Ogilvy & Mather China’s chief creative officer Graham Fink debuts his art exhibition in London

Ogilvy & Mather’s chief creative officer for China is currently in London where he is launching his first solo art exhibition.

Fink’s debut exhibition is called “Nomads”  and opens at the prestigious Riflemaker Gallery in London tomorrow and runs until 22nd of January 2014.

The centre piece of the show is 12 photographs Fink took on his travels. He sees ‘faces’ in cracks on walls and flaking paint etc. All images have been printed onto white marble slabs from the quarries of Thassos in Greece, this marble is special as it has no veins and is the purest whitest marble on earth.

There are also 3 paintings in the show and 2 drawings that Fink has hand etched onto 35mm film with a scalpel.

Fink also made 3 x 30 second animated films where he scratched each and every frame into the film emulsion. All in all 2250 frames were scratched to make animations of faces being formed and then destroyed. The sound design was achieved by placing a high powered microphone next to the blade.

Fink told Campaign Brief Asia the show has been a real labour of love and taken about two years of work to get ready: “I am pretty nervous but excited.”

Fink is one of the world’s most highly awarded, respected and celebrated creatives. He is the man behind some of advertising’s most iconic campaigns and images. His work has won him numerous accolades including the 2012 Cannes Grand Prix, D&AD Pencils and British TV Awards. He has also won four BAFTA’S.

In 2011, Ogilvy & Mather hired him as their Chief Creative Officer for China.