UPCOMING EVENTS

PAPER & STEEL

27th August - 31st August 2025

Private view on 30th August

Asa Shoul

Asa Shoul has worked creatively in feature films for over a decade on such projects as Ex Machina, The Crown and Mission Impossible, and has created limited edition posters for directors Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino. His work explores themes of democracy, religion and identity as well as the exploitation of iconic images. Click here to see more of Asa’s work!

Matt Shoul

Matt Shoul’s sculpture compositions explore existential themes of altered states/sentience, anthropomorphism, surface & geometric monumentality. Matt studied architecture & animation at PCL, EWE, UAL & LMU School of Art, Architecture & Design. Realised through disparate techniques & technologies, primarily in metal, this sculpture series incorporates & explores monolithic minimalism, utilising laser & lathe CNC facilities, bronze welding, artisan & industrial surface finishing - incorporating natural & manufactured mixed media/found objects. 

A significant proportion of show profits will contribute towards the fundraiser for SUUK (Skateboarding Unlimited UK). Click here to get involved!

IDLE TONGUES

5th September - 7th September 2025

‘IDLE TONGUES’, a two-person exhibition by textile artist Molly Lester and sculptor Rose Bagenal

More than an artistic collaboration, this exhibition is a testament to a decade-long friendship. Born from a mutual appreciation of each other’s distinct yet complementary practices, IDLE TONGUES is a playful warping of the old adage “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop,” unsettling the false assumption that the modern craftsperson works with a calm or sanctified mind. For Rose, sculpting is a steady commitment to carving away, through which the contours of the female figure emerge. In contrast, Molly sees her practice as a kind of perilous entanglement, where intricate narratives are worked into tight, deliberate stitches. This new body of work, composed of both ceramics and textiles, returns to themes of mythic archetypes, the body in the landscape, folkish Englishness, and the unruly boundaries between art and craft.

Opening Times:

Friday 5th: 11am - 5pm 

Saturday 6th: 11am - 8pm

Sunday 7th: 11am - 5pm

Socials:

Instagram: @rosebagenal @mollylester_art

FRNT OF HOUSE | Keep It Down Please

11th September - 14th September 2025

An exhibition of postcard sized works that say a lot more than wish you were here. Frnt of house celebrates the artistic practice of front of house workers. A collective committed to building an accessible and inclusive art world. Founded not on trust funds and connections but talent, drive, ideas and a genuine love of the craft.

Opening Times

Thursday 11th - Sunday 14th: 11am - 5pm

Thursday 11th: Private View 18:00 - 20:00

Open House for fellow front of house workers:

Wed 10 Sept 16:00 - 18:00

Fri 12 Sept 11:00 - 13:00

Socials:

Instagram: @frntofhouse

SEA CHANGE

17th September - 21st September 2025

An exhibition by two Margate artists that are interested in the seashore and sunshine. Janet Banzaca’s stoneware sculptures are inspired by the coastal landscape, eroded fragments in rockpools, and childhood memories of building sandcastles. Julie Caves makes vibrant, light-filled paintings that explore the boundary between still life and abstraction.

Opening Times:

17th-21st: 12am - 6pm

Private view 19th: 6pm - 9pm

Socials:

Instagram: @janet_banzaca @julie_caves

Matt Greenwood- The Plastic Bag: ‘Don’t worry, it wasn’t used for laundry!!’

26th September - 28th September 2025

An exhibition of photographs from The Plastic Bag, an ongoing project by Matt Greenwood. Matt hopes that his work will inspire people to connect with design and sustainability.

With a growing collection of over 1000 single-use plastic bags, what began as a fascination with design has evolved into a personal exploration of waste, sustainability, and the beauty hidden in everyday objects.

Opening Times:

Private View: Friday 26th, 6pm - 9pm

27th and 28th: 10am - 4pm

Socials:

Website: www.theplasticbag.co.uk

Instagram: @_theplasticbag

“PEOPLE BEING STILL SOMEWHERE”: DRAWINGS BY ROY EASTLAND

1st October - 6th October 2025 | 11am - 5pm

“People being still somewhere” will be an exhibition of drawings. Eastland’s work focuses

on themes of memory and human presence. Eastland uses the unusual and archaic medium

of silver and goldpoint drawing to make small, intensely intimate portraits. These works

sometimes incorporate lines of hand-written text recalling remembered speech or details

associated with the person drawn. The works are repeatedly scratched-away and redrawn

over long periods of time, sometimes continuing over the course of years. He doesn’t

consider his drawings to ever really be finished. The practice of Life Drawing and drawings-

from-life are also an important part of his artistic life; the exhibition will include examples of

these as well as sketchbooks. He is fascinated by the ways hand-drawn lines and marks are

able to convey meaning and the sense of presence. He hopes to give a series of talks and

demonstrations at the gallery while the exhibition is on.

Socials:

Instagram: @royeastland

Ligatures and textpletives

7th October - 13th October 2025 | 11am - 4pm

An exploration of legibility and illegibility in written language using textual ligatures to subvert everyday words. Some will be obvious, some not so, and some will be rude.

Private view on Friday 10th, 4pm - 8pm

Socials:

Instagram: @wavygravydavey

FLOAT

16th October - 26th October 2025 | 12pm - 5pm

Float brings together three artists whose work navigates personal, poetic and emotional connections to the sea. Curated by Alice Herrick the exhibition at Joseph Wales Studios offers a shifting perspective on coastal life, memory and resilience.  

Elizabeth Walker anchors the exhibition with cyanotypes of jellyfish – quiet, meditative works that trace the transient and the fluid. Pippa Darbyshire presents luminous seascape paintings, many featuring boats that float between abstraction and familiarity. Susanne Hakuba’s images are inspired by life and the sea, and have been fundamental in reconnecting with herself and nature. 

Together, the artists offer viewers a space to reflect, drift, and reconnect – to sea, to self and to each other.  

Private view: Thursday 16th October, 5pm to 8pm

  • Elizabeth Walker is a multidisciplinary artist, born in Michigan and based in Margate, working with photography, mixed-media and found materials. Her practice often centres on overlooked natural forms and fleeting phenomena. In this exhibition, she presents cyanotypes of jellyfish, capturing both the fragility and quiet resilience of marine life.  

  • Susanne Hakuba is a self-taught visual artist working with photography, photomontage, collage and moving image. A German national she has lived in the UK for 20 years, and currently lives in Margate, Kent, where she is a member of Resort Studios.  

    For Float she presents a body of work that is inspired by life by the sea and that forms a resource for the re-affirmation of life and the beauty and wonder of the natural world.  

  • Pippa Darbyshire is a painter whose luminous seascapes are rooted in close observation of coastal light, weather and movement. Working primarily in oils, her work balances abstraction and familiarity, often featuring boats as solitary or symbolic presences. Pippa has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad and maintains a deep connection to the sea through both life and practice. 

Artist Biographies

BAD DAD

5th November - 10th November 2025 | 11am-4pm

"Bad Dad" is a photographic exploration of the quiet guilt and loud joy of raising children while still trying to hold onto some sense of self - a balancing act that brings judgment, curiosity, and confusion. I crave late‑night mischief, unfiltered conversations and adventure, as I navigate school runs, bedtime stories and scraped knees. This isn’t a show of extreme hedonism or shock value, but a look at the tension of being more than one thing, one sort of man, one archetype. Bad Dad leans into that tension with a wink and an open heart - not a guide to parenting, but a love letter to the mess of trying -  inviting viewers to question what a “good” parent looks like, and who gets to decide.

Private View on the 7th November

Socials:

Instagram: @timtopple

Website: www.timtopple.com

Pleroma work in progress

13th November - 16th November 2025 | 11am-5pm

Weaver and natural dyer Studio Mond (Josie Mond-James) is offering a quiet glimpse into the early stages of Pleroma, A new large-scale woven installation in development for exhibition in spring 2026. 

Trained at the Royal College of Art, the practice is rooted in slow, meticulous making and a deep connection to the natural world.

The work-in-progress will feature material, structural, colour explorations and images of the beloved stretch of coastline that inspires them, inviting visitors to experience the tactile beginnings of an ambitious new work and follow the journey as it unfolds.

Private view: 14th 11am-8pm

Socials:

Website: www.studiomond.co.uk 

Instagram: @studiomond___

PRINT SOCIAL: An Exhibition

20th November - 23rd November 2025

Featuring artwork and printmaking activities by the collective PRINT SOCIAL including artists Jo Dear, Tina Hagger, Abi Harrison, Sarah Knowler, Pat Mac Donald, Nick Morley, Jane Orwell and Mat Pringle.

Opening Times:

Thursday 20th: 3pm - 9pm 

Friday 21st: 11am - 5pm

Saturday 22nd: 11am - 5pm

Sunday 23rd: 11am - 4pm 

COLOUR ABSTRACTIONS

26th November - 1st December 2025 | 10am - 3pm

'In Colour Abstractions, Alice Walton explores changing light and energy through bold colour and expressive mark-making, drawing on the natural rhythms of land, sea, and sky.'

Socials:

Website: www.alicewaltonpaintings.com

Instagram: @alicewaltonpaintings

ALL IS NOT LOST, MOST WILL BE FOUND

March 2026

Rejoice, rejoice! Find, explore, spin, jump, love is here, come find it. Join Ellie Graham (of Other Leg) at the “All is not lost, most will be found” exhibition, where a series of abstract illustrations and storytelling panels will shed light on the beauty of life and love, reconnecting us to childlike whimsy and curiosity. Interact with a series of multimedia pieces that welcome playfulness - for all is not lost.

Socials:

Instagram: @other.leg

Website: otherleg.org