A collection of powerful seascapes, huge skies, light breaking, storms brewing, and captured in Scotland, by Ethel Walker. She says, “There are moments when you don’t get those distinct horizontal bands that separate sea, and land and sky. It’s all one. The water reflects the sky, the hills change shape when clouds alter their contours, […]
This exhibition is a major survey of work by over 100 women artists working in the UK from 1970 to 1990. Through their creative practices, women’s liberation was forged against the backdrop of extreme social, economic and political change. Women in Revolt! will focus on a hugely diverse range of artists and a wide variety of […]
The Queens of Aquitaine, is a group show that brings together the works of Emily Mannion, Emily Moore, Emily Platzer and Becky Tucker. The exhibition presents new work produced at the culmination of these four artists’ stay at the GIRLPOWER Residency, Aquitaine region, France. The Queens of Aquitaine, highlight the varied approach to female identity […]
Merikokeb Berhau spent years developing her work and crafting her idiosyncratic visual language that tows the line between pure abstraction and recognisable form. While her work has always had a focus on lifeforms and biomorphic imagery, over the years it started to gravitate towards more vibrant hues, which define her latest paintings. New symbols – […]
The drawings and paintings on show are the work of six women who worked as war artists during the First World War. They provide an interesting perspective on women’s roles […]
This exhibition of Rebecca’s recent work demonstrates how her artistic practice is rooted in traditional Japanese art; how it combines Eastern and Western traditions; and how print processes are central to the conception and execution of her work. The exhibition, In View, is accompanied by the juxtaposition of works selected by the artist, to hang alongside […]
QR CODES REVISITED, is an exhibition by Ghada Amer, in which the artist uses language to ask what it means to communicate across cultures and to truly understand the Other.
Marsi van de Heuvel, titles her exhibition Skoonveld - an Afrikaans word selected for its implied study of the act of disappearing. For these works, the malleable medium of paint is deployed to explore the act of fading as part of the artist’s broader interest in what it means to belong to a place, to […]
Moving Parts, is an exhibition that pairs the vibrant work of Kathryn MacNaughton with the playful sculptures of Misha Milovanovich, who are exhibiting together for the first time. The exhibition explores the means by which these two artists consider the figure in relation to a larger space, and how identity is shaped and understood through […]
Eleanor Johnson’s latest exhibition, ‘The Feast of Fools’ explores the concepts of excess, power and overindulgence in contemporary society. Here, Johnson uses Marco Ferrari’s 1973 film 'La Grande Bouffe' as a point of departure for her artistic enquiry. Reflecting on the satirical and pungent nature of the movie, Johnson approaches profound and unsettling subjects through […]
If Not Now, When? features 29 remarkable female sculptors, celebrating their contributions to the world of art from the 1960s to now. The exhibition is divided into three chapters and explores time as an everyday lived experience marked by the evolving cycles directly affecting women. Artists include: Phyllida Barlow, Glenys Barton, Keziah Burt, Shirley Cameron, […]
'Unmasking the Soul, Revealing the Self,' is the title of Fadia Haddad's exhibition, featuring her "Masks" series developed over fifteen years. Haddad's work, characterised by a quasi-mediumistic quality, delves into the perception of unseen forms guided by metaphysical forces. Her masks, created in the 2000s on canvas and paper, serve as activators of gestures, leading […]
Paintings by Jennifer Packer.
Art in Britain in the aftermath of WWII was a space of contradictions. On the one hand, artists had to make sense of an entirely altered world, one which required a new visual lexicon. On the other, a generation scarred by the war years sought comfort in the familiar, with traditional mindsets persisting that placed […]
Surrealism and Witchcraft, is a group exhibition, which investigates the resonance of the witch figure in art history through the works of 11 female artists inspired by Surrealism. Works span from the beginnings of the movement to the present, particularly highlighting the witch's feminist significance through pieces that ironically unravel the Freudian symbolism of these […]
On view in Landing are a group of paintings that give visual form to internal sensations, memories, narratives and spaces held in the mind. The act of painting for Gabrielle Boyd is an act of translation, from the interior or verbal, into the exterior and visual.
Francesca DiMattio's exhibition, Wedgwood, is an immersive installation comprising totemic caryatids, ceramic wall sconces and chandeliers, tabletop vases with tiled plinths, and artist-made furniture;https://www.houldsworth.co.uk/exhibitions/138-francesca-dimattio-wedgwood/press_release_text/ all shown against a maximalist backdrop of flooring and wallpaper designed by the artist. In DiMattio's hands, domestic material behaves unexpectedly as contemporary utilitarian objects, such as pillows, running shorts, cleaning […]
‘Opening’, is an exhibition of new paintings by Helen Johnson. It features ten paintings on canvas produced while Johnson undertook training as an art therapist, ‘Opening’ can be understood as a form of self-portrait of the Melbourne-based artist. Inspired by Lacanian psychoanalytic theories, the works on display together produce distinct affective registers for intimate explorations […]
Yesterday & The End, an exhibition of new paintings by Julia Maiuri, weaves together scenes of vampires, imposters and the stars of yesteryear. Maiuri's exhibition shifts between cinematic notions of time and a painterly language of memory. In this new series of paintings, the artist continues her longstanding interest in the history of cinema, stitching […]
This exhibition of new paintings by Christine Ay Tjoe, focusses on the human condition. Ay Tjoe’s expressive works address themes of philosophy and spirituality, attempting to connect with our most powerful emotions and deep psychological fears.