Exhibitions

Current

Andrzej Jackowski & Ørnulf Opdahl
25 November - 22 December 2021 Purdy Hicks Gallery is delighted to present new paintings by Andrzej Jackowksi and Ørnulf Opdahl, whose work share luminosity and the magic of light. Andrzej Jackowski’s (born 1947, Wales) work is largely autobiographical, based on his early childhood memories, recollections of a family history in Poland and the... Read more

Past

Susan Derges
Floating 22 October - 20 November 2021 We are pleased to present two new series of work by Susan Derges: River Taw and Ocean Flowers. In both subject matter floats above the ground of the rock pool or river bed in shadows and coloured forms. River Taw Over twenty years ago Susan Derges began her... Read more

David Quinn
Stookeen 16 September - 9 October 2021 Purdy Hicks is pleased to present a new exhibition of paintings by Irish artist David Quinn. 'Although they look like paintings, I see my pieces both as drawings and objects. It's as important to me how they look from the side as from the front. The quality of the surface... Read more

Nordic Light
7 Photographers from The Helsinki School: Joakim Eskildsen, Sandra Kantanen, Eeva Karhu, Anni Leppälä, Jorma Puranen, Anna Reivilä, Santeri Tuori 2 July - 31 August 2021 Nordic Light is unique: the exhibition explores what it is like to live in almost endless daylight during the summer months and limited light during the winter. We have chosen seven artists from several generations, all trained at the Aalto University of Arts, Design and Architecture in Helsinki, whose work... Read more

Leila Jeffreys
HIgh Society 4 - 26 June 2021 High Society is the result of more than five years of planning and commitment; a pledge to making the impossible possible. It began when I noticed how a flock of native Australian budgerigars look like leaves on a tree. Looking closer I saw individuals, couples, and families – a secret... Read more

Jonathan Delafield Cook
Close to home 29 April - 29 May 2021 Paper. Scissors. Stone. Feather-charcoal. Surely they aren’t compatible? In the hands of Jonathan Delafield Cook a stick of carbonised willow deftly conjures the very weight and texture of the lightest of feathers. The Dürer of the lump of coal, via his chosen medium you look into the soul of animate... Read more

Diana Matar
Tête à Tête 13 - 21 April 2021 In May 2019, I was offered an Artist's Residency at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, which holds an extensive collection of Greek and Roman antiquities. In the Museum, I studied works by artists who, centuries earlier, had represented the human form. Personalities portrayed in mosaics excavated from Pompeii and... Read more

Takashi Arai
1000 Days / 1000 Mirrors 21 October - 8 December 2020 In a world rapidly turning towards the digital in every aspect, Takashi Arai is one of the world’s few remaining photographers who choose to express their artistic vision with the daguerreotype silver plate photographic process. Rather than a nostalgic replication of an obsolete method, Arai recognises the strengths of the... Read more

Ralph Fleck & Claire Kerr
5 September - 3 October 2020 Purdy Hicks is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Ralph Fleck, and new paintings and drawings by Claire Kerr Read more

Rebooting Nature
9 July - 2 September 2020 For years artists, along with scientists, have been showing us the world is changing. Some are brimming with ideas about how it should change while others just share the way they look at nature. The recent lockdowns around the world have put everything on hold except nature. In one sense... Read more

Santeri Tuori
Water Lilies and Forests 16 June - 4 July 2020 Read more

Eeva Karhu
Finding the Path Within 17 January - 19 February 2020 Read more

Ørnulf Opdahl
New Paintings 22 November - 20 December 2019 Read more

Risham Syed
3 October - 9 November 2019 Read more

Pierre Bergian
New Paintings 5 - 28 September 2019 Read more

Drawing a New World
Mireille Blanc, Yifat Bezalel, Olga Chernysheva, Jonathan Delafield Cook, Marcel Dzama, Nilbar Gures, Andrzej Jackowski, Claire Kerr, Marcia Kure, Alice Maher, Marko Maetamm, Ciprian Muresan, Pavel Pepperstein 21 June - 31 August 2019 Read more

Sandra Kantanen
Landscapes 10 May - 15 June 2019 Read more

Céline Bodin
Light of Grace 4 April - 4 May 2019 Read more

Chan-Hyo Bae
Jumping Into 8 March - 1 April 2019 Read more

Bettina von Zwehl
The Followers 1 February - 2 March 2019 Read more

Susan Derges
Soul of the Underground 22 November 2018 - 26 January 2019 Read more

Edgar Martins
Destinerrance 12 October - 10 November 2018 Read more

Ralph Fleck
New Paintings 6 - 29 September 2018 Read more

Leila Jeffreys
Ornithurae 6 July - 24 August 2018 Read more

Tom Hunter
Figures in a Landscape 8 - 30 June 2018 Read more

Jonathan Delafield Cook
New Drawings 11 May - 4 June 2018 Read more

Sue Arrowsmith
We Could Dream this Night Away 12 April - 7 May 2018 Read more

Anna Reivilä
Nomad 8 March - 7 April 2018 Read more

David Quinn
New Paintings 9 February - 5 March 2018 Read more

Santeri Tuori
Time Is No Longer Round 11 January - 5 February 2018 Read more

Andrzej Jackowski
A Space in the Dark 23 November - 22 December 2017 Read more

PARTED
Parted: A Love Story 2 October - 14 November 2017 Read more

HYBRID
Nilbar Güreş, Marcia Kure, Alice Maher, Sally Smart 7 - 25 September 2017 Read more

SMALL
6 July - 2 September 2017 Read more

Claire Kerr
What Else Do I Believe In? 5 May - 5 June 2017 Read more

Michael Porter
Vanitas 7 - 29 April 2017 Read more

Five Finnish Photographers
Ulla Jokisalo, Sandra Kantanen, Milja Laurila, Anna Reivilä, Santeri Tuori 10 March - 3 April 2017 Read more

Pierre Bergian
New Paintings 10 February - 4 March 2017 Read more

Joakim Eskildsen
Nordic Signs and The Roma Journeys 13 January - 4 February 2017 Read more

Charlotte Verity
New Paintings 23 November - 23 December 2016 Read more

Jorma Puranen
Shade into Shade 21 October - 17 November 2016 Read more

Alice Maher
The Glorious Maid of the Charnel House 21 September - 15 October 2016 Read more

Jonathan Delafield Cook
By Design 9 June - 5 July 2016 Read more

Diana Matar
13 May - 6 June 2016 Read more

Ørnulf Opdahl
15 April - 9 May 2016 Read more

Felim Egan
18 March - 12 April 2016 Read more

Awoiska van der Molen
12 February - 12 March 2016 Read more

Anna Maria Schönrock
Explorer 12 February - 12 March 2016 Read more

Leila Jeffreys
Bird Love 15 January - 6 February 2016 Read more

Susan Derges
Under the Moon 20 November - 22 December 2015 Read more

Sue Arrowsmith
Whisper from the Shadows 2 - 31 October 2015 Read more

Ralph Fleck
4 - 28 September 2015 Read more

Ola Kolehmainen
5 - 29 June 2015 Read more

Pierre Bergian
1 - 30 May 2015 Read more

Sally Smart
The Choreography of Cutting 27 March - 25 April 2015 Read more

Sandra Kantanen
Landscapes and Moths 26 February - 23 March 2015 Read more

Tessa Traeger
The Calligraphy of Dance 30 January - 24 February 2015 Read more

Alice Maher
Reservoir 14 - 24 January 2015 Read more

Andrzej Jackowski
Time of the Dream 21 November 2014 - 22 January 2015 Read more

Leila Jeffreys
Wild Cockatoos 21 November 2014 - 10 January 2015 Read more

Bettina von Zwehl
Sospiri 10 October - 15 November 2014 Read more

Lee Youngbin
10 September - 6 October 2014 Read more

Meisterschuler
The Painting Class of Ralph Fleck at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremburg 11 July - 23 August 2014 Read more

Natural Order
Sue Arowsmith, Jonathan Delafield Cook, Susan Derges, Jorma Puranen, Peter Randall-Page, Awoiska van der Molen 6 June - 5 July 2014 Read more

Marcia Kure
Conformity 2 - 31 May 2014 Read more

Santeri Tuori
26 February - 22 March 2014 Read more

Anni Leppälä
24 January - 22 February 2014 Read more

Tom Hunter
Axis Mundi 21 November 2013 - 19 January 2014 Read more

Claire Kerr
11 October - 16 November 2013 Read more

Tim Stoner
Groupthink 11 September - 5 October 2013 Read more

Samuel Fosso
7 June - 6 July 2013 Read more

Jonathan Delafield Cook
3 May - 1 June 2013 Read more

Pierre Bergian
Pictures of Paintings | Paintings of Pictures 27 March - 27 April 2013 Read more

Chan-Hyo Bae
Punishment 27 February - 23 March 2013 Read more

Tessa Traeger
The Chemistry of Light 25 January - 21 February 2013 Read more

Susan Derges
Alder Brook 9 November 2012 - 19 January 2013 Read more

Ralph Fleck
22 June - 24 August 2012 Read more

Sally Smart
The Exquisite Pirate 25 May - 18 June 2012 Read more

Sandra Kantanen
Photographs 2009-2012 16 March - 14 April 2012 Read more

Bettina von Zwehl
Made up love song and other works 7 October - 7 November 2011 Read more

Michael Porter
9 September - 3 October 2011 Read more

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