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2.1–2.2 SUMMER — SUBJECTS IN MOTION
Group Exhibition 21 Jun - 22 Sep 2025 The theme of the exhibition holds several degrees of meaning: it refers to the artists themselves, their viewership and the evolving ideas engaged with — the landscapes being inhabited, the materials being exercised and the questions being carried forward — each artist responding with chosen mediums. This group exhibition brings... Read more -
Ian Fenton
Welcome 10 - 31 Jul 2025 Collage is often seen as a sideline in Western art history, something casual or associated with childhood, amateurism or with the last years of Matisse. But I’m interested in what happens when we start from that place, and push cut paper as a serious, expressive form. For me, it’s not... Read more -
Matt Smith
New Arrivals 5 Jun - 22 Sep 2025 Fascinated by the beach surf culture surrounding him in his native North Cornwall, Matt’s considered yet unintentionally poetic compositions celebrate the simplicity and romanticism of three great loves: surf culture, family life, and exploration. Self-taught but with a passion that belies the calming scenes he captures on film, Matt has... Read more -
Lisa-Marie Price
Welcome to CIRCLE 11 Jun - 31 Jul 2025 “My artistic practice is deeply rooted in sustainability, mindfulness, and respect for the natural world. This ongoing relationship with the raw elements of the earth is central to how I create and connect with my materials. Each painting tells a story drawn from both urban and rural landscapes, sparking conversations... Read more
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Susan Bleakley
New Arrivals 31 May - 30 Jun 2025 Susan Bleakley is a multi talented British artist utilising the mediums of paint, sculpture, installation, photography and film. She studied at the Royal College of Art and the Falmouth College of Arts. Susan Bleakley primarily studied sculpture although she now works in many different mediums. Her work has exhibited extensively throughout the UK, Europe and North America in mixed and solo shows.
Susan’s respect for ‘mother earth’ became inseparable from her art - her large colourfield paintings exude quietude; she says they are about stripping back veils to reveal the internal voice. Susan’s perfectly balanced paintings resound with smooth flowing energy.
Formally, these paintings are labelled as pure abstraction and have the meditative rigour of American abstract painter Agnes Martin, herself drawn to the spiritual purity of the North American Indian life - inseparable from nature. The Bauhaus master Josef Albers with his writings on colour theory, had a huge influence on 20th century abstract painters - Brigit Riley’s famous stripe paintings being our best known example of simultaneous contrast. Susan’s use of this technique is nuanced and beautiful, Her choice of colours quiver with light, inside and out, in synergy with the flowers and foliage growing in her clifftop garden - which she tends to daily. Read more -
Adrian Holmes: Greenhouse & Stone
30 Apr - 19 Jun 2025 Adrian Holmes is a printmaker whose practice is rooted in the tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking and the Sōsaku Hanga movement. A graduate of the University of Plymouth with a degree in Visual Arts, Adrian first encountered Japanese printmaking while living in Japan, where he developed a deep connection to the craft and its rich history.
Both self-taught and mentored by Japanese woodblock artisans, Adrian has spent years exploring the technical and expressive possibilities of the process. His work reflects a dedication to the materials and methods of traditional mokuhanga, while embracing the creative independence central to Sōsaku Hanga.
Now based in Cornwall, Adrian divides his time between his woodblock practice and teaching. He shares his expertise in Japanese woodblock printmaking at both the St Ives School of Painting and West Dean College of Arts.
In his latest body of work, Greenhouse & Stone, Adrian Holmes brings together 20 woodblock prints, loosely inspired by his local ramblings — both indoors and outdoors — and his novice appreciation of plants and his evolving relationship with them. The work explores shifting perspectives and viewpoints, reflecting on how these remarkable things take root around us.
Following the Sōsaku Hanga tradition, the prints embrace looseness and abstraction, shaped by the expressive and spontaneous nature of mark-making and layering. Each piece is crafted using the traditional processes and techniques of Japanese woodblock printing, balancing the rich craft tradition with contemporary interpretation.
Sōsaku Hanga (創作版画), or 'creative printmaking', is a style of Japanese woodblock printmaking that emerged in the early 20th century, particularly in the 1910s. It was a departure from the traditional ukiyo-e (woodblock prints of the Edo period), in which different craftsmen specialised in different stages of the printmaking process (design, carving, and printing).
In contrast, Sōsaku Hanga emphasises the artist's direct involvement in every stage of the process — from designing and carving the woodblocks to printing the final image. This style allowed artists greater creative freedom and encouraged a more personal, expressive approach to printmaking. The prints often reflect modern themes, abstract elements, and innovative uses of texture and colour.
While ukiyo-e prints were generally produced in large editions for mass consumption, Sōsaku Hanga was more experimental and artistic, focusing on fewer prints that conveyed a deeper, more individualistic expression of the artist's vision. Artists associated with Sōsaku Hanga include notable figures like Kawase Hasui, Shoji Hamada, and Toshi Yoshida.
The movement had a significant influence on the development of modern printmaking, both in Japan and internationally.
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Polished Silence by Charlotte Turner
19 Apr - 13 Jun 2025 Charlotte Turner is a Devon-based artist whose contemplative practice explores the rhythms of the natural world through an intuitive, process-led response to coastal landscapes.
Drawn to the quiet poetry of beach-combing along the south-west coastline, Turner gathers weathered pebbles and shoreline fragments—objects imbued with memory and time. These elemental forms inform her work both materially and conceptually, serving as meditations on presence, erosion and the passage of time.
Working with a restrained palette, Turner builds luminous surfaces through successive, delicate layers of paint, sanding back between applications. The resulting works—sometimes realised in a handful of layers, at other times in over thirty—appear textural yet reveal a polished, tactile finish evocative of sea-worn stones. This material sensitivity and insistence on surface speaks to a deep consideration of form, memory and touch.
Integral to her practice is a solitary, meditative discipline incorporating daily rituals that foster reflection and creative clarity. Each painting emerges as a quiet act of devotion—an exploration of the liminal space between land, sea and self.
Turner is a trustee of the Brisons Veor Charitable Trust Artists’ Residency and a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists. Her parallel work as a creativity coach with Beacon Psychology further reflects her commitment to the intersection of art and mental wellbeing. Through her practice, Turner offers a nuanced meditation on materiality, landscape and the restorative power of making.
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Welcome: Jynsym Ong
21 Mar - 29 May 2025 CIRCLE is delighted to welcome Jynsym Ong to it's core group of artists.
Jynsym Ong is a studio potter born in London and currently based in Oxford. A graduate of Clay College, Stoke-On-Trent, Jynsym's dedication to her craft earned her a prestigious Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Scholarship, enabling her to travel to Japan for an immersive apprenticeship at Mitoh Gama (Kiln) in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture. During her two years in Japan, she honed her skills and deepened her appreciation for traditional ceramic techniques and aesthetics. Read more -
1.1 Spring — It Envelops Me
19 Mar - 19 Jun 2025 CIRCLE explores the quiet yet transformative power of seasonal change. As light returns and the world awakens this exhibition gathers works that capture the subtleties of renewal, shifting landscapes and the delicate interplay of presence and absence.
Through texture, tone and movement, we invite you into a space of transition where memory lingers and new possibilities unfold. Jjust as spring does not arrive all at once but unfurls in moments.
Delivered in two parts [1.1 — 1.2], the exhibition features a thoughtfully curated selection of contemporary art by local and international artists, including the gallery’s core group and guest artists. Paintings, sculpture, original prints, and ceramics will be displayed across the ground floor, first floor, and online.
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New Paintings by Sarah Woods
10 Mar - 18 Apr 2025 Sarah Woods lives in Cornwall and paints from her studio at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives. Her paintings explore atmosphere, memory, and place. Rooted in a deep connection to the landscape, her work captures fleeting moments of light, shifting weather, and the quiet drama of Cornwall’s west coast.
Through layered brushwork and a minimal palette, Woods creates immersive compositions that hover between abstraction and recognition, inviting the viewer into a world both familiar and dreamlike. Her work offers a window into the serenity and tranquility of Cornwall’s coastline, encouraging the viewer to pause, breathe, and immerse themselves in the natural beauty that surrounds them.
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London Art Fair
Stand G27 21 - 26 Jan 2025 CIRCLE presents an engaging selection of contemporary art, emphasising material-led and thematic exhibitions alongside solo features. The gallery showcases a diverse selection of both local and internationally respected artists. Founded in Cornwall in 2014, CIRCLE has earned a reputation for its dedication to art practices deeply connected to the landscape.... Read more -
New Paintings by Amy Wright
1 Jan - 20 May 2025 Amy Wright, an Australian artist, brings forth paintings that unfold like a rich tapestry of botanical abundance, intricately woven into the essence of overgrown gardens. Given her affinity for these lush landscapes, it comes as no surprise that, for Amy, the world of art begins and concludes with the intricate beauty of flowers.
Wright's artistic approach involves a harmonious marriage of keen observational skills, akin to the precision required for botanical illustration, and a more relaxed form of observational drawing that accentuates texture, colour, and collage, contributing to her distinctive decorative style.
The viewer's gaze experiences a constant dance across the canvas-traversing from one succulent patch of foliage to another, suspended without finding a definitive resting place.
This deliberate visual journey fosters a sense of suspension, inviting the audience to linger in the intricate details of her work. The predominant warm colour palette she employs evokes the flushed putty tones reminiscent of the Bloomsbury Group painters, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.
Wright's paintings are characterised by the form of pattern, a motif that finds resonance in works like 'A World Beyond! This aspect of her art brings to mind the post-impressionist canvases of Edouard Vuillard, who drew inspiration from Hokusai and the flat pictorial space seen in Japanese woodblock printing. Amy's appreciation for fragmented textile surfaces transforms her paintings into intricate jigsaw puzzles-baroque landscapes that echo earthly delights. In this fusion of influences and techniques, Amy Wright's art, rooted in her Australian identity, becomes a visual narrative that captivates, intrigues, and pays homage to a rich tradition in art history.
Amy Wright's work is held in numerous private and corporate collections, a testament to the widespread appeal and impact of her art. Her unique approach to landscape painting, blending classical techniques with contemporary perspectives, has garnered international acclaim. Read more -
Winter Exhibition
Light Dark Light Again 18 Dec 2024 - 18 Mar 2025 This winter, Light Dark Light Again showcases a thoughtfully curated collection of contemporary art by both local and international artists, spanning two floors. The exhibition features works from the gallery's core group alongside guest artists, offering a diverse selection of paintings, sculptures, original prints, glass, and ceramics. Read more -
Lee Johnson
1 Oct - 16 Dec 2024 Lee Johnson was born in Wiltshire, and has lived and worked in London since 2000. He received his MA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins School of Art in 2001, and his works are held in the collections of Soho House, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, and University of the Arts London, as well as numerous private collections worldwide (including UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, USA, and Australia).
Johnson begins by painting objects or images close to hand - the daily essentials that make us who we are. These images then take on different forms through the painting process, where the transmutation from the original object or image slowly frees the painting to become something else entirely.
Johnson's paintings are not strictly still lives or portraits, or pure abstractions, as they are composed in the painting of the painting. They are drawn and characterised through the process of painting, creating a soulful construct of what the object or environment could be.
His paintings are thick with activity, marking the physical building of the picture, and paintings are often left a long time before completing. All original impetus is buried under the newer layers of paint, accruing new meaning. But underlying images and layers aren't 'lost', they are the drives that take the painting forward, that give the paintings' their complex personality.
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Autumn Exhibition
Core Group 22 Sep - 20 Dec 2024 CIRCLE’s latest Autumn Exhibition continues on the ground floor and first floor, featuring a thoughtfully curated collection of contemporary art by both local and international artists, including the gallery's core group and guest artists. The exhibition highlights paintings, sculpture, original prints, glass, and ceramics. Read more -
New Arrivals: Joni Sternbach
1 Sep - 31 Oct 2024 CIRCLE is delighted to present the latest limited edition prints by American artist Joni Sternbach. Each print measures 40 x 32 inches and is part of a limited edition of 5 per print.
Joni Sternbach takes tintype photographs, a labor-intensive technique with little changed since its invention in the 1850s. Spontaneous and unpredictable, the streaks and tonal variations in the finished photographs reflect their handmade character, with the corners rubbed where they were held in the camera.
Posing on rocky outcrops, in front of uprooted trees, or on thick mats of woody flotsam, Sternbach’s surfers inhabit strange landscapes. The best of Sternbach’s photographs convey insistent longing. They explore relationships—between surfer and board, human and landscape, photographer and subject, and between the surfers themselves. Sternbach has discovered a new home—a place without walls, defined only by belonging and the physicality of existence.
Sternbach is an American artist, photographer, and filmmaker. Over the course of a career spanning many decades, her portrait-based work explores themes such as domesticity and the family, sexuality and the body. Issues of gender, identity, and feminism were the most critical themes in her early work from the 1980s-1990s, where the female figure—including her own—was a central motif. Read more -
SUN LOUNGERS
Jake Clark 20 Jul - 17 Aug 2024 CIRCLE Gallery is delighted to present the latest artworks by Jake Clark. SUNLOUNGER is a captivating series of mixed media paintings that delve into the essence of suburban European seaside architecture.
This exhibition offers a unique glimpse into Clark's interpretation of seaside towns. His skillful use of palette and texture captures the faded, sun-bleached colours characteristic of these locations. Clark’s paintings vividly portray the serene yet complex beauty of seaside architecture, bringing to life the houses, people, and intricate details that define these environments. With a keen eye for the charged and nostalgic atmosphere of these settings, his works evoke a sense of familiarity and longing. Read more -
Oak Copse
Zoe Benbow 28 Jun - 3 Aug 2024 Zoe Benbow lives and works right in the middle of bustling East London, which is in stark contrast to her artistic practise: engaging with her work immediately transports the viewer from the urban landscape into the natural one.
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Summer Exhibition
Core Group + Guest Artists 19 Jun - 22 Sep 2024 CIRCLE's latest Summer Exhibition continues on Floor 1, featuring a thoughtfully curated collection of contemporary art. Discover works by both local and international artists, including our core group and specially featured guests, encompassing paintings, sculptures, textiles, original prints and ceramics. Read more -
LEAVING TRACE IN DEEP WATER
Kristen McClarty 17 May - 14 Jun 2024 CIRCLE is delighted to feature Kristen McClarty's latest prints -Trace of a red tide and Leaving trace in deep water. Each print is part of a limited edition of four woodcuts, accompanied by a single artist proof printed on hemp lace, 27 gsm, meticulously handcrafted by Awagami in Japan.
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GO WHERE YOU FEEL GOOD
Emma Digerud-White 30 Mar - 4 May 2024 Read more -
Spring Exhibition 2024
30 Mar - 18 Jun 2024 CIRCLE gallery presents a spring exhibition of gallery artists, incorporating painting, photography, ceramics, original print and sculpture.
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London Art Fair 2024
Stand G9B 16 - 21 Jan 2024 Explore an exceptional line-up of Modern and Contemporary Art galleries from across the globe, and experience sensational live performances, and an inspiring programme of talks and tours. Read more -
Autumn Exhibition 2023
Group Show 24 Oct - 23 Nov 2023 CIRCLE’S distinct style is shaped by a chosen group of artists who live and work in country and coastal places - in short, nature. We are showing a selection of works by artists who live surrounded by an expanse of land and sea. As you will see, so many of... Read more -
IN THE PINK
Group Show 9 Sep - 7 Oct 2023 The oldest biological colour in the world is bright pink.
Roseus is Latin for rosy and pink has been used in literature to describe the dawn since Homeric times. Pink appeared in religious art in the early middle ages. The baby Jesus was sometimes painted dressed in pink and in the ‘Madonna of the Pinks’ by Raphael, the Christ child is presenting a pink flower to the Virgin Mary. Italian Renaissance painters used a lot of pink which was mixed from red earth pigment and lime white and loved for its pinky flesh tones on nudes and cherubs... Read more -
HORIZON
Merlyn Chesterman, Rod Nelson 5 Aug - 30 Sep 2023 Presenting woodcut prints and book launch by Merlyn Chesterman and Rod Nelson. The exhibition will be a selection of favourites and unseen woodcuts by each artist, including their latest large scale collaborative prints 'Horizon' and 'Celadon Coast', an extraordinary fusion of skill and creativity. Read more -
Mimi Robson
Inner Landscapes 1 - 31 Jul 2023 Born in Somerset in 1991, Mimi gradated from Falmouth University in 2013 with a BA Hons in Fine Art. Since then she has worked alongside renowned Printmaker John Howard. Specialising in both Etching and Mono Printing, Mimi creates collections of work that balance of discipline and spontaneity. Read more -
Summer Exhibition 2023
Group Show 19 Jun - 20 Sep 2023 CIRCLE’S distinct style is shaped by a chosen group of artists who live and work in country and coastal places - in short, nature. We are showing a selection of works by artists who live surrounded by an expanse of land and sea. As you will see, so many of... Read more -
West Coast
Sarah Woods 27 May - 29 Jun 2023 Sarah Woods is a painter and printmaker based in Cornwall who captures the beauty of her local beaches through her stunning paintings and etching prints. Woods brings the essence of the west coast to life with calming brush marks, tones and shapes. Read more -
DARLING THIS HOLIDAY WILL SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS
Adam Bridgland 6 May - 10 Jun 2023 CIRCLE is delighted to announce the latest solo exhibition 'Darling This Holiday...' by Adam Bridgland. Bright and bold, hand-painted on vintage Cornish postcards, these unique artworks celebrate the beauty and charm of the Cornish coast. A celebration of simple pleasures in true Bridgland style. Read more -
Welcome: Kristen McCarty
25 Apr - 9 Jun 2023 CIRCLE are pleased to welcome Kristen to the gallery as part of our core group and original print collection.
McClarty's latest body of work, Head Under Water, consists of semi-abstract reduction woodblock prints based on photographs taken of the artist submerged under water, from above. The edges of the form are broken and with no clear start and end to the body, it becomes a part of the environment. Read more -
SALT HORIZON
Joni Sternbach 1 Apr - 3 May 2023 This exhibition features rare limited edition prints from Joni’s sold-out books Surfland and Surfboard. In SURFLAND, surfers are captured posing on rocks or in front of sat-bleached driftwood, demonstrating their affinity with their board and their environment. SURFBOARD looks at the surfboard as an object, tracing the roots of the sport to Hawaii – uncovering layers of historical meaning, cultural clashes, and the joy of the surfboard and its origins. Read more -
Spring Exhibition 2023
Group Show 12 Mar - 19 Jun 2023 CIRCLE’S distinct style is shaped by a chosen group of artists who live and work in country and coastal places - in short, nature. We are showing a selection of works by artists who live surrounded by an expanse of land and sea. As you will see, so many of... Read more -
London Art Fair 2023
Stand G9B 17 - 22 Jan 2023 Explore an exceptional line-up of Modern and Contemporary galleries from across the globe, and experience sensational live performances, immersive installations, and an inspiring programme of talks and tours.
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In Winter 2023
Group Show 22 Dec 2022 - 14 Mar 2023 For more information, give us a call on 07931611959 or get in touch via email on lucy@circlecontemporary.co.uk Read more -
Original Prints 2023
Group Show 22 Oct 2022 - 5 Jan 2023 CIRCLE's fine print space currently displays original and distinctive limited edition works by artist printmakers living in Devon, Cornwall, London and Australia. Printmaking, like painting, has a long and prestigious history. Painters and makers continue to make prints using the traditional mediums of wood block, stone lithography and copper engraving, alongside screen-printing and the latest digital technologies . Read more -
In Autumn 2022
Group Show 24 Sep - 21 Dec 2022 CIRCLE In Autumn (Group Show) is a selection of works inspired by the natural landscape from our core and guest artists and makers. This rotating show will take place in the gallery and online.
CIRCLE’S distinct style is shaped by a tribe of artists and artisans who live and work in country and coastal places - in short, nature. We are showing a selection of works by artists who live surrounded by an expanse of land and sea. As you will see, so many of our artists daily lives are inseparable from, and necessary to, their artistic expression. Read more -
The matrix of pleasure
Adam Halls 10 Sep - 8 Oct 2022 It started in Japan, the thematic series, most famously enacted in Hokusai’s 100 views of Mount Fuji. Looking at Adam halls large needle-felt paintings we feel intense joy. Man and nature in genuine harmony - Halls has lived on his family farm all his life and his new work shows a richer language, a deeper spirituality
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Sarah Woods
Gallery Feature 26 Aug - 30 Sep 2022 CIRCLE are delighted to be showing Sarahs latest paintings this summer which have been inspired by her local cliff walks and favourite beaches in and around St Ives and Newlyn. Read more -
In Summer 2022
Group Show 21 Jun - 23 Sep 2022 CIRCLE’S distinct style is shaped by a tribe of artists and artisans who live and work in country and coastal places - in short, nature. We are showing a selection of works by artists who live surrounded by an expanse of land and sea. As you will see, so many... Read more -
Susan Bleakley
Gallery Feature 18 Jun - 31 Jul 2022 The artist's skilful use of colour - sky blue, bright pinks, and uplifting yellows that complement the subtler hues and bold blues - inspired by the flora and fauna in her own garden, marks a particular freedom of expression that communicates an alternative mindfulness. Her mesmerising pieces convey an exuberance of the senses; vivid and sensational, they emanate joy, tenderness and universal love. The charming creativity in Susan's latest work is at once fun and fascinating. Read more -
Welcome: Tom Heywood
Gallery Feature 11 Jun - 23 Sep 2022 Tom Heywoods' work represents his passion for the natural world - using a com bination of traditional woodworking techniques and modern, contemporary design to create unique pieces, whilst still maintaining a form of functionality. CIRCLE are delighted to welcome Tom Heywood as part of their core group or artists and... Read more -
Welcome: David Abbott
Gallery Feature 1 Jun - 23 Aug 2022 The inputs may be mundane or transcendent, but the created moment is a quiet, focused expansion of reality out of which all the work gets made. David is interested in folk song and lore, how it locates and defines people inside a landscape, and centres them – through the evocations... Read more -
WE ARE GOING TOWARDS THE SEA
Floor 2 + Online 16 Apr - 14 May 2022 Last summer, painter Zoe Benbow and conceptual artist Sally Hampson joined John O Carroll for a week in North Cornwall. This exhibition is a paean to the Cornish coastline and the sea.
Like so many people for so many reasons, both Sally, John and Zoe are bewitched by the sea. The sea is both mother and mirror, the inbreathe and expiration, the leaving and returning - artists and poets have always felt the sea is a conduit for the imagination, its euphonious sound seeping deep into their psyche. Read more -
Spring 2022
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In Winter
Group Show 21 Dec 2021 - 19 Mar 2022 Circle In Winter is a selection of works inspired by the natural landscape from our core and guest artists and makers. This rotating group show will take place in the gallery and online. Read more -
It's a small world
Annual Winter Selection | Floor 2 10 - 31 Dec 2021 CIRCLE is pleased to present 'It's a Small World' exhibition, which will take place in the gallery and online.
'It's a Small World ' invites our core contemporary artists working in any media to present works on a small scale. Artworks will range from painting, photography, ceramics, works on paper and original prints.
Exhibiting for the first time with CIRCLE are five newly represented artists, including Robyn Litchfield, David Abbott, Maria Flloyd, Robert Baggerly and Kerim Demirkan. Read more -
NATURECULTURES
Thomas Duggan 22 Nov - 31 Dec 2021 Thomas’ body of work ‘Naturecultures’ is informed by a theoretical study and hybridity between the human-hand and the self-assembling abilities of more-than-human worlds.
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Welcome: Robyn Litchfield
Floor 1 + Online 5 Nov - 31 Dec 2021 CIRCLE are delighted to welcome Robyn Litchfield to the gallery. Robyn’s paintings are representations of sublime encounters with places; pristine and untouched. Drawing from archival material and personal documents relating to the early exploration and colonisation of New Zealand Litchfield aims to reimagine and examine the experience of forays into a hitherto unknown space. Read more -
Ben Cook: Neoprene Landscapes
Floor 1 + Online 1 Oct - 20 Nov 2021 Ben’s neoprene landscapes, created especially for CIRCLE, recycle old neoprene wetsuits that would be headed to landfill, into ‘found landscapes’. The works reference the tradition of landscape art in the south west, whilst providing a fresh perspective inspired by surf culture and concerns for the environment. He works across many... Read more -
In Autumn
Group Show 30 Sep - 20 Nov 2021 Circle In Autumn - a new show of rotating artworks inspired by the natural landscape from our core group, guest artists and makers. Read more -
Jillian Edelstein: WATER RATS
Floor 1 and Online 16 - 30 Sep 2021 During the Coronavirus lockdown, ten strangers of wildly different ages, backgrounds, ethnicities draw closer as they become a motley crew of outlaws swimming sometimes illegally in London’s wild cold waters. They escape each day as conspirators in the untamed parts of an urban jungle. Read more -
Tony Wilson: Turn Turn Turn
Floor 2 16 - 30 Sep 2021 CIRCLE are very pleased to have the opportunity of showing examples of Tony Wilsons beautiful visual diaries, watercolour sketches and paintings which chronicle his daily life. Tony is a revelatory visual diarist in the mould of artists like William Blake, Frida Kahlo, Charlotte Solomon and singer songwriter Joni Mitchell to name but a few. As well as conventional landscape paintings and roundels depicting pastoral village life. Wilson, in Hockney vein, paints 360 degree panoramas - huge spherical acrylic bands like lampshades hang lopsidedly from the ceiling: this eccentric format illustrates scenes of tony’s home and garden. Read more -
AUGUST Online: Mimi Robson
Smple studies made with humble tools 12 - 31 Aug 2021 Born in Somerset in 1991, Mimi graduated from Falmouth University in 2013 with a BA Cons in Fine Art. Since then she has worked along renewed Printmaker John Howard. Specialising in both etching and mono printing, Mimi creates collections of work that are a balance discipline and spontaneity. Her work,... Read more -
Joni Sternbach
A Selection of New Limited Edition Prints Now Showing On Floor 1 10 Aug - 21 Sep 2021 Posing on rocky outcrops, in front of uprooted trees, or on thick mats of woody flotsam, Sternbach’s surfers inhabit strange landscapes. The best of Sternbach’s photographs convey insistent longing. They are about relationships – the relationship between surfer and board, between human and landscape, between photographer and subject, and between the surfers themselves…she has discovered a new sort of home – a place without walls, defined only by belonging and the physicality of existence. Read more -
A PLACE OF PASSAGE
NICHOLAS ARROYAVE-PORTELA, HELEN BOOTH , EMILY CROOKSHANK 7 - 31 Aug 2021 The gallery is delighted to announce that we will for the first time be showing work from celebrated British abstract artist Helen Booth, whose latest oil paintings are the result of a recent residency in Iceland and depart from the mark mapping typical in her practice. The pre-Columbian pottery style of British-born artist Nicholas Arroyave-Portela derives from his Latin American roots; using materials from the earth, the artist has produced an incredible body of work over the past two decades informed by his experience of migration. Printmaker Emily Crookshank, who explores line and form with a tonally minimal palette and who, since relocating to Scotland has mastered the craft of etching, and in the process discovered the limitless nature of printmaking.
Unifying all of the artists’ works is the influence of nature, and the use of natural materials to create original art forms that allude to heritage, the passing of time, place, and connection through being. Read more -
Welcome: Ben Barrell
1 Aug - 21 Sep 2021 Ben takes the essence of a movement and creates a moment of stillness. So, it is fitting that he chooses to work with materials that exist both in liquid and solid form - concrete, resin and bronze. Ben makes the initial maquettes – the small models that will lead eventually... Read more -
Pleasure-go-round
Simon Gaiger and Bernard Irwin | Floor 2 3 - 31 Jul 2021 Openly decorative and anxiety free: In these paintings and coloured sculptures we are reminded of the guiltless museum art of 60’s America and the post Matissean paintings of Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland whose shapes were a prop for colour. Nolan said in 1969 “I want to have colour be the origin of painting” - like Noland, Irwin and Gaigers works tease us with gorgeous colour - formal hedonism. Read more -
IN SUMMER
Group Exhibition 21 Jun - 21 Sep 2021 CIRCLE’S distinct style is shaped by a tribe of artists and artisans who live and work in country and coastal places - in short, nature. We are showing a selection of works by artists who live surrounded by an expanse of land and sea. As you will see, so many... Read more -
LIGHT OVER LAND
Sarah Woods | Floor 1 5 - 30 Jun 2021 Throughout June Circle are showing a selection of paintings and etching prints by Sarah Woods which are inspired by dusk and dawn along the coast. Read more -
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT
Group Exhibition | Floor 2 5 - 30 Jun 2021 How better to celebrate the end of lockdown than by paying a lighthearted homage to our canine companions. Artists throughout history, have always painted and portrayed dogs and at Circle we have asked our core artisans, sculptors, painters and photographers to contribute to the hang in the upstairs gallery. Read more -
REAP WHAT YOU SOW
Adam Bridgland | Floor 1 5 - 30 Jun 2021 RCA graduate and member of the fabulous Jealous print space, Adam Bridgland’s work radiates positivity. Always fresh, always witty - to own a Bridgland print is to own a snippet of common truth. Read more -
Welcome: Rod Nelson
Floor 1 12 - 31 May 2021 The woodblock artist Rod Nelson is fascinated by the movement of water, it’s constant undulation, the moment that water breaks to spray and the play of light on its surface. He works to capture its many moods in these innovative and dynamic prints.
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MIND THE GAP
Elin Hughes and Spencer Shakespeare | Floor 2 3 - 31 May 2021 Both these artists have presented new works which remind us that the illusion of lightness in painting or patterning is achieved by careful consideration of negative space. Read more -
The Tree Circle | Online
a celebration of spring and the life cycle of trees 12 - 30 Apr 2021 During this long isolated winter, our artists who live in the West country and Wales have turned away from the coastal gales and found their muse in the kindly company of birdsong and trees. The tree is our mirror, the most potent and universally loved symbol of life, death and... Read more -
Art Focus: Maxim Hastings
12 - 26 Apr 2021 Maxim sources windblown and discarded cuts of fallen trees, branches and crusty hollows of bark from his locality. Each vessel is hand worked and unique. His bowls are by definition utilitarian - made for containing. Maxim owns the practicality of a craftsman - the artist’s sculptural purity of form needs... Read more -
Amy Wright
New paintings now showing on floor 1 | Spring 2021 12 Apr - 18 Jun 2021 In the paintings of Australian artist Amy Wright the viewers eye is constantly moving about the picture plain – moving from one succulent patch of foliage to another, hovering, unable to find a resting place – we are left in suspension. Her colour palette is predominately warm, bringing to mind the flushed putty colours of the Bloomsbury Group painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Read more -
Moving Through Landscape
5 Apr - 3 May 2021 Cornwall-based artist Tony Plant is renowned for creating vast works on beaches, inevitably they are washed away by the tide. In the studio he paints, sketches and creates quirky assemblages constructed of lines and pattern, layers of paint, assembled canvas and reclaimed wood. His work is a wonderful celebration of the ever-changing coastal environment and a reminder that impermanence can be treasured. Read more -
In Spring
Group Exhibition 20 Mar - 18 Jun 2021 Circle In Spring - a bright new show of work inspired by the natural landscape from our core and guest artists and makers. Read more -
Bob Aldous
New paintings on silk and canvas 4 - 31 Mar 2021 There are many artists from the canon of art history that Bob Aldous eloquently cites in relation to his work. Some are influences, other artists mirror his own psyche and preoccupations. Tiepolo and Turner, Tapies and Tillyer all hold sway but lets look at the intrinsic nature of the paintings, performance and poetry of the man himself.
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CIRCLE Winter
Group Exhibition 20 Dec 2020 - 20 Mar 2021 Circle winter mix highlights the latest works by our core group and guest artists, featuring abstract and natural landscapes, balanced with sculpture, ceramic and photography. Read more -
Amy Wright
Art Focus | Floor 2 8 Sep - 31 Oct 2020 In the paintings of Australian artist Amy Wright the viewers eye is constantly moving about the picture plain – moving from one succulent patch of foliage to another, hovering, unable to find a resting place – we are left in suspension. Her colour palette is predominately warm, bringing to mind... Read more -
Clouds & Reflections
Jelena Sredanović | Online 1 - 31 Jul 2020 Jelena Sredanović is an artist born in Novi Sad, Serbia and was the winner of the Great Sea l Award 2010, the prize which was established in 1963 and represents one of the oldest and most prestigious awards for graphic art in Serbia today. She won second prize at the... Read more -
CIRCLE Autumn
Group Exhibition 21 Jun - 19 Dec 2020 A curated group exhibition featuring a variety of latest works by our core group and guest artists, featuring abstract and natural landscapes, balanced with sculpture, ceramic and photography. CIRCLE’S distinct style is shaped by a tribe of artists and artisans who live and work in country and coastal places - in short, nature. Read more -
CIRCLE Summer
Group Exhibition 20 Jun - 22 Sep 2020 CIRCLE’S distinct style is shaped by a tribe of artists and artisans who live and work in country and coastal places - in short, nature. We are showing a selection of works by artists who live surrounded by an expanse of land and sea. As you will see, so many... Read more -
CIRCLE Spring
Group Exhibition 20 Mar - 19 Jun 2020 A curated group exhibition featuring a variety of latest artworks by our core group and guest artists, featuring abstract and natural landscapes, balanced with sculpture, ceramic and photography. Read more -
Circle Winter
Group Exhibition 21 Dec 2019 - 19 Mar 2020 CIRCLE’S distinct style is shaped by a tribe of artists and artisans who live and work in country and coastal places - in short, nature. We are showing a selection of works by artists who live surrounded by an expanse of land and sea. As you will see, so many... Read more -
Travelling Light
A Summer Travel Show | Floor 1 24 Aug - 24 Sep 2019 IRCLE’s summer travel show promises to be a visual delight. No cliche’d mediterranean watercolours painted from villa gardens – instead a contemporary exhibition of new works by our core group, plus some fine pieces from guest artists. In keeping with our location the main body of the show has a... Read more -
Nature’s Alchemy
John O’Carroll | Floor 1 20 Jul - 20 Aug 2019 Alchemy is the art of transformation. Medieval alchemists sought to purify themselves by the process of transmutation - destroying their base or mundane selves to attain the ‘gold’ of enlightenment. To the medieval mind Alchemy was a mysterious and therefore divine process used by astrologers, occultists and artists. The Alchemist... Read more -
Susan Bleakley
Art Focus | Floor 2 20 Jul - 20 Aug 2019 Later, Susan’s immersion in Shamanism and native respect for ‘mother earth’ became inseparable from her art - her large colourfield paintings exude quietude; she says they are about stripping back veils to reveal the internal voice. Shamanic healing optimises the flow of energy fields around the body and Susan’s perfectly... Read more -
Swimming Without Air
Morgan Doyle | Floor 1 15 Jun - 16 Jul 2019 Enough context, Doyle’s voice is hoarse, he has an early summer cold. Morgan says ‘summer’ quite a few times as he looks out into his garden. “I have to look out of the window to know what I am doing” – needing reassurance from the beautiful living. And beauty, not... Read more -
Emily Crookshank
Art Focus: Floor 2 1 - 29 Jun 2019 Engaging with her new ‘live work’ community in Thames mead, an urban place with ancient woodland and an established travelling populace, Emily has found a space to set up her own, long waited for, print studio where she will run collaborative workshops focusing on art, environment and community. Emily is... Read more -
SORDIDUM SOMNIUM
Augustine + Bridgland | Floor 1 18 May - 13 Jun 2019 If in need of an antidote to the purveyors of gloom, then look no further. Augustine + Bridgland – these two men who paint as one, create abstract designs of inflated florescence. Think sunny gardens ripe with floribunda, think Monet and mothers curtains, think the emotionally charged blooms of Emil... Read more -
Painter + Poet
Bob Aldous + Myra Schneider | Floor 2 13 Apr - 12 May 2019 Circle are showing two particular paintings with their accompanying poems: BLACK WAVE and STREAM as part of a combined arts initiative. Collaborations between poets and painters are not new. In fact there is a fashionable movement of responding to painting through poetry. The late art writer John Berger, in his... Read more
