Past Exhibitions
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Jason Collingwood | Chapters
27th May 2022 - 24th June 2022This joint exhibition by husband and wife Jason Collingwood and Akiko Hirai will be Jason’s last and marks the end of his 30 year career as an internationally respected weaver. Over the last…
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Martha Holmes | White Tide
27th May 2022 - 24th June 2022White Tide introduces Martha’s largest works to date, painted on a mix of canvas and board.“Every time I paint in the same landscape, I become more familiar with its character:…
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Akiko Hirai | Chapters
27th May 2022 - 24th June 2022This joint exhibition by husband and wife Jason Collingwood and Akiko Hirai will be Jason’s last and marks the end of his 30 year career as an internationally respected weaver. In celebration of…
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Sarah Woods - Spring Collection
9th May 2022 - 20th May 2022The New Craftsman Spring Collection”Living and working beside the ocean is intuitive and gentle. This collection is slowly made with simple movements, forming large paintings on linen and canvas…
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Emma Jeffryes - Walking Cornwall
16th April 2022 - 13th May 2022We are delighted to showing Emma’s latest collection for 2022 in a major solo exhibition.“Walking the coast path is the most fantastic way to experience how diverse and truly stunning a county…
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Yo Thom - 2022 Collection
16th April 2022 - 14th May 2022We are very pleased to present a much anticipated exhibition of new ceramics by Yo Thom.Japanese potter Yo Thom works in the heart of the beautiful Dorset countryside, creating pieces that…
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Lieke Ritman - Eighty!
12th March 2022 - 9th April 2022We are delighted to be showing a very special collection of works by Lieke Ritman to celebrate her eightieth year!Lieke Ritman’s career as an artist is one enriched by international study, and a…
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Colin Orchard - Sunshine and Shadow, St Ives
19th February 2022 - 5th March 2022This special collection of paintings marks an important moment in the story of St Ives,and the career of distinguished artist Colin Orchard. Having been resident in the townfor…
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Stargazing - Gregory Warren Wilson & Friends
4th December 2021 - 4th January 2022For the very first time this December, we welcome Gregory Warren Wilson’s brilliantly colourful and innovative glass to New Craftsman Gallery.Gregory’s work plays with the translucent nature…
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Back to Back - Ralph Freeman & Alice Freeman
6th November 2021 - 27th November 2021Following the success of their 2017 New Craftsman show Bloodlines, we present a second collaborative exhibition by father and daughter Ralph and Alice Freeman. Ralph and Alice’s recent work…
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Back to Back - Alice Freeman & Ralph Freeman
6th November 2021 - 27th November 2021Following the success of their 2017 New Craftsman show Bloodlines, we present a second collaborative exhibition by father and daughter Ralph and Alice Freeman. Ralph and Alice’s recent work…
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Sarah Purvey - Glimpse
23rd October 2021 - 5th November 2021Sarah Purvey has produced a body of work which explores the relationship between her drawings on paper and her clay practice. Her large vessels bring together ideas of mark and form, and are known…
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Anna Calleja - On Hold
23rd October 2021 - 5th November 2021We are very pleased to present a beautiful collection of diminutive paintings by rising young Maltese artist Anna Calleja. Anna graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Falmouth University in…
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Sarah Woods - September Collection
11th September 2021 - 9th October 2021Painter and printmaker Sarah Woods achieves a pure andperfect translation of Cornwall’s unique light, wide spaces and low-key colour.This new collection is inspired by studies of the West…
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St Ives Modern and Contemporary
11th September 2021 - 2nd October 2021St Ives Modern and Contemporary exhibition brings together artists working in St Ives from the late 1920s.These artists include Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Terry Frost, Patrick Hayman, Barbara…
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Mindful Objects - Woven Stones
11th September 2021 - 25th September 2021We will be showing a beautiful collection of woven stones by Felicity Hall.We will also be co-hosting a workshop where you will make learn the craft of stone weaving.If you would like to join us…
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Rowena Brown - Ceramics
11th September 2021 - 9th October 2021Rowena works with heavily pigmented clays to construct evocative sculpturaland architectural forms. She was drawn initially to the motif of the abruptlyabandoned building…
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Nina Brooke - St Ives
14th August 2021 - 4th September 2021Painter Nina Brooke has gained an international reputation for her colourful representations of the beach and surf culture, all seen from an aerial perspective. Soaring high above the shores of…
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Lauren Nauman
14th August 2021 - 4th September 2021Ceramicist Lauren Nauman graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Masters in Ceramics & Glass. The traditional technique of slip casting is central to her practice, and the process of mold…
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Will Calver - Summer Collection
31st July 2021 - 7th August 2021This summer we present rising painter Will Calver’s latest collection of still-life works. Will graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Falmouth University in 2019, and now paints full time…
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Neil Davies - A Breath of Fresh Air
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Jin Eui Kim - 2021
3rd July 2021 - 24th July 2021“Depending on the arrangement, and by using gradients of width, interval, tone and contrast, illusory spatial phenomena can appear and significantly influence our perception of forms. My methods…
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Guy Royle - Collection for 2021
3rd July 2021 - 28th August 2021Guy Royle’s handcrafted jewellery is known for its superb, handcrafted quality and distinctive motifs. His necklaces, bangles, brooches and earrings are created at his West Cornwall studio using…
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Martha Holmes - Between Land and Sea
29th May 2021 - 26th June 2021This exhibition of fifty new works by rising young painter Martha Holmes is inspired by the beautiful Penwith coastline, and is comprised of a series of small studies and larger paintings which…
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Chris Keenan - For Use and Decoration
29th May 2021 - 26th June 2021Chris Keenan began his career as apprentice to potter Edmund de Waal. His first task was working with tenmoku and celadon glazes, a skill that has since become Chris’s specialism. In 1998 he…
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Adam Buick - Emergence
12th April 2021 - 15th May 2021Adam Buick’s new Emergence collection considers the sea, in particular the boundary between sea and land, and coastal communities whose mutual experience of the sea is a relationship that…
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Emma Jeffryes - Lanes, Hedgerow and Coast Path
12th April 2021 - 15th May 2021Emma’s new collection is inspired by the abundance of natural splendour we witnessed in Cornwall during the spring and early summer of Lockdown #1. As roads were silenced, air traffic ceased and…
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Rebecca Polyblank | Music For Those Who Listen
6th March 2021 - 20th March 2021This new collection by Rebecca Polyblank celebrates the detailed beauty of nature, and the precious sights and sounds that can delight our senses if we take the time to notice them. Rebecca lives…
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A Christmas Wish - Toni Potter
5th December 2020 - 4th January 2021‘The gift of living in a small town beside the sea Breathing, up Windsor Hill.Down through Barnoonto greet those who’ve long gone.Along Porthmeor,allowing the sea into my boots.Around the…
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A Christmas Wish
5th December 2020 - 4th January 2021The exhibition is accompanied by a rare collection of paintings by Cornelius Jakob Van Dop, and other works to inspire you for the Christmas season, including still life paintings by Clara Holmes…
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A Christmas Wish - Will Calver
5th December 2020 - 4th January 2021‘I have always sought stillness in my paintings, and this year more than ever I have found comfort and inspiration in the slow progress of the seasons, in the world of nature that surrounds my…
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A Christmas Wish - Cornelius Jakob Van Dop
5th December 2020 - 4th January 2021This December we mark the 75th birthday of jeweler and Master Craftsman Cornelius ‘Kes’ Jakob Van Dop, with a celebratory exhibition of 75 of his beautiful works. Kes has been a valued friend…
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A Christmas Wish - Sarah Woods
5th December 2020 - 4th January 2021‘A moment by the water and a cool sky lifts a soft pink sundown. We set up on the rocks, walk down and push into the sea with the evening light. Looking back the colours are turning and the land…
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A Christmas Wish - Liz Hough
5th December 2020 - 4th January 2021‘I take comfort in …Knowing the standing stones, paths and tracks are always thereWalking in this landscape and feeling its weather and elements is to feel alive Returning and noticing…
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A Christmas Wish - Clara Holmes
5th December 2020 - 4th January 2021‘Absorbing myself within my practice that is impervious to the chaos surrounding us all, is a privilege I value every day.’ In support of those enduring the pandemic without the…
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A Christmas Wish - Victoria Walker
5th December 2020 - 4th January 2021Diary Entry April 2020 ‘I dropped off some groceries for my parents today. Sat in the car, I picked up my phone to let them know I was outside with ‘the goods’. A quick…
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A Christmas Wish - Martha Holmes
5th December 2020 - 4th January 2021During these periods of stillness, I have found a sense of freedom in the ocean – its continual movement almost meditative in form.It’s presence, for me, has been a natural tonic. In support of…
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A Christmas Wish - Sally Holman
5th December 2020 - 4th January 2021Is the slowing down of time a spiritual experience? With fewer distractions do we see things fused together as one? Colours that we didn’t have time to notice before? For me, this year has been…
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Liz Hough - Stories from St Ives & Beyond
24th October 2020 - 28th November 2020This exhibition brings together the work of two very different artists, who nonetheless share an essential link to British Modernism and the history of painting in St Ives.Trevor Bell’s (1930…
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Trevor Bell - Stories from St Ives & Beyond (Works on Paper from a Private Collection)
24th October 2020 - 28th November 2020This exhibition brings together the work of two very different artists, who nonetheless share an essential link to British Modernism and the history of painting in St Ives.Trevor Bell’s (1930…
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Judy Buxton - Paintings 2020
12th September 2020 - 17th October 2020 -
Matthew Chambers - Sculptural Ceramics 2020
12th September 2020 - 17th October 2020 -
Of Place and Time - Adrian Mitchell - Woodturner
1st August 2020 - 5th September 2020The exhibition, Of Place and Time, brings together three artists working in distinctly different mediums; Painter, Martha Holmes, Wood Turner Adrian Mitchell and Ceramic Artist, Jack Doherty….
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Of Place and Time - Martha Holmes - Painter
1st August 2020 - 5th September 2020The exhibition, Of Place and Time, brings together three artists working in distinctly different mediums; Painter, Martha Holmes, Wood Turner Adrian Mitchell and Ceramic Artist, Jack Doherty. The…
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Of Place and Time - Jack Doherty - Ceramic Artist
1st August 2020 - 5th September 2020The exhibition, Of Place and Time, brings together three artists working in distinctly different mediums; Painter, Martha Holmes, Wood Turner Adrian Mitchell and Ceramic Artist, Jack Doherty. The…
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Akiko Hirai 2020
13th June 2020 - 24th July 2020Creating and delivering ceramic works during a pandemic has its challenges but Akiko has achieved it all for her exhibition with us at The New Craftsman.We are pleased to present a new collection…
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Neil Davies - Weathering the Storm
13th June 2020 - 24th July 2020New Craftsman Gallery presents landscape paintings by Neil Davies, exhibited at a moment when nature, now more than ever, has had a crucial role to play in both our physical and mental wellbeing….
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Will Calver - Shaping the Future
2nd May 2020 - 30th May 2020We are pleased to be showing three of The Royal College of Arts’ most promising new Ceramics and Glass Masters graduates, alongside work by rising young painter and Falmouth University graduate…
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Alice Walton - Shaping the Future
2nd May 2020 - 30th May 2020We are pleased to be showing three of The Royal College of Arts’ most promising new Ceramics and Glass Masters graduates, alongside work by rising young painter and Falmouth University graduate…
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HoJung Kim - Shaping the Future
2nd May 2020 - 30th May 2020We are pleased to be showing three of The Royal College of Arts’ most promising new Ceramics and Glass Masters graduates, alongside work by rising young painter and Falmouth University graduate…
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Chloé Bell - Shaping the Future
2nd May 2020 - 30th May 2020Chloé Rosetta Bell is as an artist as researcher. Material-focused and primarily working in clay, her practice examines the livelihoods that are dependent on a specific landscape. This is driven…
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Jack Doherty - Tableware
29th March 2020 - 25th April 2020“our homes are now world café’s. with libraries of cookbooks connecting us with world cultures and a fusion of global ideas about sharing, serving and presenting food. our tables are meeting…
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Emma Jeffryes - At the Water's Edge
26th March 2020 - 25th April 2020We are pleased to be showing the latest collection of Emma Jeffryes’ paintings. The exhibition entitled “At the Water’s Edge” will be on show from the 28th of March 2020 until 25th of April…
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A Christmas Gift
5th December 2019 - 4th January 2020Christmas at New Craftsman5 DECEMBER 2019 to 4 JANUARY 2020Please join us for sherry, mince pies and a special preview of our Christmas exhibition on Thursday 5th December 2-4pm.We celebrate the…
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Breon O'Casey - Rare Prints, Collages & Gouaches from the artist's personal collection
19th October 2019 - 30th November 2019This autumn, the New Craftsman Gallery presents a collection of rare and exceptionally beautiful handmade prints and collages by St Ives artist Breon O’Casey, in association with the…
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Elspeth Owen - A Line Made
19th October 2019 - 30th November 201919th October 2019 to 30th November 2019A collection of work spanning several decades by ceramicist Elspeth Owen. Her practice is focused on the tactile qualities of clay and the process of…
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Art of Gathering
14th September 2019 - 12th October 201914th September 2019 – 12th October 2019For the 2019 St Ives September Festival the New Craftsman Gallery will be showing the work of eight selected artists who use the act of gathering, collecting…
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Hilary Mayo - Fragile Field
8th August 2019 - 17th August 2019Hilary Mayo’s new collection of work continues her exploration of the spectacular Icelandic landscape. With a focus on hand-built forms detailed with multiple layers of glaze and applied marks,…
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Emma Williams - Sea View, Sea Blue
14th July 2019 - 14th July 2019 -
Neil Davies - Time and Tide
6th July 2019 - 27th July 2019 -
Jin Eui Kim - An Exhibition of works including the Development of Tonal Clays and Techniques towards new Artworks 2019
6th July 2019 - 27th July 2019My new project funded by Art Council of Wales was launched in May 2018 to develop new techniques to create artworks which have the potential to influence the viewer’s perception in…
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Guy Royle - New Work 2019
6th July 2019 - 27th July 2019Guy Royle has exhibited at the New Craftsman Gallery for several decades and is known for creating handcrafted jewellery of exceptional quality. As assistant to artist Breon O’Casey for nearly 30…
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John Piper - New Work 2019
27th April 2019 - 11th June 2019 -
Michael Praed - New Work 2019
27th April 2019 - 18th May 2019 -
Emma Jeffryes - Coastal
30th March 2019 - 24th April 2019 -
Adam Buick - 2019 Cornish Series III
30th March 2019 - 4th May 2019 -
Jonathan Parnham - Light from the North: Visual Explorations of Iceland
1st December 2018 - 5th January 2019 -
Akiko Hirai 2014
24th May 2014 - 24th May 2014 -
A Celebration of the work of Lucie Bray 1974 - 2014
24th May 2014 - 28th June 2014