St Marylebone Crypt group show

Red Strata, 2012
Oil/acrylic on handmade paper
© Julie Umerle

It's nearing the end of the year and almost time to take stock metaphorically speaking... What a year 2014 has been for me professionally! This year my work has been included in four group shows. I'm very pleased to have had the opportunity to exhibit with so many exciting artists and to show my paintings in some amazing spaces.

My final group show of the year begins on 8 December 2014 and runs until 1 January 2015. The exhibition is entitled  Contemporary British Painting and is hung in the crypt of St Marylebone Parish Church, London. It is an exhibition of small works by 40 contemporary painters. I'll be showing 'Red Strata' (above) which is just back from the framers and looks particularly festive at this time of year.

Artists for this show are:

Edwin Aitken | Amanda Ansell | Claudia Boase | Jon Braley | Julian Brown | Simon Burton | Andrew Crane | Pen Dalton | Lisa Denyer | Annabel Dover | Nathan Eastwood | Wendy Elia | Christopher Gee | Chris Gilvan-Cartright | Terry Greene | Susan Gunn | Alex Hanna | Marguerite Horner | Barbara Howey | Silvie Jacobi | Kelly Jayne | Sue Kennington | Matthew Krishanu | Bryan Lavelle | Nick Middleton | Andrew Munoz | Stephen Newton | Gideon Pain | Barbara Peirson | Alison Pilkington | Robert Priseman | Freya Purdue | James Quin | Greg Rook | Katherine Russell | David Sullivan | Judy Tucker | Julie Umerle | Jacquie Utley | Sean Williams.

2015 promises to be an equally exciting year with several group shows throughout the year, so please watch this space for announcements of dates and locations.

I look forward to meeting some of you at future events. In the meantime, thank you as always for reading my blog and for following me through 2014.

Contemporary British Painting

On 1st November 2014, 'Contemporary British Painting' opens at Huddersfield Art Gallery. Showcasing works by over sixty artists, this exhibition highlights work produced by painters practicing in Britain in the 21st Century. It runs until 14 March 2015. I am very much looking forward to exhibiting here and seeing the collection. This is the first time the 'Priseman-Seabrook Collection' will be on display.

Artists include:

Alison Pilkington, Iain Andrews, Paul Galyer, Jemima Watts, Monica Metsers, Annabel Dover, Andrew Munoz, James Quin, Lisa Denyer, Amanda Ansell, Fiona Eastwood, Bren Head, Simon Burton, Emma Cameron, Simon Carter, Barbara Howey, Gideon Pain, Matthew Krishanu, Anne-Marie Kolthammer, Kelly Jayne, Wendy Elia, Silvie Jacob, Linda Ingham, Natalie Dowse, David Sullivan, Susannah Douglas, Greg Rook, Judy Tucker, Katherine Russell, Jules Clarke, Nicholas Middleton, Nathan Eastwood, Alex Hanna, Stephen Newton, Pen Dalton, Susan Gunn, David Ainley, Claudia Boese, Terry Greene, Julian Brown, Sue Kennington, Ben Cove, Andrew Crane, Bryan Lavelle, Mary Webb, Ruth Philo, Freya Purdue, Julie Umerle, Kirsty O'Leary Lesson, Marguerite Horner, Harvey Taylor, Sam Douglas, Robert Priseman and Sean Williams.

Three group shows

I'm pleased to announce that I have three group shows opening before the end of the year. These shows are all in connection with the collective 'Contemporary British Painting' and a wonderful opportunity to get my work out into the world.

For those who follow my blog, you may remember that I wrote earlier this year in August about the 'Priseman-Seabrook collection of 21st Century British Painting'. The first showing of this collection of over sixty works, which includes one of my paintings, is at Huddersfield Art Gallery from 1st November 2014 - 14th March 2015. This exhibition is called 'Contemporary British Painting'. A catalogue will be published to accompany the exhibition, available through Amazon.

The second show is at Ipswich Art School Gallery from 15th November 2014 - 8th March 2015. This exhibition is called 'Paint Britain', with thirty-six participating artists.

The third show is at St Marylebone Crypt in London from 8th December 2014 to 4th January 2015, and is called 'Contemporary British Painting'. This is the group's annual christmas exhibition.

I hope you will be able to visit one or more of these exhibitions. At least now I'll be able to give a good response when people ask me where they can see my paintings!

Ipswich Art School Gallery

In November, I'll be exhibiting one of my paintings in a group show at  Ipswich Art School Gallery with forty-four artists from around the UK. The exhibition is curated by Simon Carter. 'Paint Britain' runs from 15 November - 8 March 2015. Please come to see the show if you can. Should be a lively show.

Ipswich Art School Gallery
1 Upper High Street
Ipswich
IP1 3QH

15th November - 8th March 2015
Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm

Artists include:

David Ainley, Julian Brown, Simon Carter, Ben Cove, Pen Dalton, Lisa Denyer, Sam Douglas, Annabel Dover, Natalie Dowse, Wendy Elia, Paul Galyer, Terry Greene, Susan Gunn, Alex Hanna, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Linda Ingham, Sue Kennington, Matthew Krishanu, Bryan Lavelle, Monica Metsers, Nick Middleton, Andrew Munoz, Stephen Newton, Gideon Pain, Ruth Philo, Alison Pilkington, Robert Priseman, Freya Purdue, Katherine Russell, David Sullivan, Harvey Taylor, Judy Tucker, Julie Umerle, Mary Webb, Nathan Eastwood, Fiona Eastwood, Sean Williams, Annabel Dover.

And this is the painting I'll be exhibiting....

Cobalt Green Light
© Julie Umerle

Contemporary British Painting

I have recently been invited to join Contemporary British Painting, a new platform for contemporary painting in the UK, and I'm delighted to be part of this. They aim to highlight work produced by a group of selected painters practicing in Britain today.

I'll be adding a page to their website next spring, and later this year (30 Nov-31 Dec 2014) I will be part of one of their group shows at The Crypt, St Marylebone Church, Marylebone Road, London NW1 where they are curating a series of exhibitions.

In November 2015, I will have a solo show of my paintings at St Marylebone Crypt and will also be part of several group exhibitions they are curating in the UK and USA in galleries and museums.

This is a great opportunity to expand my network and get more people to know about my work, and I am sure the group will go from strength to strength as it grows.

It's extremely important as an artist to interact with other artists at the risk of becoming too reclusive within one's own practice and studio group, so I'm interested to see how things will develop from here.