ARTISTS RESPONDING TO ...
Political & Environmental
Activist Online Zine' Issue 2'
(Online & Printed Version)
curated by Polly Bates
London
25th September 2020 - Permanent
Group Exhibitions
2021
'White Cathedral' 'Bath Abbey' (Photography) Somerset, Bath UK - Date T.B.C *
'White Cathedral' 'Lumen Crypt Gallery'
(Photography) St John on Bethnal Green, London E2 - Date T.B.C - Invited *
2020
`Elysium Gallery Christmas Open Studios' 'Elysium Gallery' (Photography) Swansea UK 8 December - Invited
'Josef Herman Art Foundation' 'Arts of A Postcard' (Fundraiser for Mind Charities in Wales)
(Mixed Media) Virtual Exhibition UK 30 September - Invited
'ARTISTS RESPONDING TO' ... 'Political & Environmental Activist Online Zine issue 2'
(Online & Printed Version) (Photography) London UK from 25 September - selected
`Secret Art Sale 2020` `Environment Trust` (Fundraiser) (Mixed Media) London U.K. 26th - 30th September - Invited
`A-Z Online Exhibition K: KINETIC` `44AD artspace` (Photography)
Bath, Abbey Road 1st September - Permanent - Selected
'Postcard to the Future' 'Glynn Vivian Art Gallery' (Mixed Media) Swansea U.K. - Date T.B.C - Invited
'SECRET POSTCARD SHOW' 'Cupola Gallery' (Eco prints) Sheffield U.K. 29 August - 3 October - Invited
Rhondda Cynon Taf Photo Marathon 2020 (RCT) (Photography) Wales U.K. location Date T.B.C. Postponed *
'The Zero Waste Exhibition' 'By the Kilo Gallery' (Photography) Eco Alley, Tynemouth U.K. - Date TBC - Selected *
'Mail Art' 'Mail Art Project's Group' ART Project & Soziale Plastik Studio B, Malort-Auszeit
(Mixed Media) Düsseldorf / Germany -Date T.B.C - Selected *
'Plant and Seed' 'Mail Art Project's Group' ART Project & Soziale Plastik Studio B, Malort-Auszeit
(Mixed Media) Düsseldorf / Germany - Date T.B.C - Selected *
6x6 x 2020 'Rochester Contemporary Arts Centre'
(Fundraiser for Rochester Contemporary Arts Centre (RoCo)
(Photography) Rochester, NY USA 1 June - 14 July - Invited
'Psychasthenia Exhibition' Online Exhibition Instagram & E Book' May 2020- Permanent - Selected
'Art Of Caring' part of a worldwide celebration of the -
World Health Organisation 2020 'Year of the Nurse and Midwife'
'St George's Hospital' (Photography) Tooting, London UK May - Date T.B.C - Selected
'Small Steps Events CIC' - Art Activism Events
'Disabilities in the Arts Exhibition' 'Make North Docks' (Photography) Liverpool UK 18 April - 25 April - Selected
'Quarantined Creatives Art Challenge & Masterclass with Matt Tommey'
'Learning how to thrive as a Christian Artist' Online (Mixed Media / Photography) 14 April - 2 May - Invited
Welsh Artists and Craftspersons
(including Galleries, shows and events) Online (Eco Prints) 26 - 30 April - Invited
Twitter Art Exhibit 2020: MYRTLE BEACH #TAE20
(Supporting H.C.D.S.N. - Horry County Disabilities and Special Needs)
(Intellectual Disabilities, Autism & Head and Spinal Cord Injuries)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina U.S. April 3 - 15 - Invited
'Stand Up' 'Celebrating International Women's day'
'Artcore Gallery' Derby, Derbyshire UK March 6 - 28 - Invited
'International Women's Day'
'Welsh Women's Art Association' 'Arts Central Gallery' 1st Floor
(Photography) Barry UK March 7 - 28 - Invited
'International Women's Day'
'Welsh Women's Art Association' 'Llanover Hall Arts Centre' 'Gallery 1st floor
(Photography) Cardiff UK March 2 - 27 - Invited
'BUTTAH ZINE' Magazine (Photography) Online / UK - Ongoing - Selected
'The Winter Xmas Show' 'Grey Dog Gallery' (Mixed Media)
Mumbles, Swansea UK 6 December 2019 - 20 January 2020 - Invited
2019
'The Winter Xmas Show' 'Grey Dog Gallery'
(Mixed Media) Mumbles, Swansea UK December 6 - 20 January 2020 - Invited
'Winter Exhibition (Deck the Walls) 2019' '44AD Artspace gallery'
(Photography) Abbey Road, Bath UK December 18 - 23 - Selected
'Christmas Craft Fair' 'Galerie Simpson – GS Artists Swansea'
(Eco Prints) High Street, Swansea UK December 20 - Invited
'Eco/handmade Christmas Fair & Evening Music In Aid Of Badgers'
(Fundraiser for the Badger vaccination programme)
'Elysium Gallery Bar' (Eco Prints) High Street, Swansea UK December 7 - Invited
'Gwanwyn Clubs Swansea' 'Swansea Wellbeing Centre'
(Mixed-Media) Swansea, UK November - December - Invited
'Living Photography Exhibition' 'The Brunswick'
(Photography) Leeds, West Yorkshire UK - Date TBC - Selected
'Habitat' 'Autumn Exhibition' 'Welsh Women's Arts Association'
'Llanover Hall Arts Centre' Gallery 1st floor
(Photography) Cardiff UK September 20 - 4 November - Invited
'Words of Hope' (Fundraiser for 10 years of the Night Shelter and Drop-in)
'Wakefield Baptist Church' (Photography) Wakefield UK October 27 - 30 - Selected
'FiLiA Arts 2019' 'Women's Arts Exhibition' Arts conference exhibition 2019 (Mixed Media)
Bradford Hotel, Bradford, West Yorkshire UK October 11 - 17 - Selected
'Bloomsbury Festival' 'Women's Arts Exhibition' Arts conference exhibition 2019 (Mixed Media)
Bradford Hotel, Bradford, West Yorkshire UK October 11 - 20 - Selected
'ArtAZ' SURPRISE X' (Supporting the Homeless Program -
a decade of fighting adversity with art) of KLIMAKANGO. KLIMAKA)
(Photography) Athens Greece October 11 - 13 - Invited
'Return to Nature' 'Legacy Arts Gallery'
(Photography) Todmorden, Yorkshire UK September 8 - October 11 - Selected
'Swansea Art Society Exhibition' 'Morgans Hotel'
(Mixed Media) Swansea UK September 11 - 12 - Invited
In Pursuit of Error - Continued' Publication & Online Exhibition late 2019
(Photography) Chester UK August 1 - September 1 - Selected
'Green City' 'Pop up Art Exhibition' 'Grey to Green Regeneration Scheme by 'Fronteer'
'Kommune Castle House' (Photography) Sheffield UK August 17 - 18 - Selected
6x6 x 2019' 'Rochester Contemporary Arts Centre'
(Fundraiser for Rochester Contemporary Arts Centre (RoCo)
(Photography) Rochester, NY USA 1 June - 14 July - Invited
'Swansea Art Society Summer Exhibition'
'Dobbies Garden Centre' (Mixed Media) Bon-y-maen, Swansea UK 17 - 30 June - Invited
'Art Freaks Global People's Choice Art Contest'
'A social Art Media Project' (Photography) UK 1st - 30 June - Invited
'Brexitfest 2.0' 'Brexitfest weekend -
of Satirical Political Art inspired music & artwork'
'The Fish Factory' (Photography) Cornwall & Isles of Scilly UK 20 - 24 June - Invited
'Size Matters' 'Fringe Arts Bath (FaB)' 'A visual arts festival in Bath, UK'
(Photography) 94 - 96 Walcot Street, Bath UK 24 May - 9 June - Selected
'Limbo I' 'SEAS' (Socially Engaged Art Salon)' (Photography) 'Brighton’s BMECP Centre' 4 May -2 June - Selected
'SCOTLAND #TAE19' (Supporting Arts in Healthcare)
'Out of the Blue Drill Hall' (Mixed Media) 'Edinburgh UK 11 - 13 May - Invited
'The 5th Lyin’ Politicians Festival' 'Brexitfest 1.0'
'Brexitfest weekend of Satirical Political Art inspired music & artwork'
'The Fish Factory' (Photography) Cornwall & Isles of Scilly UK 29 march - 5 April - Selected
'Elysium Gallery' 'Castle Square Mobile Gallery'
'Part of the UK wide learning festival' (Photography) Swansea UK 1 & 6 April - Invited
'Lyin' Politicians Mobile Exhibition & The Tin Tacks Band'
'Brexitfest weekend of Satirical Political Art inspired music & artwork'
'The Fish Factory' (Photography) Cornwall & Isles of Scilly UK 28 march - Selected
'International Women's Day'
'Welsh Women's Art Association' 'Arts Central Gallery' (Photography) Barry UK 9 March - 6 April - Invited
'International Women's Day'
'Welsh Women's Art Association' Llanover Hall Arts Centre' Gallery 1st floor
(Photography) Cardiff UK 1 - 29 March - Invited
'THE POSTCARD PROJECT '(Fundraiser for the Welsh Women’s Arts Association)
'Arts Central Gallery' (Photography) Barry UK 9 March - 6 April - Invited
'THE POSTCARD PROJECT ' (Fundraiser for the Welsh Women’s Arts Association)
'Llanover Hall Arts Centre' Gallery 1st floor (Photography) Cardiff UK 1 - 29 March - Invited
'Queen Street Gallery' Gallery & Gift Shop (Photography) Neath UK 9 February - April - Invited
'Queen Street Gallery' 'Open Art Exhibition 2019' (Photography) Neath UK 9 February - 2 March - Selected
yoko ono "ARISING: A CALL" The Blenheim Walk Gallery (Photography) Leeds 7 February - 3 - 14 March - Invited
'Art No 23' 'A Work of Art' 'The Old Biscuit Factory (Photography) London UK 24 - 30 January - Selected
'The International Postcard Show 2019' 'Surface Gallery'
(Photography) Nottingham UK 11 January - 2 February - Selected
Charity Auction' 'Cupola Gallery' (Photography) Sheffield UK February - Invited
'UNDER THE BED SALE 2019' 'Cupola Gallery' (Photography) Sheffield UK 10 January - 2 February - Selected
'Lacda' 'Snap to Grid' 'Los Angeles Centre for Digital Art'
(Photography) Los Angeles 13 December - 5 January - Selected
'The Winter Xmas Show' 'Grey Dog Gallery'
(Photography) Mumbles, Swansea UK 4 December - 12 January - Invited
'Votes for Women' 'Swansea Museum' (Elysium Studios)
(Articles / Mixed Media) Swansea UK 18 September - 2 January - Invited
2018
'44AD Winter Exhibition (Deck the Walls)' '44AD artspace'
(Photography) Abbey Road, Bath UK 14 - 23 December - Selected
'Lacda' 'Snap to Grid' 'Los Angeles Center for Digital Art'
(Photography) Los Angeles 13 December - 5 January 2019 - Selected
'Art Freaks Global' 'A social Art Media Showcase' (Photography) UK 12 December - Permanent - Invited
'A5 Anonymous Artist Selling Exhibition' 'Elysium Studios'
(Supporting A Local Homeless Charity) (Photography) Swansea UK 8 - 13 December - Invited
'GS Artists Swansea'
'9 to 90 Creative Community Event' 'Paint a portrait of peter Blake'
(Mixed Media) Swansea UK 8 - 11 December - Invited
'Elysium Gallery Christmas Open Studios' 'Elysium Gallery' (Photography) Swansea UK 8 December - Invited
'The Winter Xmas Show' 'Grey Dog Gallery'
(Photography) Mumbles, Swansea UK 4 December - 7 January - Invited
'Art Freaks People's Choice Art Contest'
'A social Art Media Project ' (Photography) UK November 1- 31 - Invited
'Nawr yr Arwr' / 'Now The Hero'
'Some Things We Forgot To Remember: Contemporary Responses'
'Swansea Museum' (Photography) (Elysium Studios) Swansea UK Sept 22 - December - Invited
'Votes for Women' 'Swansea Museum' (Elysium Studios)
(Articles / Mixed Media) Swansea UK Sept 18 - January 2 - Invited
'Swansea Art Society Autumn Exhibition' 'St Mary's Church'
(Mixed Media) Swansea UK October 15 - 27 - Invited
'Big Art of Swansea 2' 'Swansea's Hidden Beauty' Top Floor 'The Grand Theatre'
(Photography) Swansea UK August 28 - Sept - Invited
'Grey Dog Gallery Summer Show II' 'Grey Dog Gallery'
(Photography) Mumbles, Swansea UK August 21 - 27 - Invited
'Grey Dog Gallery Summer Show I' 'Grey Dog Gallery'
(Photography) Mumbles, Swansea UK July 27 - 5 August - Invited
'West Wharf' Gallery Open Exhibition 2018' 'West Wharf Gallery' (Photography)
Jacobs Market, West Canal Wharf, Cardiff UK July 14 - 31 August - Selected
'Button it' 'Platform' Studios' (Mixed Media)
St Helens, Merseyside UK August 20 - 28 October - Touring UK - Invited
'Button It' 'CraftLocker ' (Mixed Media)
Elland, West Yorkshire UK June 8 - 28 July - Touring UK - Selected
'Processions' 'Celebrating 100 years of Women Voting'
A vast participatory artwork - A living portrait of women in the 21st Century'
Cardiff UK June 10 - Invited
Llanover Hall Art's Centre Friends Exhibition'
'Llanover Hall Arts Centre' Gallery 1st floor
(Photography) Cardiff UK June 8 - 21 July - Invited
Not Corbyn's Hat' 'Strawberry Fair' (Festival) (Beamer Show)
Midsummer Common, Cambridge UK June 2 - Selected
'Only Human Exhibition' 'Fringe Arts Bath Festival' '44AD artspace'
(Photography) Abbey Road, Bath UK May 25 - 10 June - Selected
'International Women's Day'
'Creative Women With Cake' 'The Welfare Ystradgynlais'
(Photography) Swansea UK April 15 - 25 May - Invited
International Women's Day' 'Welsh Women's Art Association'
'Arts Central Gallery' (Photography)
Barry UK March 3 - 28 April - Invited
'International Women's Day' 'Welsh Women's Art Association'
'Llanover Hall Arts Centre' gallery 1st floor
(Photography) Cardiff UK March 3 - 23 - Invited
'MP4 or it didn't happen' 'Vandal' '5 ft tall Capsule Vending Machine'
'St Anne's Arts & Community Centre & Vandal'
Barnstable, Devon UK March 30 - Touring UK - Selected
'Unripe Banana' 'Print Fair' (Photography)
Hackney, London UK March 18 - Selected
'Be There Be Square' 'Hyde Park Book Club' (Fundraiser)
(Photography) Leeds, West Yorkshire UK March 15 - Selected
'Nasty Women Liverpool Exhibition' 'Constellations' (Fundraiser)
(Photography) Baltic Triangle, Liverpool UK March 9 - Selected
'Swansea College of Art Window Residency Exhibition' '2 Humphrey Street'
(Photography) Swansea UK February 18 - April - Invited
'Art Freaks People's Choice Art Contest' 'A social Art Media Project'
(Photography) UK January 1- 31 - Invited
'Glynn Vivian Open 2017' 'Glynn Vivian Art Gallery'
(annual exhibition) (Photography)
Swansea UK December 2 - 6 January 2018 - Selected
2017
'Glynn Vivian Open 2017' 'Glynn Vivian Art Gallery'
(annual exhibition) (Photography)
Swansea UK December 2 - 6 January 2018 - Selected
'Volcano Art Market' 'Volcana Theatre'
(Photography) Swansea UK December 15 - 16 - Invited
'Volcano Christmas Art Fair' 'Volcano Theatre'
(Photography) Swansea UK December 9 - Invited
'Womanstanley Blowing a Gail Exhibition' 'The Old Town House' (Mixed Media)
Warrington, Cheshire UK December 2 - Selected
'Art Freaks People's Choice Art Contest'
'A social Art Media Project'
(Photography) UK December 1- 31 - Invited
'Nasty Women International Conference 2017'
'Are you still Nasty Exhibition' 'Thought Foundation'
(Photography (Fundraiser) Gateshead UK November 16 - 17 - Selected
'Elysium Gallery 10th Birthday Celebrations' 'Elysium Gallery Open Studios'
(Photography) Swansea UK October 28 - Invited
'Swansea Art Society Autumn Exhibition' 'St Mary's Church'
(Photography) Swansea UK September 25 - 16 October - Invited
'Elysium Gallery Artists Emporium' 'Volcano Theatre'
(Photography) Swansea UK September 30 - Invited
'Nasty Women' (In aid of End Violence Against Women E.V.A.W.) 'Stour Space'
(Mixed Media) Hackney Wick, London UK September 22 - 24 - Selected
'ArtAZ' SURPRISE 8'
(Supporting the Homeless Program - of KLIMAKANGO. KLIMAKA)
(Mixed Media) Athens Greece September 21 - Invited
'Troublemakers Festival' 'Elysium Gallery Open Studios'
(Photography) Swansea UK July 15 - Invited
'Troublemaker Festival' THEATRE LANE King's Lane'
(Digital Art) Paste-Up Exhibition of Posters, Swansea UK July 13 - 16 - Invited
'YOUR ART IS A LOAD OF S**T’ at BINit, UK' 'The Old Truman Brewery'
(Photography/Mixed Media) Brick Lane, London UK July 6 - 10 - Selected
'Chester Art Centre Open Exhibition' 'Commonhall Street Social'
(Digital Art) Chester UK June - October - Selected
'Swansea Art Society Summer Exhibition' 'Wyevale Garden Centre'
(Painting) Bon-y-maen, Swansea UK June 19 - 2 July - Invited
'Art For All, Art Gallery Here' ZeeMaps 'Global'
(Photography/Mixed Media) May 26 - Permanent - Selected
'World Art Marathon' 'A social Art Media Project'
(Painting) UK May 12 - 25 - Invited
'Skelf' Museum of Non Visible Art' #monabiennial
'Twitter Exhibition' (Poetry) UK May 8 - 11 June - Invited
'Llanover Hall Art's Centre Friends Exhibition'
'Llanover Hall Arts Centre' Gallery 1st floor
(Mixed Media) Cardiff UK April 29 - 1 July - Invited
'Swansea Art Society Spring Exhibition' 'St Mary's Church'
(Mixed Media) Swansea UK April 24 - 6 May - Invited
'Art Freaks People's Choice Art Contest'
'A social Art Media Project'
(Digital Art) UK April 1- 31 - Invited
'TAE17' Twitter Exhibition' 'Artshouse'
(Supporting Molly Olly’s Wishes)
(Painting) Stratford upon Avon UK April 1 -19 - Invited
'International Women's Day' 'Welsh Women's Art Association (W.W.A)'
'Llanover Hall Art's Centre' 'Gallery 1st Floor'
(Mixed Media) Barry UK March 4 - 25 - Invited
'International Women's Day' 'Welsh Women's Art Association (W.W.A)' '
Llanover Hall Arts Centre' Gallery 1st floor
(Mixed Media) Cardiff UK March 4 - 24 - Invited
2016
'My One and All-My Swansea Coast' 'Volcano Theatre'
(Photography) Swansea UK November 22 - 30 December - Invited
'CARN’ (Caernarfon Regeneration Network)
'Postcard Exhibition' 'Slate Quay'
(Painting) Caernarfon UK July 8 - 10 - Selected
2015
'Environmental Exhibition' 'The Environment Centre'
(Photography) Swansea UK July 1 - 20 August - Invited
'28 Drawings Later' 'A social Art Media project' 'Art Village'
(Photography/Mixed Media) Glasgow UK March 21 - 27 - Invited
'International Women’s Day' 'Swansea Women’s Centre'
(Photography) Swansea UK March 9 - Invited
2013
'Cymorth Cymru' 'Life Begins @ Home week Art Exhibition'
Cardiff Central Library' Cardiff UK October 14 - 19 - Invited
Welsh Artist of the Year’ 'St David’s Hall' (annual exhibition)
(Photography) Cardiff UK June 9 - August 6 - Selected
'MA Show' 'University of South Wales'
(Photography) Treforest Campus, Pontypridd UK June - August - Selected
'MA Show' 'University of South Wales'
(Photography) Treforest Campus, Pontypridd UK May 19 - 26 - Invited
'Reality' MA Show 'The Cove Gallery'
(Photography) Swansea UK May 13 - 27 - Selected
'Turn About Show' 'The Cove Cafe'
(Photography) Swansea UK March - April - Selected
'International Women’s Day'
'Women's Art Association' 'Bute Gallery'
(Painting) Cardiff UK February - April - Invited
2012 -13 - 'MA Shows' 'University of South Wales'
(Photography) Treforest Campus, Pontypridd UK December - June - Invited
2012 - 'International Women's Day'
Swansea University' (Photography) Swansea UK May 9 - 30 - Invited
2011 - 'Galleria Perela' 'Vending Machine'
54th Venice Biennial Illuminations & Global Environment'
(Mixed Media) Venice, Italy September 15 - 30 - Selected
'Big Draw' 'Elysium Gallery' (Drawing) Swansea UK May 14 - 21 - Invited
2008 - 'Summer Show' 'Grand Theatre'
(Photography) Swansea UK June - August - Invited
2005 - ‘Swansea Open’ 'Glynn Vivian Art Gallery'
(annual exhibition) (Photography)
Swansea UK July 30 - 10 September - Selected
2003 - 'Graduate Showcase' 'Exposure Gallery'
(Photography) Swansea UK July - October - Invited
'Poetry in Motion' 'The Grand Theatre'
(Photography) Swansea UK September - October - Selected
'Relations to Land' 'Neville Gallery'
(Photography) Llanelli UK August 1 - 15 - Selected
'I In My Intricate Image'
'B.A. Hons Photojournalism Graduation Show'
'Brick Lane Gallery' London UK June 12 - 26 - Invited
2002 - 'Episode 2' 'The Grand Theatre'
(Photography) Swansea UK June - July - Selected
2001 - 'Time' 'St Mary’s Church'
(Photography) Swansea UK November28 - 30 - Selected
2000 - 3 'Swansea Institute of Higher Education'
(Photography) Swansea UK December 00 - June 03 - Invited
1999 - 'Public Art Graduation Show'
'Chelsea School of Art & Design'
(Photography / Public Art) London UK June 12 - 26 - Invited
1998 - 'F.N.D. Art Foundation Graduation Show'
'Harlow College of Technology'
(Photography/Public Art) Harlow, Essex UK June 12 - 31 August - Invited
1993 - 'Summer Show' 'Epping St John’s'
(Photography/Mixed Media) Epping, Essex UK June 15 - 30 September - Invited
1989 - 'O.N.D Reprographics' Graduation Show
'Barking Art College' (Graphics)
Charlecotte Annex, Dagenham UK June 12 - 16 September - Invited