Pick Me Up is a new contemporary graphic art fair in the UK, staged by Somerset House. A selection of avant-garde graphic art and design galleries, collectives and publishers are presenting affordable work by leading graphic designers and illustrators.

PICK ME UP: Contemporary Graphic Art Fair

23rd April – 3rd May 2010

SOMERSET HOUSE

Strand, London WC2R 1LA (020 7845 4600)

Somerset House has invited the likes of Concrete Hermit, Evening Tweed, Le Gun, Landfill/Manymono, Nobrow, Nous Vous, and Peepshow to create unique exhibition spaces. Art works are for sale from both emerging and established talents, alongside graphic prints, limited-edition books, T-shirts, crockery and fanzines.

The fair is presented alongside a programme of events and live performances, including an open studio with paper artist Rob Ryan who has installed his paper cutting studio and printing presses to showcase his processes; Print Club London is running a screen-printing workshop with guest designers including Jonathan Barnbrook, Angus Hyland, Michael Johnson, Morag Myerscough, and Scott King; a programme of film screenings is presented by It’s Nice That.

Check the Somerset House website for details of other exhibitors and the full programme of events.

The fair is curated by Claire Catterall, with exhibition design by Michael Marriott and graphic identity by Anthony Burrill.