News: Current/upcoming exhibitions

Threshold
The Lock House, Richmond Lock and Weir, London TW1 1QZ
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Threshold:
a marginal place between opposing conditions;
a crossover or tipping point;
existential balance;
where urban habitat and natural habitat merge
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For the past two years, I have been working on an art residency at Northcote Nature Reserve and the tidal section of the River Crane, in collaboration with the reserve’s architect and designer, Astronaut Kawada. It is part of an ongoing ecology and community project of habitat enhancement and urban intervention that is unique not just locally but nationally.
Through my large scale charcoal drawings I am exploring the tenacity and fragility of plants in the nature reserve and river’s edge, along with a series of related paintings and sculptural extractions.
My work will be displayed in the unique setting of the Lock House at Richmond Lock and Weir, the design studio of Astronaut Kawada. The reciprocal processes used by the artist and architect mutually recognise the importance of detail, all of which contribute to enriching a place such as Northcote, even in such seemingly confrontational and fragile environments.
Thursday & Friday 15 & 16 May 6pm - 9pm
Sat/Sun 17th & 18th May, 11am - 5pm Sat/Sun 24th & 25th May, 11am - 5pm
or by appointment up until 30th May
RSVP to confirm preference: njrolls@hotmail.com
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Open Studios
Redlees Studios, Worton Road, Isleworth, London TW7 6DW ​
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Do come and share a glass of wine at my studio in West London - I will be there over the whole weekend and would love to show you what I am currently working on.
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Friday 6 June 6pm - 9pm
Saturday 7 June 11am - 5pm
Sunday 8 June 11am - 5pm
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Drawing on Ham Lands: Art and Interdependence
Ham Library, Ham St, Richmond TW10 7HR
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I am thrilled to be exhibiting together with stone sculptor, Amanda Randall, and Kew botanical artist and illustrator, Lucy Smith, in Ham Library from 12 June to 9 July. The work is in response to the plants of Ham Lands, a nature reserve adjacent to the River Thames between Richmond and Kingston, exploring their interdependence with other plants, humans and animals.
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Supported by Richmond Arts & Ideas Festival 2025​​
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12 June - 9 July, 2025
Evening with the artists on Monday 16 June
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Solo Exhibition: Tide and Time
One Paved Court, Richmond
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Recent large scale drawings, paintings, sculpture, audio and video work exploring the tenacity and resilience wild plants along the River Crane while acknowledging their vulnerability and fragility. ​
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3 - 28 September, 2025
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The Power of Water
Embroidery Gallery, Sunbury
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11 artists consider water related impacts of climate change: from flooding to melting ice caps, rising river and sea levels and coastal erosion, the immense power of water is the subject of this exhibition at Sunbury Gallery, right next to the River Thames.
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5 January - 3 March, 2026
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