Fair Ground
Glyndebourne, Lewes, UK / 10 October to 15 December 2024
Featuring 17 contemporary artists working in print, painting, ceramics, stained glass and textiles, Fair Ground is a celebration of Sussex’s rich artistic output. Each featured work speaks to themes of personal mythology, collective memory, and Sussex’s natural landscape, reinforcing the region’s reputation as a place of visual poetry.
Participating artists include Dawn Aldridge, Amy Austin, Cas Campbell, William Davies, Joseph Dilnot, Pippa El-Kadhi Brown, May Everett, Síomha Harrington, Alexi Marshall, Eleanor Mills, Eva Murray, Jacqui Parker, Richard Phoenix, Rukmini Reddy Sen, Sophie Shribman-Hollings, Alice Walter and Carla Wright.
https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/art-at-glyndebourne/fair-ground-gallery-2024/
Photographer: Jonathan Bassett
Hidden Rivers
Redkite Floating Gallery, Kings Cross, London / 09 - 16 August 2024
There are rivers beneath London, hidden from the daily bustle. Dark places carrying untold stories within layers of sediment. The water rushes onwards, always changing and shifting. As I gather raw materials—dirt, sand, and paper pulp for paintings—I reflect on my own hidden rivers, wondering how they intersect with the stories of people and places that have faded away. Nothing remains constant.
Excerpt from exhibition text.
Photographer: Lewis Swan
Traveling Memories
The Modern Showroom, Shoreditch, London / 16 May – 19 May 2024
Artists: Attiyyah Rahman, Cas Campbell, Casper Dillen, Chenyao Chen, Dien Berziga, Filip Lav, James Lang, Li Xin Li, Mai Muraguchi, Maria Helena Toscano, Minghao Sun, Mingkai He, Mingzhang Sun, Neo Gao, Qibai Ting, Vincenzo Muratore, Yiru Qian, Zacky Zhao
Traveling Memories showcases the works of 18 artists from over 7 countries. Curated by emerging curators Yanyi Chen and Qinle Jin from RCA, along with alumni and student artists from various programmes, exploring the dynamic interplay between personal emotions, historical experiences, and root memories.
https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/traveling-memories/
Photographer: Ziying Wang
Can You Afford to Pay Attention?
Greatorex Street, London / 04 - 09 June 2024
Artists: Cas Campbell, Hou Yuxuan, Amy Hui Li, Emma Jordan, Rosie Mullan and Issy Wilson.
Curated by Mu Qing, the exhibition is uniquely set in a completely dark environment with no source of light. Each visitor will be given a torch to navigate the space, turning away from the overstimulating “white wall” gallery setup and eliminating distractions. This setup ensures visitors focus on one artwork at a time, enhancing their ability to “pay” more attention. Research indicates that people tend to be more relaxed, less self-conscious, and more creative in the dark.
https://www.artzip.org/heart-lab-can-you-afford-to-pay-attention
Images © Heart Lab
Terra
SET Project Space, Kensington, London / 03 - 14 September 2022
Exploring and celebrating ecology, Terra is a group exhibition curated by Cas Campbell which encourages viewers to rethink their connection with nature and embrace the wonder of the living world through paintings, sculpture, textiles and installation.
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Royal College of Art, Sackler Building, London / 25 - 30 June 2022
At night, I imagine sinking into the ocean, asking the seaweed, do you remember the primordial ooze? When our grandmothers floated together in the cradle of a new world? Remember how yours reached skywards, becoming photosynthesizers, while mine sank to the depths like microcosmic cannibals? I don’t remember, but I wish I could.
But surface creatures must develop different adaptive strategies to survive. A cuttlefish, when touched, will transform its colours. A queer person may do the same. An autistic person may study others' colours, constructing methods to adopt them. I follow these tanged echoes of the othered self in the natural world. Touching dirt, immersed in raw matter, creating my own camouflage, I am grateful to see ourselves as oddly-evolved creatures from the ooze. To be whole and natural, aligned with the universe if not with the world. The seaweed remembers, and I remember, and this is enough.
Excerpt from exhibition text.
Photographer: Julia Bennett