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![JUNE 2024 - My solo show, All Smiles, took place at the Questors Theatre in Ealing, London featuring new drawings and paintings centred on contemporary portraiture and on-screen media](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/24d70bbb-01e8-4941-bfb3-04ee5787803a/All+Smiles+I.jpg)
JUNE 2024 - My solo show, All Smiles, took place at the Questors Theatre in Ealing, London featuring new drawings and paintings centred on contemporary portraiture and on-screen media
![JANUARY 2024 - my drawing, Remember (Walking in the Sand) I, was included in the group show, The Queer Beach, in Brighton and online.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/1693843923144-KWQKGMMH8O6ED6Y79NWB/Lautier-Vella_RememberWalkingInTheSand_1.jpg)
JANUARY 2024 - my drawing, Remember (Walking in the Sand) I, was included in the group show, The Queer Beach, in Brighton and online.
![SEPTEMBER 2023 - Two of my drawings, Floor Show II and Remember (Walking in the Sand) III were exhibited at the Erotic Art Show 2023 in London.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/1694266073876-9U1634GAFCCAUXKCMQ85/Floor+Show+2.jpg)
SEPTEMBER 2023 - Two of my drawings, Floor Show II and Remember (Walking in the Sand) III were exhibited at the Erotic Art Show 2023 in London.
![JULY 2023 - solo show, The Two Of Us, takes place at the ShowShow gallery in Ghent, Belgium](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/a370ab00-3816-4de3-af60-fd9a63b471d8/You+and+Me+%28Tommy+on+TV%29.jpg)
JULY 2023 - solo show, The Two Of Us, takes place at the ShowShow gallery in Ghent, Belgium
![APRIL 2023 My solo exhibition, Tip of the Tongue, took place at Metropolis Contemporary Gallery, Brighton. The show featured new drawings inspired by encounters with figures in a domestic space, memory and partial recall.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/1683132451438-KP2Q7ZF45MBVZIPLW52G/Mario+Lautier-Vella_Head+Start.jpg)
APRIL 2023 My solo exhibition, Tip of the Tongue, took place at Metropolis Contemporary Gallery, Brighton. The show featured new drawings inspired by encounters with figures in a domestic space, memory and partial recall.
![MARCH 2023 Three drawings from my Chummy series have been included in an exhibition called Play and Compassion at the Kingshill House Creative Centre in Dursley, Gloucestershire, UK](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/1676330962628-26ITUEAB6NM6K9G6WHJJ/Mario_Lautier+Vella_Chummy+8.jpg)
MARCH 2023 Three drawings from my Chummy series have been included in an exhibition called Play and Compassion at the Kingshill House Creative Centre in Dursley, Gloucestershire, UK
![NOVEMBER 2022
Two of my Glam Rock Boogie paintings were exhibited at Cupola Contemporary Gallery in Sheffield as part of their group show, ‘We Called Yesterday, Today.’ The show was on from November 25th 2022-January 7 2023.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/1670371822289-RG2G9VYU1QUACVA2999T/Mario+Lautier+Vella+-+Glam+Rock+Boogie+III.jpg)
NOVEMBER 2022 Two of my Glam Rock Boogie paintings were exhibited at Cupola Contemporary Gallery in Sheffield as part of their group show, ‘We Called Yesterday, Today.’ The show was on from November 25th 2022-January 7 2023.
![NOVEMBER 2022 My soundpiece S*T*R*N*G*R*S was broadcast on online listening platform and radio station Rounded Radio @roundedradio on November 27th during a transmission called Going Incognito](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/158b4e5f-ee83-49aa-acda-e64565301d5c/Sound%25252B2+%281%29.jpg)
NOVEMBER 2022 My soundpiece S*T*R*N*G*R*S was broadcast on online listening platform and radio station Rounded Radio @roundedradio on November 27th during a transmission called Going Incognito
![NOVEMBER 2022 My artwork, Play Back Double Bowie, was bought as part of the National Brain Appeal's 'A Letter In Mind' charity exhibition that funds vital work by the charity. // Mario Lautier-Vella - Play Back Double Bowie. Hand-sewn embroidery on p](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/f2bd975e-1d33-45ea-8926-1aedc52cef39/Mario+Lautier+Vella_Play+Back+Double+Bowie.jpg)
NOVEMBER 2022 My artwork, Play Back Double Bowie, was bought as part of the National Brain Appeal's 'A Letter In Mind' charity exhibition that funds vital work by the charity. // Mario Lautier-Vella - Play Back Double Bowie. Hand-sewn embroidery on paper envelope. 23 x 16.2cm
![OCTOBER 2022 My collection of paintings, Watfordians, was shown as part of the Watford Cenenary Exhibition at Watford Museum, Watford. The show celebrated 100 years since Watford was granted its Borough Charter in 1922 and looked back on some of the](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/1670356495716-CM0W73CYA89H314VZ4O0/Watfordians%2Bopen%2B4.jpg)
OCTOBER 2022 My collection of paintings, Watfordians, was shown as part of the Watford Cenenary Exhibition at Watford Museum, Watford. The show celebrated 100 years since Watford was granted its Borough Charter in 1922 and looked back on some of the milestones, events and people who shaped the town.
![OCTOBER 2022 One of my Glam Rock Boogie paintings was accepted into the Letchworth Open exhibition 2022 at Broadway Gallery, Letchworth, Hertfordshire](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/1670370710042-46OJYCBW4RMI6Z9HR12V/Glam+Rock+Boogie.jpg)
OCTOBER 2022 One of my Glam Rock Boogie paintings was accepted into the Letchworth Open exhibition 2022 at Broadway Gallery, Letchworth, Hertfordshire
![JULY 2022 Three paintings have been selected for a group show, Glitter in my Wounds at Metropolis Contemporary gallery in Brighton, UK, July 28 - September 28 2022](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/1670342414131-IP6QWZQ84GEM7PNSTGM5/You%2Band%2BMe3_Mario%2BLautier%2BVella.jpg)
JULY 2022 Three paintings have been selected for a group show, Glitter in my Wounds at Metropolis Contemporary gallery in Brighton, UK, July 28 - September 28 2022
![JULY 2022 New drawing, Blunderkist, has been included in Mythos II, a newly published zine launched in 2022 dedicated to ghost stories from Norwich, UK.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/4ee99e0b-9fbd-4815-87d3-13317c349102/Mario%2BLautier%2BVella%2B-%2BBlunderkist.jpg)
JULY 2022 New drawing, Blunderkist, has been included in Mythos II, a newly published zine launched in 2022 dedicated to ghost stories from Norwich, UK.
![JULY 2022 On The Blink / new solo exhibition at Questors Theatre, Ealing, London, July 24- August 9 2022.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/8ae824e4-857b-4743-bf03-c3be441eb8e5/Mario%2BLautier%2BVella%2B-%2BFrequencies%2BBoogie%2B7%2Bedited.jpg)
JULY 2022 On The Blink / new solo exhibition at Questors Theatre, Ealing, London, July 24- August 9 2022.
![JULY 2022 My short film, Domestic, was shown at the Liebig12 gallery in Berlin, Germany on July 22 2022, as part of a group show called Surreal Reality.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6386263ff0e600118d06b2f2/14fbfeb2-ef5c-4e8c-a887-50de8aa70b01/Domestic%2Bstill%2B1.jpg)
JULY 2022 My short film, Domestic, was shown at the Liebig12 gallery in Berlin, Germany on July 22 2022, as part of a group show called Surreal Reality.
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