This year we are putting on quite a spread… Rachel Eardley, printmaker and textile artist, combines print and embroidery to produce a delicious, stunning window display. New ceramic work by two talented recent BA graduates from Cardiff, Jessica Hopewell and Anisha Mistry. Beautiful new collections of ceramics – honest and earthy jugs, the flamboyantly hand-decorated… Read more »
The paintings that make up this exhibition are the result of a working residency in the Welsh Marches offered to the artist by The Art Shop. Following in the footsteps of Turner, Eric Gill & David Jones, they are Rowlett’s first paintings in Wales. In conjunction with Art Space Gallery: Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, London.
For a second year, The Art Shop is hosting ‘Unfolding’ – an exhibition of Book Art – books as contemporary artworks. This is an exciting, diverse and informative exhibition. A unique opportunity to see new work by a collective of artists from around the world showing one-off, hand produced pieces of artwork and affordable small… Read more »
Graphic designer, David Meldrum, one of the guest speakers at the Abergavenny Food Festival, will be showing works on paper from ‘The Food Illustrator Project’, a culinary journey he undertook last year. Come and enjoy The Art Shop’s Festival Fete with Jessie Chorley and Cornelia O’Donovan RCA over the festival weekend 17th-18th September outside our… Read more »
‘Beach’ is an exhibition of new paintings of the Gower coastline by the Welsh contemporary landscape painter, Jane Bennett. Jane works on tiny, stretched linen canvases and on broader, larger boards, many of which are primed in red oxide and then painted over with oils, all traditional techniques. The beach is a continuous reference point… Read more »
Celebrating the book as contemporary art. Now in its third year, this exhibition continues to be exciting, diverse and informative. Come and see new work by fine artists, printmakers and applied artists from around the world showing one-off, hand produced pieces of affordable small artwork. Includes work by Elizabeth Barnett, Jessie Chorley, John Dilnot, Ciara… Read more »
A Theatre of Plates – An exhibition of artist decorated ceramics Stimulate the senses with a fusion of art, trickery and fun. 1 Take a piece of vintage, reclaimed China 2 A selection of porcelain pens in many colours 3 A visual artist Combine these with imaginative flare and themes – maybe flora, mythology, follies… Read more »
These panels of 4 or perhaps 5 paintings have been assembled by the artist into a sequence of narrative performances, which take place within theatrical interiors and from behind closed doors, in familiar and intimate surroundings. They are all telling stories, posing questions and suggesting many possibilities, but it is the spectator who makes the… Read more »
Celebrating the book as contemporary art… Unique, one-off pieces, small multiples and framed original designs. All work is made or conceived by artists; fine artists, book artists, illustrators, typographers, writers, poets, book binders and printers, who may work collaboratively or alone. Formats and making methods vary enormously, including book art by embroiderers and ceramic artists…. Read more »
Steve Brockett Born in Worthing UK in 1960, I moved to Wales as a child and undertook my professional training in Fine Art and Painting at Cardiff. Between 1985 and 2002 I exhibited widely and developed an international reputation for Kite Art. In the early 90s I began spending time in Spain and in 1998… Read more »