As we start a new year on the Jackson’s Art blog I think a review of the great writing on the blog last year is in order.

Looking back on 2016, we published nearly 300 articles and interviews on the Jackson’s Art blog. Articles that compare types of materials and posts where artists talk about their practice were particularly popular. We also have three calendars of exhibitions, artist opportunities and workshops that were read regularly by many artists. And of course it was the first year of our big art competition and the blog posts associated with the Jackson’s Open Art Prize were popular, as people checked out who had been shortlisted or read the interviews with the judges. Also, some of our articles from earlier years are still widely read because they are valuable resources for artists and I have included some of those most widely read this year.

Here is a round-up of the most read articles on the Jackson’s Art blog in 2016.

1. Jackson’s Open Art Prize

   Posts associated with our innaugural Jackson’s Open Art Prize were widely read.

   Jackson’s Open Art Prize 2016: We Are Now Accepting Entries
   The opening announcement for our first annual competition offering an on-line showcase and impressive prizes for contemporary and traditional visual artists.
   Jackson’s Open Art Prize Longlist Announced!
   The results of the first round were decided. We received an incredible 3100 entries and whittled it down to a long-list of 410, a very difficult job.
   Jackson’s Open Art Prize Shortlist Announced
   As the next step of the selection process our panel of six expert judges have now chosen their favourites from the long-list of really excellent work to create a short-list of 54 artworks in the short-list.

‘Gorge’ by Max Naylor
Ink on Paper, 660 x 1016mm, 2016
1st Prize Winner of JOAP 2016
Artists website: www.maxnaylor.com

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2. Fixatives Are Not All the Same

   A comparison of brands of fixatives that proved very useful to artists.

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3. How to Choose Which Pencil Case Is Right for You

   An article to help artists find the right case for holding their collection of coloured pencils, watercolour pencils, pastel pencils, graphite pencils, charcoal pencils, leadholders or sketching pens.

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4. Turn your Tablet into an Artist’s Tool

   Jackson’s ArtGrid app is brilliantly designed for use with a tablet device, allowing you to take fresh images or upload existing ones and apply a grid to it at any scale you wish. You can then input the size of the canvas you wish to transfer onto and divide your canvas for successful image transfer. Your measurements will be more accurate without having to do the maths!

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5. Why Use a Clutch Pencil?

   A clutch pencil is a precision instrument and many artists who use lead holders draw for hours at a time and the quality of their tool is important to them. Many say that their favourite leadholder has given them years of loyal service.

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6. Choosing a Rubber: Comparing Erasers

   Most people assume they know all there is to know about erasers. But there are different types for different jobs and you are more likely to get the result you want if you use the right tool. After testing different types of erasers, different brands and different methods I have discovered a few things that might help you get the most from this small but important drawing implement.

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7. Drawing Pens and Papers Compared

   To help you choose the pen that is right for you we asked illustrator H Locke to help us gather some information about the differences between the wide range of drawing pens we stock. This test isn’t of all our pens as the range is very great but includes some of all categories: marker pens, brush pens, dip pens, fineliners (disposable) and technical pens (refillable or cartridge). The testing gives an idea of the differences in performance of the pens and the papers.

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8. Collagraph Print Making by Suzie MacKenzie

   Suzie MacKenzie exclusively shared her experiences of the collagraph printmaking technique here. Collagraph is a relatively recent and very versatile print medium with no need for expensive or hazardous materials. Much like the landscape in the Northern Highlands in which the artist lives and works, there is something very rich, lush and textural about Suzie MacKenzie’s prints.

‘Richmond Roofscape’ by Suzie Mackenzie

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9. Watercolour Painting with a Palette Knife

   German artist, teacher and author Sabine Hilscher creates beautiful watercolour landscape and cityscape paintings. Here she shows us a technique for using a palette knife instead of a brush for watercolour painting.

Watercolour painting by Sabine Hilscher.

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10. How To Make Your Own Linocut Christmas Cards

    Each year at Jackson’s we like to start our festive season by encouraging our customers to print their own linocut Christmas cards. This brings a nice, personal touch to your Christmas greetings, and can also be an enjoyable family activity. This article sets out what you will need before describing, step by step, the process we used to make our small edition of cards.

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11. Choosing Colours to Fill Your Watercolour Box

    Choosing a good selection of colours for your basic palette means that you will be able to mix any colour you need from just eight to 12 colours. This article is a good introduction to colours in painting.

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12. Gelatin Plate Printing with Schmincke Aqua Linoprint colours

    Gelatin printing is a versatile way to print with linoprint inks or slow-drying acrylic paints. The French artist Denise Crolle-Terzaghi showed us how she works and how her colourful prints are made.

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13. Beyond the Blue – Artist Cathy Veale’s Stunning Watercolour Seascapes

    Renowned for her large watercolour seascapes, artist Cathy Veale was awarded the overall prize for Jackson’s Art of Reflection Competition. Inspired by the Dorset coastline, her paintings show an intense vibrancy of colour, concentrating on the effect of light on water. We asked her a few questions to find out where her affinity with the coastline comes from.

‘Low Tide at Old Harry’ by Cathy Veale, Watercolour, 80x86cm.
The winning artwork for Jackson’s Art of Reflection Competition

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14. Eleanor Bedlow: States of Mind and Imaginary Landscapes

    Eleanor Bedlow is best known for drawing large, imaginary landscapes and cityscapes in graphite. In 2013 she travelled to India for the Prince’s Drawing School’s International Teaching and Art Residency. In the same year she was shortlisted for the Griffin Art Prize. Eleanor teaches drawing and has just begun her MA in painting. I asked Eleanor some questions about her practice.

Bones
Eleanor Bedlow
pencil and oil pencil on paper, 101.6 x 76.5cm, 2016

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15. Understanding Watercolour Paper Textures: A Visual Guide

    Sometimes product descriptions for watercolour paper can be a minefield of terms that might not necessarily help you in deciding which watercolour paper is right for you. We’ve put together a quick visual guide of the most popular watercolour papers so that you can compare them, side by side.

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16. Painting with Liquid Metal

    Roberson Liquid Metals are creamy acrylic colours that can be used on most surfaces including plaster, wood, paper & canvas. The rich, deep colour gives the appearance of metal but it will not tarnish and is not required to be varnished. We took a good look at this range of paints newly arrived at Jackson’s.

Roberson Liquid Metals

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Current Events #2. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 2 of 2017.
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Smile

12 January – 4 March 2017

Adam Hennessey

The paintings on show at New Art Projects are the culmination of works made by Adam Hennessey over the past year especially for the space. Facebook event page.
New Art Projects
6D Sheep Lane
London
E8 4QS

I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper

12 January – 24 February 2017

Henry Hudson

Group exhibition that examines the importance of appropriation and influence on the practices of ten contemporary artists. The show is curated by the London-based art consultant Catherine Loewe, in collaboration with Griffin Gallery Director Becca Pelly-Fry. Glenn Brown, Luke Caulfield, Gordon Cheung, Stephane Graff, Henry Hudson, Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra, Wolfe Von Lenkiewicz, Mariele Neudecker, Gavin Turk. Opening: 11 Jan 2017, 6.30pm-8.30pm

Griffin Gallery
The Studio Building, 21, Evesham Street
London
W11 4AJ

Threshold

10-22 January 2017

A collaboration by Kan Kan Collective: Alison McFadden, Angela Shaw, Carolyn Macleod, Chris Holley, Debra-Lorraine Grant, Diana Burch, Dominique Goodwin, Fran Webster,
Jan Morton, Jenny Rickman, Katherine Peeke, Lizy Bending, Louise Scillitoe-Brown, Morwenna Lake, Pippa Ward. Private View: Thursday 12 January 6-9pm.

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

Rena Gardiner – Artist and Printmaker

January 14 – May 13 2017

Rena Gardiner (1929-99) is best remembered for her guidebooks to historic places, buildings and the countryside which she wrote, illustrated and printed in her cottage in Dorset. Several of them are about Salisbury Cathedral, but her artistic legacy also includes paintings, pastels and prints. Vibrant in colour and full of texture and energetic line, her work conveys her passion for history, architecture and the countryside.

The Salisbury Museum
The King’s House, 65 The Close,
Salisbury
SP1 2EN

Picasso Portraits

6 October 2016 – 5 February 2017

Portrait of Olga Picasso by Pablo Picasso 1923

This major exhibition of over eighty works focuses on the artist’s portrayal of family, friends and lovers and reveals his creative processes as he moved freely between drawing from life, humorous caricature and expressive painting from memory.

National Portrait Gallery
St Martin’s Place
London
WC2H 0HE

Under The Bed Sale

10 January – 4 February 2017

Older and early work that artists no longer hold dear, that may have been stored ‘under their bed’ or hidden in an attic, loft, studio, garage or even at their parent’s or friend’s house – an opportunity to sell off their older work at bargain prices to make room or even ‘head space’ for something new. Evening opening: Friday 13 January from 7:30pm.

Cupola Gallery
178 Middlewood Road
Hillsborough, Sheffield
S6 1TD

This Space is Occupied

11-25 January 2017

An exhibition of paintings by Rebecca Byrne and Wendy Saunders.

Unit I Gallery Workshop
1 Bard Road
London
W10 6TP

This Year’s Model 2017: The Human Stain

6 – 29 January 2017

The artists in the gallery’s annual members’ show with a focus on the human figure are: Sharon Swaine, Anna Courcha, Domingo Arjonilla, David Sullivan, Eugenia Cuellar, Fabienne Jacquet, Graham Carrick, Martin Gayford, Kelly Sweeney, Marta Boros, Michelle Conway, Mandeep Dillon, Mia Maric, Madi Acharya-Baskerville, Paige Perkins, Iavor Lubimirov, Peter Sylveire, Rosie West, Sarah Knill-Jones, Spencer Walton, Ute Kreyman, Wayne Clough, Suzanne Holtom.

Studio 1.1
57a Redchurch Street
London
E2 7DJ

Artizan 2017 Solo Series – Sam Regan

9–29 January 2017

Torbay artist Sam Regan will be exhibiting his series ‘Torquay Paintings’ in the Artizan Main Exhibition Space as part of the Artizan Gallery 2017 Solo Series.

Artizan Gallery
7 Lucius Street
Torquay, Devon
TQ2 5UW

Sharon Drew: Flat Out

6-29 January 2017

The title Flat-out refers to Sharon Drew’s process of painting canvases on the floor and the pace at which she intended to work during her four weeks as Artist-in-Residence at UEL Fine Art Project Space at Trinity Buoy Wharf London, responding to the location. Mid-Show Drinks Evening: Thursday 19 January 2017, 7-9pm. In lieu of our usual street preview you are invited to join us at the Queens Arms pub close to the gallery on Orford Road, Walthamstow.

Walthamstow Village Window Gallery
47 Orford Road
London
E17 9NJ

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Please let us know about your exhibition. We may be able to include it in future Current Events.

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The image at the top is:

Portrait of Olga Picasso by Pablo Picasso 1923.
Picasso Portraits is showing at the National Portrait Gallery.

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Current Events #3. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 3 of 2017.
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The Horizontal Within, The Horizontal Without

13 January – 5 February 2017

Richard Grayson. The Magic Mountain, work in progress

Nine artists have been asked to respond to a line from Thomas Mann’s novel The Magic Mountain (1924) by creating artworks that interpret the form and content of the novel with an eye to today’s political and ethical discontents. Ian Bourn, Louise Bristow, Maria Chevska, Richard Grayson, Derek Hampson, Liane Lang, Stephen Lee, Claudia Sarnthein, Peter Suchin. Curated by Stephen Lee and Peter Suchin. Talk: Sunday 5th February, 2pm

Lubomirov / Angus-Hughes
26 Lower Clapton Rd (at the junction of Urswick Rd)
London
E5 0PD

London Art Fair

18-22 January 2017

Modern British and Contemporary art fair of galleries.

London Art Fair, Business Design Centre
52 Upper Street
London
N1 0QH

Tschabalala Self

17 January – 12 March 2017

Tschabalala Self, ‘Pieces of Me’ (detail). 2015. Oil and acrylic on paper, 111.8 x 152.4 cm, 44 x 60 in. Courtesy of Friedman Collection. Photograph by Thomas Nelford.

A solo exhibition by American artist Tschabalala Self. Showing for the first time in the United Kingdom it brings together works drawn from the first five years of her artistic career, which includes painting, print, collage and sculpture, depicting the human figure.

Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art
14 Wharf Road
London
N1 7RW

Print Solo – Contemporary Printmakers

18 January – 7 February 2017

Print Solo is the first online gallery devoted solely to printmaking. The exhibition features 50 prints by thirteen artists from the website: Mychael Barratt, Lynne Blackburn, Meg Buick, Vicky Edwards, Christina France, Umberto Giovannini, Alison Lumb, Otto, Allan Ramsay, Lisa Takahashi, Jenny Wiener, Roy Willingham, Sisetta Zappone. The curator will give a talk about printmaking 26 January 12:30pm.

Milton Gallery, St. Paul’s School
Lonsdale Road
London
SW13 9JT

Mono

14 January – 18 February 2017

A group show of monochrome art featuring work by artists largely based in Manchester and the north west. Facebook event page.

PS Mirabel
14 Mirabel Street
Manchester
M3 1NG

Waves

9 December – 21 January 2017

William Pham

The exhibition brings together video installation, printmaking, sculpture and painting to explore gesture and stillness in relation to the idea of private and public space. Invited artists: Luke Burton, Abi Freckleton, Anna Salamon, William Pham.

Turf
Keeley Road
Croydon, London
CR0 1TF

Fourteen Ways To Get Rich Quick

12-28 January 2017

Curator Ivanna Getrich has determined the 14 main ways in which to get mega-rich, and fast. Each method has been given to an artist to see how they respond to it, this exhibition showcases these responses.

Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces
Unit 26-28 New Art Spaces, Churchgate House
Churchgate, Bolton
BL1 1HL

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See more exhibitions on our Exhibitions Calendar.

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Dog I.
Monotype and pastel. 42x59cm approx.
by Meg Buick who is showing in Print Solo – Contemporary Printmakers at Milton Gallery.

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Current Events #4. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 4 of 2017.
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Gimme Shelter

27 January – 18 February 2017

Marcus Harvey, The English Cemetery, 2016

Marcus Harvey solo painting exhibition.

Vigo Gallery
21 Dering Street
London
W1S 1AL

Tannery Arts Group Show

28 January – 19 February 2017

A group show of work from Tannery Arts studio holders and staff. Accessible through the Drawing Room gallery. Private view Friday 27 January 6-8:30pm

Drawing Room
Unit 8 Rich Estate, 46 Willow Walk
London
SE1 5SF

The Face of Stuckism

12 January – 5 February 2017

Portrait by E A Everall

An ongoing project by E A Everall intended to create an archive of portraits of fellow Stuckists, ‘outsider’ painters interested in realism.

The Stone Space
6 Church Lane
Leytonstone, London
E11 1HG

Airport Series

3 December 2016 – 11 February 2017

Gordon Miles
Wunala Dreaming

Gordon Miles paints his Airport series because it is a ’21st century subject’.

MoMA Machynlleth
The Tabernacle, Heol Penrallt
Machynlleth, Powys
SY20 8AJ

Florence Trust Winter Open 2017

3-5 February 2017

Nicholas Crombach, Nadia Francis, Elena Gileva, Rebecca Glover, Caroline Jane Harris, Yoi Kawakubo, Silvia Lerin, William Mackrell, Rachel McRae, Anastasia Mina, Claire Nichols, Kadie Salmon. Private view: 3 February 6-9pm. Facebook event page.

Florence Trust
St Saviour’s, Aberdeen Park
Highbury, London
N5 2AR

Pottery and painting exhibition

4 February – 26 March 2017

Acrylic painting by Tony Mills

David Harrison, Barbie Harrison and Anthony Mills.

The Ashdown Forest Centre
Wych Cross,Forest Row,
East Sussex,
RH18 5JP

Process & Possibilities

27 January – 15 April 2017

Process & Possibilities exhibition

2017 marks the 50th year of Edinburgh Printmakers. Curated by Lesley Logue, Process & Possibilities features artists who have helped to lay and then build upon the foundations of printmaking as a fine-art practice in Scotland and beyond. Exhibiting artists: Elspeth Lamb, Ian McCulloch, Hideo Furuta, William Gear, Liz Douglas, John Bellany, Frank Pottinger, Andrew Mackenzie. Opening evening: 27 January, 7:30-9pm

Edinburgh Printmakers
23 Union Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3LR

Fresh Talent

14-30 January 2017

Paintings, lino prints, raku sculpture and fine porcelain ceramics.

Rostra Gallery
5 George Street
Bath
BA1 2EJ

A Place in Between

24-29 January 2017

Work by national and international artists, in a variety of interpretations and mediums reflecting moments in the artists’ lives when they found themselves in movement – either through space or state of mind, confronting their inner selves during times of transition. Artists: Katerina Konstantara, Nigel Rudkin, Larisa Hancu, Natalie Mills, Shizzi Wow, Keith Pointing, Marie Hue, Farzad Sadeghi, Matt Maynez, Mimi Tonchevici, Marilyn Green, Dawn Brimicombe, Marguerite Knight, Tahmina Sharmeen, Louis Blondiau. Curated by Carlos de Lins. Private View: Thursday 26 January 6-9pm

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

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See more exhibitions on our Exhibitions Calendar.

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The image at the top is:

‘Memory of China’ oil on board, 30x40cm, 2016
by Louis Blondiau who is showing at Espacio Gallery.

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Current Events #5. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 5 of 2017.
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Seeing Red

31 January – 12 February 2017

A group exhibition filling the two floors of the large beautiful gallery space with glowing colour. The 18 colourist artists in the exhibition celebrate the many ways to see the colour red. Red can boost your energy, it exudes confidence and is life-affirming, so this show is a great place to visit in the middle of a dreary London winter.

With a focus on painting, the artwork in this show also includes printmaking, collage, drawing and photography. The subjects of interest to the artists in this show include: extinction of species, histories of Asia, human impact on the landscape, the natural world, landscape painting, the colour of flowers, the urban environment, the current political situation, food, nighttime seascapes, portraits, and pure abstraction. The artists exhibiting in ‘Seeing Red’ are: John Adams, Terry Beard, Tania Beaumont, Liz Brown, Paul Butler, Christine Calow, Laurence Cammas, Julie Caves, Bozena Czyz, Kanwal Dhaliwal, Zelda Eady, Laura Gompertz, Raina Goran, Sally Grumbridge, Philip Leevers, Laura New, Tina Viljoen, and Cary Whitworth.

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

Silence is so accurate

4 February – 18 March 2017

Agnes Calf

A solo show from Agnes Calf. Opening night 3 February.

Turf
Keeley Road
Croydon, London
CR0 1TF

Sarah Thwaites – Recent Work

2-25 February 2017

Sarah Thwaites
Across from Ynys Llanddwyn 2016
32x19cm, acrylic on board

Sarah Thwaites’ solo show of approximately 30 new paintings, some inspired by the glorious Anglesey coast and others by the beautiful landscape of her home county of Gwent.

Martin Tinney Gallery
18 St Andrew’s Crescent
Cardiff
CF10 3DD

Traditions

1-19 February 2017

Large group show about cultural traditions curated by Katja Rosenberg. Many events alongside the exhibition. Opening (First Thursday Event): 2 February, 6-9pm

The Art Pavilion
Mile End Park, Clinton Road
London
E3 4QY

A5xn

27 January – 18 February 2017

An exhibition of A5 work by 15 artists: Hannah Rae Alton, Veronica Bailey, Jessie Brennan, Benjamin Bridges, Hannah Brown, Richard Ducker, Amy Goodwin, Fiona Grady, Terry Greene, Anne Harild, Catrin Morgan, Charley Peters, Kasper Pincis, Irene Vidal Cal, David Webb. Preview Thursday 26 January (6.30 – 8.30 pm).

dalla Rosa Gallery
3 Leighton Place (Ground Floor)
London
NW5 2QL

lay of the land

4-12 February 2017 (weekends only)

Artists: Charlie Baird, Angus Mayhew, Simon Howden, Fran Donovan, Howard Phipps, Caroline Curtis. Open Evening – Friday 3rd February- 6pm to 9pm

Studio53
George Street
Salisbury, Wiltshire
SP27BB

New Year New Work

22 January – 25 February 2017

Featuring work across a variety of mediums from members of North Devon Arts: Jane Barnes, George Brown, Danni Bradford, Sam Bell, Tish Brown, Mary Chugg, David Colliver, Marianne Edwards, Eilean Eland, Penelope Florance, Pat Haddrell, Roger Humphries, Pam Hutchings, Gill Jones, Peter Laws, Daun Marshall, Fiona Matthews, Alison Nicholson, Francesca Owen, Frank Pethica, Richard Strachey, Laura Alexandra Tacey, Dave Tylcoat, Peter Ward, Mike Woolacott, David Yeadell, Robin Lewis.

Broomhill Art Hotel
Muddiford, Barnstaple
North Devon
EX31 4EX

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‘Incremental Series (5)’, pencil and collage on paper, 2017, A5
by Anne Harild who is showing at dalla Rosa Gallery.

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Whichever your favourite social media app you’ll probably find Jackson’s there! Artists have found social media a great way to connect with Jackson’s. We answer materials questions, give advice, share artworks, and seek out interesting art-related things to share and inspire you. Our followers often get first notice of limited time offers, as well. Since social media is a quick way to communicate it is a great way to keep up-to-date. Here are the places on the web you can find Jackson’s.

Facebook

Facebook is our most widely-followed social media account, and it’s probably where we spend the most time: sharing offers, new product announcements, articles we think artists will find interesting and wonderful artworks. We also share updates about articles on the Jackson’s Blog. We tend to post first thing in the morning and then at regular intervals through the afternoon. What’s nice about Facebook is that we can enjoy all sorts of discussions with our customers. We spend a fair amount of time answering customer queries, sharing our advice about certain products or techniques, and just talking about art and the people who make it. Share your work with us, we’d love to see how you are using our materials.
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Twitter

We use our Twitter account to share articles from the Jackson’s Blog, news, opportunities for artists, news about new products, amusing tweets, and work by historic and contemporary artists. Along with Facebook it is the place to get first notice of limited time offers. We get a vague sense that there are more printmakers on Twitter than on the other social media, though we can’t work out why that would be the case. Our Twitter page probably has more varied content than the other social networks, as we do retweet a lot of professional and amateur artists whose work has caught our eye. Come join in the conversation.
Jackson’s Twitter

Instagram

Instagram is all about the beauty of the photos which our in-house photography team create. Mostly these photos show art supplies in use, though we do occasionally post work by contemporary artists. We also write a bit about the art materials. We usually add an image each day. For a long time, Instagram was simply a mobile app, but now you can also view it on your desktop computer, but for the full functionality you will need to use it on a mobile phone or tablet. An updating feed of Instagram photos can be found in the right-hand border on the Jackson’s Blog. (You’ll have to scroll up a bit on this post to see it).
Jackson’s Instagram

Youtube

Our Youtube channel contains all sorts of videos about art. We have mixing guides for oil paints, showcases of new products, ‘unboxing’ videos which show you exactly what a certain set contains, tutorials, reviews and much, much more. As of this today, we have over 700 free videos to watch and are adding more each week.
Jackson’s Youtube channel

Pinterest

Lots of artists use Pinterest as a means of finding inspiration or viewing a selection of similar images. Pinterest learns what you are interested in (in my case, wood engravings, copper engravings, drypoints and pencil drawings) and then conducts visual searches to find things that tally with your interests. You then ‘pin’ things you like to ‘boards’ (that is, ‘save them to folders’). It’s a great way of finding new work by like-minded artists. We also have lots of boards of beautiful art material images as well as artworks and tutorials. We use it, as well, to showcase entrants to some of our competitions.
Jackson’s Pinterest

Tumblr

Tumblr is a ‘microblogging site’. We use it as an alternative place for some of the articles from the Jackson’s blog. Some of Jackson’s customers prefer using Tumblr to read out blog content. These posts are then displayed as a series of tiles, which you can quickly scroll down until something piques your interest. It’s great if you’re looking for something specific, but not so great if you’re looking for a conversation.
Jackson’s Tumblr

Flickr

Flickr is a photo-hosting site. It is part of Yahoo, so you can use the same password. We have two groups on Flickr, our posts of images and a gallery of artists work that have joined the Jackson’s Flickr Gallery. For those who don’t have Instagram, our Flickr image posts give a similar experience; a series of beautiful photos of art supplies, posted usually once a day.
Jackson’s Flickr

Google+

Google+ isn’t the most widely-known social network, but more and more people are using it. It works like Tumblr; it’s a micro-blogging site which displays all of your posts in one long feed. Artists connect and make ‘circles’. We use it to share articles from the Jackson’s Blog.
Jackson’s Google+

LinkedIn

Most people will know LinkedIn as a means of establishing professional contacts and finding jobs, but it is also used as a micro-blogging platform. It works rather like Google+ or Tumblr.
Jackson’s LinkedIn

If you aren’t using any of these you can still get the latest news and offers by subscribing to the weekly Jackson’s Newsletter.

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Current Events #6. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 6 of 2017.
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Do Ho Suh: Passage/s

1 February – 18 March 2017

Do Ho Suh’s first exhibition with Victoria Miro will feature works created by a new process in which Suh’s signature architectural pieces are compressed into two-dimensional ‘drawings’. His new fabric sculptures conceived especially for the galleries, include a walk-through configuration of Hubs, and a range of his works on paper.

Victoria Miro
16 Wharf Road
London
N1 7RW

Fragile

9 – 12 February 2017

Cultivate presents An Art Show in A Basement. Facebook event page.

BSMT Space
5D Stoke Newington Road
London
N16 8BH

Approaching the Remote

11 February – 8 April 2017

A selection of Simon Carter’s atmospheric landscape paintings that provides an opportunity to compare and contrast two groups of work that differ vastly in scale but explore similar subject matter. Exhibition preview Friday 10 February 6-9pm

The Minories Galleries
74 High St
Colchester
CO1 1UE

Laura Lancaster

23 January – 24 February 2017

Laura Lancaster, Untitled, 2014, Oil and acrylic on linen, 180 x 230 cm

Recent large scale works by the painter, transposing the forgotten and discarded snapshots of strangers lives.

Priestman Gallery
University of Sunderland, Priestman Building, Green Terrace
Sunderland
SR1 3PZ

Viewpoints

2 – 23 February 2017

Julie Held Notting Hill Florist
Oil on canvas 110cm x 67.5cm

London Group members exhibiting: David Shutt, Marenka Gabeler, Slav Blatton, Daniel Preece,Peter Clossick, Julie Held, Susan Wilson, David Tebbs,Tim Craven, Victoria Bartlett, Mike Thorpe, David Wiseman, Anthony Eyton RA, Jane Humphrey, Gus Cummins RA, Mark Dunford. They all work from, or use as source material, the natural world.

Felix & Spear
71 St. Mary’s Road
London
W5 5RG

Uncommon Ground: New Art from the Landscape

14 February – 2 March 2017

The Uncommon Ground artists are: Wan Lin Chang, Catalina Christensen, Lucy Devenish, Zanny Mellor, Eigil Nordstrom, Jessica Oliver, Anthony Ratcliffe, Tamsin Relly, Brian Thompson, Emily Thornton, Luke M. Walker. Facebook event page.

The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
1 Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2AR

Adrian Paci/Giuliana Racco: Another Place

19 January – 13 April 2017

Adrian Paci, The Procession [detail], 2016, Four watercolours on paper mounted on canvas, 15 x 25 cm (each)

Watercolour and film.

Frith Street Gallery
60 Frith Street Soho Square
London
W1D 3JJ

Catriona Mann

2 – 26 February 2017

The solo exhibition awarded to the 2014 RSW Winner. Catriona Mann will be showing paintings and drawings.

Scottish Arts Club
24 Rutland Square
Edinburgh
EH1 2BW

Our Exhibition Calendar

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See more exhibitions on our Exhibitions Calendar.

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The image at the top is:

Notting Hill Florist, oil on canvas 110×67.5cm
by Julie Held who is showing with the London Group at Felix and Spear.

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Current Events #7. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 7 of 2017.
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Ears for the Eyes

10 February – 4 March 2017

John Banting, Dead Gossip, 1931

Alli Sharma, Clare Price, Jonny Briggs, EJ Major, Kevin Okafor, Kate Lyddon, Cathy Lomax, Adam Dix, Emma Cousin, John Banting. Curated by Paul Carey-Kent.

Transition Gallery
Unit 25a, Reagent Studio, 8 Andrews Road
Hackney, London
E8 4QN

High Spec

3-26 February 2017

A show of new, award-winning work by students of the renowned illustration degree course at Middlesex University. Meet the Artists event on Thursday 9 February, 7-9pm.

WVWG
47 Orford Road
Walthamstow, London
E17 9PG

Visceral

9-22 February 2017

An exhibition curated by Coates and Scarry with guest curator artist Mark Surridge and includes a series of prints, paintings and sculptural ceramics that explore abstraction and materiality by Surridge, Vincent Hawkins, Laurence Owen, Nina Royle, Jonathan Mess and Matthew David-Smith. Facebook event page.

Gallery 8
8 Duke Street
St James’s, London
SW1Y 6BN

Art Dialogues

14-19 February 2017

A collaboration by a group of artists: Mavis Barber, Clive Patterson, Rosana Miracco, Richard Harris, Dave Nelson, Steve Buggle. Curated by Steve Buggle. Private View: Thursday 16 February 6-9pm

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

Patrick Green Exhibition

8 February – 5 March 2017

Patrick Green is a multidisciplinary artist and musician from Manchester. In this exhibition he displays a range of acrylic paintings and ink drawings inspired by abstract art.

Local Creation
1 Central Way
Altrincham
WA14 1SB

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Katherine’s Interlude, 2016
Graphite, charcoal & black coloured pencil on archival paper 79 x 67 cm
by Kelvin Okafor who is showing at Transition Gallery.

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Current Events #8. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 8 of 2017.
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I Really Miss You Until You’re Here

14 February – 12 March 2017

Acid Sun
Rebecca Byrne
oil on linen, 38x46cm

I Really Miss You Until You’re Here is a group exhibition which explores the ambiguities and tensions and plays with the double meaning inherent in the phrase and suggests both the desire for someone/thing until the lack is fulfilled, or that the idea of another being missed as an ideal the real cannot fully satisfy. Emma Cousin, Laura Smith, Poppy Whatmore, Rebecca Byrne, Sally Kindberg, Sarah Pager and Tamami Mizutani.

White Conduit Projects
1 White Conduit Street
London
N1 9EL

Women Artists: A Conversation

6 – 28 February 2017

Gluck
Annie Kevans
Oil on paper, 40 x 30 cm

A major group exhibition of 12 contemporary women artists invited to respond to Gluck’s legacy. Gluck (1895-1978) was a radical artist of her day and wanted to be recognised for her art and not for her gender. In the spirit of Gluck’s fiercely guarded sense of individuality, the exhibition presents a selection of domestic, functional, private, abstract, descriptive, discursive and decorative works, intending to show that there is no single standard for what we consider a ‘woman’ artist and questioning the significance of staging an all-women show in 2017. Participating artists include Phoebe Boswell, Eileen Cooper RA, Jennifer Durrant RA, Vanessa Jackson RA, Annie Kevans, Susie MacMurray, Annie Morris, Ishbel Myerscough, Cathie Pilkington RA, Geraldine Swayne, Bettina von Zwehl, and Caroline Walker.

The Fine Art Society London
148 New Bond Street
London
W1S 2JT

Maddie Yuille: Peace to be Found

17 February to 18 April 2017

An exhibition of a series of recent paintings by Maddie Yuille. Each of these large paintings depicts a different corner of North-East London, where the artist lives. Yuille is drawn to painting landscapes and street scenes, but instead of choosing those that are thought of as traditionally beautiful, she paints moments of unexpected beauty. “People often feel they have to leave London and get out into the countryside to find a sense of calm, but I think those moments are to be had in London too, just from walking around the streets. I often go for walks around Hackney, and these paintings are a way of expressing the feeling of peace that can be found from doing so.”

Burley Fisher Books
400 Kingsland Road
London
E5 4AA

Boundlessness

18 February – 22 April 2017

‘Another Way’
Lars Fredriksson

Lars Fredriksson is an abstract painter from Malmö, Sweden, whose work has been exhibited in South Sweden and Berlin. Fredriksson has spent the last 6 months living in Warrington and this exhibition is a visual document of his time there.

Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Museum Street, Cultural Quarter
Warrington
WA1 1JB

Trevor Price: New Print and Painting

14 January – 25 February 2017

Coastal Study
Trevor Price
painting on board

Trevor Price paintings and etchings.

New Ashgate Gallery
Waggon Yard
Farnham, Surrey
GU9 7PS

Here

20-26 February 2017

Writers, composers and painters can all work inside their own heads, but photographers have to be in the same place as the things or the people they photograph. The here-and-now is the material. The fifth show of the London Independent Photography’s Central Group (LIP Central Group) brings together eighteen photographers, who explore in very different ways what it means to them to have a camera as an anchor in the here. Hady Bayoumi, Heloise Bergman, Christopher Burrows, Mark Chase Brown, Danilo Leonardi, Anna Lerner, Teresa Levitt, Hugh Look, Rashida Mangera, Heather Martin, Ingrid Newton, Peter Nahum, Jim Paterson, Ray Rapkerg, Edith Templeton, Geoff Titley, Jim Thorp, Ariadne van de Ven.

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

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Pastel artist Janice Scott tells us about her experience of using Art Spectrum Soft Pastels for the first time. Using the Art Spectrum pastels along with her other pastels she paints a sky study, a woodland study and a painting called ‘Summer Field’. Janice explains a bit about her painting process, tells us about the pastels and shows us the paintings step-by-step as they are being created.

Janice Scott works predominantly in acrylics, inks, pastels and collage. She was born in Yorkshire and is based in a small village on the outskirts of Norwich, Norfolk. She lived for many years in Southern Africa and says that this has definitely affected her outlook on light and colour.

Janice used the 20 half stick Art Spectrum Soft Pastels set.

Janice Scott Reviews Art Spectrum Soft Pastels

I was pleased with the way they were packaged and the handy printed insert, which gave details of all colours in the set.

I found the Art Spectrum Soft Pastels to be slightly chalkier and dustier than Rembrandt, which are very creamy and the main pastel brand that I use. The colours of the Art Spectrum set that I chose are true and easily worked up. I decided to do a similar theme, to the work I have done recently with Rembrandt soft pastels, to give me an idea of how they would perform. I was pleasantly surprised with the strength of colours when worked in layers, they blend really well. I also found it was easy to work with additional materials, such as ink and pencil over or under the Art Spectrum pastels. Overall I thought they were good quality pastels and I will most likely be purchasing some additional colours of the Art Spectrum Soft Pastels in the future.

I use a lot of purple, lilac, mauve; as well as all shades of yellow in my work and the set I chose was a bit lacking in that respect. However, I found the Spectrum Yellow very co-operative and once mixed with other colours, it gave pleasing results.

Since I started using the Art Spectrum I am finding that they are becoming the go-to pastel that I choose for the majority of the painting in my new work.
I did another piece this week called ‘Summer Field’ (see below).
I am enjoying the vibrancy of the Art Spectrum colours and intend getting more as soon as I can!

Sky Study

Painted on Daler-Rowney Ingres Stone Grey coloured paper (160gsm).

Sky Study step 1 and 2
Janice Scott

Sky Study nearly finished.
Janice Scott

Woodland Study

Painted on Daler-Rowney Ingres Stone Grey coloured paper (160gsm).

Woodland Study – Trees
Stage 1
Janice Scott

Woodland Study – Trees
Stage 2
Janice Scott

Woodland Study – Trees
Stage 3
Janice Scott

Woodland Study – Trees
Stage 4
Janice Scott

Woodland Study – Trees
Finished.
Janice Scott

Summer Field

Painted on Daler-Rowney Ingres Dark Brown coloured paper (160gsm).
Paper size is 40x30cm, actual size of the painting is about 30x20cm.

‘Summer Field’
Art Spectrum Soft Pastels
Janice Scott

‘Summer Field’ detail
Art Spectrum Soft Pastels
Janice Scott

‘Summer Field’ detail
Art Spectrum Soft Pastels
Janice Scott

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Current Events #9. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 9 of 2017.
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This Year’s Model 2017 part II: Deep Space

3 – 26 March 2017

Etienne de Villiers

Peter Roseman, Hitomi Kammai, Michele Marcoux, Day Bowman, Marianne Shorten, Alison Goodyear, Molly Thomson, Matthew Herring, Miranda Boulton, Heidi Cooke, William Wright, Shiroma Ratne, Wendy Saunders, Fernando Leon-Guiu, Ritva Raitsalo, Richard Harris, David Turner, Spencer Walton, Euan Stewart, Emma Coop, Sacha Meaden, Emma Tod, Julie Caves, Etienne De Villiers, Playpaint. Private view Thursday 2 March 6-9pm

Studio1.1 Gallery
57a Redchurch Street
Shoreditich, London
E2 7DJ

The Deadends

25 February – 12 March 2017

A celebration of a made-up culture.

Studio One Gallery
7–9 Wandsworth Plain
London
England
SW18 1ES

Paintings, Drawings and Prints: Charlotte Harker and Tom Hogan

2-31 March 2017

Charlotte Harker

An exhibition of Charlotte Harker paintings and Tom Hogan drawings.

Pictorem Gallery
383 Hoe Street
Walthamstow, London
E17 9AP

THAT II

22 February – 4 March 2017

Tower Hamlets Artist Teachers (THAT) have come together to share their individual art practice in a group show. Creative work ranging from sculpture, photography, paintings, print, mixed media and digital print will be exhibited.

Four Corners Gallery
121 Roman Road
Bethnal Green, London
E2 0QN

Ink

28 February – 5 March 2017

A multi-displinary print exhibition showcasing the work of seven Bath Spa students.

44AD artspace
4 Abbey Street
Bath
BA1 1NN

Abstraction: a Celebration of Colour and Line

21 February – 5 March 2017

Peter Rackley, Magz Roberts, Francesca Howard, Dani Flowerdew, Sarah Stokes, Peter Askew-Garrard, Rhys Jones, Annabelle Losa, Nigel Gordon & Mick Arnold.

New Kent Art Gallery & Studio
49A Albion Street
Broadstairs, Kent
CT10 1NE

Sheer Pleasure: Frank Brangwyn and the Art of Japan

4 February – 14 May 2017

“Devil’s Bridge, St Gothard’s pass c.1924”; Yoshijiro Urushibara (1888–1953) after Frank Brangwyn RA (1867–1956) CREDIT: © WILLIAM MORRIS GALLERY, LONDON BOROUGH OF WALTHAM FOREST

In 2017 WMG marks the 150th anniversary of the artist Frank Brangwyn RA (1867-1956). Sheer Pleasure – Frank Brangwyn and the Art of Japan examines Brangwyn’s love of Japanese art and his collaborative relationships with Japanese artists and patrons. Brangwyn donated his collection of Japanese prints and paintings to the Gallery. They have rarely been displayed and the exhibition includes highlights such as woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai and a carefully restored decorative screen.

William Morris Gallery
Lloyd Park, Forest Road
Walthamstow, London
E17 4PP

At This point in Time

1 March – 1 April 2017

The Artists:
Aileen McGee, Alex Close, Alex Fletcher, Alice Gorton, Amanda Lwin, Amy Oliver, Anita Rozentale, Dafni Bampanioti, Eeva-Liisa Puhakka, Emily Tull, Faith Rhodes, Felicity McCartan, Fraser Haston, Freya Taylor, Genevieve Leavold, Hannah Pratt, Heather Burwell, Irene Godfrey, James Wright, Jean Gillespie, Kate Enters, Laura Fishman, Lauren Mele, Lawrence Mathias, Lucy Ash, Michelle Hold, Mirella Bandini, Nectarios Stamatopoulous, Ruth Thomas, Sally Jones, Tamara Torres, Theano Giannezi, Wouter Willebrands.
Facebook event page.

Scottish Arts Club
24 Rutland Square
Edinburgh
EH1 2BW

Check in. Relax. Take a shower – Jack Otway

25 February – 7 April 2017

Sleeping Moon
by Jack Otway

Jack Otway’s first solo exhibition, painting.

Peter von Kant
25 Tanners Hill
Deptford, London
SE8 4PJ

Spectrum

25 February – 19 March 2017

Aurora
by David Armitage

David Armitage’s abstract paintings of Victims, Shrines, Puppets and Masks as well as large scale pieces.

Birley Centre, Eastbourne College
Carlisle Road
Eastbourne,
East Sussex
BN21 4JY

Threads

1-12 March 2017

Threads showcases the work of more than 50 artists from around the world in a specially-curated show for Women’s History Month featuring a host of special events. All events are free. No booking required. Expect an international exploration of the threads that transcend the divisions of country, culture, language, and religion to connect us all through our gender, humanity, experiences, friendship and relationships. Private View: Thursday 2 March 6-9pm. Part of Whitechapel Gallery’s First Thursdays.

Danielle Feldhaker, Cinthya G. Picazo, Georgina Talfana, Francesca Busca, Elspeth Penfold, Beatriz Acevedo, Brigitte Boldy, Andrea Coltman, Heather Jukes, Jim Forester, Amanda Gizzi, Jill Gibson, Furrah Syed, Emily Tull, Carolan, Jo Evans, Barbara Ash, Jenny Price, Alke Schmidt, Breda Stacey, Diane Maclean, Camila Fontenele, Fiona Bradford, Carmen Lamberti, Judith Bieletto, Kanwal Dhaliwal, Candice Flewharty, Farnoush Aminimoghadam, Suly Bornstein Wolff, Teresa Chlapowski, Sally Grumbridge, Laurence Gammas, Rachel Pearcey, Marianne Frank, Patsy Hickman, Maisie Parker, Layla Swinhoe, Richard Heys, Maria Hi San, Lisa Cirenza, Salma Patel, Laura Bello, Rilexie, Zena Assi, Nicola Weir, Sarah Payne, Lucy Swinhoe, Marie Kårsjö, Sally Hewett, Lucia Colella, Massimo Onnis, Kate Newington, Monica Kiszegi, Youngsook Choi, Norma D. Hunter, Szilvia Ponyiczki, Lida Sharet Massad, Cheryl Gould M.R.B.S. Curated by Renee Rilexie.

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

Jasper Galloway & Annabel Eley

1 – 8 March 2017

‘Jimmy II’, acrylic on canvas, 15.75 x 15.75ins (40 x 40cm), by Jasper Galloway

Annabel Eley’s paintings evolve from the landscape, exploring structures, patterns, and grids within it. Jasper Galloway’s experience of testing and creating his range of paints inspired him to return to painting, exploring colours and shapes that sing against the canvas, with an intensity worthy of the great Pop artists that he admires.

Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery
20 Park Walk
Chelsea, London
SW10 0AQ

Portrait Exhibition

24 February – 5 March 2017

Painting, drawing, photography of the figure.

Candid Arts Trust
3 Torrens Street
Angel, London
EC1V 1NQ

Mark Haddon: Portraits

1 Mach – 17 April 2017

Mark Haddon is an internationally respected novelist. He is best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time (2003), written and illustrated by Haddon. This exhibition is of his portraits of artists, academics, family members and friends.

The Jam Factory
27 Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1HU

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‘Roros’
oil on board, 19.34 x 19.34ins (50 x 50cm)
by Annabel Eley who is showing at Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery.

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Current Events #10. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 10 of 2017.
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51%RememberHer

8 March – 8 April 2017

Launching on International Womenʼs Day Wednesday March 8th #51%RememberHer references London’s 51 per cent female population and is the inaugural exhibition of over 100 women artists featuring sculpture, painting, animation, installation, photography, drawing, performance, graffiti, spoken word, history walks, talks and special events throughout the month. #51%RememberHer provides a significant survey of the creative female talent who live, work, study or have a family connection to the creative melting pot of East London. Organised by Elements Gallery.
Facebook event page. #IWD2017

Tower Gallery (East Tower), Memorial Community Church
395 Barking Road
Plaistow, London
E13 8AL

Drawing Biennial 2017

2 March – 26 April 2017

Alice Channer
Stay Vulnerable
Dictyota Dichotoma with paper, 2016

Exhibition & online auction of over 200 unique works on paper. Auction: 12 April 10am – 26 April 9pm.

Drawing Room
Unit 8 Rich Estate, 46 Willow Walk
London
SE1 5SF

Looking at You

16-30 March 2017

Open Studio showing urban artwork from London artist GOMACG that combines portraits, cartoon characters and typography in vividly colourful paintings. Facebook event page.

GoMacG
18 Pendlestone Road
London
E17 9BH

James McDonald: New Paintings

4–25 March 2017

James McDonald
‘Bacon Roll’
Oil on panel 10x10ins

Recent paintings by the Glaswegian artist including still life paintings, a portrait of his late brother, Jonathan McDonald, and a large self portrait which directly challenges the viewer as the artist emerges out of the darkness.

Bohun Gallery
15 Reading Road
Henley-on-Thames
RG9 1AB

Martin Fidler & Melvyn King: Red Crag Project

4–25 March 2017

Melvyn King, Carbon Crag, oil on canvas 25x25cm.

Red Crag is the sandy Pliocene layer, rich in shells & sharks’ teeth, that appears as low cliff on the coast of Essex. Mel King, a landscape artist, has long been interested in this. Martin Fidler, an artist who works collaboratively, became intrigued and the Red Crag Project was born.

North House Gallery
The Walls
Manningtree, Essex
CO11 1AS

Branching out and Drawings from a Boatyard

4 March – 29 April 2017

Little Blue Square, Acrylic, Angela Holden

Framework Herefordshire is a support network for emerging artists who live, study or work in the county. Many are graduates of Hereford College of Arts and welcome to ongoing support of other artists as they make their way into a career in the arts.

Apple Store Gallery
Rockfield Road
Hereford
HRI 2UA

Traumata: Bourgeois / Kusama

23 February – 13 April 2017

Louise Bourgeois
1911 – 2010
THE GOOD MOTHER
signed
gouache on paper
59.6 by 45.7 cm. 23 1/2 by 18 in.
Executed in 2007.

An exhibition of works by Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama presents a tightly curated selection of sculpture, paintings, and works on paper, which bridge the intense psychological states that comprise the very fabric of the artists’ parallel careers. Steered by a loose psychoanalytic framework, this exhibition explores the ways in which Bourgeois and Kusama radically challenged patriarchal conventions of art making during the later 20th century.

S|2 Sotheby’s Contemporary art gallery
31 St. George Street
London
W1S 2FJ

An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by John Sprakes DA(Edin) ROI RBA MAFA

6 – 11 March 2017

John Sprakes

This exhibition shows a cross-section of John Sprakes’ recent paintings- landscapes near Hadrian’s Wa;;, the coast and still lifes. Private View: Tuesday 7 March, 5pm to 8pm

Mall Galleries
The Mall
London
SW1

Hedley Roberts Other Portraits

9 March – 29 April 2017

Hedley Roberts
Other Portraits

Hedley Roberts solo painting exhibition. Facebook event page.

New Art Projects London
6D Sheep Lane
London
E8 4QS

Breastfeed

1 March – 1 April 2017

An exhibition of paintings by Leanne Pearce.

Leyden Gallery
9 Leyden St
London
E1 7LE

POW!

8-11 March 2017

Thanet’s International Women’s Day festival brings together fifty events over four days across the three main towns of Thanet. This year, their theme Movers and Makers has been chosen especially to tie in with Entangled: Threads & Making which features over 40 international women artists at Turner Contemporary.

Turner Contemporary
Rendezvous
Margate
Kent CT9 1HG

Kent Life Landscape Painter of the Year

4-18 March 2017

Lovelys will display the finalists from the The Kent Life magazine’s 2016 competition Landscape Painter of the Year. The winner will be announced at the opening of the exhibition. The competition was open to both amateur and professional artists from across Kent, who have drawn their inspiration from Kent’s varied landscapes.

Lovelys
248 Northdown Road
Cliftonville, Margate, Kent
CT9 2PX

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Studies of M, watercolour and gouache on paper, 2017
by Dryden Goodwin who is showing at the Drawing Room.

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Current Events #11. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 11 of 2017.
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Drawing Insight

1–26 March 2017

Deborah Petch and Yvonne J. Foster.

Working collaboratively over a three-month period, Deborah Petch, graduate of the MA Fine Art programme at the University of Chichester and Yvonne J Foster, a Brighton-based Outside In artist, have shared their practice and experience of each other’s way of working.

Pallant House Gallery
9 North Pallant
Chichester
PO19 1TJ

Creating the Countryside 1600–2017

18 March – 18 June 2017

Sir James Guthrie, A Hind’s Daughter 1883

Compton Verney’s 2017 season will open with a major exhibition that examines our relationship with the countryside. Bringing together Old Masters and contemporary artists whose work spans more than 350 years.

Compton Verney
Warwickshire
CV35 9HZ

Michael Sole: Nature and Involuntarylism

13 – 18 March 2017

North Westerly no.5
Michael Sole

Interested in nature and the re-evaluation of its painterly tradition, Sole’s work explores painting as a process using involuntary mark making. “I believe atmospheric subject matter benefits from energetic, physical and confident painting which usually allows the paint’s characteristics to help create the image. The artist’s knowledge of paints and role of pouring, throwing, shaking and tilting add to these involuntary effects creating the movement ‘Involuntarylism’.” The exhibition will feature 24 of Sole’s seascapes and landscapes.

Mall Galleries
The Mall
London
SW1

Odds and Evens

9 March – 1 April 2017

Wendy Anderson

Wendy Anderson’s body of work from the past ten years. Mixed media paintings and works on paper embody experiences of a life on the road, in some of the world’s most exotic locations and developing nations. Private View: Wednesday 8 March 6.30 – 8.30pm

Eagle Gallery
159 Farringdon Road
London
EC1R 3AL

Every Drop Counts

20 – 31 March 2017

An exhibition celebrating World Water Day 2017 with 30 international artists responses to the title ‘Every Drop Counts’. Hosted by What Is The Point?. Facebook event page.

TOTO Concept Gallery
140-142 St John St
London
EC1V 4UA

George Hardie: 50 Odd Years

11 March – 7 April 2017

George Hardie
Magic Set

An exhibition of work by George Hardie, cover artist behind Led Zeppelin’s debut album ‘Led Zeppelin’ and Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’, will be held at the University of Brighton. Hardie, graphic designer, illustrator and educator, trained at St Martin’s and the Royal College of Art and worked as a designer/illustrator for more than 50 years, making illustrations for clients around the world. George Hardie taught illustration at the University of Brighton from the early 1980s until his retirement in 2014. He continues to supervise PhD students, having become Professor in 1990. He is International Secretary for the Alliance Graphique Internationale and a Royal Designer for Industry.

University of Brighton, University Gallery
58-67 Grand Parade
Brighton
BN2 0JY

Selfies At Seventy – Geoff Brunell

14-19 March 2017

Exhibition and book launch. Selfies at Seventy is Geoff Brunell’s first publishing project. A bespoke art book designed in collaboration with Barnaby Lambert. The publication contains the Selfies at Seventy series, a set of 25 oil paintings, reproduced as digital C-prints, juxtaposed with the artist’s poetry, inspired by the pithy acuity of Ogden Nash and Wendy Cope. Limited to a first edition of 25 copies signed and numbered by the artist, the book will be available alongside a smaller, paperback edition. The exhibition will consist of not only the original Selfies at Seventy paintings, hung adjacent to the poems featured in the book, but a further 19 oil paintings — they are autobiographical, and just as in any life, there are some serious bits and some playful. Private View: Thursday 16 March 6-9pm

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

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North Westerly no.5, oil and acrylic on canvas, 204 x 108cm
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Current Events #12. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 12 of 2017.
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Anne Ryan ‘The Cowboy Paintings’

25 March – 29 April 2017

Anne Ryan ‘The Cowboy Paintings’

Anne Ryan’s cowboy paintings were made in London between 1998 and 2002. Large groups of them have been exhibited in Frankfurt and Limerick, but this is the first major collection of them ever shown in London. Based on images from cowboy novel covers and film stills, the paintings explore the core narratives of cowboy fiction. Preview Friday 24 March. Artist Talk Saturday 22 April. Facebook event page.

Turps Gallery
Unit 11a, First floor walkway, Taplow House, Thurlow Street
London
SE17 2UQ

Land Sea & Sky

13 – 25 March 2017

Alison Orchard

Paintings and works on paper by Paul Benjamins, Gareth Edwards, Mary Grant, John Hainsworth, David Mach RA, Alison Orchard, Rachael Reeves.

Jill George Gallery at Coningsby
30 Tottenham Street
London
W1T 4RJ

Beyond the Garden Wall

24 February – 8 April 2017

Matthew Burrows, Green Tree, 2015

Matthew Burrows solo painting exhibition.

Vigo Gallery
21 Dering Street
London
W1S 1AL

Encounters

16 March – 3 April 2017

The complete collection of Eleanor Pearce’s Forest Gate Portrait Project, featuring pencil portraits of people who live or work in E7. Among others you will meet a Yoga teacher, a Policeman, local business owners and community contributors. The collection represents the artist’s unique journey through the community, since moving to the area in 2013. There will be accompanying works on display by the artist’s father John Pearce, who joined Eleanor for some of the sittings.

The Gate Library
2-6 Woodgrange Road
London
E7 0QH

Seasons

23 – 26 March 2017

Ana Carolina Rodrigues, Christopher Taylor, and Krister Klassman present a four-part annual project with Paul Abbott, Matt Ager, Sam Baker, Melanie Börner, Meg Brain, Rob Branigan, Kit Brown, David Buckley, Gerard Carson, Marilyn Collins, Matt Coombes, Bijan Daneshmand, Wijnand De Jonge, Chloe Farrar, James Fuller, Anna Gonzalez Noguchi, Adam Hines-Green, Anna Ilsley, Alice Irwin, Ishita, Masako Iwamoto, Poppy Jones, Krister Klässman, James Lomax, Joseph Long, Shadi Mahsa, Simon Mathers, Alex McNamee, Laura Dee Milnes, Jan Mohammed, Rachael Nee, Ben Newton, Georgie Nicolaou, Damien O-Connell, Rose O’Gallivan, Robert Orr, Neena Percy, James Pimperton, Richard Pinchen, Henrik Potter, Sally Reynolds, Andrew Rickett, Ana Carolina Rodrigues, Hannah Rowan, Jonathan Stubbs, Christopher Taylor, Jonathan Trayner, Karen Tronel, Kit Trowbridge, Hannah Turner-Duffin, Francisco Valdes, Gemma Varley, Chloe Windsor, Camille Yvert, Adam Zaltowski.

Maxilla Space
4 Maxilla Walk
London
W10 6NQ

Fragments

21-26 March 2017

Yoanna Bochowski, Emma Boittiaux, Arthur Cohen, Luis de Palau, Loyane Bianchini, and Agathe Reille. Private View: Thursday 23 March 6-9pm. Opening times during this exhibition: Tues-Sat 12-7pm, Sun 12-5pm

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

Andrew Cranston: If I were a carpenter and other stories

10 March – 13 April 2017

Andrew Cranston
‘Looking at Fish (on the eve of the Gulf War)’
2016 – 17

Paintings by Andrew Cranston in the upper gallery.

Wilkinson
50-58 Vyner Street
London
E2 9DQ

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‘Looking at Fish (on the eve of the Gulf War)’, oil on panel, 2016-17
by Andrew Cranston who is showing at Wilkinson.

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Current Events #13. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 13 of 2017.
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BABE 2017

1 – 2 April 2017

Bristol Artists Book Event. Spread over 3 floors more than 110 book artists and small presses will come together at the Arnolfini in Bristol to show and sell their work. The sixth biennial festival of artist book making since 2007, BABE has established a great reputation as a relaxed and friendly event to meet and chat to book artists about their work and buy works of art. Expect performances, interventions, talks and workshops across the weekend, too.
BABE Showreel 2017 from Tom Sowden.

Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay
Bristol
BS1 4QA

Part II: The Turning World

31 March – 6 May 2017

Painting exhibition by Peter Ashton Jones, Sam Douglas, Barry Thompson. Curated by Zavier Ellis. Private View: 30 March 6.30-8.30pm.

Charlie Smith London
336 Old St, 2nd Floor
Shoreditch, London
EC1V 9DR

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Drawn Out Encounters

23 March – 2 April 2017

A solo exhibition of drawings by Enzo Marra.

Studio One Gallery
7–9 Wandsworth Plain
East Putney, London
SW18 1ES

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Adjacency

23 March – 1 April 2017

Adjacency is a series of paintings and mixed media works by Derval Tubridy based on the witness statements, maps and photographs from the Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday 1972. The exhibition examines the uncertain relation between topography and cartography, between narrative and the event, within contested historiography. Opening Reception Thursday 23 March 6-8pm.

no format Gallery
Arch 29, Rolt Street
Deptford, London
SE8 5JB

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The Other Art Fair

30 March – 2 April 2017

Other Art Fair collaborative project with fair artist Benjamin Thomas Taylor

A leading platform to discover unrepresented artists, with more than 40,000 art visitors last year.

The Other Art Fair Victoria House
Southampton Row
London
WC1A 2QP

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Painting Worlds

30 March – 28 April 2017

Neill Fuller
Step Right Up

Helen Bermingham, Esme Dollow, Tom Down and Neill Fuller – the paint in all four practices acts as a portal into another dimension, creating dialogues between fiction and reality, truth and façade along with building a narrative between each other’s work.

Farnham Maltings, Riverside Cafe Gallery
Bridge Square
Surrey, Farnham
GU9 7QR

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Ethos

30 March – 29 April 2017

Lovers
Norman Hyams
2017, Oil on linen, 25 x 30 cm

Solo painting exhibition by Norman Hyams. Private View Wed 29 March 6.30-9pm

Hannah Barry Gallery
4 Holly Grove
London
SE15 5DF

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Sea More

1 April – 4 June 2017

Anthony Giles

New works by artists inspired by the sea… including landscape painter Anthony Giles, who works ‘en plein air’, absorbing every colour, shadow and reflection of the world around him, to capture the essence of one moment in nature; painter-printmaker Ruth McDonald’s response to the sea by failing light and moonlight; Nick Kelly captures the Kent coast whilst bringing hidden gems to the fore; Claire Gill’s photographic montages that combine and juxtapose colour, surface and structure in an entirely new, poetic scene; and Zoe Murphy.

Lombard Street Gallery
2 Lombard Street
Margate
CT9 1EJ

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Hidden Layers

28 March – 2 April 2017

The four artists in the Hidden Layers exhibition share an interest in layering in their work: using layers of transparent and opaque paint to build rough and strong textures, peeling layers like the skin of an onion, layers of meaning in the struggles of war-torn regions, and excavating layers in a landscape to reveal its history. The artists are: Pam Foley, sculptor; Bozena Czyz, painter; Judith Moule, painter-printmaker; Michal Cabaj, painter. Curated by Bozena Czyz. Private View: Thursday 30 March 6-9pm.
Opening times during this exhibition: Tuesday-Friday 1-7pm, Saturday 11-7pm, Sunday 11-5pm

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

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‘Blind Brag’ oil on canvas 35x40cm, 2016
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Ten artists have explored the ideas of ‘Lost’ and ‘Found’ over the last year. The ‘Lost & Found’ exhibition, showing for two weeks at Espacio Gallery (2 – 14 May), fills the two floors of the large, bright space with impressive historical sculpture, colourful painting, beautiful printmaking, skilful drawing, poetic installations, interactive games and augmented reality.

Lost and Found – the first thing you think of is Lost and Found Property. But take a moment and you’ll quickly see how often the idea of losing and finding is a part of our everyday experience. You can lose – your mind, your temper and your keys. You can find – inner peace, the strength to go on and your keys. At first glance ‘lost’ is usually negative while ‘found’ is generally positive. But most of us relish it when we lose ourselves in the moment and you can find a worm in your apple.

Ten artists have explored the ideas of ‘Lost’ and ‘Found’ over the last year through painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and interactive installations. The artists are: Graham Asker, Julie Caves, Esperanza Gomez-Carrera, Nick Hazzard, Martin Howard, Ruth Kathryn Jones, Peter Lang, Chris Mercier, Matt Smith, and Liz Whiteman Smith. Most of the artists have shown together before in the highly acclaimed exhibitions ‘Artists in Wonderland’ and ‘Quantum: A Journey Through the Standard Model”, both at Espacio Gallery. Though structured around a universal concept, each of the artists has approached the idea from a very different perspective and this broad range of responses has resulted in a thought-provoking, engaging exhibition.

The organizer, Liz Whiteman Smith, feels that the strength of the exhibition lies in the fact that the group of artists meets once a month to discuss their ideas and support each other to create work that is well developed and professionally executed. She says “Visitors will find a wide range of mediums from painting to 3D printing, a pin ball machine to installations. Our artists are moving forward and embracing new technology in their artwork.”

The Artists

Graham Asker

Graham Asker, an engineer and graduate of Cass School of Art, has hand made a pinball machine to explore the idea of lost and found souls using the Parable of the Lost Sheep.

Graham Asker
‘Lost Souls’
pinball machine, playfield 1.2m x 0.7m, 2016-17

Julie Caves

Julie Caves, a painter with an MA from Camberwell College of Art, has used veils of colour to obscure part of her paintings to show that if one thing is lost another is usually found.

Julie Caves
‘Found and Lost 1’
acrylic and oil on canvas, 40x50cm, 2017

Esperanza Gomez-Carrera

Esperanza Gomez-Carrera, a sculptor and graduate of Wimbledon College of Art, uses a sculptural installation based around a stolen instrument to demonstrate that sometimes losing is winning and not finding what you are looking for is finding yourself.

Esperanza Gomez-Carrera
‘Dimensions’
mixed media, 70x60x15cm, 2017

Nick Hazzard

Nick Hazzard, a graduate in Fine Art from Sir John Cass, works in a process that involves alternately applying and scraping back layers of paint – the marks and gestures are buried, or “lost”, beneath areas of paint, then uncovered, or “found”, when those layers are partly removed. He has combined his process-driven approach with his interest in recent research looking into the recovery of lost memories in those with Alzheimer’s.

Nick Hazzard
‘Untitled’
acrylic and collage on linen, 40x50cm, 2017

Martin Howard

Martin Howard, a graduate of Slade School of Fine Art, has made black and white mixed-media drawings that record the area of East London situated around the gallery. Howard has engaged with the lively and energetic surroundings, his figures emerge and disappear, in and out of the shadowy areas around Brick Lane.

Martin Howard
‘Wasabe’
watercolour, 12×15 inches, 2016

Ruth Kathryn Jones

Ruth Kathryn Jones, an artist with an MA from Colchester Institute of Art and Design, is exploring the losses that may not be refound. She is interested in the gentrification that has removed women’s access to public spaces and services in her local area. Covering one thing with another, the redacted sanitisation of imagery creates a loss of part of the image; Jones asks if the loss of visibility is indicative of a loss of identity?

Ruth Kathryn Jones
‘Soft Redaction 1’
ink and aquarelle on paper, A4, 2016

Peter Lang

Peter Lang, an artist and animator who graduated from Hornsey College of Art, has created an illustrated picture book for children called ‘Tincap and the Lost Sock’, that combines illustration and Augmented Reality – when viewed through a smartphone or iOS device the illustrations become animated. He has also created a series titled ‘Respectacles’ – digital paintings of reading glasses he has lost.

Peter Lang
‘Respectacle A’
mixed media limited edition print, 25x25cm, 2016

Chris Mercier

Chris Mercier, an artist with an MA from the Royal College of Art, explores objects and processes and he has made prints of hybrid letters he calls ‘Newfound Consonants’.

Chris Mercier
‘Abjad articulation: Newfound Consonants #Cyan’
digital vector drawing, size variable, 2014

Matt Smith

Matt Smith, a sculptor and digital artist who graduated from Epsom School of Art and Design, is re-creating a lost sculpture by Italian Futurist Umberto Boccioni, ‘Spiral Expansion of Muscles in Movement’ from 1913. Using the few photos that were taken before the work was destroyed Smith has used digital and traditional methods to study and re-create this lost work. In a way Smith is collaborating with the artist who died 100 years ago in 1917. Although many of his works were destroyed after his death Boccioni’s Futurist influence can be found around the world today because the works were photographed and now one of these lost masterpieces has been re-created and ‘found’ again. Smith will be showing prints of the process as well as a life-size sculpture.

Matt Smith
‘Spiral Expansion of Muscles in Movement (digital re-creation)’
digital print, 59x42cm, 2015

Liz Whiteman Smith

Liz Whiteman Smith, a printmaker with a degree in Fine Art from Buckinghamshire New University, will be showing two series of screenprints looking at lost civilisations and cultures. The first is a series of images of ancient temples that were once at the heart of a civilisation but were lost, reclaimed by nature and then later discovered by explorers. Her series of images from Cuba, a country in danger of losing its uniqueness as it becomes modernised, express her hope that Cuba “can find a way to improve living standards for its citizens without losing the qualities that make it special.”

Liz Whiteman Smith
‘Ta Prohm, Angkor, Cambodia’
screen print, 40x30cm, 2016

The Gallery

Espacio Gallery is a co-operative gallery that opened in 2012 in the heart of London’s East End art scene, at the top of Brick Lane and has had nearly 200 exhibitions since then. It was founded by a group of artists working across all contemporary visual arts media who wanted a space of their own specially designed to meet their needs. Located not too far from Whitechapel Gallery, Espacio is always part of their First Thursday late-night art events. Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

‘Lost & Found’ dates: 2-14 May 2017
Opening times during this exhibition: Tuesday-Saturday 1-7pm, Sunday 1-5pm (closed Mondays)

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Current Events #14. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 14 of 2017.
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Mark Jackson and Sarah Roberts

7 April – 6 May 2017

Mark Jackson and Sarah Roberts

TORREMOLINOS-TABLEAUX- [Ton]-TONGUE-TWISTER [After Sun] by Sarah Roberts will be shown simultaneously alongside Face Is The Closest by Mark Jackson. The two exhibitions will explore notions of surface in sculpture and painting and more broadly in terms of our relationship with the digital and material world. Facebook event page.

Block 336
336 Brixton Road
London
SW9 7AA

Nick Kelly: From Shellness to Dungeness

8 April to 7 May

Foreness Point – Nick Kelly

Paintings of a walk along the Kent Coast. Discover the hidden gems of Kent’s coast with this exhibition of new work by Nick Kelly. Painted over a period of eight months each of the twenty plus acrylic paintings reveal a quiet part of the wilderness along the Saxon Shore Way.

Lombard Street Gallery
2 Lombard Street
Margate
CT9 1EJ

FORMaLDEHYDES

6-8 April 2017

Thinking through formaldehyde as toxic preserving medium, Marijke Vasey and Bea Acevedo engage in an exploration of materiality as performative gesture that mediates between the bodily and its environment. This exploration is particularly concerned with a process of reformulation as feedback-loop between construction and destruction.

Unit 3 Projects
ASC Studios, Empson Street
London
E3 3LT

Diagramming Caravaggio and Other Baroque Facades

13-16 April 2017

New Paintings by Catherine Ferguson. Private View: 15 April 2017 at 5pm, artist’s Talk at 6pm.

A.P.T Gallery
Harold Wharf, 6 Creekside
Deptford, London
SE8 4SA

Suspicious Minds: Collaborative Painting Experiments

5 – 8 April 2017

Alison Goodyear will be running painting experiments over the course of the week with a few select abstract painters and with members of the public who wish to join in. She says: “I will be looking at how we negotiate during process. Will we need rules? Or will a system emerge? How will this develop those who have an established painting practice? And ultimately how will the work turn out when an aesthetic is shared/challenged or compromised?”

Number Nine Project Space
Guildhall Road
Northampton
NN1 1DP

David Burrows

7 April – 21 May 2017

David Burrows

David Burrows solo show. Preview: Thursday 6 April 6 – 9pm. Plastique Fantastique Performance: Thursday 27 April 6 – 9pm. First Thursday: 4 May 6 – 9pm. Facebook event page.

IMT Gallery
Unit 2, 210 Cambridge Heath Road
London
E2 9NQ

Degas to Picasso: Creating Modernism in France

10 February – 7 May 2017

Cezanne-The Small Bathers

Exploring the rise of Modernism in France though works by Matisse, Manet, Chagall, Renoir, Metzinger, Degas, Picasso and many more. Booking recommended.

Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont St
Oxford
OX1 2PH

Glimpse

29 March – 23 April 2017

A group show curated by Tomo Campbell, featuring the paintings of Shaun Mcdowell, Sue Kennington, Arthur Lanyon, Timur Lukas, Ralph Hunter-Menzies and Tomo Campbell.

Golborne Gallery
72 Golborne Road
London
W10 5PS

Lumen

4-9 April 2017

Photographers from many countries are participating in this exhibition – exploring light, image and concept, using mobile phones, digital and analogue cameras.
Adam Lucy, Andy Denial, Andrew Lalchan, AKHussain Photography, Asterope, Audrey Kirk, Bruna Lauletta, Daniela Torrente, David Kittos, Dragos Czinjepolschi, Eduardo Rothschild, Faith Arowosafe, Fatma Huseyin, Hebert Kozu, Joanna Rupert Lucas, Juliana Lauletta, KatyC, Letícia Lima, Lu Ballentine, Maria Beamont, Nandi Patel, Nathalie Chace, Ravia Khatun, Paula Rodríguez Sánchez-Pardo, Romulo Gonçalves, Sitzphotography, Teresa Jambur, Venesha Thompson, Wendy Tuffin, Zdenka Ivankova. Private View: Thursday 6 April 6-9pm

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

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‘Say it Ain’t So’
Oil on canvas, 150×170 cm, 2016
A painting from the series ‘Held On The Tips Of Fingers’ by Tomo Campbell who is showing at Goldborne Gallery.

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Current Events #15. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 15 of 2017.
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The Stars Were Aligned For a Century of New Beginnings

13 April – 18 June 2017

Basim Magdy, Our Hope Reflected Jewels in the Sky, 2012

The first UK solo exhibition by Egyptian artist Basim Magdy. Basim Magdy’s work is full of humour and quiet melancholy. His films are rooted in dreams and scientific theory, reflecting on collective aspirations for future utopias and their failure, as we repeat the same mistakes over and over again in the pursuit of progress. In contrast, works on paper recall ’60s and ’70s graphic art, and focus on a period when progressive ideas of a utopian future were based on an imaginary rather than a present reality. These science fiction dreams feature a post-human society including strange creatures and fantastic machines.

Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay
Bristol
BS1 4QA

Love Peace and Happiness

11-22 April 2017

Curator Kristian Day brings together a group of contemporary artists who share an interest in using vocabularies of the decorative in their work: Kiera Bennett, George Little, Phil Root, Anthony Banks, Nicholas Johnson, Gwennan Thomas, Nick Jensen, Fiona Curran and Jackson Sprague. In collaboration with Paintings in Hospitals.

Menier Gallery
51 Southwark Street
London
SE1 1RU

Moments

1-30 April 2017

A collection of life drawings, watercolours and prints organised by Tottenham Art Classes.

Craving Coffee
Unit 3, Gaunson House, Markfield Road
Tottenham, London
N15 4QQ

Michael Foreman Telling Tales

5-22 April 2017

Michael Foreman

The exhibition includes over 275 works spanning 50 years of achievement and focuses on Michael Foreman’s work as an illustrator of fairy tales, myths and legends, and children’s classics, including collaborations with Brian Alderson, Angela Carter, Roald Dahl, Terry Jones and Michael Morpurgo.

Chris Beetles Gallery
8-10 Ryder Street
London
SW1Y 6QB

Light Catching Fire – Sarah Butterfield

29 March – 11 April 2017

Sarah Butterfield
At The Ocean

Sarah Butterfield paints people on beaches, London tube stations at dusk, a busy street cafe and lovers on a motorbike disappearing into the shimmering summertime traffic.

D Contemporary
23 Grafton Street
London
W1S 4EY

Eddie Martinez: Cowboy Town

30 March – 6 May 2017

Cowboy Town, 2017
Silkscreen ink, oil paint, spray paint and enamel on canvas
Eddie Martinez

New paintings by Eddie Martinez that combine figuration and abstraction.

Timothy Taylor
15 Carlos Place
London
W1K 2EX

25th Anniversary Exhibition

6 April – 6 May 2017

Kyffin Williams – Snowdonia

Martin Tinney Gallery celebrates its 25th anniversary with two major exhibitions of 20th Century & contemporary Welsh Art.

Martin Tinney Gallery
18 St Andrew’s Crescent
Cardiff
CF10 3DD

Between the Lines

11-16 April 2017

An exploration of women and femininity inspired by dreams, dramas, history, fiction, muses, myths and realities of our contemporary world. Categories of work include traditional and digital drawing and painting, sculpture, collage, mixed media, video/film, installation and performance. Huw Briggs, Tory Butler, Gaelle Garbani, Madi Acharya-Baskerville, Liz Derbyshire, Kevin Derbyshire, Les Lismore, Jonathan Graham, Fabiana Righi, Manuela Capraro Analeuta, Cristina Cantilena, Cinthya G. Picazo, Helen Lack, Gabor Paszti, Theresa Monagle, Justyna Koziczak, Yolanda Pinto Medina, Maria Osuna, Lizy Bending, Ida Ndoni, Terry Filisette Yoshinaga, Bogdan Trybel, Viola Rühse,
Sonia Stanbury, Robin Beuscher, Salma Zulfiqar Curated by Ana Cockerill. Private View: Thursday 13 April 6-9pm.

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

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Cowboy Town, 2017
Silkscreen ink, oil paint, spray paint and enamel on canvas
by Eddie Martinez who is showing at Timothy Taylor.

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Current Events #16. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 16 of 2017.
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To and Fro: A reflection on the treaty ports of Canton

22 April – 11 May 2017

In this solo exhibition of paintings and prints, the Reading-based artist Robert Fitzmaurice will present work inspired by the treaty ports of Canton. His surreal imagery often considers the human condition, however in this show historical characters and events add an extra layer of meaning and invite us to reflect upon identity and the human cost of trade when profit is the primary consideration.

Peacock Gallery, Maiden Erlegh School,
Silverdale Road
Earley, Reading
RG6 7HS

Nasty Women: Cambridge Sisters

21-30 April 2017

This group exhibition serves to demonstrate solidarity among artists who identify with being a Nasty Woman in the face of threats to roll back women’s rights, individual rights, LGBTQ+ rights, refugee and immigrant rights. In the spirit of resistance, they put out an open call for artists placards to be exhibited as part of a group show Nasty Women Cambridge Sisters. Exhibition organised by the Congress for the Defence of Culture (Idit Nathan & Sarah Wood), Eliza Gluckman and Seana Wilson.

Artspace, ArtWorks
5 Greens Road
Cambridge
CB4 3EH

Saffron Walden Art Society Spring Exhibition

29-30 April 2017

Saffron Walden Art Society exhibition.

Garden Room
Jubilee Gardens, Hill Street
Saffron Walden, Essex
CB10 1EH

Painting Now

20-30 April 2017

Birgitte Aasen, Susan Absolon, Kim Baker, Richard Baker, Miranda Boulton Artist, Day Bowman, Valerie Brennanie, Broughton Birnie, Stephen Buckeridge, Brian Cheeswright, Gemma Cossey, Charlie Day, Paula Day, Tori Day, Tom Down, Ben Fenton, Noelle Gallagher, Patrick Galway, Mikey B Georgeson, Max Gimson, Steph Goodger, Ian Healy, Adam Hennessey, Zil Hoque, Graham Jones, Nathan Jones Art, Gareth Daniel Kemp, Arthur Lanyon, Iris Legendre, Sarah Longworth-West, Susanne Lund Pangrazio, Rachel Magdeburg, Maria Marinou, Enzo Marra, Simon Mathewson, Lisa Muten, Mark Nader, Susie Nathanson, Raksha Patel, Eliseo Pau, James Petrucci Art, Marion Piper, Nicole Price, James Quin, Rob Reed, Jon Ridge art, Fiona G Roberts, Katherine Russell, Wendy Saunders, Sarah Shaw, Mica Smith, Paul Smith, Adam Stone, Joan Sugrue, David Sullivan, Paul Tuppeny, April Virgoe, Gus Watcham and Charles Williams.
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Studio One Gallery
7–9 Wandsworth Plain
East Putney, London
SW18 1ES

A Curious Taxonomy

12 April 2017 – 30 June 2017

The Resplendent Rabbit Bird of Paradise
Penelope Kenny

Solo exhibition of screenprints by Penelope Kenny.

The Old Market, Waterloo Room
11a Upper Market Street
Brighton
BN3 1AS

Infinite Possibility

17-23 April 2017

The exhibition is organized by the students from University of the Arts London, exploring different genres of art. In here, various art forms get combined and will give viewers a unique art experience. Private View: Thursday 20 April 6-9pm

Espacio Gallery
159 Bethnal Green Road
London E2 7DG
(Just off Brick Lane in East London)

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The Resplendent Rabbit Bird of Paradise by Penelope Kenny who is showing at The Old Market in Brighton.
Nine colour screenprint on Fabriano 5 300gsm paper. Printed with hand-made water based inks made from ground pure pigments and metallic powders, edition of 20.

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Current Events #17. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 17 of 2017.
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Lot 5 Collective

4-5 May 2017

The second exhibition of paintings and prints by Lot 5 Collective members: Lizet Dingemans, Sally Jane Fuerst, Luca Indraccolo, Stella Ishack, Helen Masacz and Harriet Spratt. Mr Mylar will also have works on display. One day only – Friday May 5th, 10am – 6pm, plus a private view on Thursday May 4th, 6:30pm – 9pm. To attend the private view register at https://lot5-candid-private.eventbrite.co.uk. Facebook event page.

Candid Arts
3 Torrens Street
Islington, London
EC1V 1NQ

The Day I Woke Up Singing

2-29 May 2017

The first exhibition of collages by Kent based artist Adam Harrison.

Below 65 Gallery
65 High Street
Maidstone, Kent
ME14 1SR

UKCPS 16th Annual Open International Exhibition 2017

25 April – 6 May 2017

A juried exhibition by members of the UK Coloured Pencil Society. Daily demonstrations. Facebook event page.

Menier Gallery
51 Southwark Street
London
SE1 1RU

What is This Place?

22 April – 15 July 2017

Morning
Freya Douglas-Morris

“The paintings in this exhibition share a sense of improvisation. Like the act of drawing, the works are a way for the artist to work through ideas. Their marks have been made with a speed and spontaneity, executed quickly to capture changing thoughts and ideas.” Participating artists: Samuel Bassett, Romi Behrens, Gordon Dalton, Freya Douglas-Morris, Danny Fox, Ben Sanderson, Corinna Spencer, Lucy Stein.

Newlyn Art Gallery
New Road
Newlyn
TR18 5PZ

Steal the Show

28 April – 1 May 2017

​Curated by Jessica Wilson, a salon style exhibition reflecting the energy, range and diversity within contemporary painting practice throughout the UK. Artists include: Anna Bauer, Paul Behnke, Karl Bielik, Katrina Blannin, Juan Bolivar, Andrew Child, Benjamin Cohen, Dan Coombs, Tom Dearie, Ian Goncharov, Fiona Grady, Rae Hicks, Clive Hodgson, Ben Jamie, Gabriele Jogelaite, Peter Ashton Jones, Sara Kerry, Jamie Limond, Ellie MacGarry, Blair McLaughlin, Mali Morris, Lucienne O’Mara, Charley Peters, Kes Richardson, Anne Ryan, Neal Tait, Covadonga Valdes, Lucia Vera, Ross Walker, Sarah Wilson. Part of Glasgow Open House Festival.

Bentinck Street
3/2 53 Bentinck Street
Glasgow, Scotland
G3 7TS

Spike Island Open

28 April to 1 May 2017

Spike Island is home to over 70 artists’ studios, Spike Print Studio, UWE Fine Art BA/MA students, as well as many other creative practitioners including designers, writers, filmmakers, animators and photographers. Meet artists in their studios and see what they are working on. Dotted around the building, screenings, performances, installations, workshops and talks take place. Highlights include clay vessel throwing with artist Sarah Wilton, young people’s film screenings with Calling the Shots and a sculptural installation ‘impossible to pin point in time or space’ by artist Ben Rowe.

Spike Island
133 Cumberland Road
Bristol
BS1 6UX

The Lumber Room: Unimagined Treasures

last chance – 1 August 2015 – 7 May 2017

Curated by Mark Hearld. The Upper North Gallery has been transformed to reflect one artist’s vision of a Lumber Room – a room of miscellaneous stored objects and artefacts.
For the past two years, York-based artist Mark Hearld has been visiting the stores of the Yorkshire Museum and York Castle Museum as well as York Art Gallery researching the objects and artworks to include in the exhibition. His choices include textiles, costume, oil paintings, works on paper, furniture, and taxidermy, many items of which have not been on public display before.Alongside these will be new works that Mark has created especially for the show which are inspired by the collections.

York Art Gallery
Exhibition Square
York
YO1 7EW

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Future Islands, 150x120cm, 2016
by Gordon Dalton who is showing at Newlyn Art Gallery.

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