The Wilderness Art Collective collective is running an exhibition on the theme of water, our environment and water conservation at the Royal Geographical Society. The show will feature 21 artist from across different disciplines. More details to follow.
Artworks from the Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) and Marchmont House Beyond Boundaries sailing residency on the Wimbrell in Scotland will be on display at the VAS Centenary Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.
This latest collage painting series explores the feelings of being interconnected with nature. Slowly observing the evolving patterns and rhythms of both the environment and the human body. Heightened through a recent personal experience of perceiving the body as a field of vibrations during period of silent meditation.
This is a solo presentation of new works, represented by the Dot Project gallery as part of Foundations Winter 2024 - an online fair on Artsy.
‘The Rest of the Song’ was included in an online exhibition of works by the Violet Hour called The Peace of Wild Things. There were 38 works by 38 artists. The exhibition raised £4,488 for Choose Love projects in Gaza and Southern Israel.
The Peace of Wild Things
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Wendell Berry
Two small weavings ‘Home follows me' and 'Touching the stream' will be on display at 'Changing Landscapes'.
The Wilderness Art Collective is a group of creatives, artists, explorers and environmentalists whose work discusses the natural world. Our 2023 show ‘Changing Landscapes’ includes a diverse range of drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, natural pigments and weavings to engage audiences about the environment. Please join us for the private view or meet the artists on Earth Day, where we will talk more about our ideas, materials and processes.
Private View - Friday 21 April, 6-9pm
Show Open - Thursday 20 April - Sunday 23 April, 11am-6pm
Earth Day: Meet the Artists - Saturday 22 April, 12am-5pm
1 Andrews Place, Nine Elms, London, SW8 4RA
www.wildernessart.org
Clare Dudeney, Home follows me, 28.5 x 22 cm (framed 52 x 42 cm), woven cotton and linen, 2023
Clare Dudeney, Touching the stream, 28.5 x 22 cm (framed 52 x 42 cm), woven cotton and linen, 2023.
I am including two works in the ninth annual Art on a Postcard (AOAP) Winter Auction 2022. The auction will run from 27 October to 10 November 2022 and will raise money for The Hepatitis C Trust’s campaign to eliminate hepatitis C (HCV) by 2030.
I am taking part in the 2022 Woolwich Open Studios on Saturday 25th June between 12-6pm.
Thames-Side Studios operate the UK's largest site of artist and maker spaces. With over 550 studios we are home to an impressive array of artists, makers and designers. This is a unique opportunity to meet them, talk about what they do, and to buy directly from their studios.
Painting, drawing, fashion design, carpentry, jewellery, millinery, photography, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture & installation, tailoring, leather work, picture framing, stained glass making, writing, upholstery, illustration, textiles, conservation & restoration, lutherie, graphic design, furniture design, film and video, architecture, wood working, laser cutting, product design, book binding, animation, and much more…
Bus 472, 161, 180, 177
Rail Woolwich Dockyard / Charlton
Tube North Greenwich
30 April - 6 June 2022
The Patternicity exhibition will be going on tour to Exeter. The show includes paintings, textiles and sculptures on the theme of patterns - how they are made through processes and perceived in our minds.
'Melted into memory' will be displayed at the Patternicity show alongside artworks by: Karl Bielik, Anna Brass, Bernard Cohen, Ian Dawson, Stephen Farthing, Sheila Hicks, Edward Kay, David Mabb, Livia Marin, Christina Niederberger (co-curator), Alicia Paz, Isabel Richert, Koen Taselaar, Diana Taylor, Adia Wahid, John Walter (co-curator), Toby Ziegler.
Taplow House, The Chaplin Centre, Thurlow St, London SE17 2DG
Installation images by Dom Moore.
25 March - 23 April 2022
I'm thrilled to be taking part in an exhibition of paintings, textiles and sculptures on the theme of patterns - how they are made through processes and perceived in our minds. It has a fantastic line up of artists including weaving legend Sheila Hicks.
'Melted into memory' will be displayed at the Patternicity show alongside artworks by: Karl Bielik, Anna Brass, Bernard Cohen, Ian Dawson, Stephen Farthing, Sheila Hicks, Edward Kay, David Mabb, Livia Marin, Christina Niederberger (co-curator), Alicia Paz, Isabel Richert, Koen Taselaar, Diana Taylor, Adia Wahid, John Walter (co-curator), Toby Ziegler.
Taplow House, The Chaplin Centre, Thurlow St, London SE17 2DG
Domenica Marland is showing a selection of my paintings and weavings at a pop up gallery in Pimlico.
March 2022
Arc Padstow will be opening in March 2022, with an exhibition bringing together artists with a connection to Cornwall. It will celebrate the creative breadth of the region and how different artists' practices respond to and are inspired by the local area. I will include works from my recent residency in St Ives. The exhibition is curated by Anna Woodward, it includes photography by Max Searl, paintings by Andy Harper, writings by Hector Campbell.
1-8 March 2022
I've been invited take part of an online auction to launch Soft Times Gallery a new art gallery in San Francisco, curated by Brent Hayden.
905 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
www.softtimesgallery.com
17 January - 9 February 2022
A collection of woven, woodcut and monoprint paintings are currently available in an online auction. The Artist Studio Sales 2022 include works by over 30 UK based contemporary artists.
theauctioncollective.com
2 December - 5 December 2021
I've been working collaboratively with four artists, sharing material processes and practices, connecting with the environment, nature and each other. Using natural pigments and inks, weaving, knitting, etching, silk-screening, painting, sculpting & poetry. With artists Ema Mano Epps, Rachel Goodison, Geraldine van Heemstra and Jyoti Bharwani.
167 Broadhurst Gardens, London, NW6 3AU
25-28 November 2021
A series of woven paintings on display as part of an exhibition of contemporary artists in a Victorian Highgate house - each taking over a room, before the property is sold. With artists Catalina Christensen, Michael Freedman, Lara Preti, Amelia Prett and Luke Williams, organised by Catriona Mackinnon.
26 Langdon Park Road, Highgate N6 5QG
4 November (6-9pm), until 7 November 2021
A group show about rediscovering life post lockdown with curiosity and delight. With artists Rachel Goodison, Clare Davidson, Justine Formentelli, Suki Jobson and writer Rebecca Chuks.
10 Greatorex Street, London E1 5NF
14 October (7-9 pm), 15 October 2021 (10 - 7pm)
My wood carved, woven and monoprint paintings are included in the first Felt Collection. Felt was born out of a love of textiles, craft and art, aiming to challenge traditional notions of craft. This collection involves 20 artists and makers working in embroidery, weaving, ceramics and painting.
139 Copeland Road, Peckham, SE15 3SN
www.felt-collections.com
Opening night at Fold Gallery on Tuesday 27 July (6-9pm), until 31 July 2021
Private View at the Saatchi Gallery on Friday 13 August (6-9pm)
I'm showing a selection of woven paintings, including 'Keeping apart' in an international art fair curated by HongLee, Paris. There will be a series of themed weeks at Fold Gallery. My works will feature during the 'The colours of nature' week, with one weaving selected for the main showcase at the Saatchi Gallery.
Fold Gallery, 158 New Cavendish St, London W1W 6YW
Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, London SW3 4RY
www.focusartfair.net
I'm delighted to include two weavings: 'we grew together' and 'shake the sky' in a physical show of 100 contemporary artists opening today. The works were selected by a panel of industry insiders including: Benjamin Murphy (Delphian Gallery), Kate Bryan (Soho House), Tabish Khan (the Londonist), Katy Wickremesinghe (the Wick and KTW London), Georgie Wimbush (White Cube Gallery), and Francesca Wilson (The Auction Collective). Please come along to the Private View and tune in for the online auction on 23 June at 7pm.
Downstairs Brixton, 248 Ferndale Road London, SW9 8FR
www.theauctioncollective.com
I am participating in a collaborative project with ten multimedia artists. We've each been sent a shape by Raen Barnsley and can work on them in any way we please, creating a variety of responses from the same starting point. I’m planning on making a woodcut painting.
These will be on show at: www.theauctioncollective.com, with a Live Auction on 6 June.
My weaving 'Bright Spot' has been selected for a group exhibition on the theme of mindfulness, organised by Visionary Projects, a New York based contemporary art platform in collaboration with Voss Gallery, San Francisco. My woven paintings trace in yarn what it feels like to live in a mind-body, noticing fleeting thoughts and emotions, through meditative practice to form abstract landscapes. There will be a series of talks as part of the exhibition run and a virtual gallery here:
www.thevisionaryprojects.com
I’ve made three new weavings for the “Green Fires” online exhibition, curated by the Violet Hour. Participating artists include: Joe Bucklow, Harry Cartwright, Perienne Christian, Clare Dudeney, Bobbye Fermie, Sarah Garvey, Beatrice Hasell-McCosh, Chloe Hughes, Antonia Jackson, Katherine Jones, Jack McGarrity, Suzy Moxhay, Kemi Onabule, Rosa Roberts, Luke Silva, Julie-Ann Simpson and Jane Ward.
For more information visit:
www.violethour.org
The show is inspired by a poem:
This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green,
Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes,
Thorn-blossom lifting in wreaths of smoke between
Where the wood fumes up and the watery, flickering rushes.
I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration
Of green fires lit on the soil of the earth, this blaze
Of growing, and sparks that puff in wild gyration,
Faces of people streaming across my gaze.
And I, what fountain of fire am I among
This leaping combustion of spring? My spirit is tossed
About like a shadow buffeted in the throng
Of flames, a shadow that's gone astray, and is lost.
— D. H. LAWRENCE
Domenica Marland is showing a few small works on paper as part of a pop-up gallery in Wiltshire.
Unit 2, Chaldicott Barns, Semley, SP7 9AW
wwww.domenicamarland.com
'Captivate me' and 'Release me', two paintings from a recent series will be included in a live online auction.
www.theauctioncollective.com
'Captivate me' and 'Release me' - 35 x 25 cm (56 x 41 cm Framed), gouache on paper, chine colle, 2020
‘Stroke my lips’, ‘A little death’ and ‘And breathe’, 15 x 12 cm (20 x 15 cm with mount), gouache on paper, chine colle
I have made three small paintings for this physical exhibition of A5 postcard works by female identifying and non binary artists. There are lots of amazing artists involved including many City & Guilds of London Art School alumni, as it is run by recent graduates Eddie Howard and Freya Moffatt at the The Tub Hackney.
Broadway Market Mews, E8 4TS
www.thetubhackney.com
'You left me something' is part of an online exhibition curated by Paint_Talk. This collage painting is from a series made during lockdown, with titles inspired by Emily Dickinson poems. Paint Talk is a curatorial platform, made for artists, run by artists. All works are for sale at £300.
www.painttalkpresents.com
You left me something, 35 x 25 cm (54 x 40 cm with border), gouache on paper, chine colle, 2020
The corona pandemic is currently affecting every area of peoples’ lives across the globe. As we emerge from the crisis, how do we ensure a sustainable recovery – which balances economic, social and environmental wellbeing? Sustainability First ran Art and Essay Prizes, inviting original, radical ideas and visions in response to the question: ‘How do we build from the current corona crisis towards a more sustainable future?’
We had a fantastic response to these creative competitions with over 1100 artworks and over 100 essays. We are extremely grateful to all the entrants who have shared their creative visions and ideas. It has been a challenging process to carefully review the entries and select a shortlist for each competition. We are also grateful to our judging panels for their time considering the works.
We show cased the prizewinning and shortlisted works at a live event on 1 July with interviews with judges and entrants, which was streamed through the Sustainability First YouTube Channel. We have also produced a virtual book with artwork images, ideas and insights from entrants. For more information visit the Sustainability First website.
Expanded paintings, sculptures and weavings by four female artists focusing on the boundaries and spaces between our inner experience of being and what we are able to express to others. The works lure you in with beauty but have an uneasiness and disquiet. Fragmented, translucent with traces of existence, but no humans present.
Clare Dudeney's freeform weavings map intangible, unspoken thoughts and feelings through relationships of colour and shape. Justine Formentelli's paintings and sculptures explore the interaction between our internal landscapes and the external world; and how our personal geology made of memories, fleeting sensations, key life events and areas of ambiguity define our perception. Rachel Goodison invites us to experience the spaces in between her playful sculptural forms, exploring the emotions we feel when surrounded by familiar materials presented in unfamiliar ways. Maddie Yuille's domestic interior paintings illuminate the inanimate, like a film cutaway from the drama, they offer glimpses of life without coherent narrative.
Adam Zeman is a Neuroscientist from Exeter University whose research focuses on visual imagination. Adam and Clare discuss how our creative brains work, whilst considering some of the artworks from the 'Wilderness for the mind' show. Asking: how are mental images produced, what happens to the brain in states of flow, how can weather affect human emotions and what creates consciousness?
Artists from the Wilderness Art Collective present ‘Wilderness for the Mind’ and online exhibition highlighting the connection between nature and mental wellbeing at this strange and unprecedented time. The show includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, collage, weavings, photography, video and installation. There will be daily interviews, studio visits and artist demonstrations.
Our courageous, experimental explorer artists whose life experiences inform their works vary in extremity in their desire to connect fully with nature: wild swimming, parascending, mountaineering and extreme sailing. During Lockdown, many of the artists have found new sources of inspiration in their local environments – offering mindfulness meditations and walks in nature specifically recorded for this exhibition.
Featured artists: Abigail McDougall, Anne-Laure Caruth, Anthony Garratt, Caroline Ross, Catalina Christensen, Catherine Greenwood, Clare Dudeney, Felicity Flutter, Hannah Scott, Helen Jones, Helen Oakman, Geraldine van Heemstra, Laura Williams, Louisa Burnett-Hall, Louisa Crispin, Louise Ann Wilson, Louise Pallister, Lucy Devenish, Luke Walker, Michael Freedman, Sam Gare, Nickolai Globe, Peter Geraerts, Polly Bennett, Sam Peacock, Sax Impey, Simon Hitchens, Sophie Mason, Stephen Bennetts, Tessa Lyons, Trish Lock, William Bock
Curated by: Clare Dudeney, Geraldine van Heemstra, Catherine Goodman and Simon Hitchens.
Website: www.wildernessart.org
YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCnQ4eXyotvtlz-CnBBJawRg
Instagram: www.instagram.com/art_collective/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wildernessartcollective17/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/artwilderness?lang=en
I am taking part in a show curated by the The Violet Hour. This deliberately optimistic title is taken from Wordsworth’s poem, Resolution and Independence. We wanted to encapsulate an expression of the hope that resides in the natural world and the aspiration of a dream for a better future, which is common to the whole of humanity, especially in a time of crisis.
All the work in this unique and far-reaching show is priced between £200 - £500. 20% of every sale will go to St Mungo’s to help the homeless, and to foster an environment in which people can overcome their isolation and rebuild their lives. ONLINE ONLY from 25 th May – 25th June 2020 at www.violethour.org
There are 24 artists in the show: Yuki Aruga, Karen Beare, Kim Booker, Abi Box, Alfie Caine, Clare Dudeney, Rachel Goodison, Katie Goodwin, Tyga Helme, Jack Lewis, Juliette Losq, Ann Mackowski, Suzy Moxhay, Max Naylor, Michael O’ Reilly, Amelia Power, Lex Shute, Bronwen Sleigh, Katie Trick, Felicity Warbrick, Jane Ward, Eleanor Watson, Alice Wilson, Maddie Yuille
