Since opening in 2006…
Nelly Duff has become as much a part of East London as the rhyming slang we take our name from. One of the first gallery spaces to exhibit international street art and artists, Nelly Duff is an East-end institution and edition house, nestled in London’s historic Columbia Road.
Not one for calm or convention, Nelly Duff deals in the unexpected and unprecedented. Whether it’s lecturing at LCC to setting screen print world records, it is promoting the reputation and talent of our artists that Nelly Duff values above all. For over a decade, we have been combining our knowledge of traditional and innovative printing techniques with artists all over to world to publish high quality editions. From being quoted on the 10 o’clock news, to a dark and derelict London car park, exhibiting old bangers transformed by our artists, Nelly Duff subscribes to a less orthodox ideology. With sell-out editions from Miss Van to Matt Small, Nelly Duff continues to fearlessly showcase the best of the contemporary urban arts from our corner of London.
Team Nelly in action!
Past Exhibitions:
The Wonderful world of Mr Wim – Mr Wim, 12–26 July 2007
There is a circus in our town – The Toasters, 9–23 November 2007
Open Studio – Various Artists, 6 – 20 December 2007
Foiles les femmes – Angelique Houtkamp, 19–26 May 2008
Solo – Patrick Thomas, 9 October – 23 Oct 2008
EINE World Record Attempt Show – EINE 7–27 May 2009
Trespassers of the world Unite – The Toasters, 28 May – 11 June 2009
Bumble Bee – Jessica Albarn, 26 July – 19 August 2009
Angelique Houtkamp solo exhibition – Angelique Houtkamp, 4–6 March 2010
Show of hands – Gaia – 11-18 April 2013
Nelly’s Inaugural Flower Show, Pick Me Up 11-18 April 2013
Banger art, Group Show – 15-17 June 2013
The Radiant Ones, Matthew Small 3 July – 6 September 2013
Tenderloin A-Z, Eine – 18 September 2013
Nelly’s Zoo – Pick Me Up – 22 March – 1 July 2014
There’s a Circus in Town, Toaster – 8 November – 10 June 2014
VNA Issue 28 Launch – 20 November 2014
It is a Sad and Beautiful World, Chris Bourke – 16 – 28 June 2016
Paradise, Dave White – 26 May – 4 June 2017
Take a F***ing Seat, Soozy Lipsey – 27 July – 5 August 2018
NSFW, Anne Lacheiner-Kuhn – 7-16 September 2018
Arcane Arcade, Pablo Delgado – 12-21 October 2018
xEnso, Xenz – 1-9 November 2018
Psalms, Nick Smith – 30 November – 9 December 2018
Pressure, Brooklyn Whelan – 7-14 March 2019
Psychogeography, Callum Russell – 4-11 July 2019
Say it With Flowers, Dave Buonaguidi – 5-12 September 2019
CRYLONG, My Dog Sighs – 7-14 November 2019
Co-founder Cassius Colman
Objectionable, GFDA, 6 – 12 December 2019
The Art of The Outsider, Stephen Anthony Davids, 6 – 12 August 2020
Precious, Matthew Small, 25 – 30 September 2020
Diffraction, Florence Blanchard, 5 – 11 November 2020
To Be Continued, Soozy Lipsey, 3 – 9 December 2020
Working Proofs, RUN, 22 – 28 April 2021
Empty Space, Pablo Delgado, 22 – 25 May 2021
Over Sleeping Eyes, Andrew J Millar, 2 – 7 September 2021
Paradise, Xenz, 30 Sept – 5 October 2021
The Face of Shoreditch, Group Show, 1 – 18 April 2022
The Golden Face, Jessica Albarn, 27 May – 3 June 2022
WHY ARE WE HERE?, Anthony Burrill, 1 – 13 July 2022 (COMING SOON)
Art Fairs:
Moniker Art Fair, New York – 3-6 May 2018
Urban Art Fair, Paris – 11-14 April 2019
