Past
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Safe As Milk
Co-curated by Anna Choutova 8 March - 8 April 2021 Arusha Gallery welcomes works of twelve contemporary artists, whose work comments on our habitual relationship with hyper capitalism and food culture. The exhibition hopes to open a conversation about and highlight the carnivalesque and momentous nature of food today, which has become a complex daily challenge. Food consumption, already conditioned... Read more -
Secret Sunshines
GRACE MATTINGLY 14 - 28 February 2021 'Saturated, warm-hued mists materialize into a fantasy realm featuring humans, plants, and various interspecies hybrids in my artworks. Exploring the intersection between the spiritual and the erotic, these paintings, drawings, and ceramic works envision feminine-centered pleasure which is playful, humorous, and self-aware in its bold vulnerability. Color bleeds, erupts,... Read more -
Beasts
Helen Flockhart and Beth Carter 26 November - 20 December 2020 Sundry Beasts roam these paintings: the minotaur; feared and loathed, rapacious devourer of human flesh, but equally a victim of the circumstances which conspired to create him (wasn't every monster once a child?); lions and serpents which populate re-imaginings of Eve; and a listless centaur cowers in the presence of... Read more -
MIDNIGHT CANDY
Fiona Finnegan 31 October - 21 November 2020 I asked him had he ever seen the faeries, and got the reply, 'Am I not annoyed with them?' - The Celtic Twilight, W.B. Yeats What with things being as Apple Mac/Harry Potter as they are, it comes as no surprise that magic — like feminism/homosexuality/counterculture, and other previous unfathomables—... Read more -
Mercurial Night
Lara Orman 31 October - 21 November 2020 Orman’s practice involves mixed media, automatic drawing and lithography printmaking. She uses these materials to bring to the surface metaphysical issues and paradoxes. Archetypal experiences are drawn from her subconscious environment and translated through the metaphor of landscape. Orman’s artwork serves as a liminal space to explore the relationship between... Read more -
Ancient Deities
co-curated by Rhiannon Rebecca Salisbury 10 September - 18 October 2020 Rhiannon Rebecca Salisbury | Leo Robinson | Paige Perkins | Byzantia Harlow | Matt Macken | Norman Hyams | Victor Seaward | Lindsey Mendick | Jake Grewal | Lena Brazin | Ella Walker | Tahmina Negmat | Charlotte Edey | Michaela Yearwood-Dan | Jessica Wetherly | Billy Fraser | Alia... Read more -
Bodily Objects
Helena Almeida | Renate Bertlmann | Helen Chadwick | Judy Chicago | Rose English | Alexis Hunter | Carolee Schneemann 17 July - 31 August 2020 In what is an extension of the original online exhibition curated by Philomena Epps, ​Bodily Objects brings together a selection of work by seven feminist artists - Helena Almeida (1934-2018), Rose English, Renate Bertlmann, Helen Chadwick (1953-1996), Judy Chicago, Alexis Hunter (1948-2014) and Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019) - exploring ideas of... Read more -
Some Are Born to Sweet Delight, Some Are Born to Endless Night
Ilona Szalay 12 June - 12 July 2020 'In attempting to write something about the work produced for this show I have floundered and struggled. The famous suffragette quote ‘Deeds not words’ came into my mind as I scrambled around searching for the right words. To speak of injustice and inequity at the moment is akin to stating... Read more -
Jacob Littlejohn // work on paper
online exhibition 5 - 31 May 2020 Read more -
Debris Dance
Danny Leyland 2 - 29 April 2020 We have kneaded bread and knapped flint for thousands of years, and very little is left from all the effort In...ASMR Massage videos, screen-grabbed on my phone, I was attracted to the immense audio-visual tactility of the experience. The way the hands in the video squeeze and rub the elastic... Read more -
Exercise Three
online exhibition 30 March - 30 June 2020 In light of current restrictions, we wanted to find a way to continue to extend our platform of support, showcase our artists and strengthen and inspire our community. As such, we are delighted to announce the launch of online project Exercise Three. The project sees artists answer a worksheet, homework... Read more -
Solastalgia
Zona Maco // Aimée Parrott and Kate McMillan 5 - 9 February 2020 Solastalgia // Aimée Parrott and Kate McMillan 5 February - 9 February 2020 ZONAMACO MÉXICO ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO, Centro Citibanamax, Mexico City Solastalgia brings together work by Aimée Parrott and Kate McMillan in a presentation of mixed media paintings, video and installations. Founded in 2002 by Zélika García, ZONAMACO is the... Read more -
Becca and her Children
Newton House, Dinefwr // John Abell 17 January - 26 April 2020 The exhibition, titled Becca and her Children, by John Abell represents the riots which took place in Mid and West Wales between 1839 - 1843. Running from 17 January to 26 April 2020, the exhibition, which will be held at Newtown House, presents a series of new paintings, linocuts and... Read more -
Pulse: Arusha
Pulse Miami 2019 // Charlotte Keates, Casper White, Eleanor Moreton, Rhiannon Salisbury and Ilona Szalay 5 - 8 December 2019 Arusha Gallery are delighted to be returning to Pulse Miami 2019, presenting work by Charlotte Keates, Ilona Szalay, Eleanor Moreton, Casper White and Rhiannon Salisbury. Read more -
Time Will Tell
Morwenna Morrison 28 November - 30 December 2019 Read more -
Metanoia
Jack Dunnett 28 November - 30 December 2019 'The paintings are staged scenes, manifesting facets of life which I feel to be profoundly true; veiled with the incertitude of what we can define as truth. I'm interested in depicting stories in a designedly curtailed portrayal of interaction; a figure relating to surroundings; atmospheres which are detached from a... Read more -
By Night
Anna Rocke 28 November - 30 December 2019 “By night, an atheist half believes in God” Edward Young, Night Thoughts Anna 's work acts as a safe and free space to explore the awkward and fragile interaction between familiar and unfamiliar spaces. Painting from memory, she naturally condenses images from first and second hand experiences using incessant patterns,... Read more -
Triomphe de la République
Blair McLaughlin 28 November - 30 December 2019 Situated at the intersection of violence, politics and riots, Blair McLaughlin's bold new body of work challenges our preconceived ideas of shared space, civil society and human expression. The exhibition takes its title from the prime location of several political protests in Paris and builds upon McLaughlin's ongoing interest in... Read more -
In Search of Our Perfect Selves
Shelly Tregoning 8 - 24 November 2019 Recently awarded second place in the 2019 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Shelly Tregoning continues her exploration of identity and belonging in this new body of work. Through playful paintings and monoprints, she turns her focus to examine the inventive nature of the constructed self, and the gestural nuances that... Read more -
Phrase and Fable
Plum Cloutman 23 October - 5 November 2019 Arusha Gallery presents a new body of work by Plum Cloutman inspired by entries found in Brewer’s Phrase and Fable, an 1870 English dictionary of allusions, proverbs, stories and figures. Manipulating language to represent abstract concepts is difficult. As language is constructed and human behaviour is natural the two will... Read more -
We Are Stardust
Elizabeth Stewart 1 - 20 October 2019 'And yes, all you and anyone can continue to do is discern meaning in the pattern of our living and dying. You take all this and distill the personal until it becomes the transpersonal. You show the transcendental in the most mundane. It’s not a picture of a horse... Read more -
EKPHRASIS
Art Athina 2019 // Lara Davies and Eleanor McCullough 13 - 16 September 2019 Arusha Gallery are delighted to be presenting Ekphrasis by Lara Davies and Eleanor McCullough at Art Athina 2019. The presentation explores the idea and practical function of representation, inspiration and re-appropriation. In her new series Books, Davis turns to record her studio heroes, the postcards pinned to the walls, significant... Read more -
All That the Rain Promises and More...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2019 25 July - 14 September 2019 Arusha Gallery and guest curator Aimée Parrott present All That the Rain Promises and More.... Victoria Adam | Wilhelmina Barns-Graham | Helen Chadwick | Ithell Colquhoun | Natalie Dray | Ed Hill | Kate McMillan | Aimée Parrott | Matthew Peers | Paloma Proudfoot | Hermione Spriggs | James Sowerby... Read more -
WODEWOSE
Eleanor Moreton 30 May - 23 June 2019 Eleanor Moreton's paintings are colourful and full of strange characters. In her work she looks at the family structure and its inherent instability: although in a seemingly organised environment, her characters are surrounded by natural elements. In the presumably familial living room scenario, Moreton brings its volatile, unpredictable nature to... Read more -
ORACLE
Ilona Szalay 30 May - 23 June 2019 The oracle is a gatekeeper, straddling the divine and the mortal - a whisperer of secrets and a deliverer of riddles. Sphinx-like, she remains impassive and composed, her face often masked with an apparent neutrality or even indifference. She is sought for her guidance, her wisdom and her prophecies. Ilona's... Read more -
DRAW ART FAIR
Pippa Young: Precarious Structures 17 - 19 May 2019 Draw Art Fair; Pippa Young; Pencil on paper; Precarious Structures; London Art Fair; Saatchi Art Fair; Arusha Gallery; Edinburgh Gallery Read more -
AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT
Pippa Gatty 10 - 27 May 2019 Pippa Gatty; Isle of Mull; Abstract Art; Mull Artist; Woman Artist; Edinburgh Gallery; Edinburgh Exhibitions Read more -
AND YOU DANCED
Casper White 12 April - 5 May 2019 Arusha Gallery is delighted to present new paintings by Welsh artist Casper White at the contemporary art fair VOLTA NY. White's portraits, painted on aluminium and zinc, depict music fans in clubs and concert venues in Berlin and Mallorca.
Casper White won the prestigious BP Travel Award in 2017. Read more -
LIGHTNING WITHOUT THUNDER
Thomas Adam 21 March - 7 April 2019 Thomas Adam; Scottish Artist; Familiar Spaces; Arusha Gallery; Etchings Read more -
The Opening of the Egg
Chantal Powell and Kirsty Whiten 1 - 17 March 2019 Chantal Powell; Kirsty Whiten; The Opening of the Egg; Sculpture Works; Totem sculptures; Clay; watercolour paintings Read more -
SHETLAND NOTEBOOKS
Kate Walters 28 February - 17 March 2019 Painted as the direct result of a vivid dream experienced on Shetland during an artist residency, Kate Walters’ watercolours are at the intersection of art and shamanism. The delicate animals and life forms illustrate the meeting of the spiritual and material worlds — what can be felt as we walk through wild places, what might visit us in dreams, and what hovers on the edges of our awareness.
This exhibition coincides with the launch of a book (Shetland Notebooks: Air Curl & Song), published by Guillemot Press. Read more -
London Art Fair 2019
16 - 20 January 2019 Arusha Gallery will be exhibiting a selection of artists at London Art Fair, 16 - 20th of January 2019. New works will be available from Sam Drake, Shelly Tregoning, Michael Aurel, Elizabeth Stewart, Jack Dunnett, Ed Burkes and Charlotte Keates. Read more -
THE KENNEDY TRIP
Charlotte Keates | Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Miami 6 - 9 December 2018 Charlotte Keates. Miami Art Fair. Pulse Art Fair. Miami Architecture. Miami Paintings. Arusha Gallery. Scottish Gallery. California Paintings. Design and Architecture Paintings. Miami Beach. Art Fair. 2019. Young London Artist. The Kennedy Trip. Palm Springs. Tennis Court Paintings. Read more -
Keeper of Fragile Things | Julie Airey
Sable Charm and Dumb Enchantment | Denise Zygadlo 29 November - 21 December 2018 Julie Airey. Denise Zygaldo. Female Figures. Keeper of Fragile Things. Sable Charm and Dumb Enchantment. Edinburgh Exhibition. Edinburgh Gallery. Abstract Female Forms. Textile Art. Exmbroidery. Photocopy Art. Read more -
VEIL
BLAIR MCLAUGHLIN, ED BURKES, TOMO CAMPBELL, JACK DUNNETT AND MARC JENNINGS 9 - 23 October 2018 Blair McLaughlin presents a selection of bold canvases that illuminate control and power in close personal scenes and public parades.
These are displayed alongside the large works of Ed Burkes and Tomo Campbell, that depict display contemporary and abstract figures of historical topics, and contrasted by the small and delicate works of Jack Dunnett and Michael Aurel.
Intuitive and reductive monotypes by Marc Jennings are sourced from a range of tabloid imagery, his own snapshots, scenes from films and scientific journals. Read more -
Linger Awhile
Helen Flockhart 14 September - 7 October 2018 The legendary events and personal tragedies that marked the life of Mary, Queen of Scots will be the subject of a new exhibition in Edinburgh this autumn. Linger Awhile, which will open on 14 September at Arusha Gallery, will include 17 new oil paintings by Glasgow-based artist Helen Flockhart, focusing... Read more -
Otto/Accessorize with a Tiger/From the Heart
Ilona Szalay, Rhiannon Salisbury, Gillian Mather 29 August - 11 September 2018 Read more -
The Past is Singing in our Teeth
Kate McMillan 27 July - 26 August 2018 The Past is Singing in our Teeth documents and explores the links between time and memory, and the potential of art to trigger memories that lie dormant within oneself. Read more -
L.A. Summer
The Lights Are Much Brighter There 6 - 22 July 2018 Read more -
Arusha Gallery at VOLTA14
art fair 11 - 16 June 2018 Read more -
ICON ORACLE
Kirsty Whiten 8 - 25 June 2018 Monumental paintings explore the personal and mythical in a powerful solo exhibition by Scottish artist Kirsty Whiten. Read more -
The Eternal Return
Morwenna Morrison 11 - 28 May 2018 Morwenna Morrison’s recent work explore nostalgia and romanticism, drawing on idealised landscapes and bittersweet feelings. Her large paintings look at the notion of happier times and a past improved with age, a hankering after a time that only exist in our minds. Read more -
Perfect Strangers
Kristian Evju 4 - 28 May 2018 Norwegian artist Kristian Evju creates incredibly lifelike pencil drawings, adding his own twist to images inspired by found photographs. This exhibition also includes a selection of new, mesmerising paintings. Read more -
Night Realms
30 March - 29 April 2018 Night Realms marks the first collaboration between Kristian Day and Edinburgh's Arusha Gallery, a group show featuring the work of Hamish Pearch, Margaux Valengin, Markus Vater, Ana Milenkovic, Rafal Topolewski and Christopher Orr. This cosmopolitan group, at different stages in their careers, produce work that is profoundly Romantic in nature.... Read more -
Arusha Gallery at VOLTA NY 2018
7 - 11 March 2018 Read more -
Arusha Gallery at London Art Fair 2018
17 - 21 January 2018 Read more -
Fragile
Shelly Tregoning 10 November - 5 December 2017 The first solo show by Shelly Tregoning. The exhibition consists of two distinct types of work: Large scale with spacious compositions, emotive colour and exquisite economy of line define this new collection of oil on linen paintings, which explore and express ideas of dichotomy between our exterior and interior self.... Read more -
Through A Glass Darkly
Pippa Young 13 October - 5 November 2017 Solo show of new oil paintings by Pippa Young Read more -
Adornments
Carla van de Puttelaar 20 September - 10 October 2017 Carla van de Puttelaar’s first solo exhibition, Adornments, at Arusha Gallery, focuses on portraits that engages costumes and draperies with strong light-dark contrasts, resulting in powerful visual images. She proves to be deeply inspired by the Dutch Old Masters, such as Rembrandt. Not only due to her focus on light... Read more -
Night Tide
21 - 31 July 2017 A group show with work from David Mankin, Gail Harvey, Julie Airey, Ilona Szalay, Mark Johnston, Blair McLaughlin, Morwenna Morrison, Susanne Lund Pangrazio, Iona Roberts, Beth Carter Read more -
In the morning it is green
Helen Flockhart 8 - 27 June 2017 Arusha Gallery present a new collection of paintings for Helen Flockhart’s first solo show in Edinburgh since 1991. Flockhart has been working on this new collection for the past year, drawing upon inspiration from the story of Ceres and Proserpine. Read more -
Depart de biscottes
Blair McLaughlin 13 April - 1 May 2017 Read more -
The Amorist
10 - 30 March 2017 Read more -
Milk Smoke & Bones
Ilona Szalay 23 November - 11 December 2016 Arusha Gallery is proud to present Milk, Smoke and Bones, a solo exhibition of new work from British artist Ilona Szalay opening at Alex Eagle Studio in London on 22 November 2016. The exhibition moves, across town, to Leyden Gallery on 29 November 2016. Read more -
A Shifting Uncertainty
Paintings by Pippa Young 30 September - 31 October 2016 Second part of Pippa Youngs' successful 'A Shifting Uncertainty' show-a direct continuation of her drawings, this time presenting her long awaited oil paintings. Read more -
A Shifting Uncertainty
Drawings by Pippa Young 30 September - 31 October 2016 Read more -
Second Self
Juno Calypso and Carolina Mizrahi 29 July - 17 August 2016 Read more
