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Sat 11th May – Sun 7th July

A solo exhibition showcasing a series of abstract glass and paper artworks, developed through the support of an Arts Council England DYCP grant and created in Laura’s studio on the Isle of Wight. 

Exposing the artistic process and closely connecting with audiences, Laura will be creating new works in the gallery space throughout the duration of the exhibition. 

Laura’s tactile approach involves painting onto glass and paper surfaces, capturing emotions through physical gestures. Her pieces encompass layers of paint, light and shadow.

Accompanying workshops will explore mark making and abstraction as an expressive process, using art as a non-verbal tool for self expression.

Photo credit: Maria Bell

FREE ENTRY

West Gallery
Monday – Sunday
9am to 5pm

Photo credit: Julian Winslow

Fri 3rd May – Sun 31st May

Lucia Para is an Italian Artist who studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Florence. Her love for nature and landscape brought her to the Island, where she has lived since 2012.

The curiosity towards shape and her endless fascination about colour are at the core of this exhibition, which marks a significant stage of her research about flowers and plants.

This dialogue with nature started from observational drawings, where multiple studies in her sketchbooks allowed different layers of learning, progressively leaving behind the surface of the visible in search for the felt essence of the floral world.

Lucia thinks that this journey might end one day, in the land of abstraction.

The work on display is created using mixed media on board (or paper).

Lucia will be leading a workshop at Quay Arts called “Discover your Floral Self”,  based around this exhibition, where she will also show her process and studies from original drawings and illustrations.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HER WORKSHOP HERE

FREE ENTRY

Cafe Wall
Monday – Sunday
9am to 5pm

Sat 2nd March – Sat 27th April

‘The history of The London Group is the history of British Modern Art.’ – Chris Stevens, Senior Curator, Tate Britain

‘A vital strand of artistic diversity and free-thinking in an art-world increasingly dominated by market forces and curatorial conformity.’ – Nicholas Usherwood, Features Editor, Galleries Magazine.

Quay Arts is pleased to present a new exhibition celebrating the 110^th anniversary of The London Group’s inaugural exhibition at London’s Goupil Gallery (March 1914) by reaching back across time to connect with the original 32 founding members.

Participating members from the current London Group were invited to select a founding member to draw inspiration from and respond to. Each of the exhibited works is accompanied by an explanatory text, and images linked to the commended founder, accessed via QR codes.

111 Not Out is a creative discourse between present and past London Group members that provides insight into the life, practice and influence of the group founders upon the current collective. The past feeding the future, manifested through the presented works.

ARTIST TALK: Apr 20th 2pm | £4 | Free entry for students | Find out more by clicking here

The London Group was set up in October 1913 by thirty-two artists including Harold Gilman, Robert Bevan, Henri GaudierBrzeska, Jacob Epstein, Duncan Grant, Sylvia Gosse, Wyndham Lewis, Lucien Pissarro, Ethel Sands and Walter Sickert, with the aim of creating a powerful artist-run group to act as a progressive counter-balance to institutions such as the Royal Academy. The founding group created a unique and sustainable organisation, that has gone on to successfully nurture the careers of many of Britain’s best-known artists.

The London Group is a thriving democratic artists’ collective practicing in all disciplines, from painting and sculpture to moving image, digital and performance, with a full annual events programme in London and beyond.

The Group’s written constitution requires it to advance public awareness of contemporary visual art by holding exhibitions annually. Operating in the interstices of existent art institutions, the Group’s focus today is on self-generated exhibitions. Curated and managed by its artist members, these events aim to offer a serious and alternative perspective to contemporary visual arts in Britain.

To find out more about the London Group, please visit their website by clicking here.

Please click here to access the exhibitions flyer

EXHIBITING MEMBERS:

FREE ENTRY– please be aware that this exhibition features adult content

West Gallery
Monday – Sunday
9am to 5pm

ARTIST TALK: Apr 20th 2pm | £4 | Free entry for students | Find out more here

3D Tour Available Below

Sat 30th March – Sat 27th April 2024

An exhibition of artwork on the theme of ‘Connect’ made by students from 19 Isle of Wight Schools.

Schools taking part are:
Arreton CE Primary School
Brading Primary School
Brighstone CE Primary School
Broadlea Primary School
Freshwater and Yarmouth CE Primary
Gatten and Lake Primary School
Newchurch Primary School
Newport CE
Nine Acres Community Primary School
Niton Primary School
Queensgate Foundation Primary School
Ryde Academy
Ryde School Junior
St George’s
St Helens Primary School
St. Francis Primary
The Bay CE School (Secondary)
The Bay CE School (Primary)
The Island Learning Centre

The below video contains all of the artworks on display for the Connect exhibition:

This exhibition has been brought together by the IW Council’s PEACH partnership working with Isle of Wight schools. PEACH supports schools in improving the health and well-being of their pupils, staff and families. 

FREE ENTRY

Clayden Gallery
& Cafe Wall
Monday – Sunday
9am to 5pm