Fresh Off the Boats.

Fresh off the boats is a mixed media curatorial gallery honouring the sacrifices of migrants to Britain today and throughout time. From the transatlantic slave trade, to the contemporary refugee crisis, the Windrush scandal, to the disproportionate BAME death toll for COVID-19. The works in this gallery explore the traditionally underrepresented legacies of migration over the seas via original paintings, GIF footage and photography.

Considering the symbolism of the boat as a timeless vessel for the transportation of bodies and ideas. The Fresh Off the Boats gallery seeks to explore whether safety and security in the UK is possible for the recently termed Windrush generation and UK migrant communities at large.

All work by Deanio X with occasional collaborators including: Nathan Bowen, Sondos Mahdy, Tasnim Mahdy, and Jonny Giardini.

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CREATING THE GHOST MERIDIAN I.

CREATING THE GHOST MERIDIAN II.

CREATING THE GHOST MERIDIAN III.

CREATING THE GHOST MERIDIAN IV.

CREATING THE GHOST MERIDIAN V.

CREATING THE GHOST MERIDIAN VI.

CREATING THE GHOST MERIDIAN VIII.

CREATING THE GHOST MERIDIAN IX.

CREATING THE GHODT MERIDIAN X.

CREATING THE GHOST MERIDIAN XI.

CREATING THE GHOST MERIDIAN XII.

FROM AFRICA TO THE CARIBBEAN TO CATFORD - A GREAT BRITISH SCANDAL.

PAY YOUR DUES GREAT BRITAIN.

WALWORTH ROAD MURAL IN PROGRESS.

FLOODING EMPIRE.

EXTRACT FROM SKETCHBOOK I.

EXTRACT FROM SKETCHBOOK II.

EXTRACT FROM SKETCHBOOK III.

EXTRACT FROM SKETCHBOOK IV.

WATERFOLK.

ONE DROP.

HULL.

TWO DROPS.

MIRROR.

DUPPY WATER I.

DUPPY WATER II.

DUPPY WATER III.

EXTRACT FROM SKETCHBOOK.

COTTON.

DON'T RUSH.

FUEGO.

OVERBOARD.

CHANNEL.

SUCRE.

GOLDEN ERA.

HORIZEN.

TIME MACHINE.

A CUTTING.

INFINITY WAVE.

CRUISE.

STREET ART IN BERLIN.

BLOSSOM.

#WAKANDA4REAL?

ROLLING WIND.

SILENT DRAGON.

LUPA.

UNBREAKABLE BOYS.

DIVERGENCE.

BAD NEWS FEED.

DO IT!

BLACKED.

BONFIRE.

NEW ENDING.

LEVIATHAN.

RONINCHUKWU.

SOHO MURAL.

EXTRACT FROM KEY WORKER MURAL.

KEY WORKER SUPPORT MURAL.

EXTRACT FROM ST EDWARD THEATRE MURAL.

EXTRACT FROM ST EDWARD THEATRE MURAL.

EXTRACT FROM ST EDWARD THEATRE MURAL.

EXTRACT FROM ST EDWARD THEATRE MURAL.

PICADILLY MURAL.

MURAL IN PROGRESS PICCADILLY.

CALAIS MIGRANT CAMP DURING EVICTION.

CALAIS MIGRANT CAMP DURING EVICTION.

CALAIS MIGRANT CAMP DURING EVICTION.

CALAIS MIGRANT CAMP DURING EVICTION.

CALAIS MIGRANT CAMP DURING EVICTION.

CALAIS MIGRANT CAMP DURING EVICTION.

CALAIS MIGRANT CAMP DURING EVICTION.

CHUKWU.

ANTHROPOCENE I.