Join our guest shop-keepers; Victoria Siddall, Frieze Board Director, Artist Kaye Donachie and Designer Erdem Moralioglu MBE, who will be hosting our exclusive London Frieze 91 winter holiday event at House of Voltaire. Expect festive drinks, mince pies and artist gift shopping.
House of Voltaire commissions and sells unique artworks, limited edition prints and specially–commissioned products by contemporary artists and designers of local and world notoriety.
Victoria Siddall is the Board Director of Frieze, following 17 years with the company. Previously she oversaw all aspects of Frieze London, Frieze Masters, Frieze New York and Frieze Los Angeles in her role as Global Director. Siddall has worked with Frieze since 2004 and was Head of Development before launching the first edition of Frieze Masters as Director in 2012, then taking over all fairs in 2014. She is Chair of the board of trustees of Studio Voltaire, and also sits on the board of the Ampersand Foundation. She is the founding member of the Gallery Climate Coalition, which aims to reduce the environmental impact of the art world.
Kaye Donachie is a contemporary Scottish painter best known for her muted, figurative paintings. Throughout her oeuvre, she explores the history of counter cultures, domesticity, and utopian ideals, often choosing to focus on female figures and leaders. Donachie will sometimes superimpose landscapes over or within portraits that depict the sermons of cult leaders, forming tableaus that are at once mysterious and deeply evocative. Born in 1970 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, she studied at the University of Central England in Birmingham before receiving her MA in 1997 from the Royal College of Art in London. Today, Donachie’s works are in the collections of the British Council in London, the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain in Paris, and the Royal College of Art in London among others.
Erdem Moralioglu MBE is the eponymous founder of fashion label Erdem, which he started in 2005 with a collection of softly sweeping dresses and floral prints, now a part of his signature aesthetic. Moralioglu earned a bachelor's degree in fashion at Ryerson University in Toronto before moving to London in 2001 to attend the Royal College of Art, having been inspired by his mother, who hailed from Birmingham, to steep himself in British culture and fashion. He interned at Vivienne Westwood and a stint at Diane von Furstenberg after graduation took him to New York for a year, but he quickly returned to establish his home base and studio in Shoreditch in East London. Since then, the designer has won fans and critical acclaim with his blend of overtly feminine silhouettes and moody, meticulous prints. The brand has received numerous accolades over the years, and is sold in over 170 retailers. Moralioglu was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to fashion.