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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024
I’m delighted that my painting Figment XCVIII was selected for the RA Summer Exhibition this year. The piece hangs in Room II, selected by Hughie O’Donoghue RA.
RA Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London W1J 0BD
18 June - 18 August 2024
Small Is Beautiful XLI at FLOWERS Cork Street, London
I’m very pleased to have been included in the annual Small Is Beautiful exhibition at Flowers in Cork Street again this year with new paintings from the Figment series. Now in its 41st year, the exhibition presents works measuring no more than 7 x 9 inches by contemporary artists working across various media. Full details at flowersgallery.com
FLOWERS
21 Cork Street
London W1S 3LZ
30 November2023 - 6 January 2024
Figment Series CI - CIV 2023, oil on birch ply, 20cm diameter
British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery with GBS Fine Art 28 Sept - 1 Oct 2023
New paintings from the Figment series will be on show at the Saatchi Gallery this week for the British Art Fair with GBS Fine Art.
GBS Fine Art Stand 52
British Art Fair
Saatchi Gallery
London SW3 4RY
Collectors Preview: Thursday, 28th September 12-9pm
Friday, 29th September 11am-8pm
Saturday, 30th September 11am - 6pm
Sunday, 1st October 11am - 5pm
Figment Series, XCVI, XCVII, XCVIII 2023
Eye of the Collector 18 -20 May & 4 Cromwell Place 24 - 28 May 2023
I'm delighted to be exhibiting with GBS Fine Art at this year's Eye of the Collector at Two Temple Place in London. 'Eye of the Collector is a curated boutique art fair, showcasing art and design from select galleries against the backdrop of this neo-gothic architectural gem on Victoria Embankment.'
VIP Opening Day: Wednesday 17 May, 11am - 8.30pm
Thursday 18 May: 11am - 8pm
Friday 19 May: 11am - 7pm
Saturday 20 May: 11am - 5pm
Two Temple Place, London WC2R 3BD
Following on from the Eye of the Collector, GBS Fine Art will be presenting a collection of works by gallery artists in Gallery 10 at Cromwell Place in South Kensington.
Private View: Tuesday 23rd May, 6-8pm
Opening hours:
Wednesday 24th - Saturday 27th May: 10am - 6pm
Sunday 28th May: 10am - 4pm
4 Cromwell Place, London SW7 2JE
Small is Beautiful 40th Edition at FLOWERS GALLERY 24 Nov 2022 - 7 Jan 2023
I’m delighted to be included in Small Is Beautiful again this year with the smallest works from my Figment Series.
“Flowers Gallery is pleased to present the 40th edition of the annual Small is Beautiful exhibition, which will take place at the Cork Street gallery and online.
Flowers first introduced Small Is Beautiful in 1974, inviting a select group of contemporary artists working across various media to produce works at a fixed scale of no more than 7 x 9 inches. Since its inception, the show has provided a rare opportunity to showcase smaller pieces by internationally recognised names and discover new talents.
While earlier editions proposed suggested themes, for instance Homages in 1993, War & Peace in 2003 and Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue? in 2013, Small Is Beautiful is now conceived as an open invitation for artists to explore scale in relation to their own practice.
Participating for the first time is Sean Scully, who this year also curated the group show Hidden UK, Hidden Ireland at Flowers Gallery Kingsland Road. Also exhibiting for the first time are interdisciplinary artist Adelaide Damoah, photographers Cody Cobb and Mark Duffy and painter Luke Silva. Returning artists include John Loker, who has participated in every edition, Amanda Faulkner who has shown with the gallery since the 1980s, Carol Robertson who first showed at Flowers in 1994 and Ishbel Myerscough who has been represented by the gallery since 2011.”
Figment Series, 2022, each work 20cm diameter Small is Beautiful 40th Edition, Flowers Gallery, London
'Literature' curated by Louisa Warfield during Cheltenham Literature Festival 5 - 16 0ct 22
Running in conjunction with the Cheltenham Literature Festival, art consultant and curator Louisa Warfield presents “Literature”, a group exhibition of works by 14 artists and the books which influenced them.
Books conjure up fantastical images in the mind. They inspire filmic reconstructions, ethereal illustrations, theatre and art, which bring alternative worlds into lively, vivid detail. With storytelling in mind, the artists of ‘Literature’ succumb to a deeply personal relationship with their chosen text, pushing interpretation beyond literal description into a more guttural and abstracted response. The result is a deeply varied, tender exhibition, where each book- inspired work contributes to a new, collective narrative.
Cheltenham Literature Festival has attracted writers, artists and literary enthusiasts since 1949, and has since grown to be one of the most revered and inclusive festivals of its kind. Every year in October, hundreds of pop-up shows and events descend on the town to celebrate creative writing in its many forms. Warfield’s debut Cheltenham exhibition is a celebration of the festival’s history and its impact on Gloucestershire’s flourishing art scene.
Artists exhibited will be: Miranda Boulton, Aliki Braine, Louise Bristow, Filippo Caramazza, Marice Cumber, Kate Giles, Susie Hamilton, James Hawke, Charles Inge, Madi Kavanagh, Helen Kincaid, Andrew McIntosh, Gill Rocca and Reed Wilson.
Solo Show WITHIN AND WITHOUT at GBS Fine Art
GBS Fine Art invite you to join us at the gallery in Wells for the opening of Within and Without - an exhibition of new work by Gill Rocca - on Friday 18th March from 2pm to 8pm and Saturday from 11am to 6pm. The artist will be in attendance.
Within and Without
New Paintings by Gill Rocca
18 March - 28 May 2022
GBS Fine Art, 1st Floor, 13 Sadler Street, Wells, Somerset BA5 2RR
Small Is Beautiful XXXIX at Flowers Gallery, London
I’m delighted to be showing new paintings from the Figment series in Small Is Beautiful at Flowers Gallery in Cork Street again this year.
‘Flowers Gallery is pleased to present the 39th edition of Small is Beautiful. This annual exhibition was first established in 1974, inviting selected contemporary artists working in any media to present works with a fixed economy of scale (no more than 7 x 9 inches). Continuing in the same spirit to the present day, the exhibition presents a rare opportunity to purchase smaller pieces by over 100 internationally recognised artists and new talents.’
FLOWERS GALLERY
21 Cork Street,
London, W1S 3LZ
And Online
25 November 2021 - 8 January 2022
Concrete and Tyres at GBS Fine Art in Somerset
I’m very pleased to have a selection of recent works in the first group exhibition at GBS Fine Art’s new gallery in Wells, Somerset.
‘To inaugurate the new gallery at 13 Sadler Street in Wells, GBS Fine Art are proud to announce an opening exhibition entitled Concrete and Tyres, referencing a verse from Larkin’s 1972 poem Going Going. The exhibition will continue until November 27th. The gallery is open Wednesday-Saturday 11am-6pm.’
Featured artists
David Abram • Emily Allchurch • Susannah Baker-Smith • Jeffrey Blondes • Sue Bryan • Lewis Chamberlain • Mark Entwisle • Sarah Gillespie • Sean Henry • Harriet Mena Hill • Donna McLean • Georgia Moors • Rob Reed • Gill Rocca
Figurative Art Now 2021
I’m delighted that two paintings from my Figment Series have been selected for Figurative Art Now 2021. the exhibition celebrates 60 years of the Federation of British artists and is in association with Mall Galleries.
This years Selectors:
Barbara Walker, Artist
Andrew Gifford, Artist
Jo Baring, Director of The Ingram Collection
Clare O’Brien, CEO of Mall galleries and the FBA
John Watkins, Director of Ikon Gallery
This year the show is online from 7 July until 20 September 2021.
RWA 168 Annual Open Exhibition from 5 Dec 2020 - 7 Mar 2021
I'm very much looking forward to exhibiting at the Royal West of England Academy again. Figment XLV has been selected for the Annual Open Exhibition, which is now in it's 168th year and (hopefully) opening to the public as lockdown ends.
Royal West of England Academy
Queen's Road, Clifton
Bristol BS8 1PX
www.rwa.org.uk
Figment XLV, oil on birch ply, 20cm diameter, 2020
Small Is Beautiful at Flowers Gallery from 1 Dec 2020 - 9 Jan 2021
I'm delighted to have been included in the Small is Beautiful exhibition again, this year with my circular and miniature works. Again the exhibition takes place online, although all works will be available to view by appointment at Flowers' Cork Street galleries. www.flowersgallery.com
Miniature LXV, oil on cast resin 7.5 x &.5cm, 2020
