2018

Side by Side- The Arborealists + The St Ives Society of Artists | Norway Square, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1NA

29 Sept – 20 Nov

The Arborealists + Guests featuring Paul Nash

Black Swan Arts, Frome | 21 July – 2 Sept

‘A major new exhibition of trees in contemporary art at Black Swan Arts in Frome will feature work by thirty-six Arborealists, some of international reputation, and six guest artists, as well as the painter Paul Nash.

The Arborealists were founded by artist and curator Tim Craven in 2013. Following the exhibition ‘Under the Greenwood: Picturing the British Tree’. The exhibition was staged at St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, in the heart of the New Forest. The group are a loose association of some 60 artists of diverse art practice who share the subject of the tree. The group is far flung with members from Wales and the borders to East Anglia and London and every southern county from Kent to Cornwall. Outposts include Yorkshire, France, Italy and Ireland.

The Arborealists enjoy a national profile and have already staged 8 exhibitions to acclaim in the UK and France. With many more planned for the future. They have also produced 2 illustrated publications to complement the exhibitions.’

Dorset Art Weeks

Showing with DenmanandGould at their beautiful chapel studio at Haydon, North West Dorset, DT9 5JB, Venue 28 for Dorset Art Weeks. There will be two Other Side events in conjunction with Evolver Magazine and Sherborne Times, including a screening of the Ai Wei Wei film ‘Human Flow’ on Sat 9 June and an In Conversation with Russell Denman, Elle Goulding and myself to celebrate the opening of our exhibition on Sat 26 May. Grab a DAW guide for more details.

The Transformed Land

The Transformed Land shows for a third time, at ACE Arts in Somerton 26 May- 16 June; I’m looking forward to having the opportunity to discuss the themes and ideas that run through the process and practice of the invited artists. There will be a Private View from 6pm on Fri 25 May as well as an artist Q and A from 6pm on Fri 8 June.