and overseas artists at different stages of their career. I would have liked to hold a closing party for the gallery but unfortunately all of this came about very suddenly. Artists and clients who need to collect work or payment rest assured that your work is safe and your pay is coming to you. I will be contacting individuals to collect work or payment over the next few days but please get in touch via email at hello@espionage-gallery to arrange collection. Although Espionage Gallery has closed in Rundle Mall, it will still live on with Pop Up exhibitions from time to time so please keep in touch and keep your eyes posted to the website and Espionage Facebook Pages. Once again thank you all! It has been a blast running Espionage Gallery and it is truly a sad day to see such a successful enterprise closing its doors. See you all in the future. Regards, Joshua Smith
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 00:04:37 +0000
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