Main Gallery: Members’ Exhibition

1st February 2019 - 6th April 2019

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Main Gallery: Members’ Spring Exhibition

12th April 2019 - 15th June 2019

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

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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: 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 […]

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!

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: 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 […]

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: ‘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: 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 - 4th April 2020

Private View: Friday 31st January, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

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 - 2nd May 2020

Jeremy Le Grice, on show in our Corner Gallery Feb-May 2020 You are invited to the private view Friday 31st January 17:30-19:30, all welcome to join us! 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 […]

Studio Gallery: Sue Watt ‘Spinning on Porthmeor’

7th March 2020 - 4th April 2020

Sue Watt ‘Spinning on Porthmeor’ Private View: Friday 6th March, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend! 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 […]

New Gallery: South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts

7th March 2020 - 4th April 2020

Private View: Friday 6th March, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend! 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. […]

Studio Gallery: Steffie Richards

11th April 2020 - 9th May 2020

Steffie Richards 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 again… Finding myself […]

New Gallery: Plymouth Society of Artists

11th April 2020 - 9th 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 […]

Main Gallery: Members Spring Exhibition

11th April 2020 - 13th June 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: Susan Thomas

16th May 2020 - 13th June 2020

Private View: Friday 15th May, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

New Gallery: 21 Group

16th May 2020 - 13th June 2020

Private View: Friday 15th May, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend! 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 […]

Main Gallery: Members Summer Exhibition

20th June 2020 - 22nd August 2020

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

Studio Gallery: Colin Caffell

20th June 2020 - 18th July 2020

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

New Gallery: Michael Praed

20th June 2020 - 18th July 2020

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

Studio Gallery: David Moore

25th July 2020 - 22nd August 2020

Private View: Friday 24th July, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

New Gallery: Associates Summer Exhibition

25th July 2020 - 22nd August 2020

Private View: Friday 24th July, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Main Gallery: Members Autumn Exhibition

29th August 2020 - 31st October 2020

Private View: Friday 28th August, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Studio Gallery: Stephanie Sandercock

29th August 2020 - 26th September 2020

Private View: Friday 28th August, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

New Gallery: Angela Annesley

29th August 2020 - 26th September 2020

Private View: Friday 28th August, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Studio Gallery: Paula Downing

3rd October 2020 - 31st October 2020

Private View: Friday 2nd October, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

New Gallery: Caroline Hall

3rd October 2020 - 31st October 2020

Private View: Friday 2nd October, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Main Gallery: Members Winter Exhibition

7th November 2020 - 9th January 2021

Private View: Friday 6th November, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Studio Gallery: Bruce Timson

7th November 2020 - 5th December 2020

Private View: Friday 6th November, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

New Gallery: Associates Winter Exhibition

7th November 2020 - 9th January 2021

Private View: Friday 6th November, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Studio Gallery: Paul Jackson

12th December 2020 - 9th January 2021

Private View: Friday 11th December, 17:30 – 19:30 All welcome to attend!

Current Exhibitions

1st February 2019 - 6th April 2019

2nd February 2019 - 27th August 2019

2nd February 2019 - 2nd March 2019

2nd February 2019 - 2nd March 2019

2nd February 2019 - 30th September 2019

9th March 2019 - 6th April 2019

9th March 2019 - 23rd March 2019

29th March 2019 - 6th April 2019

1st April 2019 - 15th June 2019

12th April 2019 - 15th June 2019

13th April 2019 - 11th May 2019

13th April 2019 - 23rd April 2019

26th April 2019 - 11th May 2019

18th May 2019 - 15th June 2019

18th May 2019 - 15th June 2019

21st June 2019 - 24th August 2019

22nd June 2019 - 20th July 2019

22nd June 2019 - 20th July 2019

27th July 2019 - 24th August 2019

27th July 2019 - 24th August 2019

30th August 2019 - 2nd November 2019

31st August 2019 - 28th September 2019

31st August 2019 - 28th September 2019

31st August 2019 - 22nd November 2019

5th October 2019 - 2nd November 2019

5th October 2019 - 2nd November 2019

9th November 2019 - 11th January 2020

9th November 2019 - 11th January 2020

9th November 2019 - 11th January 2020

9th November 2019 - 11th January 2020

1st February 2020 - 29th February 2020

1st February 2020 - 4th April 2020

1st February 2020 - 29th February 2020

1st February 2020 - 2nd May 2020

7th March 2020 - 4th April 2020

7th March 2020 - 4th April 2020

11th April 2020 - 9th May 2020

11th April 2020 - 9th May 2020

11th April 2020 - 13th June 2020

16th May 2020 - 13th June 2020

16th May 2020 - 13th June 2020

20th June 2020 - 22nd August 2020

20th June 2020 - 18th July 2020

20th June 2020 - 18th July 2020

25th July 2020 - 22nd August 2020

25th July 2020 - 22nd August 2020

29th August 2020 - 31st October 2020

29th August 2020 - 26th September 2020

29th August 2020 - 26th September 2020

3rd October 2020 - 31st October 2020

3rd October 2020 - 31st October 2020

7th November 2020 - 9th January 2021

7th November 2020 - 5th December 2020

7th November 2020 - 9th January 2021

12th December 2020 - 9th January 2021