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by
Jesse Alexander
exhibition opens: 15.08.09 - 30.08.09
For millenia, and throughout
every culture, the subterranean has been a setting for mythologies
and folklore, with a prince of the underworld keeping guard
in almost every known religion. Although caves and the the
underground are culturally known for where beasts reside
and where bad things can happen, they have also functioned
as sites of initiation as well as provided shelter and sanctuary....
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Tim Richardson
exhibition opens: 11.07.09 - 26.07.09
Tim Richardson has always been
a practitioner in the arts. From an early age drawing on
every available surface this eventually led to art college.
Following a design based course his interests took him to
London working for a landscape architectural practise and
later graphics studios. With many disciplines learnt and
contracts completed, the interest in colour led Richardson,
in 2003, to hold his first solo exhibition of 30 paste paintings.
Since then he has not stopped producing work to commission
and holding two major shows a year.
The O3 gallery will be showing a selection of Richardson’s
most recent work during the second half of July...
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by
Various Artists
exhibition opened: 02.05.09 - 31.05.09
The O3 Gallery in Oxford welcomes
an exhibition of stunning photographic images by local landscape
and travel photographer Sarah Howard.
Following on from Sarah’s highly successful solo exhibition
at the Mill Arts Centre in Banbury late last year,
“In My View”, a month long show, previews at the Oxford
Castle complex on June 6th and is set to inspire fellow
photographers, artists and lovers of the landscape.
Since developing her interest in photography whilst
traveling overseas, it has become an ever strengthening
passion for Sarah who now devotes much of her time
to creating her inspirational and evocative images. ....
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Various Artists
exhibition opened: 02.05.09 - 31.05.09
A collaboration between the O3
Gallery, Oxford Artweeks and The Oxford Wine Company. A display
of selected entries to the Artweeks Art Wine Competition
including the overall winner.
Artists have been asked to design a wine label for
a new premium, full-bodied red wine from an estate
in the Languedoc region of France. Selected entries
will be on show and available to purchase throughout
Oxford Artweeks....
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Curated
by Diane Jones-Parry and Annabel Ralphs (Metron)
exhibition opened: 28.03.09 - 26.04.09
Endnotes: Celebrating Books
and Libraries. Curated by Diane Jones-Parry and Annabel
Ralphs (Metron). Books which have reached the end of their
shelf life were kindly donated by the Central Oxford Library.
They were randomly selected with an emphasis on variety.
Pairs of books with contrasting content were wrapped and
selected unseen by the participating artists. Each artist
was invited to respond to their books in any way they chose
with an awareness of the possibilities offered by the O3
exhibition space. The responses have been extraordinary
and imaginative; a varied and exciting interpretation of
literature through other art forms. Featuring Painting,
Sculpture, Animation, Film, Sound and movement performances...
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Chris Perrett
exhibition opened: 21.02.09 - 22.03.09
Opened on Saturday 21st February,
Escape is an exhibition of beautiful natural landscapes by
South Oxfordshire artist Chris Perrett. Featuring abstract
and semi-abstract works, the exhibition will introduce Perret’s
style to a wider Oxfordshire audience. Perret studied at
Wimbledon School of Art in London and frequently spends much
of his time painting in Dorset...
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by
Melissa Sturgeon
exhibition opened: 17.01.09 - 15.02.09
After developing a love of painting
buildings and street scenes as a student of Falmouth School
of Art Melissa Sturgeon has continued to represent this theme
in her work. FAÇADE is her first major solo exhibition and
features scenes of doorways and atmospheric street corners,
capturing figures and architecture together in a splendid
display of colour and detail...
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Helen Pakeman
exhibition opened: 28.11.08 - 11.01.09
The O3 Gallery would like to
welcome Helen Pakeman to exhibit her series of evocative
portraits this holiday season. We have named the exhibition
Eye to Eye since Pakeman’s drawings focus on striking portrayals
of unknown faces, often women and children, who engage with
the viewer through direct eye contact.
Originally from a retail background with franchises in The
Body Shop, Helen Pakeman turned her back on business and
started to train in Fine Art. She gained a degree in Drawing
from Bath University in 2006 and has worked as an artist
since, with group exhibitions in Swindon, Bath and Oxford
Artweeks.
She also works as an illustrator for the Charity ‘Wells for
India’ on a voluntary basis and is hoping to visit projects
in Rajasthan in January/February 2009...
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Kieran Stiles
exhibition opened: 25.10.08 - 23.11.08
This Autumn the O3 Gallery will
present a selection of works by landscape painter Kieran
Stiles to coincide with Oxford Castle’s Earth From The Air
exhibition of photographs by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
Kieran has exhibited in various galleries in London and Oxford
and this exhibition follows the recent success of shows in
Oxford’s Said Gallery and The Stables Gallery. Please join
us to view brand new work by this talented painter...
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Roddy McColl
exhibition opened: 20.09.08 - 19.10.08
The O3 Gallery is proud to present
a series of stunning photographic images by Oxfordshire photographer
Roddy McColl. The exhibition entitled Port Meadow: A Year
in Photographs captures the many changes seen in this beautiful
setting across a year. A selection of the images presented
in this show have been exhibited at the Cherwell Boathouse
earlier in 2008 and were described as "...moodily atmospheric..." by
the Sunday Telegraph.
'Port Meadow is an incredibly exciting
place for a photographer; the broad open space heightens
appreciation of the subtle changes in landscape, not only
through the seasons, but on a daily basis and in a way unrecognised
by the city. Many landscape photographers make a special
effort to exclude any sign of human activity, purely focusing
on the 'unspoilt' beauty of a scene...
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Various Artists
exhibition opened: 16.08.08 - 14.09.08
Selected local artists will show work on the theme of 'Alternative Oxford'. This open competition gave artists the chance to submit artwork that contributes to the idea of opening up unseen areas of Oxford, or is an innovative take on a traditional view. The twenty selected participants showing work in the exhibition live in the county and each artist has been asked to submit just one piece of work each. Every exhibit has it’s own unique story to tell and accompanying literature will add insight to the visual clues. We hope this exhibition will be a striking view of the city through the eyes of our artistic community.
Selected work includes a wide range of media. Abstract paintings are juxtaposed with documentary photographs...
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Stephen Gray
exhibition opened: 16.07.08 - 10.08.08
Treescapes & Skylines: An exhibition
of Stephen Gray's current expressive series of ink and watercolour
paintings, exploring the countryside and waterways where
he lives in Oxfordshire.
Stephen studied at the West Sussex College of Design and has a background in
graphic design and illustration, working for design consultancies
and advertising agencies in the UK and overseas. His paintings
reflect aspects of his training and experience, showing a
keen eye for graphic content, surface texture and detail,
all tied to a strong use of colour.
"The starting point with my painting, from the conceptual process through to
the finished work, is influenced by location and the medium I'm using. This Treescape
series is largely influenced by being out in the country...
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Susan Bonham
exhibition opened: 07.06.08 - 06.07.08
Serendipity: Artist and Photographer
Susan Bonham displays her recent collection of Contemporary
Abstract Photographic prints in the O3 Gallery. These form
part of a larger series of contemporary abstract composite
images that were inspired by her long-term fascination
with texture and colour found in the built environment.
The images are a natural progression from the large abstract
canvasses Bonham has painted previously, drawing on grid
structures. Bonham is particularly interested in the relationships
that are formed between the individual 'cells' within a
grid and how these elements affect a whole composition.
Oxford Born Susan Bonham moved to Reading where she obtained
an honours degree in Fine Art and Education...
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Various
Artists
exhibition opened: 01.05.08 - 01.06.08
Across the month of May Oxfordshire
displays its artistic talent in the visual arts realm through
Artweeks, Oxfordshire’s annual festival featuring special
exhibitions and open studios. The O3 Gallery will once
again be hosting a special taster exhibition of selected
works by participating Artweeks artists, featuring an accessible
and diverse selection of work in a range of media.
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60 Artweeks artists submitted a piece for the exhibition,
for reasons of space we have had to narrow that down to
just over 20...
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Various
Artists
exhibition opened: 29.03.08 - 23.04.08
The O3 Gallery welcomes several talented Oxfordshire children’s illustrators, including Korky Paul and Joanna Walsh, to display their current bodies of work. Coinciding with the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival and Oxford’s first Fringe Festival, this exhibition celebrates the crossing of boundaries between art and literature. The show will also feature a selection of works by local artists working with Books as their central theme, including photographic and sculptural pieces...
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Lynette Kay
exhibition opened: 16.02.08 - 16.03.08
The O3 gallery welcomes abstract
artist Lynette Kay. The Earth, Soul, Music exhibition will
display her rich and textured canvasses for the first time
in central Oxford...
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Wilbur Heynes
exhibition opened: 12.01.08 - 10.02.08
Heynes returns to the O3 Gallery
this January with a new body of work entitled 'Shine'. The
collection includes new steel sculptures and a photographic
series of refracted water abstractions.
Wilbur Heynes has
evolved a natural abstract style that flows through all the
branches of his work. The development of this technique presents
each piece reduced to its purest element. Never seeking to
dictate interpretation, every item engages the active imagination
of the viewer to create a flexible and dynamic relationship.
Having
read Classics at Nottingham University and studied portraiture
in Italy before Fine Art at Guildhall, Heynes then worked
as an assistant to the sculptor Hal Wilson, based in rural
France...
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Christine O'Sullivan
exhibition opened: 24.11.07 - 23.12.07
The O3 welcomes Banbury artist Christine O'Sullivan to display 'City Limits', a collection of bold canvasses combining strong colours and lines, inspired by the architectural urban landscapes of New York City. Her work takes pure abstraction into the world around us as she delights us with her vibrant use of colour and stimulates us with simplification of form. Working in series, the elements that make up an urban landscape - grid street patterns, road markings, neon colours, all find their way into her paintings. These elements abstracted result in a discordant mix of form and colour that resonate with the feel of the city...
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Marc Allen
exhibition opened: 13.10.07 - 11.11.07
Lights Plays: Freeing Light From
Fixed Form Meanings. An Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Art
Photography by Oxfordshire artist Marc Allen.
'Light Plays' are the results of Marc Allen's photographic
explorations and artistic research into removing light from
fixed form meanings. Through his art, Allen aims to question
how the viewer perceives and feels emotional responses to
light. The word photography means drawing with light and
LIGHT PLAYS gives meaning to drawing with light in the fullest
sense. With no knowledge of what the final image will look
like before the photograph is taken, Marc's serendipitous
process, does not evoke an original object but creates an
image of texture and colour...
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Claire Wiltsher
exhibition opened: 08.09.07 - 07.10.07
Journeys: A few years ago Claire
Wiltsher decided to embark on a personal adventure. She left
her job, sold her house, packed her bags and started a series
of journeys, personal travels to various corners of the world.
Along her way she started a collection of sketches, notes
and photos, along with the other paraphernalia that travelers
accumulate. On returning home a rich catalogue of ephemera
provided the ideas for something more stable and lasting...
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The
Elegance, Power and Free Spirit of the Horse
exhibition opened: 04.08.07 - 02.09.07
The O3 Gallery is pleased to introduce a long awaited exhibition of three artists of considerable repute.
The theme of this exhibition is the horse - a familiar part of the scenery in rural Oxfordshire. The exhibition will demonstrate the ability of our three artists to evoke the elegance, power and free spirit of horses and other animals.
Our painters, Barrie Linklater and Neil Cawthorne have both been consistent award winners in the society of Equestrian Artists exhibition which is held annually in the Mall Galleries in London. Our Sculptor is Lorne McKean whose reputation relates to equestrian studies, both natural and sporting, as well as other subjects drawn from life and portraiture, including members of The Royal Family...
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Peter Lavery
exhibition opened: 16.06.07 - 22.07.07
For the past twenty years Peter Lavery’s camera studies have been recording the ebb and flow of plant and animal life in the gardens, fields, and greenhouse at Brandiers Farm, his home in Wiltshire. His flower photographs - studies of moments of life and death - go beyond the ‘captured moment’ of traditional picture taking. By means of innovative camera work, these poetic floral portraits take photography to exciting new heights and may be said to encroach on the once exclusive territory of painting.
In rich, dramatic images that enhance our awareness of the world around us, Lavery’s pure forms demonstrate the abiding relationship between art and nature. A white penstemon, dew-spattered, at the pinnacle of floral perfection; rose petals, faded and fallen, the blooms in poignant decline; a lily, its once showy throat shriveling and limp...
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Various
Artists
exhibition opened: 12.05.07 - 10.06.07
This group exhibition coincides
with Oxfordshire's annual Artweeks festival, which features
special exhibitions and open studios.
Artweeks at o3 celebrates the dynamism of the festival by highlighting a diverse
selection of work in a range of media. The exhibition aims
to expose the breadth of artistic endeavour in the county,
and as a result, features a colourful and accessible collection
of artwork...
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Karen Purple
exhibition opened: 14.04.07 - 06.05.07
From April 14th The O3 Gallery will be presenting between here and there, a collection of new paintings on winter, weather and light by Oxfordshire artist Karen Purple.
This body of work responds to the artist’s environment, with images being found and created while walking in the local landscape, where Purple observes the effect of weather and light, noticing the minute details around her. During these walks the artist fills notebooks with words and images, using as her materials found pigment or soil, river water or muddy puddles...
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Vanitas
and The Seven Challenges of the Cnyht Bachelor by Justin
Neal
exhibition opened: 12.05.07 - 10.06.07
Vanitas & The Seven Challenges of the Cnyht Bachelor; a series of
photographs by Justin Neal which compare medieval values with those of
contemporary society...
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Mark Thompson
exhibition opened: 03.02.07 - 11.03.07
Breaking Silence is collection of works on paper that Mark Thompson has made in response to the landscapes of the extreme North. The artist has travelled extensively in Iceland, Scandinavia and Alaska, exploring the territory that informs his work, often in extreme weather conditions. On the periphery of what is known geographically, Thompson hopes to reach the horizons of human memory and experience, in order to record these encounters on paper afterwards. "The work is, in a sense, an excavation of these experiences", Thompson says. "Watching a storm building as I descend a glacier, knowing it will be a matter of minutes before I am drenched to the skin; tracing the paths of rivers across tundra and exploring long forgotten buildings, feeling my boots punching through frozen crusts of snow...
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Cambridge Jones
exhibition opened: 13.10.07 - 11.11.07
The RADA Centenary Portraits: a veritable ‘who’s who’
of British acting from stage and screen, captured by award
winning photographer Cambridge Jones.
Since taking his first ‘celebrity
portrait’ only two years ago, Cambridge Jones has quickly
built up a respected reputation for photographing the rich
and famous. From Prime Ministers to pop stars, Jones’ subjects
cannot help but be striking, but his powerful images of
them show us these well-known figures in a new light. For
The RADA Centenary Portraits, which have been previously
exhibited at The Getty Gallery, London and The National
Theatre, Southbank, London. Cambridge Jones presents portraits
of the great and good from British stage and screen, allowing
his feel for dramatic and iconic images really to come
into its own...
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