Hello. A very belated Happy New Year. Lots going on for the New Year art-wise after a successful 2023, and thank you again to everyone who supported me.
My last exhibition, at Priory Meadow, was a success. Thank you to those who attended, particularly at the private view which was a horrible wet day. An interesting place for a pop-up gallery in a shopping centre, particularly at Christmas! A big thank you to Julia Kotziamani from Hastings Art School Thank you for the great feedback, particularly about how I curated the show. Finally, Jude Montague interviewed me for the Hastings Online Times in December about the exhibition thank you, Jude.
Still in the planning stage, but excited about my first group exhibition of the year in early March at the Electro Studios, Saint Leonards on Sea. As you might know, this is one of my favourite gallery spaces. It's been a long time coming but finally exhibiting with my MA group from Brighton. We had the nightmare of finishing our MA in lockdown and then never had a proper final show, only an online show which wasn't the same.
So this is our first show together since. The exhibition, as I said, is still in the planning stage. The date for the exhibition is the first weekend in March with the PV being on the Friday evening of the 1st of March and the exhibition running over the 2nd and 3rd of that weekend. Check my events page for updates and there will be more details in my next newsletter.
It is early in the year and as I write this we are in a very cold snap so a good time to see an exhibition. I braved the conditions to go up to London and see Women in Revolt! - Women in Activism 1970-1990 I have to say what a fabulous show and way overdue! Spread over a large area of Tate Britain it details the feminist movement from the 1970s through the 1980s until the 1990s. In those twenty years, feminism exploded and women used their life experiences to make art. The exhibition covers many art forms, painting, photography, film and performance art.
I was shocked but not surprised that many of these artists, although having long careers, were forgotten at the time and, for many, this is the first time for their artwork to be displayed since the 1970s. I loved this exhibition for the way it portrayed the artists and the amazing diversity of the work. If you haven't already seen it I thoroughly recommend you do.
I am currently working on a very large biro drawing you will see in my latest social media post with Jeff the cat adding his usual helpful paw marks to my work! I plan to show this and other biro drawings in a show later in the year so watch this space for further updates.
