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A person stands on a silver stepladder, adjusting a series of large, colourful paintings hung on a white gallery wall. The artworks feature bold, abstract shapes and stylised figures in a vibrant palette of blue, red and yellow.

Hattie Stewart is back with an exhibition at the House of Illustration!

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Date
22 April 2015

Hattie Stewart is back – not that the self-proclaimed doodle-bomber ever goes away for long – and this time it’s with reams of new work for her very own exhibition at the House of Illustration, entitled Adversary. In the first of what looks to be a whole series of commissions by the London-based gallery, she has created a collection of new (and enormous) pieces in her signature doodle style, decorating images from pop culture with accessories, stripes, googly eyes and emojis and generally elevating them beyond magazine fodder and into something entirely unique and infinitely bolder. 

Hattie Stewart: Adversary is at the House of Illustration until 19 July.

A person stands on a ladder, adjusting a large textile wall hanging made of several colourful, abstract panels. The panels feature bold shapes, a figure in sunglasses, and the word “Chanel”.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary (Installation shot) photograph by Paul Grover

A person in a patterned black and white outfit leans towards a large, colourful textile hanging in a gallery. The artwork is a grid of bold, abstract panels featuring figures, shapes and patterns.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary (Installation shot) photograph by Paul Grover

A person stands on a silver stepladder, adjusting a large, colourful textile hanging on a white gallery wall. The fabric is divided into a grid of bold, abstract paintings and stylised figures.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary (Installation shot) photograph by Paul Grover

A vibrant collage of a person with yellow hair and long blue nails, their face partially obscured by a black shape. A large, red, glossy lip shape is placed over their mouth, and a small pink cartoon character sits on their shoulder.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary

A mural of a figure with their tongue out and hand on their head, set against a background of red and blue stripes. The figure is rendered in grayscale with long black nails and stylized eyes.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary

A surreal painting of two figures embracing against a vibrant, patterned background. One person has a face resembling a cartoon character with a pink tongue sticking out, while the other has long yellow hair and red lips.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary

An illustration of a figure with yellow hair and blue sunglasses, sticking out a red tongue. They wear a black top and have one blue arm and one red arm with long nails.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary

A collage of a person with yellow hair wearing a blue dress with a red polka dot. Their skin is covered in black and white graphic patterns, and they hold a cigarette with a trail of white smoke.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary

An illustration of a pale purple figure with a distorted face and red lips. They hold a large, red heart-shaped character with wide eyes and a protruding tongue. The background consists of bold, wavy blue and black stripes.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary

A collage featuring two figures in bold, contrasting colours. One person wears a red outfit against a blue background, while the other wears a yellow suit against a red backdrop.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary

A collage of two prints laid on a paint-splattered surface. One print features a stylised face with a large red tongue and black graphic patterns across the skin.
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Hattie Stewart: Adversary

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Maisie Skidmore

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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