Private View Friday 15th September 6-7.30pm, upstairs at The Art Shop ‘Working blind, working in the dark, sifting through sand with eyes shut, working backwards. I sometimes feel lost and feel only that I am compelled to make marks and put images down, I see colours everywhere and take them to the studio with me. they… Read more »
Rows, banks and clusters of paintings, drawings, printworks, ceramics, jewellery & textiles by new artists & old favourites. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine… Oberon to Puck in Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Private View Saturday 20th May 2-4pm, upstairs at The Art Shop AUTOMATA . FLAGS. MACHINES . DRAWINGS . PRINTMAKING . JEWELLERY Works spangling with magical realism moving from darkness to enchanting luminosity, all weirdly intertwined. Alexis Snell originally came to us on a residency in 2003 after a Fine Art Printmaking degree at Cardiff. Since then she… Read more »
Private View Saturday 18th March 1-4pm, upstairs at The Art Shop Painted people & curious creatures An exhibition of prints, paintings, mixed media and boxes, including a gallery installation ‘The Artists’ Floor’ – collage arrangement for public involvement and interaction. Adrienne Craddock – ‘I have been enjoying exploring monoprinting over the last year or two and… Read more »
Private View Friday 3rd February 7-9pm upstairs at The Art Shop, Cross Street Themes which were introduced in Magical Thinking (The Art Shop Oct 2013), of children’s clothing and of safe-keeping, are expanded upon in Carapace. Philippa Robbins’ imagination is populated with corvids, “the dark stars of the bird world,” with puppets, imaginary worlds and relics of… Read more »
Upstairs at The Art Shop & downstairs at the Chapel… The creative energy of artists, designers, artisans & chefs enlivens our space with their innovative works. Jewellery, textiles, ceramics, painting, printmaking, paper art, photography & edible creations.
Upstairs at The Art Shop Matt Caines studied Architectural Ornament after first completing a Fine Arts Degree. He designs and carves in stone, wood, marble and after recently living and working amongst the Inuit people especially with one of the Arctic’s finest artists, Goota Ashoona, he now produces exquisite carvings in shed antler. Amanda Caines… Read more »
DOWNSTAIRS AT THE CHAPEL – An exhibition of graduate work from BA, MA and INC Space, Cardiff School of Art and Design. How pleased we are to exhibit work by recent Cardiff graduates. We were incredibly impressed by the quality, innovativeness and maker skills of all submissions. ‘There is a curious period of time immediately following an art… Read more »