Pearl’s London Girls! - Glitz and glamour of London’s fashion world at Zurich gallery

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Zähringerstrasse 26
8001 Zürich
Tel. 043 268 02 46

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 11.00 to 19.00
Saturday: 11.00 to 17.00

Pearl Bates was born and raised in Brighton, on the South coast of England. She studied at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design in London, before moving to Berlin and later New York. Fashion, music, film, dance and the work of Klimt, Schiele and British political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe have all been inspirational to her. Above all, however, encounters with real people have provided the imaginative spark for every one of Pearl’s girls.

Her work is collected internationally and she has had solo shows in London, Berlin, Marbella and New York. Actor and writer John Cleese, one of her collectors, hosted a solo show for her at his Los Angeles home. Pearl has also been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and has been featured in two books – ‘Imagemakers: Cutting Edge Fashion Illustration’ and ‘The Big Book of Fashion Illustration’.

Just as the inner beauty of Pearl’s girls goes far beyond their surface gloss, Pearl herself is also passionately interested in the fundamentals of mind, body and soul. She contributes to „Wave“, a British monthly magazine covering ethical, health and environmental issues.