Paint Edgy: Contemporary British Painting and Guests Coordinated by Judith Tucker and Linda Ingham “I have a respect for invention, and I think that’s what attracts me to the margins in all things” writes the painter Graham Crowley. The exhibition Paint Edgy: Contemporary British Painting & Guests demonstrates painting at its most inventive and innovative,…
Artist of the Month September 2022: Susan Absolon, selected and interviewed by Paul Newman for CBP. The motifs in Susan Absolon’s paintings are hard to pin down. They avoid declaring their origin or context, and sit somewhere on the path between the figurative and the abstract. A love for the material qualities of paint and working with colour,…
We are very pleased to announce the two exhibitions for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022. The first will open at Huddersfield Art Gallery and the second at Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London. The 17 finalists are: Daniel H Bell, Sophie Birch, Helen G Blake, Andrew Bryant, Lesley Bunch, Michelle Conway, Seungjo Jeong, Bernadette Kiely, Helen…
Artist of the Month August 2022: Paula MacArthur, selected and interviewed by Paul Newman for CBP. The current focus of Paula MacArthur’s work is crystals and jewels, these are explorations of colour and light, a contemporary response to Dutch 17th century Pronkstilleven painting – ostentatious still life. Solitary, precious stones are captured in the spotlight, displayed as icons…
Vitalistic Fantasies at the Elysium Gallery is an expanded version of the exhibition originally planned for 2020 BEEP Painting Biennial, featuring works by 51 painters from the artist led group Contemporary British Painting curated by Paula MacArthur and Casper White. Download the online catalogue with an essay by Dr. Catrin Webster (7Mb). Artists: Susan Absolon, David…
We are delighted to announce that Vitalistic Fantasies is opening at Elysium Gallery Swansea. An expanded version of the exhibition originally planned for 2020 BEEP Painting Biennial will open on 4 June with works by painters from the artist led group Contemporary British Painting curated by Paula MacArthur and Casper White. The title of this…
Artist of the Month May 2022: Judith Tucker, selected and interviewed by Paul Newman for CBP. Judith Tucker’s work explores the meeting of social history, personal memory and geography; Night Fitties explore the play of light and dark and the uncanny transformations of the chalets on the Humberston Fitties that take place after hours as well as notions…
“… an exhibition which exemplifies the Contemporary British Painting Prize, which affirms the vigour and innovation in the painted mark and celebrates the continuing evolution of this language to reflect the times” Joanna Whittle, 2019 winner and joint selector of the 2021 prize Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021 Artist Susan Absolon was the prizewinner of the…
Artist of the Month April 2022: Deb Covell, selected and interviewed by Paul Newman for CBP. Deb Covell’s practice is concerned with bringing a form into being by exploring the material and sculptural potential of paint. She has omitted a traditional fixed support of a canvas and instead paints layers of acrylic paint onto plastic sheets which are…
Contemporary British Painting Paradoxes: 52 Painters Curated by Freya Purdue, Natalie Dowse and Phil Illingworth, the Paradoxes exhibition at Quay Arts on the Isle of Wight showcases the work of 48 members of CBP and 4 guest artists from the island. Showing works by all 52 exhibitors, the catalogue also contains an introduction by Phil…
Artist of the Month March 2022: Alex Hanna, selected and interviewed by Paul Newman for CBP. ‘I have been working on ideas based around the ‘ambiguous’ and materiality. This possibly explains the choice of subject and the reductive colour system. I have been using both traditional materials and some more none traditional paints. At times I have found…
12th March to 7th May 2022, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight‘Paradoxes’ is an exhibition showcasing the breadth of contemporary painting practice which is very much alive and thriving in the UK today. This exhibition of 52 painters includes 48 artists from the CBP membership who are based throughout the British Isles, and four guest artists…
Artist of the Month February 2022: Joanna Whittle, selected and interviewed by Paul Newman for CBP. ‘The subjects of Whittle’s paintings often take the form of ruins and re-evaluate how these operate in contemporary settings. They explore romantic motifs whilst depicting modern structures with fading sherbet colours and acidic electric lights. Through an enquiry into picturesque themes the…
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021 Catalogue Showing works by all 15 exhibitors in the 2021 painting prize. Introduction by Joanne Whittle, the 2019 winner, and an essay by Matthew Burrows MBE on the winning artist Susan Absolon. Full colour throughout, 78 pages including cover, 190 x 235mmISBN 978 1 7397818 0 4 Print copies are…
We are very pleased to announce that the second leg of the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021 exhibition will open at Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London on 28 January and runs to 12 February 2022. The 15 shortlisted exhibiting artists are: Susan Absolon, Tony Antrobus, Roland Hicks, Martyna Lebryk, Donna Mclean, Hannah Murgatroyd, Christina…
Artist of the Month January 2022: Day Bowman, selected and interviewed by Paul Newman for CBP. CBP begins 2022 talking with Day Bowman about her painting practice and about her series ‘Studies for Seaside Citadels’. Day Bowman say’s: ‘Growing up in a holiday destination, small, seaside town it is not surprising that much of my work has referenced…
Where We Live is an artist-curated exhibition that brings together a group of painters whose work arises out of a sustained attention to a specific place or locality over a long period. The exhibition aims to put a focus on visual aspects of social environments in England which are overlooked and under-regarded. It seeks to…
Artist of the Month December 2021: Sam Douglas, selected and interviewed by Paul Newman for CBP. Sam Douglas works in a tradition of British visionary landscape painters of the past such as Samuel Palmer, Graham Sutherland, and Paul Nash. Like many of his 19th and 20th century forebears, he spends a large amount of his time travelling, sketching…
Susan Absolon With a focus on language, touch, material, and process in the moment of making, my works develop organically until the material holds a form that points back into the world. I like to baffle source and narrative so that a painting takes a direction I could not have anticipated. Somehow the subjects that…
And the winner is… We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2021 Contemporary British Painting Prize is Susan Absolon, and the Highly Commended Award winner is Hannah Murgatroyd. Our congratulations go to all of the short listed artists for making such a strong competition. The judges were delighted with the exhibition, commenting…
Artist of the Month November 2021: Ruth Calland, selected and interviewed by Paul Newman for CBP. This month CBP talks with Ruth Calland on her curated group show Darkness at Noon on at the APT gallery in London and about her practice in general, its psychological charge and exploration of Jungian themes. Also presented are a new series…