Past
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Unseen Silence
Nell Brookfield and Heidrun Rathgeb 10 May - 7 Jun 2025 Unseen Silence brings together painters Nell Brookfield and Heidrun Rathgeb who share a curiosity to explore and observe, revealing states of being, within the confinements of today's often frenetic world. Captured through drawings, before they are laid bare onto the canvas, the figurative and abstract converse to reflect universal narratives... Read more -
Kathryn Maple: Beneath the Swamp Cypress
Frieze, No.9 Cork Street 25 Apr - 10 May 2025 As if submerged by nature, Kathryn Maple's landscapes, fresh with a sense of discovery and vibrancy, bring us closer to the forms at the essence of the natural world. Captivated by the lumps and clusters found in nature, this group of paintings takes these obscure forms and their environment as... Read more -
Jonathan Michael Ray: Field Work
14 Mar - 3 May 2025 Field Work is an exhibition about a distinct moment in time in Jonathan Michael Ray's life, but it is also an archaeological dig through impermanence. In 2023, Ray spent a month on residency in Orkney and, as an artist who lives and works in Cornwall, the isles of Mainland, Hoy... Read more -
Alexis Soul-Gray: Memory Play
18 Jan - 8 Mar 2025 Within this body of densely watchable new works there is a sense of crush emerging in a carefully managed tumult of imagery and texture tousling for foreground status. We are witness to an organised parade of fallings apart and comings together as they provoke a sort of merry-go-round methodology, within... Read more -
Ambrosine Allen: In the Course of Ages
15 Nov 2024 - 11 Jan 2025 In The Course of Ages is a solo show of new work by artist Ambrosine Allen. Connected by a sense of time, this new body of work memorialises landscapes in their moments of urgency and transformation. Chaotic and foreboding yet beautiful and fantastical these landscapes emerge in an eruption of... Read more -
Des Hughes: Empty House
14 Sep - 2 Nov 2024 It all starts in the studio for Des Hughes. Where that studio might be, or in what form, is not fully determined. Hughes embraces temporary spaces that rid him of the responsibilities and pressure that more formal spaces can impose over time. Makeshift and temporary, his studio functions as an... Read more -
Laura Ford: Under This Roof
6 Jul - 8 Sep 2024 Under This Roof is a solo exhibition of new work by British artist Laura Ford. Leaving all sense of rules and reality at the door, Ford's playful sculptures invite us into a mysterious and magical wonderland. A theatre of the absurd, this exhibition encompasses several acts happening all at once.... Read more -
Will Cruickshank: Way Station
25 May - 30 Jun 2024 Way Station is a solo exhibition by Will Cruickshank, who creates tactile and often textile-based sculptures that are visually harmonious in form, pattern and colour. Using repurposed equipment such as cement mixers, bicycles and potter's wheels, his practice harnesses the repeating nature of these machines to sculpt, wrap and turn... Read more -
Kathryn Maple: Encounters
19 Apr - 18 May 2024 For her first solo show at Bo Lee and Workman, Kathryn Maple is exhibiting a series of new paintings rich with bold colours that captivate the senses and transport you to the natural world. Painting from life, Maple’s work draws from the observations made from her everyday encounters. Like shadows... Read more -
Olivia Bax: Cavalcade
9 Mar - 13 Apr 2024 Cavalcade is a solo exhibition of new work by artist Olivia Bax. Situated in a former Methodist church, the sculptures respond to the space’s distinctive architecture. A cluster of enigmatic forms stand in the balcony pews like a choir, peering down, observing the sculptures from which they have been separated.... Read more -
The Guts and The Glory
19 Jan - 2 Mar 2024 The Guts and The Glory brings together the works of six painters and sculptors. The artists each utilise visual language borrowed from art history to offer a contemporary perspective that remains relevant to concerns of today. Often with an expressive handling of the material, a raw and personal angle is... Read more -
Lindsey Bull: Into the Night
10 Nov 2023 - 13 Jan 2024 Into the Night is a solo exhibition of paintings by British artist Lindsey Bull. Drawing inspiration from the avant-garde storytelling of fashion editorials, Bull's androgynous and enigmatic female figures exude a timeless glamour in their bold and vibrant attire. Her paintings celebrate clothing and costume as a vital form of... Read more -
Amy Stephens: Persistence of Land
29 Sep - 4 Nov 2023 Underpinned by a fascination with geology and travel, Amy Stephens is interested in how we reuse, recycle, and re-appropriate materials from our daily environment. Using photography and collage, works emerge through stages of exploration, materialising as three-dimensional structures. These monolithic forms, or geological artefacts, generate a new perspective on the... Read more -
Ways of Seeing
3 Aug - 23 Sep 2023 Inspired by the ground-breaking book ‘Ways of Seeing’ by John Berger, Bo Lee and Workman presents an exhibition that takes viewers on a visual journey. Exploring the complexities of perception and interpretation, the works of these 5 artists challenge traditional notions of art, subvert visual codes and expectations and invite... Read more -
Kim Booker: I Want To Live Twice
1 - 29 Jul 2023 I Want to Live Twice is a solo exhibition by British artist Kim Booker. Situated in a former Methodist chapel, the exhibition explores an existential theme fitting for its setting: a fear of death and a desire for more time, signifying a more personal shift in Booker’s practice. Working in... Read more -
Jonathan Michael Ray: The Voice in the Shadow
19 May - 24 Jun 2023 Ray takes his inspiration from a variety of sources such as ancient alphabets, archaeological collections, and sacred sites, but also science-fiction, fantasy and modern abstraction. Titled The Voice in the Shadow (19 May – 24 June), the site-specific project in the converted Methodist church, consists of mixed-media works, exploring the... Read more -
LAURA FORD: REVEAL AND CONCEAL
10 Sep 2022 - 2 Jan 2023 We are delighted to support Reveal and Conceal, a new exhibition showcasing current and existing works by Welsh Artist Laura Ford, featuring a reconvening of characters from the past two decades of Laura’s work, as well as a collection of new feline characters Laura has created for this show. The... Read more -
Des Hughes: Work is a Four Letter Word
20 Aug - 4 Sep 2022 'Work is a Four Letter Word’, is a solo exhibition of textile works, painting and sculpture by British artist Des Hughes, held at St Peter’s Church in Redlynch, Bruton. In this body of work, Hughes explores how casual and subconscious mark-making can be made permanent, both drawn and sculpted, while... Read more -
Two Rooms: Lindsey Bull and Will Cruickshank
1 - 17 Jul 2022 We are delighted to announce Two Rooms, a two person exhibition featuring watercolours and oil paintings by Lindsey Bull alongside textile sculptures by Will Cruickshank. Painted facing away in minimal washy strokes, Bull's stylish figures embody a whimsical air of intrigue that resists interpretation and instead celebrates self-expression through vibrant... Read more -
Flock
20 May - 11 Jun 2022 Held at a beautiful chapel on the edge of Bruton, the inaugural exhibition by Bo Lee and Workman features a selection of sculptors repurposing different forms and materials essential to collective rituals, habits and principles. In these tactile sculptures, objects with religious or domestic connotations are made playful, witty or... Read more -
Camouflage: A solo show by Lindsey Bull
Copeland Gallery, London 3 - 7 Nov 2021 A desire to dress up and try on another persona characterises Lindsey Bull’s band of misfits and outsiders, and in her new series Camouflage, their likeness to fashion imagery has been illuminated. These paintings carry the sense of performance and un-reality always present in fashion shoots and magazines. Bull is... Read more -
Third Nature
Copeland Gallery, London 3 - 7 Nov 2021 In his new series of paintings ‘Third Nature’, Tomas Harker confronts the overlooked surrealism of contemporary life in which commonplace objects and devices are intermeshed with the untouched natural world. These are made from collages of images from varied sources, with often conflicting semiotic value systems. Sources include film screenshots,... Read more -
In Conversation: Part I
Clare Burnett | Adeline De Monseignat | Benjamin Cohen 8 - 20 Mar 2021 In Conversation is a series of group exhibitions taking place throughout 2021, curated to draw parallels between practices both visually and conceptually. Displayed within the historical setting of Beckenham Place Mansion , the first instalment of In Conversation brings together three sculptors. Each led by materiality and the juxtaposition of... Read more -
3.3
Lindsey Bull, Minyoung Choi, Nettle Grellier 29 May - 25 Jul 2020 3.3 | Lindsey Bull, Minyoung Choi, Nettle Grellier Read more -
3.2
Julie Cockburn | Will Cruickshank | Sean Molloy. 22 Apr - 9 May 2020 For our spring programme we will present three exhibitions, each featuring three works by three different artists. Titled 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3, these are inspired by the rule of three, the writing principle that a trio is more pleasing and effective and offers the minimum quantity required to form a... Read more -
3.1
Jonathan Michael Ray | Jess Littlewood | Rebecca Partridge. 20 Mar - 11 Apr 2020 For our spring programme we will present three exhibitions, each featuring three works by three different artists. Titled 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3, these are inspired by the rule of three, the writing principle that a trio is more pleasing and effective and offers the minimum quantity required to form a... Read more
