Exhibitions

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  Light Up My Sky

  Sue Arrowsmith 11 November 2022 - 21 January 2023 New paintings by Sue Arrowsmith Read more

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  Drawing 1990 - 2022

  Gillian Ayres, Olga Chernysheva, Jonathan Delafield Cook, Mark Francis, Laila Tara H, Waqas Khan, Marcia Kure, Elizabeth Magill, Nina Murdoch 7 October - 5 November 2022 Drawings is a collaborative venture combining two exhibitions that have been timed to coincide: British Drawings 1890-1990 at Sotheran’s, and Drawings 1990-2022 at Purdy Hicks Gallery. Both shows emphasise the importance of drawing to artists of the last 120 years. Although many of the artists have used myriad other art... Read more

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  HERE AND ELSEWHERE

  CÉLINE BODIN | SUSAN DERGES I ANNI LEPPÄLÄ | DIANA MATAR | JORMA PURANEN | GIDEON RUBIN | BETTINA VON ZWEHL 8 September - 1 October 2022 Coalescing around ideas of portraiture and abstraction, history and memory, revealing and concealing - the artists in this exhibition portray the figure in ways that are discrete and indirect, delicate and tender. An exploration of the relationship between painting and photography, the exhibition brings together work by photographers Céline Bodin,... Read more

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  Painting

  8 July - 3 September 2022 RALPH FLECK / PAT HARRIS / ANDRZEJ JACKOWSKI / DAVID QUINN Read more

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  Pierre Bergian

  8 June - 6 July 2022 Pierre Bergian (born 1965, Bruges, Belgium) studied Art History and Archaeology, which, together with his fascination for architecture, inform his work. Making use of architectural components in his paintings of interiors, he explores space, light and structure. In his recent works on paper the walls are the focus, filled with... Read more

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  Kathrin Linkersdorff

  Fairies 6 May - 4 June 2022 KATHRIN LINKERSDORFF (born 1966, Berlin) trained as an architect. Influenced by extensive travelling and working in Japan she became fascinated by traditional Japanese culture. She went on to study Japanese ink wash painting and the aesthetic concept of wabi- sabi with its appreciation of beauty in nature that is imperfect,... Read more

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  LAILA TARA H

  duck duck goose 1 - 30 April 2022 So you found your pair. You know… your partner, your forever friend, your pet, your favourite object, your home - I mean these all in the literal sense. Your lightbulb went “ding!’ You’re beginning to understand ageing - not that you’re acutely aware of your future but more-so that a... Read more

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  SAMUEL FOSSO

  70'S Lifestyle 3 - 26 March 2022 Samuel Fosso (born 1962, Cameroon) opened his photographic studio in Bangui, Central African Republic, at the age of 13. During the day he ran a commercial studio, photographing the local residents, while at night he turned his studio into a theatrical set to create highly performative black and white self-portraits.... Read more

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  Eye on Nature

  27 January - 28 February 2022 Sue Arrowsmith,. Susan Derges, Jonathan Delafield Cook, Pat Harris, Leila Jeffreys, Sandra Kantanen,. Claire Kerr, Eeva Karnhu, Ornulf Opdahl, Jorma Puranen, Santeri Tuori, Bettina von Zwehl Read more

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Santeri Tuori

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

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  Eeva Karhu

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

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  Ørnulf Opdahl

  New Paintings 22 November - 20 December 2019 Read more

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  Risham Syed

  3 October - 9 November 2019 Read more

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  Pierre Bergian

  New Paintings 5 - 28 September 2019 Read more

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  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

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  Sandra Kantanen

  Landscapes 10 May - 15 June 2019 Read more

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  Céline Bodin

  Light of Grace 4 April - 4 May 2019 Read more

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  Chan-Hyo Bae

  Jumping Into 8 March - 1 April 2019 Read more

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  Bettina von Zwehl

  The Followers 1 February - 2 March 2019 Read more

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  Susan Derges

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

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  Edgar Martins

  Destinerrance 12 October - 10 November 2018 Read more

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  Ralph Fleck

  New Paintings 6 - 29 September 2018 Read more

• Leila Jeffreys

  Ornithurae 6 July - 24 August 2018 Read more

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  Tom Hunter

  Figures in a Landscape 8 - 30 June 2018 Read more

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  Jonathan Delafield Cook

  New Drawings 11 May - 4 June 2018 Read more

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  Sue Arrowsmith

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

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  Anna Reivilä

  Nomad 8 March - 7 April 2018 Read more

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  David Quinn

  New Paintings 9 February - 5 March 2018 Read more

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  Santeri Tuori

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

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  Andrzej Jackowski

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

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  PARTED

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

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  HYBRID

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

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  SMALL

  6 July - 2 September 2017 Read more

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  Claire Kerr

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

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  Michael Porter

  Vanitas 7 - 29 April 2017 Read more

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  Five Finnish Photographers

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

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  Pierre Bergian

  New Paintings 10 February - 4 March 2017 Read more

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  Joakim Eskildsen

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

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  Charlotte Verity

  New Paintings 23 November - 23 December 2016 Read more

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  Jorma Puranen

  Shade into Shade 21 October - 17 November 2016 Read more

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  Alice Maher

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

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  Jonathan Delafield Cook

  By Design 9 June - 5 July 2016 Read more

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  Diana Matar

  13 May - 6 June 2016 Read more

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  Ørnulf Opdahl

  15 April - 9 May 2016 Read more

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  Felim Egan

  18 March - 12 April 2016 Read more

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  Awoiska van der Molen

  12 February - 12 March 2016 Read more

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  Anna Maria Schönrock

  Explorer 12 February - 12 March 2016 Read more

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  Leila Jeffreys

  Bird Love 15 January - 6 February 2016 Read more

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  Susan Derges

  Under the Moon 20 November - 22 December 2015 Read more

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  Sue Arrowsmith

  Whisper from the Shadows 2 - 31 October 2015 Read more

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  Ralph Fleck

  4 - 28 September 2015 Read more

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  Ola Kolehmainen

  5 - 29 June 2015 Read more

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  Pierre Bergian

  1 - 30 May 2015 Read more

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  Sally Smart

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

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  Sandra Kantanen

  Landscapes and Moths 26 February - 23 March 2015 Read more

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  Tessa Traeger

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

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  Alice Maher

  Reservoir 14 - 24 January 2015 Read more

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  Andrzej Jackowski

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

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  Leila Jeffreys

  Wild Cockatoos 21 November 2014 - 10 January 2015 Read more

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  Bettina von Zwehl

  Sospiri 10 October - 15 November 2014 Read more

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  Lee Youngbin

  10 September - 6 October 2014 Read more

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  Meisterschuler

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

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  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

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  Marcia Kure

  Conformity 2 - 31 May 2014 Read more

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  Santeri Tuori

  26 February - 22 March 2014 Read more

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  Anni Leppälä

  24 January - 22 February 2014 Read more

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  Tom Hunter

  Axis Mundi 21 November 2013 - 19 January 2014 Read more

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  Claire Kerr

  11 October - 16 November 2013 Read more

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  Tim Stoner

  Groupthink 11 September - 5 October 2013 Read more

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  Samuel Fosso

  7 June - 6 July 2013 Read more