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STAGE 2023

A multi artist installation & zine project curated by Casper White and James Moore at Kingsgate Studios

STAGE

part of PEBBLE / SHOE

Lle gallery at Kingsgate Project Space, 110 - 116 Kingsgate Road, London NW6 2JG 24th/25th February 2023

John Abell    Jo Berry    Abi Birkinshaw    Sarah Boulter    Dave Brooke    Gordon Dalton    Lara Davies    Roslim Dew    Tamara Dybnyckyj    Robbie Fife   Elliott Flanagan    Rebecca Gould    Abigail Hampsey   David Hancock    Callum Harvey    Beatrice Hasell-Mccosh    Marielle Hehir    Maggie James   Gareth Kemp    Dean Knight    Iwan Lewis    Rhiannon Lowe    Daniel MacCarthy    James Moore    Ruth Murray    Philip Nicol    Mahali O’Hare    Tom Pitt    Chantal Powell    Ben Risk    Fiona Roberts    Robin Tarbet    Liorah Tchiprout    Ruby Tingle    Toby Ursell    Casper White    Dylan Williams    Ellie Young

curated by Casper White and James Moore.

The installation consists of two formats of art work: large backdrops and smaller works hung on top of the backdrops.  A zine will be created in the gallery space during the exhibition days on Friday 24th Feb & Saturday 25th Feb.

Drawing of tall tree with rooks and small painting attached
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‘Celebration of Welsh Contemporary Painting’ 2022

Highlights from Celebration of Welsh Contemporary Painting Exhibition 2022

The penultimate exhibition in the 2022/23 series, sponsored by Dawn Bowden MS Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport. The exhibition brings together artists in ‘a broad and eclectic exhibition that celebrates painting as a specific art form present in Wales today’.

‘Past The Jumping Boys’ - one of seventeen new paintings shown earlier in 2022 at Found Gallery, Brecon - will be part of the exhibition.

This painting relates to a 3km bike ride, from a house in North East Cardiff to a studio in the South of the city. The route is calm, with an energy and dynamic unlike other ways through the city. Delicate ecosystems thrive along the pathways, creating an almost continuous green trail.   Everything is in flux - the light, the wind, the mood of the day, the temperament of the people you pass, the background sounds of the city… and this changes the feeling and mood of the journey. Most days the river is muddy with a sombre green reflection, but this can change to a mirror reflection of animators blue sky.

‘Celebration of Welsh Contemporary Painting’ Futures Gallery, The Pierhead, Cardiff, CF10 4PZ

The exhibition runs from 15th December - 9th February 2023

Past The Jumping Boys

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Y Silff, Cardigan 2022

Gilly Booth, Tess Gray, Cathryn Gwynn, Maggie James, Arwel Micah, Flora McLachlan, Jason Rouse

shelf with five paintings and one folding book

Curated by painter Sam Vicary, this exhibition is an invitation to the artists to display their work in carefully assembled ‘vignettes’ or installations including paintings, drawings, text, prints and ceramics.


“I’m interested in how we collect inspiration in our studio spaces. The shelf gives the public an insight into that creative process, but it’s also a way people might display their art at home alongside their treasures and other special objects”.

Some artists have chosen to display their ideas alongside the work for sale. Others have used it as a platform to present their work. The exhibition is designed to be a playful take on tradition still-life, where artists often use their spaces and objects around them to inspire new work.

Displayed across two rooms, the exhibition embraces the winter season and offers experienced and budding art collectors plenty of choice. The artwork can be bought off the shelf.

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Welsh Group At Turner House 2022

Paintings and sculptures by members of the Welsh Group, at Turner House, Penarth until 23rd October 2022

Welsh Group at Turner House

Welsh Group exhibition at Turner House, 12 Plymouth Rd, Penarth, CF64 3DH.

Glad to be showing two paintings with the Welsh Group at Turner House in Penarth. The exhibition will show artworks from the group of just under forty members, who live across Wales - painters, photographers, printmakers.

‘The Welsh Group, the first national artist run group in Wales has tirelessly promoted the visual arts in Wales for more than 70 years. Through its extensive series of exhibitions in Wales, the UK and overseas, the group has shone a light on artists’ concerns and processes, providing a snapshot of current practice. Run by and for artists, The Welsh Group does not adhere to a dominant movement or style and the work is not filtered by a curators agenda; rather there is a wide range of responses and conceptual approaches to contemporary practice.
The artists in The Welsh Group come from different backgrounds and traditions — some born in Wales and some who have made their homes here — and has been a part of Welsh cultural life since it was founded in 1948, immediately post war, at a time of great social and cultural change in Wales. The group continues to contribute to the story of Wales today.’ Turner House Penarth

22nd September - 23rd October 2022





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Across Two Valleys 2022

Across Two Valleys

Welsh Group exhibition at The Red House, Old Town Hall, High St, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AE

Artists: Jaqueline Jones, Shirley Anne Owens, Paul Edwards, Wendy Earle, Chris Griffin,
Heather Eastes,Veronica Gibson, Philip Watkins, Maggie James, Gerda Roper,
Jennifer Allan

A companion exhibition takes place at The Cynon Valley Museum, Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare, CF44 8DL

Artists: Karin Mear, Jacqueline Alkema, Angela Kingston, Gus Payne, Anthony Evans,
Dilys Jackson, Tomasin Toohie, Sue Hilley Harris, Paul Brewer, Alan Salisbury


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