Past
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Leigh Davis - Process
7 - 29 Nov 2024 Process - Leigh Davis' fourth solo exhibition at The Nine British Art opens on 7th November and features a new collection of thought-provoking paintings and sculptures. A successful contemporary artist, Davis has exhibited widely across Britain since 2012. His first major solo show, A New Perspective, was held at The Nine British Art in 2018, followed by Further into Abstraction in 2021 and Pushing Boundaries in 2022. Read more -
On View at Pall Mall
1 - 15 May 2024 This inaugural exhibition in the new gallery continues our philosophy of showcasing significant names from the Modern British era alongside lesser-known artists such as Martin Bradley, Jason Lilley and John Kingerlee. Over the past few months, we have acquired remarkable works by the St Ives artists Terry Frost, Patrick Heron,... Read more -
Modern British & Contemporary
20 Apr - 12 May 2023 Modern British & Contemporary featured paintings and sculpture from the 1940s to the present day by ground-breaking British artists including Frank Bowling, Paul Feiler, Elisabeth Frink, Anne Redpath, John Tunnard and Frank Avray Wilson. They are complemented by fresh new pieces from Jonathan Clarke, Leigh Davis, Peter Joyce, and Tommy... Read more -
LEIGH DAVIS - PUSHING BOUNDARIES
9 - 25 Nov 2022 In this latest exhibtiion, Pushing Boundaries, Leigh Davis completes his journey into abstraction; an assured, expressive series of layered paintings and sculptures which are less concerned with reflections on specific places, landscapes and structures and instead use memory, feel and instinct to create work that is more fluid, energetic and... Read more -
Between the Granite and the Strandline
Jonathan S Hooper 9 - 31 Mar 2022 Jonathan S Hooper
Cornish based artist
2nd London Exhibition Read more -
St Ives, Modern British, Contemporary
29 Jun - 23 Jul 2021 St Ives, Modern British, Contemporary featured paintings and sculpture from the 1930s to the present day by groundbreaking British artists including Trevor Bell, Roger Hilton and Bernard Meadows, Denis Mitchell, Glyn Philpot, and Jack Smith. They are complemented by fresh new pieces from Jonathan Clarke, Peter Joyce, and Tommy Rowe.... Read more -
LEIGH DAVIS - FURTHER INTO ABSTRACTION
14 - 30 Apr 2021 Leigh Davis
2nd London Exhibition
Isles of Scilly
Cornwall Read more -
Jeremy Gardiner - South by Southwest
The Coast Revealed, Kent to Cornwall 7 - 28 Oct 2020 Jeremy Gardiner is The Nine British Art’s most successful contemporary artist, his singular, semi-abstract and expressive take on coastal landscapes continually spurring him on to new vistas, places and spaces. South By Southwest, The Coast Revealed featured another intimate yet expansive collection of atmospheric work, revealing an artist revelling in... Read more -
St Ives, Modern British, Contemporary
15 Jun - 3 Jul 2020 This exhibition of thirty works will be on view virtually and in the gallery from Monday June 15th - Friday 3rd July. We are also offering home viewings and private viewings at the gallery outside of these times. St Ives, Modern British, Contemporary features important and sought-after work from Alfred... Read more -
JONATHAN S HOOPER - IN LANDSCAPE
13 - 29 Nov 2019 Jonathan S Hooper - Cornish based artist
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ST IVES - MODERN BRITISH - CONTEMPORARY
15 - 31 May 2019 This exhibition will include a key Barbara Hepworth painting from 1961 and two Patrick Herons from the same era, along with works by Julian Trevelyan and John Tunnard all from Private Collections. The Nine British Art has always been well-regarded for sculpture and is delighted to have two recent Denis... Read more -
Jeremy Gardiner - Tintagel to Lulworth Cove
The South West Coast Path 6 - 22 Mar 2019 Notes from Jeremy Gardiner about his forthcoming exhibition opening on 6th March The rocks that make up our island’s coast are ancient and diversified, representing a long and complicated history of events. They embody many periods of geological time and varieties of climate, from scorching heats to frozen wastes. During... Read more -
Leigh Davis - A New Perspective
10 - 26 Oct 2018 Fundamental to Leigh Davis ’ work is a sense of energy. Instinct is key, at the very centre of his bold, expressive abstract painting and intimate sculptures. The Nine British Art is therefore delighted to present the first major exhibition devoted to Davis’ work: A New Perspective (October 10 th... Read more -
St Ives & Post War
Summer Exhibition 6 - 22 Jun 2018 We are delighted to present our annual Summer Exhibition here at 9 Bury Street, focusing on the diversity and creativity of St Ives and post-war British art. Our regular St Ives artists are well represented. John Tunnard's Pipe Fish is a deft straddling of the divide between invention and surrealism,... Read more -
Gary Wragg - Still Soaring at 70
3 Nov - 8 Dec 2017 Reflecting the broad sweep of 50 years of artistic endeavour, the paintings in Still Soaring at 70 reveal Wragg's eclectic inspirations. From Mayan temples to Football Pools coupons, Tai Chi to the very public grief following Princess Diana's death, he offers a vivid, colourful and kaleidoscopic response to these intriguing... Read more -
Jeremy Gardiner - Drawn to the Coast
4 - 20 Oct 2017 Showcasing a stunning collection of watercolours that continue his exploration of the dramatic maritime boundaries of south and west England, Drawn To The Coast expands upon the intricately layered and textured abstract landscapes which captured the imagination at his previous Paisnel Gallery show, Pillars Of Light. Gardiner's work always thrills... Read more -
40 Years On
Spring 2017 10 May - 2 Jun 2017 Marking 40 years at the heart of the London art market with an interesting new group exhibition reflecting their diverse range of British artists available in the Gallery. Beginning with William Gear's typically powerful abstract piece Composition 1947, moving through intriguing work by Alan Davie and John Plumb and ending... Read more -
Jeremy Gardiner - Pillars of Light
28 Sep - 14 Oct 2016 This exhibition of thirty paintings is centred around the theme of the lighthouse. Jeremy Gardiner has travelled around the south-west coast, painting sixteen lighthouses and their surroundings in three counties, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset, including three islands, the Isle of Wight, Lundy Island and Godrevy Island. The work you see... Read more -
St Ives and Post War - Spring 2016
20 - 30 Apr 2016 Our Spring 2016 Exhibition presented an overview of a wide-ranging and diverse body of work. Roger Hilton, Alexander Mackenzie, Terry Frost and John Copnall admirably reflect the process of parallel development, with Europe and America displaying greater emphasis on the physical properties of paint. It showcased artists who are quintessentially... Read more -
20th Century British Art
11 - 27 Nov 2015 Annual Exhibition of 20th Century British paintings and sculpture including artworks by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Prunella Clough, Alan Davie, Mark Francis, Denis Mitchell, John Piper, Leon Underwood and Frank Avray Wilson. Read more -
John Plumb a Retrospective
10 - 20 Jun 2015 John Plumb participated in the groundbreaking Situation exhibitions of 1960 and 1961. He showed with the avant-garde Whitechapel, British Painting in the Sixties, and a host of mixed exhibitions between 1962 and 1967, travelling to Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and the USA. Read more -
Peter Haigh, Paintings 84-94
4 - 18 Mar 2015 Focusing on the last decade of his career, when he was arguably at his most prolific and capable, the thirty paintings in this exhibition are a culmination of his own statement that, ‘every finished picture is a study for the next’. This continuity is visually reflected in Haigh’s consistent exploration... Read more -
Sculptors of Note & Prospect
9 - 23 Oct 2013 Covering sixty years from 1953 - 2013, this exhibition features works by many prominent British sculptors, such as Robert Adams, Geoffrey Clarke, Robert Clatworthy, Denis Mitchell and Brian Wall whose creativity and importance have already been recognised by their inclusion in numerous public collections, monographs or catalogue raisonnes. Read more
