Commonage Projects presents ‘Contours’, a group exhibition with Ethan Caflisch, Adam McGowan and Seraphina Mutscheller, exploring structure and rhythm and how this might evoke lyricism in the natural world. These artists uncover underlying patterns and repeated marks or motifs, that evoke both physical outlines to even more subtle, or unseen, topographies and boundaries that shape place – or indeed self.

Through fluctuations of cadence, form and tone, and suggestions of human or elemental movements, such as ever-changing light, the artists ask us to consider our interconnectedness with our environments. Works suggest the continuously shifting edges of landscapes – from the macro to the micro. They all share an interest in material experimentation to create illustrations and gestures that both emerge from and dissolve back into abstraction.

Ethan Caflisch (b. 1993 Oshkosh, Wisconsin) started at a young age working in ceramics. He attended California college of the arts (2011-2015) and graduated with an individualized Bachelor of Fine Arts and a visual studies minor; focusing on painting, sculpture, and art direction for film. he has shown at many institutions internationally, including the Richmond art centre in California, Southern exposure in San Francisco, xxxi in New York, Amélie Maison d’art in Paris, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in San Jose.

Adam McGowan (b.1991 Derry, Ireland) works in London and presented a solo exhibition at Commonage Projects in 2022. He holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (2020). He is currently presenting a solo exhibition at Hew Hood Gallery, (London, UK). His work has been exhibited at Galería Mascota (Mexico City, Mexico; and NADA Art Fair, Miami, USA), Gloam Gallery (Sheffield, UK) and the Saatchi Gallery (London, UK). Mc Gowan’s works are included in private and public collections across the USA, UK, Mexico, Italy, Belgium and Ireland.

Seraphina Mutscheller (b. Krefeld, Germany) is an artist living and working in London, UK. She is a recent graduate from the MA Painting Programme at the Royal College of Art, where she received the Windsor and Newton Award. Seraphina previously studied at the Slade school of Fine Art and City & Guilds of London Art School, graduating with the Chadwick Healey Painting Prize. Recent exhibitions include Woodwind (solo) at Incubator in Marylebone and Polyphonies at Ames Yavuz Gallery, Mayfair.