Željko Ivanković (Jericho)

Željko Ivanković has a new exhibition running at The Stables Theatre Gallery in Hastings, from 1 November to 23 December. He works under the name Jericho, and the show brings together his mixed-media, object-based sculptures.

Ivanković was born in Subotica in the former Yugoslavia in 1970 and began his professional art practice after completing a BA in Fine Art at De Montfort University, Leicester, in 2000. His main form of expression is mixed-media, object-based sculpture, which he describes as often material-led and referring to the human body and condition, or built around plant and animal shapes. It's a way of working where the materials themselves tend to lead the piece, and the resulting forms lean towards the organic—the human figure, the growth of a plant, the shape of an animal.

His work has been sold privately through art fairs and galleries and commissioned by individual clients, and he's active in several art groups. This particular exhibition is curated by Ingrid Solan, and it stays open for nearly two months, so there's plenty of time to drop in and see it without rushing.

The gallery is part of The Stables Theatre and Arts Centre on The Bourne, and it's free to enter. It's open Monday to Saturday from 10:30am to 1pm, closing on Sundays and Bank Holidays, with opening hours extended on show nights when the theatre is running. If you're around Hastings this autumn or early winter, it's an easy one to fit in.