Artist of the surreal, Otto D’Ambra brings his brand of imagination to Curious Duke Gallery, East London, for his first UK solo show, We are all animals. Humans meet the inanimate as love and societal ideals collide into chaos of hybrids. There will be a performance art piece on the opening night with one of Otto’s surreal hybrids tattooed from thigh to shoulder woman who will be exhibiting this as ‘art on skin’ recognizing Otto’s tattooing alter ego.

On June 22nd Otto will be offering a unique opportunity to become a work of art through photographing people at the Curious Duke Gallery and turning each into a bespoke piece of artwork. For £300, each A3 artwork will be a new design that will not be repeated. Just in time for Father’s Day, 21st June, these artworks could make unique and amazing gifts.

A favourite on the London art fair scene, Otto D’Ambra has built up a curious following since 2012. With his signature etching style that crosses Victoriana with concerns of love, society and our perhaps not so hidden animal instincts. The Italian print maker and illustrator explains his first solo show to be a platform “to provoke us all into thinking of how society perceives and changes us, sometimes actively and sometimes passively, by slowly eating away at our individuality.”

D’Ambra's new work has an additional motif- collage. Working into his existing style, D’Ambra understands collage to be a “new way to build images and compositions, whilst keeping the same clearness and powerful message.”

Be an animal this June.