CBP Newsletter: November 2024

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Welcome to the November 2024 CBP newsletter

Artist of the month

Rich Jellyman

Artist of the Month is an ongoing series where we highlight one of our members. This month we are pleased to introduce artist Rich Jellyman selected and interviewed by Paul Newman.

Rich Jellyman makes paintings that reference internet culture and incorporate technology in the selection of subject matter. Utilising images that display a certain kind of internet sensibility – disposable phone photos, surreal mashups taken from Reddit threads, bad photoshop, memes, AI and video game glitches. His most recent series of paintings are anthropomorphic portraits that use AI image generation software to appropriate likenesses.

Read the interview

Tattoo, oil on panel, 19cm x 26cm, 2023

CBP Painting Prize 2024

The London exhibition...

Following the success of the CBP Prize launch at BayArt, Cardiff the second exhibition opens today in London.

Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Thames-Side Studios, Harrington Way
Warspite Road, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London SE18 5NR

Walk and talk: Friday 1 November, 3pm - 5pm

Preview & Blyth Gallery Exhibition Award announcement:
Friday 1 November, 6pm - 9pm

Exhibition dates: 2 – 17 November 2024

Opening times: Thurs - Sun 12 - 5pm • Admission free

The winner of the CBP Prize 2024 is Daniel H Bell, with the highly commended prize awarded to Olivia Sterling. There was also a special mention to Lothar Götz.

Many thanks to our 2024 judges Louisa Buck, Martyn Cross and Paul Hedge for their joyful enthusiasm, boundless energy and thoughtful consideration in judging this year’s Contemporary British Painting Prize.

The seventeen shortlisted artists were selected by a group of practicing painters, all members of Contemporary British Painting: Natalie Dowse, Rich Jellyman (winner of the 2023 prize), Andrew Litten and Molly Thomson.

Next up and coming soon...

Huddersfield Art Gallery Curates at Yorkshire Artspace:
Persistence Works, 21 Brown Street, Sheffield S1 2BS
30 November 2024 – 11 January 2025

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Daniel Bell: Caterpillar, acrylic, emulsion, filler and gel on MDF, 24cm x 17cm, 2024 (2024 winner)

Cover image: Daniel H Bell

The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2024 catalogue features the work of the 17 finalists and includes an introduction by Molly Thompson, an essay by Louisa Buck on this year’s prizewinner, Daniel H Bell, and texts on the Blyth Gallery Exhibition Award and the Judith Tucker Memorial Prize.

This second edition is launched today online and at Thames-side Gallery at the opening of the London exhibition.

We have a limited number of copies available to order at £12 per copy plus £3.50 P&P (UK only).

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Solo Exhibitions

Mandy Payne: Cullum Welch House, spray paint and oil on concrete, 30cm x 30cm

MODERNIST MEANDERINGS

Solo exhibition of concrete paintings and lithographs exploring the flux of city environments and gentrification by Many Payne.

ART AT HOME, Lion House, 13 Sion Road, Twickenham TW1 3DR

Private view: Friday 1 November, 5pm - 7pm

Exhibition dates: Sat 2, Sun 3 and Sat 9, Sun 10 November 2024 and by appointment weekdays.

Opening times: 10am - 4pm • Admission free

Sam Douglas: Hidden Rituals

Blue Shop Gallery, 72 Brixton Road, London SW9 6BH

Private view: 6 November, 6pm onwards

Exhibition dates: 7 - 24 November 2024

Opening times: Wednesday- Sunday, 11am - 6pm • Admission free

HEAD BLOCKER, Graphite, collage, oil bars on found cardboard, 180 x 135cm, 2024 (detail)

OPENER: Sally Taylor

Opener shows recent works by Sally Taylor on found cardboard and mainly works-in-progress. The exhibition is a culmination of recent drawing activity, the formation of collaged objects and experimental installations made in the artist’s studio at AHH Studio Collective, Malton, North Yorkshire, where she is also a Founding Director.

In June 2024, the artist undertook a residency at Vessel with painter, Deb Covell, and Opener builds on the experimentation that took place during this time of collaboration and discussion. Artist Deb Covell has curated this show as part of the artists’ ongoing dialogue with materials, making rituals, methods and processes.

Both artists focused on the theme of ‘play’ during their residency – using Richard Serra’s Verb List (1967) as a starting point for making and presenting works in conjunction with each other. In this show, Taylor’s works remain ‘playful’ and unfinished and may take on new incarnations following on from this presentation.

Vessel, Phoenix Building, York St John University, York YO31 7EX

Exhibition dates: 17 October - 22 November 2024

Opening times: 9am - 8pm

Ground Evolution

2017 saw a 'Ground Breaking' Event situated on the site of Old Granada Studios where the foundations of Factory International would be built. Susan Gunn's practice has involved the use of sedimentary rock and natural earth pigment. The Manchester International Festival event was inspiration for the Ground Evolution Triptych. Gunn collected earth, granite and concrete from the disturbed ground and recycled the material to create a monumental elegy to the site of creativity and change. The concept of the artwork was to create a lasting metaphor of the evolved material and the changing face of creativity and industry in the city.

Factory International, Aviva Studios, Water Street, Manchester M3 4JQ

Exhibition dates: 20 September - 30 November 2024

Opening times: 10am - 1pm daily during Aviva Studios open times
Aviva Studios is a public space, prior to visiting, please check website as open times vary occasionally. • Admission free.

Miranda Boulton: Joy Ride, oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas, 150cm x 120cm, 2024

Ghosts and Flowers

Cynthia Corbett Gallery presents 'Ghosts and Flowers' by Miranda Boulton.

Gallery 67, York Street W1H 1QB

Artist's Talk: Saturday 2 November, 2pm - 4pm

Exhibition dates: 28 October - 2nd November 2024

Opening times: 11 am - 6pm

Admission free

Website: www.thecynthiacorbettgallery.com

Two Person Exhibitions

Day Bowman: Marking Out the Boundaries 4, oil, charcoal and conte on canvas, 140cm x 150cm

Earth and Angels

Curator, Jenny Blyth Art, has brought together two artists, Day Bowman and Gerry Judah, for the first time at 30 Fenchurch Street, a landmark and meticulously designed building in the heart of the City of London.

'Each has a keen enjoyment of architecture and construct, whilst delighting in the deconstruct.....where Day has her feet firmly on the earth, Gerry is looking skywards.'

30 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BD

Exhibition dates: 21 October 2024 - January 2025

Opening times: 9am - 7pm daily. Closed weekends • Admission free

Group Exhibitions

Lesley Bunch: Shadow Sculpture 37, oil on aluminium, 30cm x 30cm, 2024

Small Wonders

Small Wonders is an exhibition of small scale work in diverse media by 50 London Group members, including drawing, ceramics, collage, mixed media, painting, printmaking, sculpture and video including work by CBP member Lesley Bunch.

Croydon Art Space, 41 Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon CR0 6PQ

Exhibition dates: 1 October - 19 December 2024

Opening times: Tues 10am - 2pm, Thurs 4pm - 8pm, Sat 10am - 2pm

Artists Talks: Sat 2 November 2pm - 4pm, Tue 19 Nov 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Sat 30 Nov 2pm - 4pm

Admission free - tickets available via eventbrite: https://www.thelondongroup.com

Image: Paul by Jon C Archdeacon

Enchanted Bodies

Curated by Mindy Lee and Jon C Archdeacon

Enchanted Bodies is a drawing, painting, photography, performance and sculpture exhibition. It explores transformative encounters through the body, in mixed media.

Each artist uses an amalgam of different experiences to inform their practice; whether lived experience, memory, dreams, spirituality, observation, myth, folklore, or reference to art history and contemporary culture. The artists are linked by layering these experiences in their art, interacting with the body in unexpected and enigmatic ways.

Artists: Michael Ajerman, Jon C Archdeacon, Sarah MK Archdeacon, Lena Brazin, Paul Coombs, Emma Cousin, Sarah Gillham, Emily Godwin, Susie Hamilton, Thomas Hylander, Mindy Lee, Sarah Lederman, Tim Spooner, Marianne Walker.

Blyth Gallery, Level 5, Sherfield Building, Imperial College, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ

Private view: Tuesday 5 November, 6pm - 8pm

Exhibition dates: 6 November - 12 December 2024

Opening times: Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm • Admission free

Day Bowman: Plashy Place 2, oil, charcoal and conte on canvas, 140cm x 150cm, 2020

Wood Wicker Canvas

Day Bowman will be exhibiting her large-scale canvases that reference her childhood, hometown beach alongside Michael Reed, master-craftsman in wood, and Henrietta Irving's exploding woven baskets.

Hansard Studio, 10 Hansard Mews, London W14 8BJ

Private view: Thursday 7 November, 6pm - 8 pm

Exhibition dates: 8, 9,10, 11 November and 14, 15, 16, 17 November 2024

Opening times: 12 noon - 6 pm daily • Admission free

Enzo Marra: Sun peak, tempera on paper, 12cm x 17cm, 2023

WORK ON PAPER

Enzo Marra has been invited to submit two works into an immersive installation of drawings at the Newhaven Art Space.

Newhaven Art Projects, 24 High Street, Newhaven BN9 9PD

Exhibition dates: 7 November - 7 December 2024

Opening times: Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am - 4pm • Admission free

Phil Illingworth: Psychophant II, acrylic, acrylic varnish, PVA, turned beech, MDF, 2020

The Art of Living

This exhibition brings together fourteen artists, predominantly sculptors, including Hermione Allsopp, Sophie Cunningham, Kasia Garapich, Nicky Hirst, Phil Illingworth, Erika Trotzig and Poppy Whatmore. In this former Aston Martin boutique, the group re-purposes the marque’s ‘Art of Living’ strap line as their title, creating an exhibition that directly responds to the luxury brand’s former Mayfair site.

Hypha Gallery, 8-9 Dover Street, London W1S 4LF

Private View: 8 November, 6pm - 9pm

Exhibition dates: 9 November - 29 November 2024

THERE IS NO LONGER NO

Pictorem Gallery and Terrace Gallery present an exhibition of 13 painters:

Emily Mary Barnett, Karl Bielik, Stephen Buckeridge, Ruth Calland, Paul Cole, Clem Crosby, Alice Delhanty, Michele Fletcher, Thomas Gosebruch, Ross Hansen, Anna Liber Lewis, Christina Niederberger, Donna Mclean.

Pictorem Gallery, 383 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London E17 9AP

Private view: 8 Novmeber, 6pm - 9pm

Exhibition dates: 8 - 30 November 2024

Opening times: Tues-Sat 10am - 5pm • Admission free

Beep Painting Biennial 2024: I won’t stay in a world without love

The Beep Painting Prize 2024 exhibition features over 440 artists from around the world. All were asked to respond to the theme of ‘I won’t stay in a world without love’, a lyric taken from a discarded Beatles song. This year there was a change to the application process designed to shake things up, include more artists and make the process easier for overseas artists in light of some of the obstacles caused by Brexit.

As usual artists were able to submit up to two paintings based loosely on this year’s musical theme. Out of all the applications, a long list was drawn up. The long listed artists were then given the title of a song from a rescued 7” vinyl record to create a new painted cover for it. The painted record covers each measuring 18cm x 18cm, and the music will form the main content of the exhibition.

The panel of judges then selected a shortlist of their top 40 artists from the original applications which will be displayed in the exhibition, from which the winner of the 2024 Beep Painting Biennial will be chosen.

Includes CBP artists: Day Bowman, Ruth Calland, Gordon Dalton, Natalie Dowse, Abigail Hampsey, Paula MacArthur, Enzo Marra, Gavin Maughfling, Donna McLean, Stephen Palmer, Sean Williams.

Elysium Gallery, 210 High Street, Swansea SA1 1PE
Private view: 9 November, 6pm - 8pm
Exhibition dates: 9 November - 21 December 2024
Opening times: Weds - Sat 11am - 9pm • Admission free

Natalie Dowse: Colours Fly Away (The Teardrop Explodes), oil on panel, 18cm x 18cm, 2024

Miranda Boulton: Flower Study 2, oil and acrylic spray paint, postcard, 2024

Art on a Postcard 10 Year Anniversary Auction

Ten Year Anniversary Auction Art on a Postcard in aid of Hepatitis C Trust. Includes CBP artists Miranda Boulton and Susie Hamilton.

Gathering, 5 Warwick Street, London W1B 5LU

Private view: 12 November, 6pm - 8pm

Admission free - please book RSVP eventbrite

Online exhibition: 5 - 19 November

Jillian Knipe: Drift Among the Urchins, liquid acrylic, glitter, shell pigment on Shibori style preprinted canvas, 55cm x 45cm, 2024

Art Fictions Anthology 1

Art Fictions Anthology 1 will present a varied selection of artists who have featured on Art Fictions podcast. The programme itself is centred on a piece of fiction selected by each guest artist, which is used as a lens through which to view their artwork. It was originally created by artist Jillian Knipe and the museum-style group show will coincide with Jillian's solo exhibition Rhythmic Dreaming at the Edge of a Storyline in ASC Gallery 2.

Artists: Jillian Knipe, Katie Pratt, Frances Richardson, Dean Kenning, Eleonara Agostini, Richard Aodeji Ikhide, Hannah Hughes, Emma Cousin, Ingrid Berthon-Moine, Luke Burton.

ASC Gallery at The Handbag Factory, 3 Loughborough Street, London SE11 5RB

Private view: 14 November, 6pm - 9pm

Exhibition dates: 14 November - 5 December 2024

Opening times: weekdays 10am - 5pm • Admission free

Phil Illingworth: Gnossienne, acrylic, polymer, wood, MDF (2019) 38cm x 28cm x 7cm

ING Discerning Eye

The ING Discerning Eye has been a key part of the British art scene for 26 years, featuring artworks selected by six figures from the art world: two artists, two collectors, and two critics.

This year’s selectors are artists Adebanji Alade and Nina Murdoch, collectors Carol Leonard and Gabrielle Blackman, and critics Paul Carey-Kent and Will Gompertz. Each selector independently curates their own section, creating six mini-exhibitions within the larger show. Each of the 6 selectors handpicks works they feel represents the best in British art today. They also invite artists they know and love to take part in the exhibition alongside those selected in the nationwide open call.

Paul Carey-Kent has selected Phil Illingworth as one of his artists for his guest artist section of this year’s ING Discerning Eye, along with work by fellow CBP Members Day Bowman and Roland Hicks. Marguerite Horner is also in the exhibition.

The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AS

Exhibition dates: 15 November - 24 November 2024

Opening times: 10am - 5pm daily • Admission free

Melanie Pearson: Silent Birdsong, gouache, textile and mixed media, 25cm x 35cm, 2024

Silent Birdsong

'Silent Birdsong' is the 44th micro exhibition in the Prosaic Projects Gallery within Bloc Studios in Sheffield. It is a group show on the theme of Sound and the experience of hearing loss, and features paintings and mixed media work by Melanie Pearson, Jo Fleming-Smith, Jenny Sutton and Dillon Dillon. It is curated by Sean Williams and Melanie Pearson.

Bloc Studios, Sheffield, S1 4RE

Exhibition dates: 16 November - 20 December 2024

Please contact Sean Williams @swseanwilliams to arrange a viewing • Admission free

The Fry Art Gallery Annual Sale

Ruth Philo has two paintings in this fundraising exhibition supporting the Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden. The gallery houses a unique collection of paintings, prints, books and ceramics showing the artistic heritage of north west Essex, including the Bardfield Painters.

The Fry Art Gallery, 19a Castle Street, Saffron Walden CB10 1BD

Exhibition dates: 16-17 November 2024

Opening times: 12noon - 4pm • Admission free

Susie Hamilton: August 10

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair

Susie Hamilton will be exhibiting with Paul Stolper Gallery at this annual, curated fair of contemporary prints.

Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 St, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD

Private view: 20 November, 6pm - 9pm

Exhibition dates: 21 - 24 November 2024

Opening times: 12 - 6pm • Admission: ticketed book via website:
woolwichprintfair.com

Alison Edmonds: Untitled, oil on canvas, 15cm x 15cm, 2024

Peppercorn

'Peppercorn' is a group show of small painting in Minstrel Gallery, a studio temporarily converted into an exhibition space at Bloc Studios in Sheffield.

The participating artists are: Paul Allender, Stu Burke, Stephen Carley, Andy Cropper, Bryan Eccleshall, Alison Edmonds, Paul Evans, Ranaa Farooq, Mandy Gamsu, Ruth Heaton, Andy Jackson, Kate Jacob, Richard Johnson, Jack Kettlewell, Simon Le Ruez, Anita Lloyd, Janie Moore, Mikk Murray, David Orme, Mandy Payne, Georgia Peskett, Rachel Rhodes, David Riley, Katya Robin, Jenny Sutton, Kate Whateley, Joanna Whittle, Myfanwy Williams, Sean Williams and Lynne Wixon.

Between them they document and celebrate the fantastic possibilities within contemporary painting, simultaneously affirming its fundamentals and stretching its parameters. It is curated by Sean Williams and Jack Kettlewell.

Bloc Studios, 51 Eyre Lane, Sheffield S1 4RE

Private view: 8 December, 2pm - 4pm

Exhibition dates: 29 November - 8 December 2024

Opening times: 12 - 4pm • Admission free. Please contact Sean Williams at @swseanwilliams for more information and to arrange a viewing.

Goth in a Landscape

A group exhibition of 28 contemporary artists curated by Charlotte Brisland. As one of the most traditional forms in painting’s history, landscape painting has seen a resurgence in recent years. This exhibition seeks to re-engage with this subject in new and often unexpected approaches.

CBP Artists: Simon Carter, Graham Crowley, Lisa Ivory, Enzo Marra, Mandy Payne

School of Art Gallery, Aberystwyth University, Stanley Road, Aberystwyth SY23 1NG

Exhibition dates: 23 September - 22 November 2024

Opening times: 10am - 5pm • Admission fee

Mary Sewell: Residue, mixed media, 30cm x 20cm, 2024

Beginnings

Sheffield-based artists Sharon Borkowsky, Catherine Higham, and Mary Sewell share an interest for ancient civilisation and the traces left behind. From enigmatic female figures to astroarchaeology, their work and interests dovetail beautifully to create eclectic exhibitions of painting, photography, ceramics and textiles. This micro-exhibition is curated by Sean Williams.

Prosaic Projects Gallery, Bloc Studios, Arundel Street, Sheffield S1 4RE

Exhibition dates: 6 October - 8 November 2024
Admission free • Please contact Sean at [email protected] for further information and to arrange a viewing.

Ruth Murray: Egg Hanky, oil on linen, 25.4cm x 30.5 cm, 2024. Photo credit: John-Paul Brown.

Un Ouef Is Un Ouef

Taking the egg as its starting point, this exhibition explores ideas that have inspired a myriad of artists from its mythology and symbolism to its aesthetics and form. Each artist featured, from historic to emerging, has found themselves drawn in some way to the potential of the egg, and expressed it across a variety of mediums, from painting to sculpture, photography and performance. Includes CBP artist Ruth Murray.

TJ Boulting, 59 Riding House Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W 7EG

Exhibition dates: 11 October - 16 November 2024

Opening times: Tuesday-Saturday 11am - 6pm or by appointment • Admission free

For Folk Sake

FFS is an exhibition and curatorial concept deliberately pulling together work by artists from across the breadth and depth of Suffolk, from Lowestoft to Leiston, Saxmundham to Sudbury, Diss and everywhere in between, as a means to link up, unite and celebrate the dynamic and diverse artist practices that populate and lift the cultural landscape of the county, all under one roof. The exhibition includes CBP members Amanda Ansell, Ruth Philo, and Graham Crowley.

The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8BY

Exhibition dates: 12 October - 9 November 2024

Opening times: 10am - 4pm, Tuesdays to Saturday

Ruth Calland: Look after your trans friends at the beach (feat. Teddy Tinnell),
oil on paper on wood, 76cm x 61cm, 2024

Exeter Phoenix Open

Exeter Contemporary Open is an annual open submission exhibition, established in 2006 and hosted by Exeter Phoenix, a busy, multi-artform venue and contemporary art space situated in Exeter’s historic city centre. The exhibition aims to provide an important national platform for contemporary visual art with an emphasis on supporting emerging talent alongside more established artists.

Includes CBP artist Ruth Calland.

Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LS

Exhibition dates: 13 September - 2 November 2024

Opening times: Monday-Saturday: 10:30am - 5.30pm

Mandy Payne: Hovering Between Past and Present, spray paint and oil on concrete, 28.5cm x 19cm

The Pearls And The Oyster

The Pearl & The Oyster is an exhibition of female artists which endeavours to nurture and celebrate painters that come to us at The Birley, whether that is studio members already practicing with us, under/post-graduates at the University of Central Lancashire and our neighbouring universities in Liverpool, Manchester, Lancaster, Leeds, Sheffield, St. Helens and Cumbria or established, internationally exhibiting artists.

Includes CBP artists Jo Whittle and Mandy Payne.

Birley Studios, Market Street, Preston PR1 2QE
Exhibition dates: 1 October - 2 November 2024 • Opening times: TBC • Admission free

International Exhibitions

Molly Thomson: Untitled (red), wood, acrylic paint, caster wheel, 39cm x 35cm x 10cm, 2023

Hellweg Konkret lll
3D - Contemporary Explorations in Concrete Sculpture

Group exhibition of work by 39 international artists including Molly Thomson. 3D is part of the exhibition series Hellweg Konkret III. For the third time, cultural institutions from the „Hellweg“ region are joining forces to showcase 'concrete art' in ten exhibitions from spring 2024 to autumn 2025. Hellweg Konkret III is dedicated to the theme of “Space”.

Raum Schroth, Museum Wilhem Morgner, Thomastrasse 1, 59494 Soest, Germany D-59494

Exhibition dates: 8 September - 1 December 2024

Opening times: Tues, Wed, Fri 1pm - 5pm; Thurs 1pm - 7pm; Sat, Sun 11am - 5pm • Admission: 5 euros

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