David Haughton: St Just drawings and etchings

4th September 2026

David Haughton: St Just drawings and etchings 4th – 30th September 2026 Hepworth Room, Penwith Gallery 2pm, Wednesday 16th September Free talk by Frances Lord about David Haughton’s work and the evolution of the book. British artist David Haughton, 1924 – 1991, was known primarily for his meticulously observed and rendered drawings, paintings and etchings of […]

‘Bryan Pearce: A Gentle Soul’

1st September 2026

September 1st – 30th 2026 Discover the fascinating world of Bryan Pearce who was born and bred in St Ives. He was diagnosed with a congenital disease Phenylketonuria which affects the development of the brain, but after his mother introduced him to painting he became an avid artist observing places he loved in St Ives. […]

Justine Lois Thorpe | Immerse

21st August 2026

21st August – 19th September 2026 Preview: Friday 21st August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Immerse is a new body of work by Justine Lois Thorpe inspired by her lifelong affinity to Cornwall and its rugged coastline which serves as both subject & catalyst. Having grown up in St Agnes, on the west coast, the artist has […]

Imogen Rorke & Fiona Allen | Things Unsaid

21st August 2026

21st August – 19th September 2026 Preview: Friday 21st August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Things Unsaid brings together the work of artists Fiona Allen, based in Derbyshire, and Imogen Rorke, based in Cornwall. Although we live at opposite ends of the country and work independently, we were drawn to one another’s paintings, drawings and words […]

Associate Members Summer Exhibition

17th July 2026

17th July – 15th August 2026 Preview: Friday 17th July 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Flora Forshall | Young Penwith Artist 2026

17th July 2026

17th July – 15th August 2026 Preview: Friday 17th July 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Flora Forshall is a Falmouth based printmaker working primarily with lino and silk screen printing. Having spent her early life inspired by the wildlife and the open wooded landscapes of the Lot, France, she moved to Falmouth in 2015 to study […]

Members Summer Exhibition

12th June 2026

12th June – 15th August 2026 Preview: Friday 12th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Glyn Walton

12th June 2026

12th June – 11th July 2026 Preview: Friday 12th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Glyn studied sculpture at the Central School of Art 1970-1973. Originally from the North East he splits his life between London and St Ives. “I am primarily a sculptor with a workshop close to St Ives, working in a mixture of […]

Karen McEndoo, Aidan Hicks, Rod Walker, Kinsley Byrne

12th June 2026

12th June – 11th July 2026 Preview: Friday 12th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Karen McEndoo, Aidan Hicks, Rod Walker, Kinsley Byrne

David Moore | Environs

8th May 2026

8th May – 6th June 2026 Preview: Friday 8th May 17:30 onwards, all welcome! DAVID MOORE | ENVIRONS ‘Although my early development in art was essentially one of design, for as long as I can remember painting and drawing was an activity in which I felt more interested. A fascination with the history of painters […]

Belerion: The Shining Land

8th May 2026

8th May – 6th June 2026 Preview: Friday 8th May 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Angela Annesley | Sara Bevan | Graham Black | Graham Davey | Debbie Prosser | Amanda Richardson BELERION: THE SHINING LAND A kaleidoscopic and interpretative vision of fields, flora and cliffs, this multidisciplinary exhibition showcases the colours, textures and landscapes of […]

Members Spring Exhibition

3rd April 2026

3rd April – 6th June 2026 Preview: Friday 3rd April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Associate Members Spring Exhibition

3rd April 2026

3rd April – 2nd May 2026 Preview: Friday 3rd April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Alison Orchard | Continuum

3rd April 2026

3rd April – 2nd May 2026 Preview: Friday 3rd April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! ‘Continuum’ Connections through Landscapes Alison Orchard’s paintings arise from a lifelong conversation with the landscape, shaped by her experience of the Cornish coast and the woodlands surrounding her Hampshire studio. She first visited the St. Ives School of Painting as a […]

Kimmy Hussey

27th February 2026

27th February – 28th March 2026 Preview: Friday 27th February 17:30 onwards, all welcome! KIMMY HUSSEY British contemporary painter Kimmy Hussey works from her studio above the Penwith Gallery in St Ives, creating paintings that explore the boundaries between observation and imagination. Her practice encompasses dreamlike abstracts, vivid landscapes and playful still life, unified by […]

Tom Leaper, Jason Lilley, Sophie Fraser, El Matador Del Muerte, Jethro Jackson, Kleiner Shames

27th February 2026

27th February – 28th March 2026 Preview: Friday 27th February 17:30 onwards, all welcome! That Mixed Up Show Tom Leaper, Jason Lilley, Sophie Fraser, El Matador Del Muerte, Jethro Jackson, Kleiner Shames. Penwith in the Penwith – a selection of Penwith Gallery artists explore their relationship with and conceptualisation of our wild and uncut landscape. […]

Members Exhibition

23rd January 2026

23rd January – 28th March 2026 Preview: Friday 23rd January 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Associate Members Exhibition

23rd January 2026

23rd January – 21st February 2026 Preview: Friday 23rd January 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Peter Wray & Judy Collins, Neil Pinkett, Sutton Taylor

23rd January 2026

23rd January – 21st February 2026 Preview: Friday 23rd January 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Peter Wray & Judy Collins, Neil Pinkett, Sutton Taylor…

Members Christmas Show

5th December 2025 - 5th January 2026

Preview & Christmas Party: Friday 5th December 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Join us for our annual Penwith Gallery Christmas Party, alongside the opening of our Members Christmas Show – A diverse selection of smaller sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Bruce Timson | Paintings 2020-25

31st October 2025 - 1st December 2025

Preview: Friday 31st October 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Bruce Timson | Paintings 2020-25 “This exhibition consists of a selection of acrylic semi-abstract paintings that have a central interest in the landscape and in Still Life. I initially record the environment through observational drawing and watercolour studies. This source material is then transferred onto board and […]

Associate Members Winter Exhibition

31st October 2025 - 5th January 2026

Preview: Friday 31st October 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Members Winter Exhibition

31st October 2025 - 5th January 2026

Preview: Friday 31st October 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Stephanie Sandercock & Julie Moselen | Wishes on the Wind

26th September 2025 - 25th October 2025

Preview: Friday 26th September 17:30 onwards, all welcome! ‘Wishes on the Wind’ Where gold illuminates sacred offerings and prayers find form. Paintings by Stephanie Sandercock Sculpture by Julie Moselen At the heart of Wishes on the Wind lies a sacred act of remembrance and hope – prayers whispered into the wind, tokens tied to ancient trees, […]

Glyn Macey | Tree Folk

26th September 2025 - 25th October 2025

Preview: Friday 26th September 17:30 onwards, all welcome! “I set out to travel our folk laden country, to discover and paint our native trees. And to spend time with the trees and the people that care for them, to listen and to learn has been both humbling and a privilege. From a 5000 year old […]

Vincent Wilson

22nd August 2025 - 22nd September 2025

Preview: Friday 22nd August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Vincent’s works evoke rather than describe the landscape.  He spends hours sketching on the moor and by the sea, returns to his studio and reinvents the scenes from his imagination, using fragments of torn paper to create the shapes then paint and ink to explore the different […]

Members Autumn Exhibition

22nd August 2025 - 25th October 2025

Preview: Friday 22nd August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Lanyon and Friends

22nd August 2025 - 22nd September 2025

You are invited to attend the naming of The Lanyon Gallery at The Penwith and the opening of the “Lanyon and Friends” exhibition at 5.30pm on Friday August 22nd 2025 (exhibition on until September 22nd).  Two new limited edition books about the painter will be launched during the evening, “The Driving Eye” and “Peter Lanyon […]

Esme Lansdowne | A Soft Landing | Young Penwith Artist 2025

18th July 2025 - 18th August 2025

Preview: Friday 18th July 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Cornish artist Esme Lansdowne presents ‘A Soft Landing’, a new body of work created during a transformative chapter of returning to her homeland of Cornwall and entering motherhood. The exhibition marks both a creative and personal homecoming – a full- circle moment shaped by early artistic influences, […]

Associate Members Summer Exhibition

18th July 2025 - 18th August 2025

Preview: Friday 18th July 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Rod Walker & David Kemp | Keep On Keeping On

20th June 2025 - 14th July 2025

Preview: Friday 20th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! ‘Still Life’ Keep On Keeping On David Kemp and Rod Walker “Look at the granite strewn landscape. Jagged stone spires light up the yellow moor tops. The fast changing storm clouds sweep in from the West horizon. The waves break the rocks break the waves break the […]

Lydia Corbett (née Sylvette David) | The Muse and The Loving Minotaur

20th June 2025 - 14th July 2025

Preview: Friday 20th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! ‘Sylvette David Looking Back at Picasso’ Saturday 21st June 11:00 A Talk with the Artist and Lucien Berman. Meet the Artist Saturday 21st June 11:30 – 13:00 Lydia Corbett (née Sylvette David) is a visionary artist, no less visionary for her failing eyesight, as her subject is […]

Members Summer Exhibition

20th June 2025 - 18th August 2025

Preview: Friday 20th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Karen McEndoo & Aidan Hicks | Mayn Halow

16th May 2025 - 16th June 2025

Preview: Friday 16th May 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Mayn Halow (Stone Moors) after the granite landscape of west Cornwall, out of which Aidan’s stones come, and Karen’s paintings vividly evoke. Abstract paintings and primitive sculpture echoing the Ancient Cornish land. Based in Cornwall, Karen McEndoo’s work is drawn from the dichotomy of chaos and humanity’s […]

Tom Leaper & Friends

16th May 2025 - 16th June 2025

Preview: Friday 16th May 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Tom Leaper, Jason Lilley, Sutton Taylor, Philip Wakeham, Sophie Fraser, El Matador Del Muerte, Kleiner Shames. Penwith in the Penwith – a selection of Penwith Gallery artists explore their relationship with and conceptualisation of our wild and uncut landscape. A mix of bronze sculpture, 3D forms, ceramic […]

Suzanne Bethell | Sensing Colour

11th April 2025 - 12th May 2025

Preview: Friday 11th April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! MEET THE ARTIST | TUESDAY 6TH MAY 1.30PM TO 4.30PM | SATURDAY 10TH MAY 1.30PM TO 4.30PM. Sensing Colour “What colour is joy – what marks and movements? How might music’s sounds and rhythms materialise on canvas? My paintings channel energy in motion. Through an interplay of […]

Tom Cross 1931 – 2009 | A Different Perspective

11th April 2025 - 10th May 2025

Preview: Friday 11th April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Tom Cross 1931 – 2009 A Different Perspective Tom Cross was well known as a painter, educator, and writer. He was a member of the Penwith Society of Arts and later became its chairman. It is only fitting for this major retrospective exhibition to be held at […]

Members Spring Exhibition

11th April 2025 - 16th June 2025

Preview: Friday 11th April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

John Brokenshire

7th March 2025 - 7th April 2025

Preview: Friday 7th March 17:30 onwards, all welcome! John Brokenshire has lived in Sheffield since taking his art degree there from 1990 to 1995. His painting has long been seeking to express mystery and presence in nature. His work develops thematically, from walking over local moorland to visiting rugged coastlines and trekking over the Camino […]

Colin Caffell, Mike Praed, John Piper, Jill Eisele & Paula Downing | Of Land, Sea and Spirit

7th March 2025 - 7th April 2025

Preview: Friday 7th March 17:30 onwards, all welcome! ‘Of Land, Sea and Spirit’ showcasing the work of five Penwith Society members with a passion for this ancient land – Paula Downing, Jill Eisele, Colin Caffell, John Piper and Michael Praed.

Debbie Prosser & Delpha Hudson | Telling Tales

31st January 2025 - 3rd March 2025

Preview: Friday 31st January 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Delpha Hudson & Debbie Prosser Telling Tales at the Penwith Gallery, 31st January-2nd March 2025 Paintings and ceramics that use a vernacular of colours, symbols and patterns that multiple assimilate mythologies from the past and realise them in a visual language of the present. Narratives are microcosms […]

Associate Members Exhibition

31st January 2025 - 3rd March 2025

Preview: Friday 31st January 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Members Exhibition

31st January 2025 - 7th April 2025

Preview: Friday 31st January 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Raise the Roof Fundraiser Part II

13th December 2024 - 4th January 2025

Christmas Party and Preview Evening: Friday 13th December 17:30 onwards, all welcome! We have recently had a survey done on the gallery roofs after noticing some sizeable roof damage, and they are in desperate need of repair. Members, Associates and staff have all come together to donate pieces of work for a fundraising extravaganza in […]

Members Winter Exhibition

8th November 2024 - 4th January 2025

Preview: Friday 8th November 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Associate Members Winter Exhibition

8th November 2024 - 4th January 2025

Preview: Friday 8th November 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Michael Lawes | INTERPLAY

8th November 2024 - 7th December 2024

Preview: Friday 8th November 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   “My abstract reliefs and sculptures are concerned with the interplay between visual opposites – complementary colours, 2 and 3d shapes, actual and optical space and the play of light on raised surfaces. The interplay between all the elements of my work changes in relation to the […]

Jane Hedges, Duff Pearce & Ian Middleton | RHYTHM and RHYME

4th October 2024 - 2nd November 2024

RHYTHM and RHYME Preview: Friday 4th October 17:30 onwards, all welcome! An exhibition of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture by Jane Hedges, Duff Pearce, and Ian Middleton shows three very individual approaches to creative endeavour and expression. Although their work and approaches appear very different, common preoccupations and concerns are evident and friendship and mutual respect […]

RAISE THE ROOF – PENWITH GALLERY FUNDRAISER

4th October 2024 - 2nd November 2024

Preview: Friday 4th October 17:30 onwards, all welcome! We have recently had a survey done on the gallery roofs after noticing some sizeable roof damage, and they are in desperate need of repair. Members, Associates and staff have all come together to donate pieces of work for an October fundraising extravaganza in order to keep […]

The Hepworth Room | Porthia Prints | The Denis Mitchell portfolio

12th September 2024 - 30th November 2024

Members Autumn Exhibition

30th August 2024 - 2nd November 2024

Preview: Friday 30th August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Stephanie Sandercock | Imaginary Pathways

30th August 2024 - 28th September 2024

Preview: Friday 30th August 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   “Our memories and daydreams take us down the garden path.. whispering ‘what if this’ and ‘if only that’. Our imaginary pathways unfold over time, stretching and shrinking, appearing then fading, like ever changing ripples and undulating waves in a never-ending ocean. The only constant is our […]

Then and Now | Six Corsham Alumni

30th August 2024 - 28th September 2024

Preview: Friday 30th August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Philip Halstead, Harriet Halstead, Dorrie King, Michael Monk, Jackie Pope, and Carole Vincent This exhibition brings together work by the six of us, whom at various times between 1960 and 1975, studied at Bath Academy of Art. Looking back, it is easy to spot our younger selves […]

Ben Barrell in the Sculpture Courtyard

29th August 2024

Preview: Friday 30th August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Ben is a Cornish sculptor who creates his work surrounded by the extraordinary beauty of the place that has been his home since birth.  A farmer’s son brought up on a cliff top above St Gennys, Ben’s work reflects his understanding of the ebbs and flows of […]

Associate Members Summer Exhibition

26th July 2024 - 24th August 2024

Preview: Friday 26th July 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Imogen Allen ‘Lumen’ | Young Penwith Artist 2024

26th July 2024 - 24th August 2024

We are delighted to introduce you to our 2024 Young Penwith Artist, Imogen Allen. Join us for the preview on 26th July from 17:30 onwards, to celebrate this new collection of works. ‘Lumen’ is defined as a unit for measuring the amount of light something produces. This new group of works by Imogen Allen have […]

Ellie Brown ‘Light On Her Skin’ | Young Penwith Artist 2024

26th July 2024 - 24th August 2024

We are delighted to introduce you to our 2024 Young Penwith Artist, Ellie Brown. Ellie Brown will be exhibiting a solo show outside in our gallery courtyard, an exciting new initiative and are looking forward to seeing the work Ellie creates for it. This is going to be a wonderful new exhibition showcasing sculpture by […]

Hepworth Room | Corsham Bath Academy of Art | Tutors and Students

19th July 2024 - 11th September 2024

Members Summer Exhibition

21st June 2024 - 24th August 2024

Preview: Friday 21st June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Imogen Rorke | Chaos and Calm

21st June 2024 - 20th July 2024

Preview: Friday 21st June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! “CHAOS AND CALM” A response to and a respite from my life I nearly called this show ‘“Driven to Abstraction”, My Family and Other Reasons Why I Paint’. I feel compelled to create and make work, as an escape, a retreat, a therapy, a release. I can’t […]

Richard Holliday, Shelley Thornton, Graham Black | Three Ways West

21st June 2024 - 20th July 2024

Preview: Friday 21st June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Three Ways West Richard Holliday – Sculptor Shelley Thornton – Painter Graham Black – Printmaker Introduction Three distinctive artists come together in this exciting exhibition exploring their diverse approaches to media and abstraction rooted in the rugged yet beautiful land and seascapes of their adopted home in […]

Heseltine at the Hepworth – the Truro School Collection

31st May 2024 - 17th July 2024

The Truro School Art Collection is a true asset to the institution and it continues to be a brilliant educational resource for students at the School, as well as a source of intrigue and inspiration for artists and art enthusiasts across the Cornish and wider community. David Heseltine, former Head of Art, had the insight […]

Iona Sanders | One Day

17th May 2024 - 15th June 2024

Preview: Friday 17th May 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Iona Sanders’ latest series of paintings explore the energy and life in the mundane, the ordinary, and the stress that comes with everyday domesticity. Based on a series of sketches made over the course of one non-extraordinary day from her home in Lelant, Iona describes the day […]

Tom Leaper | Big Country

17th May 2024 - 15th June 2024

Preview: Friday 17th May 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Penwith in the Penwith – a selection of Penwith Gallery artists explore their relationship with and conceptualisation of our wild and uncut landscape.  Mixing the work from 3D sculpture through hollow sculpted wooden forms to stunning painted interpretations of the raw Penwith topography. The featured artists invited […]

Members Spring Exhibition

12th April 2024 - 15th June 2024

Preview: Friday 12th April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Mary Kaun English & Martyn Perryman | Yntra’n Bysow Gwiw (From the Spaces Between Worlds)

12th April 2024 - 11th May 2024

Preview: Friday 12th April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! An exhibition including sculptural forms by Mary Kaun English and new paintings from Martyn Perryman exploring the spiritual place where land and sea meet.

Michael Praed | A Retrospective Exhibition

12th April 2024 - 11th May 2024

Preview: Friday 12th April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A solo exhibition of paintings by Michael Praed. Michael Praed is one of the most well-known contemporary artists working in Cornwall. He is a prolific painter, working mainly in oils and pastels, drawing inspiration from the Cornish countryside and people. Strongly graphical, his paintings of the coastline, […]

Lydia Corbett, Sylvette David | A Retrospective

8th March 2024 - 6th April 2024

‘Encounters with Picasso & the Making of Art’ Friday 8 March 16:00, a talk with the artist & Lucien Berman. Then join us for the preview on Friday 8 March 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Meet the artist Saturday 9 March 11:00 – 13:00.   Lydia Corbett, also known as Sylvette David and known to art […]

Julia Maleeva | MY THREE SEAS

8th March 2024 - 6th April 2024

Preview: Friday 8th March 17:30 onwards, all welcome! MY THREE SEAS – a journey between the Mediterranean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Black Sea. A solo exhibition of oil and cold wax paintings by Julia Maleeva. “The sources for my works are coming from my travels around Southern France, Cornwall and Bulgarian Black Sea coast. […]

Members Exhibition

2nd February 2024 - 6th April 2024

Preview: Friday 2nd February 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Associate Members Exhibition

2nd February 2024 - 2nd March 2024

Preview: Friday 2nd February 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

David Moore | Studio 8

2nd February 2024 - 2nd March 2024

Preview: Friday 2nd February 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Studio 8 | A solo show of paintings by Penwith Society of Arts Member, David Moore, who works from his studio in the heart of St Ives, Cornwall. ‘The artist’s studio is a place to develop ideas, of contemplation and creative practice.  Although not all studios are […]

Festive Fundraiser

2nd December 2023 - 6th January 2024

Merry (early) Christmas from us all at the Penwith! As you may know, we have Denis Mitchell’s beautiful Christmas cards exhibited in the Hepworth Room over the Christmas period, and we thought it would be nice if we did some too as part of our ongoing quest to raise money to keep the gallery building […]

Teresa Pemberton | Coastal Colour

3rd November 2023 - 6th January 2024

Preview: Friday 3rd November 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   ‘Living by the coast I cannot help but study the sea and be inspired by its complex moods, its ever changing surprises and variety of colour.   I strive to make sense of the space between the natural idea of landscape and the creative response to […]

Associate Members Winter Exhibition

3rd November 2023 - 6th January 2024

Preview: Friday 3rd November 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Members Winter Exhibition

3rd November 2023 - 6th January 2024

Preview: Friday 3rd November 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

The Hepworth Room | Denis Mitchell | The Artist Card

3rd November 2023 - 6th January 2024

Opening event: Friday 3rd November 17:30 onwards, all welcome!

The Hepworth Room | Tom Cross | Paintings from the Artist’s Studio

14th October 2023 - 1st November 2023

Exhibition across two venues: The Hepworth Room, Penwith Gallery, Back Road West, St Ives TR26 1NL 14 October – 2 November. Private View Saturday 14 October 12.30 – 3.00pm. Belgrave St Ives, Higher Bussow Farm, Towednack, St Ives TR26 3BB 14 October to 6 November. Private View Sunday 15 October 12.30 – 3.00pm.   On […]

Paula Downing, Antony Hosking & Lynn Simms | Lux & Lithic

29th September 2023 - 28th October 2023

Preview: Friday 29th September 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Meet the artists: Alongside the opening evening, Lynn will be here to meet visitors on Fridays throughout the exhibition, Paula and Antony will be here on Tuesdays! Paula Downing “My name is Paula Downing and I hand build in clay. I work with ideas and so my […]

TIDES | Terra Mater Art

29th September 2023 - 28th October 2023

Preview: Friday 29th September 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Terra Mater Art is a group of women artists and makers who are bothered about our environment: Karen McEndoo: acrylic paintings | Jill Eisele: oil paintings | Dana Finch: paintings | Sarah Drew: art jewellery | Donna Burns: jewellery | Bridget Macklin: ceramics | Katie Bunnell: ceramics | […]

Mary Kaun English & Martyn Perryman | Colours of Cornwall

25th August 2023 - 23rd September 2023

Preview: Friday 25th August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Colours of Cornwall This exhibition explores how the artist interprets the same environment, working in different mediums. Mary Kaun English and Martyn Perryman are partners who live in West Cornwall. Their home and studios are just a few minutes from the North Cliffs coastal path and the […]

Sean Hewitt | Lost in Music

25th August 2023 - 23rd September 2023

Preview: Friday 25th August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! “I bought my first record in 1964, it was a 7” single by The Pretty Things and I remember it very vividly as although I was only nine years old it was not long after Kennedy was assassinated late in the previous year. Most of us can […]

Members Autumn Exhibition

25th August 2023 - 28th October 2023

Preview: Friday 25th August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Young Penwith Artist | Kleiner Shames

21st July 2023 - 19th August 2023

Preview: Friday 21st July 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   ‘I Left My Cowboy Hat in St Ives’ A new collection of work by Kleiner Shames.   “My childhood summers were spent in Cornwall at my grandparents’ house on the promenade in Penzance. I remember the time (no doubt inaccurately) as a mirage of smooth pebbles, […]

Associate Members Summer Exhibition

21st July 2023 - 19th August 2023

Preview: Friday 21st July 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Brian Seed | Photography

1st July 2023 - 31st December 2023

Opening event: Friday 21st July 17:30 onwards, all welcome! The Penwith Gallery and Penwith Gallery Archive are delighted to announce that our next exhibition in The Hepworth Room is a series of limited edition prints by renowned photographer Brian Seed. Born in 1929, Brian is known for his iconic photographs of international figures such as […]

Tom Leaper | The Show

16th June 2023 - 15th July 2023

Preview: Friday 16th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   The Show | Tom Leaper   Renowned Penwith sculptor Tom Leaper has extended the idea of the thorn trees made in lockdown into a full exhibition of open-structured compositions built out of fragments of bronze sheets, woven together to create a series of works based on […]

Jason Lilley

16th June 2023 - 15th July 2023

Preview: Friday 16th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! We are delighted to announce that this June the Penwith Gallery’s ‘Studio Gallery’ will be hosting an exhibition of framed etchings by Jason Lilley. All 35 artworks will be available for sale at less than half their usual price, ranging from £50 to £150, with all money […]

Members Summer Exhibition

16th June 2023 - 19th August 2023

Preview: Friday 16th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

LODE | Sue Davis Lesley Harry Jane Smith

12th May 2023 - 10th June 2023

Preview: Friday 12th May 17:30 onwards, all welcome! LODE ‘Lode’ is the culmination of years observing and exploring the mining heritage of West Penwith. The windswept cliffs, abandoned mine workings, rocks that ‘bleed’ minerals, and precipitous ledges of fauna, have all been mined for inspiration. This is the rugged, sublime, otherworldly aspect of Cornwall, towering […]

Richard Holliday & Renee Spierdijk | Canvas and Stone

12th May 2023 - 10th June 2023

Preview: Friday 12th May 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   Richard Holliday ‘My installation in this exhibition ‘FREE THE PENWITH 1000’ is both a provocative and playful view of our current society. The piece is limited to 1000 fish each with individual characters and each will play role in various vignettes, on various ‘stages’ in order […]

Mark Verry in the Studio Gallery

7th April 2023 - 6th May 2023

Preview: Friday 7th April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! The work being exhibited is the result of seven or eight years of producing wall-hung reliefs carved into wooden boards.  This process has taken place parallel to the ongoing production of sculpture and bears a strong relation to it.  These reliefs have never previously been exhibited all […]

Paul Wadsworth | Stories from the Banyan Tree

7th April 2023 - 6th May 2023

Preview: Friday 7th April 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   Stories from the Banyan Tree ‘A new collection of paintings informed by travels in India over past 9 years. From Kerala to Rajasthan and many places in between. Travelling with acrylic paint and paper I paint mainly from observation on travels although not always the case. […]

Members Spring Exhibition

7th April 2023 - 10th June 2023

Preview: Friday 7th April 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Steven Platt | CHALETSCAPE

2nd March 2023 - 1st April 2023

Preview: Thursday 2nd March 17:30 onwards, all welcome! CHALETSCAPE | A solo exhibition of paintings by Steven Platt.   The chalets at Riviere Towans in Phillack have been part of the coastal landscape since the 1920s. Nestled amongst the dunes and grasses of Riviere Towans, the large windows of the chalets absorb the magnitude of […]

Dreysa | The Unsteady Now

2nd March 2023 - 1st April 2023

Preview: Thursday 2nd March 17:30 onwards, all welcome! The Unsteady Now brings together the work of ten Cornwall based artists, known collectively as ‘Dreysa’. The group have a wide range of practices, working across a range of media to explore diverse themes from pertinently contemporary perspectives. Whether untangling aspects of politics, environment, science and religion, […]

Members Exhibition

27th January 2023 - 1st April 2023

Preview: Friday 27th January 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Associate Members Exhibition

27th January 2023 - 25th February 2023

Preview: Friday 27th January 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Mandi Stewart & Caroline Darke

27th January 2023 - 25th February 2023

Preview: Friday 27th January 17:30 onwards, all welcome! A joint exhibition of paintings by Mandi Stewart and Caroline Darke.   Caroline Darke ‘I am an artist drawn to landscapes. Living in the Sussex downs close to the river and the sea gives plenty of inspiration to go out sketching. I have worked in various mediums […]

Members Winter Exhibition

4th November 2022 - 8th January 2023

Preview: Friday 4th November 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Associates Winter Exhibition

4th November 2022 - 8th January 2023

Preview: Friday 4th November 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Bruce Timson

4th November 2022 - 8th January 2023

Preview: Friday 4th November 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Bruce Timson | New Paintings This exhibition showcases a selection of my semi- abstract landscape and still life paintings produced since 2019. I initially record the environment through observational drawing and watercolour studies. Elements of this source material are then artificially composed onto board and then abstracted […]

Abstract 7 | Now We Are Three

28th September 2022 - 30th October 2022

Preview: Friday 30th September 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   The 5th exhibition under the banner of “Abstract 7” is to be called “Now we are three”. After many successful collaborations with visiting artists, the core group: Sue Davis, Sean Hewitt, and Richard Holliday, who have been with “Abstract 7” since the start in 2015 are, […]

Dana Finch, Laurel Keeley & Karen McEndoo | Journeys

28th September 2022 - 30th October 2022

Preview: Friday 30th September 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   Karen McEndoo, Laurel Keeley and Dana Finch are three artists whose work has been shown together previously, as part of the Terra Mater group. Here they are investigating the theme of ‘Journeys’ as they are all inspired by their travels, both in far flung places and walks through […]

Rex Dixon, Adrian Frost, Vivian Pedley ‘As I Was Going to St Ives’

13th September 2022 - 24th September 2022

Preview: Tuesday 13th September: start time 17:30, all welcome! There are thousands of miles between them and they haven’t all met, but this hasn’t stopped a trio of artists from joining forces and creating a new collaborative artwork. As part of the St Ives Festival, the Penwith gallery will be showing the premiere of a […]

Members Autumn Exhibition

26th August 2022 - 30th October 2022

Private View: Friday 26th August 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Plymouth Society of Artists

26th August 2022 - 25th September 2022

Private View: Friday 26th August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Plymouth Society of Artists In early 1944, under the guidance and enthusiasm of Lewis Duckett, Principal of the Plymouth School of Art, a group of artists met to discuss the proposal of mounting an exhibition in the City Art Gallery that coming autumn. Their work was […]

Susan Thomas

26th August 2022 - 25th September 2022

Preview: Friday 26th August 17:30 onwards, all welcome! “From my mid-teens I knew I wanted to do something creative, with set design an original plan and then graphic design, before Edinburgh School of Art known at the time for its emphasis on drawing skills, introduced me to Furniture Design. A BA in 3-Dimensional Design at […]

The Hepworth Room | Cornel Lucas – St Ives Artists 1950s to 1980s

26th August 2022 - 8th January 2023

Cornel Lucas (1920-2012) had an illustrious  career in portrait photography spanning over 70 years, receiving a BAFTA Award for his “Outstanding Contribution to the British Film Industry” and remains to this day the only photographer ever to have been awarded this title. His work is held in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery […]

Young Penwith Artists | Sophie Fraser & Alice Ellis-Bray

22nd July 2022 - 21st August 2022

Private View: Friday 22nd July 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Penwith Gallery is delighted to introduce the first of our Young Penwith Artists exhibitions, a brand new opportunity for emerging talent based in the Penwith area of Cornwall. This show marks the debut exhibition, and we hope to make Young Penwith Artists a highlight in our […]

Associates Summer Exhibition

22nd July 2022 - 21st August 2022

Private View: Friday 22nd July 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Members Summer Exhibition

18th June 2022 - 21st August 2022

Private View: Friday 17th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome!   A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Jason Lilley & Mark Verry | Landscript

18th June 2022 - 17th July 2022

Private View: Friday 17th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Landscript | A joint exhibition by Jason Lilley and Mark Verry ‘Like our fingerprints and the lines in our palms, the memory of the past remains imprinted on all land. As every fingerprint is unique so is the pattern of every piece of land. Sometimes its […]

Stephanie Sandercock | Alchemy

18th June 2022 - 17th July 2022

Private View: Friday 17th June 17:30 onwards, all welcome! Highly textured paintings and 3D works on aluminium, rusted steel, wooden panel and canvas, using crushed limestone & marble plaster, acrylic with muscovite & biotite mica. “I begin each new piece with a plan based on the form of the coastal rocks but sometimes other elements […]

Tom Leaper ‘Mount to Moor (Stanking Up Dingers)’

14th May 2022 - 12th June 2022

Private View: Friday 13th May 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome!   Mount to Moor | Stanking Up Dingers Artist Tom Leaper is a local man, born and brought up at the Old Quay in Newlyn where his father, Eric Leaper, was a part of the thriving Newlyn pottery scene. Tom is famous for his sculptures, […]

Colin Caffell ‘Reflections on the Feminine – a visual essay’

14th May 2022 - 12th June 2022

Private View: Friday 13th May 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! Better known as a potter, Colin Caffell’s career as a sculptor has been underpinned by a lifelong fascination by all aspects of the feminine: both physical and metaphysical; inner and outer – nurturing, vulnerable, sensual and erotic; the mythological and anthropomorphic. Even his memorial to […]

Members Spring Exhibition

9th April 2022 - 12th June 2022

Private View: Friday 8th April 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome!   A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Affordable April

9th April 2022 - 8th May 2022

Private View: Friday 8th April 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome!   A fundraising exhibition consisting of works generously donated by Members, and Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts. Each piece will be priced at £500 or less, and all proceeds will go towards improvements throughout our gallery complex.

Michael Carter | Reconfigurations

9th April 2022 - 8th May 2022

Private View: Friday 8th April 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome!   Reconfigurations is an exhibition of photographs in which form and colour have been accentuated to the point of abstraction. They were taken in industrial estates, recycling centres, deserted buildings, scrapyards and other overlooked places in the South West, and depict rusted iron, blistered paintwork, […]

Lloyd Peters & Nancy Pickard | No Such Thing

5th March 2022 - 3rd April 2022

Private View: Friday 4th March 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! ‘No Such Thing’ A joint exhibition of ceramics by Lloyd Peters and paintings by Nancy Pickard. Is there a difference between abstract and figurative, between making and the finished object, between intention and accident? Does it matter? Lloyd and Nancy’s careers have not so much […]

Robert Baggaley, Linda Crane & Bob Devereux

5th March 2022 - 3rd April 2022

Private View: Friday 4th March 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! Robert Baggaley “Landscape is my primary source imagery, generally, a landscape with which I have had a connection, and have various levels of familiarity with. Landscape which shows its evidence of manipulation by humans for all the obvious reasons, religious, defensive, economic, or aesthetic, formal […]

Members Exhibition

5th February 2022 - 3rd April 2022

Private View: Friday 4th February 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome!   A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Associate Members Exhibition

5th February 2022 - 27th February 2022

Private View: Friday 4th February 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Falmouth Emerging Talent | Between Places

5th February 2022 - 27th February 2022

Private View: Friday 4th February 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! An exhibition of works by five selected alumni of Falmouth University, sponsored by Falmouth University and Penwith Galleries, St Ives. Five voices from five different places combine for the first time to present ‘Between Places’, an exhibition exploring the world in which we live and the boundaries […]

Studio Gallery: Robert Jones

19th November 2021 - 30th December 2021

Private View: Friday 19th November, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! Remembered Places “In this exhibition I revisit subjects, themes and places that have meaning for me. The sea and weather are constant themes but I also make paintings of trees, birds and animals that have caught my eye in the landscape at home or during […]

New Gallery: Associates Winter Exhibition

19th November 2021 - 30th December 2021

Private View: Friday 19th November, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Main Gallery: Members Winter Exhibition

19th November 2021 - 30th December 2021

Private View: Friday 19th November, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

4.3.2.1

14th November 2021 - 14th November 2021

4.3.2.1 Sunday 14th November 2021, 1pm – 5pm. A pop-up show featuring Falmouth Fine Art Graduates, Amy Morgan, Elizabeth Langley and Mikey Croft. In 2020, each artist was awarded the Cultivator Graduate Studio Grant at CAST, Helston. This exhibition brings together new work by all three artists, from figurative painting to abstracted paper sculptures and […]

Studio Gallery: Paula Downing, Antony Hosking, Lynn Simms

16th October 2021 - 13th November 2021

Private View: Friday 15th October, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! ‘Conjunction’ Paula Downing – Hand Built Ceramics. Antony Hosking – Photography. Lynn Simms – Printmaker.   “Although each of us work with different materials and processes, we have a common link. Hence the title ‘Conjunction’. The word ‘Conjunction’ means ‘a coming together’ and the common […]

New Gallery: Michael Praed, John Piper & John Emanuel

16th October 2021 - 13th November 2021

Private View: Friday 15th October, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! A group exhibition by Michael Praed, John Piper & John Emanuel.   Michael Praed Born in Cornwall in 1941, Michael studied art at Penzance and Falmouth Schools of Arts and Brighton College of Art. He taught painting and drawing for thirty years alongside developing his […]

Studio Gallery: Richard Holliday & Renee Spierdijk ‘Canvas and Stone’

11th September 2021 - 9th October 2021

Canvas and Stone Private View: Friday 10th September, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! Richard Holliday Richard has been working stone by hand since his apprenticeship as a stonemason in 1980. This included study at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology, where he achieved his advanced City and Guilds with distinction. His training gave him […]

New Gallery: The 21 Group of Artists

11th September 2021 - 9th October 2021

Private View: Friday 10th September, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome!   The 21 Group of Artists. Formed in 1967, the 21 Group of Artists is now one of the longest established groups of exhibiting professional artists in the South West. In 1963 the painter Harry Pye organised the first of a series of Open exhibitions […]

Main Gallery: Members Autumn Exhibition

11th September 2021 - 13th November 2021

Private View: Friday 10th September, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome! A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Studio Gallery: Steffie Richards ‘Ebb and Flow’

7th August 2021 - 4th September 2021

Steffie Richards Ebb and Flow   This body of work was made possible and supported by an Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts Award. The paintings are all relative to an idea, exploring my relationship with Coastal Cornwall and just what it is that draws me to the St Ives bay area again and […]

New Gallery: Associates Summer Exhibition

7th August 2021 - 4th September 2021

Associates Summer Exhibition Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts.

Studio Gallery: Robin Hawes & Daniel Miles

2nd July 2021 - 31st July 2021

Material/Immaterial   A joint exhibition presenting new sculptures by Daniel Miles and abstract panels by Robin J Hawes. The impulse to create aesthetic beauty is clear in the works of both sculptor Daniel Miles and artist Robin J Hawes. This shared aim, however, stands in stark contrast to the approaches and methods each uses to […]

New Gallery: Carl Jaycock ‘THE LAND ABSTRACTED’

2nd July 2021 - 31st July 2021

Carl Jaycock   ‘THE LAND ABSTRACTED’ exhibition presents a selection of artworks by Carl Jaycock which cover a wide range of media from his career. In recent years he has focused on the ‘Essence’ series which explore the Cornwall landscape and used it to create contemplative and experimental colour focused artworks.   The exhibition includes […]

Main Gallery: Members Summer Exhibition

2nd July 2021 - 4th September 2021

A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of the Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

New Gallery: ‘Heavier Than Air’ David Kemp & Tom Leaper

29th May 2021 - 26th June 2021

A joint exhibition by David Kemp & Tom Leaper.   Tom Leaper and David Kemp first worked together thirty-five years ago, producing several large-scale site-specific public sculptures in urban and rural post-industrial landscapes, forests, abandoned railways and steelworks up north, and on demolished Dockland sites in London. Since then, they have continued to develop their […]

Studio Gallery: ‘EROSION’ Dorrie King & Susan Thomas

29th May 2021 - 26th June 2021

EROSION Dorrie King and Susan Thomas in the Studio Gallery. Resonating with the work of both artists, Erosion encompasses the action of wind and waves on the natural environment as well was the degradation or loss of something precious.   Dorrie King I moved to Cornwall on retirement from Leeds Arts University. After 30 years […]

Studio Gallery: ‘ARC’ Sue Davis, Lesley Harry, Jane Smith

24th April 2021 - 23rd May 2021

‘ARC’ A group exhibition by Sue Davis, Lesley Harry & Jane Smith. ‘Arc is the fifth annual exhibition of prints, paintings, ceramics and glass from Falmouth artists Sue Davis, Lesley Harry and Jane Smith. This exhibition showcases the arcs between and within their practice – the unexpected connections that result when artists collaborate. The result […]

Main Gallery: Members Spring Exhibition

12th April 2021 - 26th June 2021

A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Studio Gallery: Steven Platt

19th March 2021 - 17th April 2021

Steven Platt BEFORE THE SEA Before the Sea is a collection of paintings that focus on the chalets at Riviere Towans in Hayle. I grew up in Hayle and spent hours exploring the area, very often finding myself on Riviere Towans, around the chalets and on the beach. I loved both Design and Art growing […]

New Gallery: Associates Spring Exhibition

19th March 2021 - 23rd May 2021

Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members of the Penwith Society of Arts. (This exhibition will be online only until the gallery reopens to the public on 12th April)

Studio Gallery: Richard Holliday, Sue Davis & Sean Hewitt

10th December 2020 - 9th January 2021

Richard Holliday, Sue Davis & Sean Hewitt ‘Inner Visions’

Main Gallery: Members Winter Exhibition

7th November 2020 - 9th January 2021

A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

New Gallery: Associates Winter Exhibition

7th November 2020 - 9th January 2021

Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members.  

Studio Gallery: Bruce Timson

4th November 2020 - 5th December 2020

Bruce Timson Artist’s Statement: Abstract landscape painting (2019 to 2020) inspired by the coastal geography and former industry of West Penwith. Stylistically I am obviously indebted to Peter Lanyon and the Post War St. Ives painters. However, I am equally influenced by Matisse, old Ladybird books and the family holidays of my childhood. I initially […]

Studio Gallery: Tom Leaper

3rd October 2020 - 31st October 2020

Tom Leaper ‘Ladies of Lockdown: a time to reflect, a time to change’ Our thoughts were with those during lockdown and in the time after. As the world carries on turning, we need to remain hopeful, be careful, and look after each other, ensuring we can be safe together again. A proportion of the show’s […]

New Gallery: Caroline Hall ‘Near and Far’

3rd October 2020 - 31st October 2020

Caroline Hall ‘Near and Far’ Click here for Caroline’s tour of the exhibition! Caroline Hall’s work is informed by sketches and photographs but is rarely literal.  Semi abstract landscapes singing with colour take the viewer from St Ives, to Hampshire, across the sea to Jersey and as far afield as Yosemite.  This selection of significant […]

Main Gallery: Members Autumn Exhibition

29th August 2020 - 31st October 2020

Members Autumn Exhibition A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Studio Gallery: Stephanie Sandercock ‘Hayle to Halzephron’

29th August 2020 - 26th September 2020

 Stephanie Sandercock ‘Hayle to Halzephron’   Stephanie was born in Lancashire and now lives and works in West Cornwall where the surrounding landscape, sea and coastal rocks inspire her textured abstract paintings. She uses limestone & marble plaster with mica and acrylic, as well as oil and cold wax. “For this my 3rd solo exhibition […]

New Gallery: Angela Annesley, Karen McEndoo and Ria Poole ‘Equilibrium: Wild Walking Through the Landscape’

29th August 2020 - 26th September 2020

Angela Annesley, Karen McEndoo and Ria Poole ‘Equilibrium: Wild Walking Through the Landscape’   Combining vibrant mixed media painting and woodcuts, this exhibition will bring together three contemporary artists working in Cornwall. All the artists exhibit across the UK, and their work reveals a wide range of responses to the Cornish landscape, ranging from abstract […]

Main Gallery: Members Summer Exhibition

6th July 2020 - 23rd August 2020

A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Studio Gallery: David Moore ‘Now as Then’

6th July 2020 - 23rd August 2020

David Moore ‘Now as Then’ A title for an exhibition (if one is needed) was in my case a reflection of the painting years executed over 30 years. From Stoke-on-Trent to the South West of Cornwall. I have included a few relevant paintings of past evidence, of a search for the feeling I experience in […]

New Gallery: Associates Summer Exhibition

6th July 2020 - 23rd August 2020

Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members.

Online: 21 Group (Please note, although this is an online exhibition only, all works are for sale)

15th May 2020 - 13th June 2020

The 21 Group of Artists   Formed in 1967, the 21 Group of Artists is now one of the longest established groups of exhibiting professional artists in the South West. In 1963 the painter Harry Pye organised the first of a series of Open exhibitions at Torre Abbey in Torquay. These annual exhibitions, entitled simply […]

Online: Members Spring Exhibition (Please note, although this is an online exhibition only, all works are for sale)

11th April 2020 - 6th June 2020

A diverse exhibition of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints from the Members of The Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives, Cornwall.

Online: Plymouth Society of Artists (Please note, although this is an online exhibition only, all works are for sale)

11th April 2020 - 14th May 2020

Plymouth Society of Artists   In early 1944, under the guidance and enthusiasm of Lewis Duckett, Principal of the Plymouth School of Art, a group of artists met to discuss the proposal of mounting an exhibition in the City Art Gallery that coming autumn. Their work was to be shown under the title of the […]

Studio Gallery: Sue Watt ‘Spinning on Porthmeor’

7th March 2020 - 6th June 2020

Sue Watt ‘Spinning on Porthmeor’   During 2018, I enrolled on the Porthmeor Programme run by the St Ives School of Painting. I thought the tutors would help me paint, but they did far more than that and opened my mind and I subsequently opened my life and this work is the result. There are […]

New Gallery: South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts

7th March 2020 - 6th June 2020

1-1 Skype/Facetime/Zoom tours available – contact us to book your place now!   The South West Academy holds three keenly anticipated exhibitions each year: The Academicians Winter Exhibition at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Honiton during January; a Summer Exhibition with Delamore Arts in May and an Annual Open Exhibition at Exeter Castle during November. […]

7 Crows

1st March 2020 - 31st December 2020

7 Crows   The bronze crow sculptures displayed during 2020 at the Penwith Gallery St Ives are the work of sculptor Tom Leaper. The story of the crows began when small paper origami birds began to appear on the front desk, left by an anonymous artist.  After some investigation the culprit was identified as the […]

Studio Gallery: Surveillance

1st February 2020 - 29th February 2020

Group exhibition by Karen McEndoo, Katharine Nicholls and Katie Bunnell. Private View: Friday 31st January, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!   For this exhibition, Karen McEndoo, Katharine Nicholls and Katie Bunnell respond to the uneasy subject of surveillance. They consider the addictive nature of the contemporary peeping Tom, stalking people through the traces […]

Main Gallery: Members Exhibition

1st February 2020 - 6th June 2020

1-1 Skype/Facetime/Zoom tours available – contact us to book your place now!

New Gallery: Associate Members Exhibition

1st February 2020 - 29th February 2020

Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from our Associate Members. Private View: 31st January 2020. 17:30 – 19:30, all welcome.

Corner Gallery: Jeremy Le Grice

1st February 2020 - 6th June 2020

Jeremy Le Grice, on show in our Corner Gallery Feb-May 2020 The pictures in this area are the work of Jeremy Le Grice, who was a founder member of the Penwith Gallery.   Early in Le Grice’s career Peter Lanyon was a great mentor, encouraged him in his work, and brought visiting galleries to his studio in St Just. He attended Peter Lanyon’s first summer […]

Studio Gallery: ‘Artists of the Penwith Studios’ exhibition

9th November 2019 - 11th January 2020

Private View: Friday 8th November, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!   Artists of the Penwith Studios   Rachael Levine, John Charles Clark, Mary Ann Green, Rachael Kantaris, Jenny Woodhouse, David Moore, Laura McCrossen, Mark Verry and Tamsyn Williams. The Penwith Society of Artists, founded in 1949, has been synonymous with the history of […]

New Gallery: Associates’ Winter Exhibition

9th November 2019 - 11th January 2020

Private View: Friday 8th November, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Main Gallery: Members’ Winter Exhibition

9th November 2019 - 11th January 2020

Private View: Friday 8th November, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Corner Gallery: Margo Maeckelberghe

9th November 2019 - 11th January 2020

The Corner Gallery houses regular displays of archival material and artwork which celebrate founding members and artists related to the Society. The current exhibition features original works by Margo Maeckelberghe.   Margo Maeckelberghe 1932 – 2014 Born in Penzance of Cornish parentage, Margo Maeckelberghe attended the Penzance School of Art, followed by the Bath Academy […]

Studio Gallery: Sally Spens and Philip Wakeham

5th October 2019 - 2nd November 2019

Private View: Friday 4th October, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend! An exhibition of sculpture by Philip Wakeham and etchings by Sally Spens Venice is the underlying theme of the exhibition, a city that has inspired countless artists and is astonishing in its beauty and resilience. Many hands and visions have been instrumental in […]

New Gallery: 70th Anniversary of Penwith Society of Arts.

5th October 2019 - 2nd November 2019

‘The Penwith – A Society Like No Other’ 70th Anniversary Exhibition 5th October to 2nd November 2019 Private View: Friday 4th October, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend! At the centre of any account of modern art in St Ives are the artists and volatile history of the Penwith Society of Arts. In 1949, […]

Studio Gallery: Peter Wray and Judy Collins

31st August 2019 - 28th September 2019

Of Land and Sea: Recent collaborative paintings by Peter Wray and Judy Collins Private View: Friday 30th August, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!   Peter Wray and Judy Collins have been collaborative painters for some thirteen years, and, since moving to Cornwall in early 2009, have established themselves as an influential and well-respected […]

New Gallery: Noel Betowski – In The Fold 2

31st August 2019 - 28th September 2019

Private View: Friday 30th August, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!   Sixty five large scale paintings arranged as one, predominantly abstract and based on the concept of Entoptic Phenomena, dating from 1979-2019. Incorporating weaving by Pamela Jane Betowski.   Noel Betowski has exhibited widely in public and private galleries including The Royal Academy, […]

Corner Gallery: Wilhelmina Barns – Graham Exhibition

31st August 2019 - 22nd November 2019

The Corner Gallery houses regular displays of archival material and artwork which celebrate founding members and artists related to the Society. The current exhibition features original works by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.   Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912 – 2004 Wilhelmina Barns-Graham spent nearly all of her working-life, some sixty-plus years, living in St Ives. From the moment she […]

Main Gallery: Members’ Autumn Exhibition

30th August 2019 - 2nd November 2019

Private View: Friday 30th August, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Studio Gallery: Echoes

27th July 2019 - 24th August 2019

Group exhibition from Sue Davis, Lesley Harry and Jane Smith. Private View: Friday 26th July, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!   What are the Echoes inspiring the new work of Sue Davis, Lesley Harry and Jane Smith? Visitors to the ‘Echoes’ exhibition of paintings, original prints, glass and ceramic from 27th July to […]

New Gallery: Associates’ Summer Exhibition

27th July 2019 - 24th August 2019

Private View: Friday 26th July, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Studio Gallery: Peter Morrell ‘Retrospective Continued’

22nd June 2019 - 20th July 2019

Peter Morrell was born in Devon in 1931, and had “endured” 14 different schools by the age of 16.  He was apprenticed as a cabinet maker from 1947 to 1949, during which time he began to paint.  After a period of National Service in the RAF ending in 1951, he tried various jobs before being […]

New Gallery: Society of Wood Engravers

22nd June 2019 - 20th July 2019

Private View: Friday 21st June, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend! This exhibition is a showcase for some of the best wood engravings from Britain and around the world. The prints are chosen from an open submission and include other relief prints – linocuts and woodcuts. Whilst contemporary wood engravers all use the same […]

Main Gallery: Members’ Summer Exhibition

21st June 2019 - 24th August 2019

Private View: Friday 21st June, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Studio Gallery: In Our Element

18th May 2019 - 15th June 2019

In Our Element Group exhibition by Mary Taylor, Helene Fletcher & Jenny Beavan. Studio Gallery ‘In Our Element’ is an exhibition by three artists living in Cornwall: Two painters Mary Taylor and Helene Fletcher and a ceramist Jenny Beavan. Their Summer exhibition showing at the Penwith Gallery focuses on the elements that they are drawn to, […]

New Gallery: Still Picking Bones

18th May 2019 - 15th June 2019

Exhibition by artist Martin Procter with ceramicist Laurel Keeley Private View: Friday 17th May, 17:30 – 19:30 Meet The Artists: Saturday 18th May, 11:00- 15:00 & Saturday 1st June, 11:00 – 13:00   All welcome to attend! The connecting theme of this exhibition of Martin’s paintings with Laurel’s ceramics is to do with their individual […]

Studio Gallery: Saul Cathcart – Considered Intuition

26th April 2019 - 11th May 2019

Private View: Friday 26th April, 17:30 -19:30 All welcome to attend!   “Knowing when to stop and leave a painting alone is something every artist has to confront and question. If you don’t sort this out, then you are forever disappointed with the result. My work has to excite me, but I also want this […]

New Gallery: Abstract 7

13th April 2019 - 11th May 2019

Group exhibition from artists Christine Allen, Sue Davis, Sean Hewitt, Richard Holliday, Paul Jackson, Peter Morrell and Frank Phelan. Private View: Friday 12th April, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!   ‘Abstraction is a means of enlightenment, a kind of magic that reveals images of inner feelings beyond thought or mind. The work is […]

Studio Gallery: Michael Carter – The Face In The Studio

13th April 2019 - 23rd April 2019

Private View: Friday 12th April, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend! Exhibiting 35 black-and-white A3 portraits of current Members of Penwith Society of Arts and 35 A4 laminated sheets of large-print quotes about the artists drawn from the book.

Main Gallery: Members’ Spring Exhibition

12th April 2019 - 15th June 2019

Members’ Spring Exhibition Private View: Friday 12th April, 17:30 – 19:30!

Main Gallery: Terry Pope ‘Subjective Object Construction No 5’

1st April 2019 - 15th June 2019

Terry Pope ‘Subjective Object Construction No 5’ Based in Cornwall, Terry Pope is a British sculptor, maker of constructions, painter and art teacher, known for being one of the pioneers of Constructivist art in post-war times. His work is part of an experimental process to better understand the way we see and perceive space. Originally […]

New Gallery: St. Ives School of Painting: Young Artists

29th March 2019 - 6th April 2019

St. Ives School of Painting: Young Artists Presentation evening: Friday 5th April, 17:30 – 19:30   Cornwall’s young artists burst onto the St Ives art scene next week in the St Ives School of Painting Young Artists’ exhibition at the historic Penwith Gallery from Friday 29th March to Saturday 6th April. The show will culminate with […]

Studio Gallery: Liz Cleves

9th March 2019 - 6th April 2019

Private View: Friday 8th March, 17:30 – 19:30 Artist Statement: “Painting is a matter of fact for me. I am drawn to colour and to the surface of canvas. There is a certain alchemy within the process of mixing pigments, and putting them to work… a process that runs parallel to creating the picture itself. […]

New Gallery: St. Ives School of Painting: The Porthmeor Programme

9th March 2019 - 23rd March 2019

St. Ives School of Painting: The Porthmeor Programme Private View: Friday 8th March, 18:00- 20:00  This March at the Penwith Gallery see the fourth exhibition of the St Ives School of Painting’s Porthmeor Programme. This is a year long course run over 8 weekends which aims to explore, understand and develop the artist’s individual creative […]

Corner Gallery: Wilhelmina Barns – Graham and Breon O’Casey exhibition

2nd February 2019 - 27th August 2019

The Corner Gallery houses regular displays of archival material and artwork which celebrate founding members and artists related to the Society. The current exhibition features original works by Breon O’Casey. Breon O’Casey 1928–2011 ‘I am an abstract painter closer, in my work,to the older definition of a still-life painter than a landscape painter. A painter, […]

Studio Gallery: In a Silent Way

2nd February 2019 - 2nd March 2019

Joint exhibition by sculptor Richard Holliday and artist Sean Hewitt in our Studio Gallery. Private View: 1st February 2019. 5:30 – 7:30, all welcome.   Through colour and form, two and three dimensions, canvas and stone, two accomplished artists attempt to explore the meaning of sound and silence through the conduit of Miles Davis “In a […]

New Gallery: Associate Members’ Exhibition

2nd February 2019 - 2nd March 2019

Exhibiting a variety of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings and prints from our Associate Members’. Private View: 1st February 2019. 17:30 – 19:30, all welcome.

Corner Gallery: Breon O’Casey Exhibition

2nd February 2019 - 30th September 2019

The Corner Gallery houses regular displays of archival material and artwork which celebrate founding members and artists related to the Society. The current exhibition features original works by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and Breon O’Casey. Breon O’Casey 1928–2011 ‘I am an abstract painter closer, in my work,to the older definition of a still-life painter than a landscape […]

Main Gallery: Members’ Exhibition

1st February 2019 - 6th April 2019

Private View: Friday 1st February, 17:30 – 19:30