Linocut, Myths and Poems These recent linocuts by Eric Gaskell employ Greek myth and poetry as a starting point for exploring the manipulation of colour, shape, and pattern. The abstraction of reality is equally significant, with the inclusion of realistic elements such as boats and trees serving as a means to avoid complete abstraction. These...
Martin Brent Guest graduated with an MA in Photography from Falmouth University in 2020. He is a lens-based artist working with analogue and digital photography and technology, often recording what is unaltered, with an emphasis on light and shade and the interactions of natural and artificial light, but also what is not, using tableau techniques...
Wendy Campbell-Briggs investigates the idea of collecting and collections, linking historic and contemporary practice. Using the simplicity of ceramic forms to express the fragility of our environment, she creates one-off sculptural pieces as well as artworks in series. Her aim is to make the work visually engaging whilst communicating an important environmental message about the...
This exhibition opens on Thursday 18 September at 6.00pm. In This Time is both a celebration of and a catch up with the current cohort of RBSA Graduate Artists. Having been elected in 2023, Graduates have benefited from broader exhibition opportunities as well as mentorship from RBSA Members and Associates. This exhibition brings visitors up...
This exhibition opens on Thursday 18 September 6.00pm. Mapping the Archive, Birmingham's Journey Through the RBSA Permanent Collection focuses on the changing face of Birmingham's cityscape, travelling through its architectural history by way of the Society's Permanent Collection. Work dating back as far as 1814, the same year that the RBSA's earliest incarnation the Birmingham...
The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers is one of the world's premier organisations representing the work and interests of printmakers. All Members of the Society are practising professional printmakers, elected by a panel of their peers. This exhibition shows a cross section of work by the current Membership, and highlights the enormous diversity of techniques and...
Debbie Baird and Brian Wood are figurative oil painters who studied together and have previously exhibited with other artists in London. Both artists share an interest in expressing the essence of the individual, and the nature of their relationship with the world. Each has their own approach, creating a mix of vibrant emotive images and...
Cristina Gardiner ARBSA is a landscape painter whose work crosses between abstraction and representation, borne from strong emotions in response to place. In her exhibition Transitory Landscapes, Cristina draws on three instances: Estuarine, time; Urban, space; and Elemental, light and emotion, exploring her interest in post-industrial/urban sites and abstraction. Cristina's work starts with her experiences...