March 20, 2024Rebecca Newnham
Brook, Marsh, Moss
A solo show at The Vanner Gallery
3.5.24 – 8.6.24
Brook, Marsh, Moss considers the places where land meets water, specific riparian areas like riverbanks and salt marshes, and the life that flourishes there.
A characteristic feature of these areas is lichen. The presence of lichen signifies clean air and is found in profusion in...
October 10, 2023Rebecca Newnham
The Riverscape Series
Bringing the environment into the work
This is my first summer working from the Chapel in Tuckingmill, Tisbury, and I am thrilled by the beauty of the countryside here. There is a space behind the chapel in which I enjoy working and have decided to literally bring these plants into the work. I’m incorporating plant prints,...
April 3, 2023Rebecca Newnham
Congregation
Almuth Tebbenhoff
Amy Stephens
Laura Ford
Barbara Beyer
Lizzie Sykes
Mark Richards
Nicola Anthony
Simon Hitchens
Rebecca Newnham
Congregation brought together the work of 8 sculptors, a dance filmmaker, and a composer, in an exhibition thoughtfully curated by Jacquiline Creswell, at the Chapel, Tuckingmill, Tisbury, between...
March 4, 2023Rebecca Newnham
Natural World Balance Lichen Installation
Lichen is part fungi and part algae and is symbiotic – the partners exist within a mutually beneficial relationship. This concept particularly resonates at a time when society needs to cultivate a better relationship with the natural world; lichen is demonstrating a harmonious, biodiverse, cooperative balance, with multiple species working together for...
December 23, 2022Rebecca Newnham
Walking the St Michaels Way, for the upcoming Tremenheere Sculpture Park exhibition
Published December 2022
Following on from Together We Rise at Chichester Cathedral, a group of sculptors, all members of The Royal Society of sculptors, are exhibiting at Tremenheere Sculpture park in July 2023.
My work will be inspired by the pilgrimage route which passes through the sculpture park, and especially the sacred wells which can...
December 23, 2022Rebecca Newnham
A new studio!
Published December 2022
Studio relocation August 2022
It has been wonderful to be by the sea for 8 years, and we have moved to a beautiful Chapel in Tisbury.
It is an inspiring space with a brook nearby and is next to a public footpath through the stunning Wiltshire countryside. I am already developing a body of work about...