PHOTOCALL: Portraits of Missing People to be Unveiled at The Other Art Fair

A portrait of Fatima Mohamed-Ali, by Charming Baker. Fatima Mohamed-Ali has been missing from her Newhaven home since 2016. Her family said it was out of character for the then 52- year old grandmother and mother of three to go missing. She was last seen by her husband, Mohamed, who she made breakfast for on the morning of February 12, 2016. She then left the house and has not been seen by her family since.

27-year old Matthew Bone, missing since 2018, painted by Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year Samira Addo. Samira has worked from a picture supplied by Matthew Bone’s mother, Karen, that 'illustrates Matt's passion for the natural environment and the guardianship role he has assumed to protect our fragile world.

It was taken on a spring afternoon in April 2015 in Eartham, West Sussex'. Matthew was last seen at the Stanbrook Abbey Hotel in the Malvern area of Worcestershire on March 9.

Carne Griffiths portrait of Darren Tunstall. Darren was 20 when he was last seen by his family on December 3, 1992. He was living with his parents and sister in Walthamstow when he went missing after saying he was visiting friends over the weekend. Despite numerous appeals, Darren remains missing to this day.

Simon Hodgson Greaves has been painted by London based artist Chris Moon. Simon was reported missing in December 2013 after his camper van was found in a car park in RSBP Bempton, North Yorkshire.

A portrait of Manic Street Preachers former guitarist and lyricist Richard Edwards portrayed by British artist Will Teather. Edwards was last seen on the 31 January 1995, when he checked out of the Embassy Hotel, Bayswater, London. On the 17 February his car was discovered in the car park of the Old Severn Bridge.

Finn Layland-Stratfield, who has been missing since he was 17, has been painted by London based artist and writer Mark Metcalfe. The teenager was last seen in Tintagel, Cornwall in July 2017.

Unmissable will be exhibited for the first time at The Other Art Fair, 14-17 March 2019 at The Old Truman Brewery. The works will also be available to bid on via the Paddle8 auction site from 5 March, with all proceeds of artwork sales going to the Missing People charity. Prices for the original works start at £2000 with framed limited edition prints available at £250. The portraits are displayed across billboard space in the London Underground in collaboration with Art Below. Unmissable is generously supported by Art Below, The Other Art Fair, JBi Digital and Jealous Printing.

For more information visit https://www.unmissable25.com/artwork/
Tickets for The Other Art Fair are now on sale and can be purchased via www.theotherartfair.com.

PRESS INFORMATION

THE OTHER ART FAIR

Lisa Baker
Lisa Baker Associates Ltd lisa@lisabakerltd.com Tel: + 44 (0)7768 310 038

MISSING PEOPLE

pr@missingpeople.org.uk Tel: + 44 (0) 20 8392 4511

NOTES TO EDITORS About Ben Moore

Ben Moore is a British art curator and artist. In 2006, Moore founded Art Below, a contemporary art organization that showcases progressive and provocative artwork from established and emerging artists, and has collaborated with charities, universities and government organizations. In 2013, Moore teamed up with Missing People to produce Art Wars, an exhibition featuring designs based on the Imperial Stormtrooper helmets and body armour from the Star Wars films.

Artists created replicas and re-imaginings of the helmets, including Damien Hirst, David Bailey, Alison Jackson, D*Face and Yinka Shonibare.

In 2017, as part of Art Below's subway series, Anish Kapoor presented his self-portrait I Like America and America Doesn't Like Me as a protest against the immigration policies of US President Donald Trump's administration.

Moore founded the Missing Tom Fund, an organization raising money in search of his older brother Tom, who suffers from mental health issues and went missing in 2003. Many of the art exhibitions he curates partially benefit the Missing Tom Fund. www.missingtom.com

About Missing People

Missing People is the only charity in the UK which is dedicated to bringing the 180,000 children and adults that go missing every year back together with their families. Some missing people you will have heard of, but many more you won’t. For their families, life without them can be a desperate and unbearable struggle. Missing People is there for them 24 hours a day, every day of the year, at the end of a phone, text or email, ready to use every means possible to search for and find their missing loved ones and to provide vital on-going support to families where the agonising wait turns into years, not just days. The helpline is free to call or text on 116 000 for advice, support and options if you, or someone you love, goes missing or runs away - it’s free, 24 hour and confidential. www.missingpeople.org.uk

About The Other Art Fair

Founded in 2011 by Ryan Stanier, The Other Art Fair is is the leading artist fair for discovering emerging artists. A platform for artists to present and sell their work directly to art buyers, each fair presents the works of more than 140 artists. In eight years, The Other Art Fair has hosted 33 fairs presenting over 1100 artists from more than 20 countries.

Acquired by Saatchi Art in 2016, The Other Art Fair continues to grow both in the UK and abroad. 2019 will see a record twelve editions of the fair take place across the world in London, Brooklyn, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Sydney and Melbourne.

Artists participating in The Other Art Fair are also featured on Saatchi Art’s online gallery, joining an international powerhouse of emerging talent, including more than 50,000 artists from over 100 countries. Previous Guest Artists include Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Martin Parr, Polly Morgan, The Connor Brothers and Ben Eine. www.theotherartfair.com