Sid Motion Profile Interview

Friendly, articulate and welcoming are words that immediately come to mind when describing the 28-year-old gallery owner Sid Motion. Showing me around the space and pointing out the featured works by Italian artist Francesca Longhini and American-born but Ireland-based Michelle Conway, I got the sense that I was speaking to a long-time friend who was showing me a work that they were really proud of. With her tall frame, blonde hair and blue eyes, the softly-spoken Motion is as warm and welcoming as her gallery is. Even those who perhaps might not be so interested in art will find that their enthusiasm is peaked upon entering Sid Motion’s gallery.

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It’s been six months after the opening of her gallery along King’s Cross Canal. Since then she has created three exhibitions with a fourth one just around the corner. Her first show, What’s It Gonna Be? was an exhibition based on ‘ideas of curiosity and transformation’. Something that would not only attract curators and clients alike but also the local passers-by who were intrigued by the little gallery with the pink neon sign. Motion has expressed for her gallery to be a space that feels very accessible “It’s one of the reasons I wanted to be in Kings Cross first of all because I didn’t want to place myself in an area that was kind of elitist.” She also made it clear that she wants to be “a destination which gives young…