Good Wives and Warriors is the creative partnership of Becky Bolton and Louise Chappell, who met while studying at the Glasgow School of Art. Rebecca means ‘good wife’ and Louise means ‘warrior’, and together we create weird and wonderful illustrations and sprawling wall paintings. We have and participated in exhibitions in Europe, the USA, South
America and Australia, and we continue to work on illustrations using our experimental collaborative approach.
- Exhibitions
2009
Galleri Esplanaden, Copenhagen.
“Talking About My Spontaneous Generation”, West Space Gallery, Melbourne.
L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, collaborative painting at Lamington Drive, Melbourne.
2008
“Illustrative” , Halle 9, Zurich, Switzerland.
“Lunita Boogie Boogie” PE Gallery, London (part of Appetite Gallery’s FRIEZE tour).
“I’m not a fucking Princess, I am the King” , Appetite Gallery, Buenos Aires
“Mountain Pump”, The War Club Gallery, Buenos Aires.
“Euro-vision’”, The Bottle Capp Gallery, San Francisco.
“The Local” (as part of the Glasgow International), Studio Warehouse Gallery, Glasgow.
“Bloom” , Hotel Bloom project, Brussels.
“Incredible Permanent Gains’”, Krets Gallery, Malmo, Sweden.
2007
“The Sprezzatura Maze”, SWG3 Gallery, Glasgow.
- Press/reviews/publications
2009
IdN Magazine. V.16.n.2. ‘The Illustration Special’. Feature article
The Design Files, Melbourne - interview
2008
Blanket Magazine, Melbourne based online magazine. Feature article
The Skinny, Arts/culture magazine, Scotland– ‘Show Case’ South American painting tour article
Nöjesguiden – Malmo arts paper – exhibition review
2007
The Sunday Times – ‘Pick of the week’ ‘It takes a lot of effort to look this careless’ exhibition review
The Skinny, Arts/culture magazine Scotland– exhibition review
Borne Magazine, Glasgow – ‘Draw it like you love it’- Exhibition review