Botanical Art Exhibitions
by Botanical Art Societies, Florilegium Societies, Groups and individual artists
in England and Wales
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Find out about botanical art exhibitions in England and Wales via the efforts of botanical art societies, groups and individual artists.
This covers exhibitions by botanical art GROUPS:
The Groups section has listings of
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SEPARATE pages are devoted to other exhibitions at:
PLUS Permanent Collections of Botanical Art and Illustrations PLUS an ARCHIVE for past exhibitions by botanical art societies, groups and England and Wales |
Banner Image: Artwork in the Exhibition by the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney Florilegium at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Lew
GROUP SHOWS
National Botanical Art Societies
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Compared to more informal groups, 'proper' Botanical Art Societies typically have:
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Art society exhibitions may be
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The banner image at the top comes from the 2017 Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists.
Society of Botanical Artists (SBA)
The Society of Botanical Artists is national botanical art society for the UK. It is also the oldest society of botanical artists in the world.
- This is its exhibitions page
- The annual exhibition resumed in June 2019 at the Mall Galleries
Association of British Botanical Artists
The Association of British Botanical Artists was formed to organise the Botanical Art Worldwide Exhibition for England and Wales. It's is currently reconfiguring its purpose and website. Any future notices about exhibitions will be posted here.
Florilegium Exhibitions in England
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Florilegium Societies are typically comprised of professional or semi-professional botanical artists.
See a list of Florilegium Societies in the UK. |
Their exhibitions tend to be more ad hoc and are certainly not held every year.
Exhibitions will be listed here as an when I become aware of them. |
Local Botanical Art Societies
Local botanical art societies very often emerge if there is active teaching of botanical art and illustration in an area. Students learn, then want to exhibit and before you know it another society of botanical artists has been formed.
You can find details of the local botanical art societies in the UK on this page
You can find details of the local botanical art societies in the UK on this page
Other GROUP SHOWS of Botanical Art in 2020
The difference between an art society and a group is that
- the latter tends to be more informal
- it may not necessarily have a formal membership scheme.
- it may form purely for the purpose of having an exhibition
- Members may be professional artists, semi-professional or amateur artists.
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Easton Walled Gardens
Botanical Art Exhibition: British Wild Flowers An exhibition of 38 original botanical artworks about wild flowers found in Britain by Dianne Sutherland, Dawn Wright and Polly Sutherland. All original artwork (except for 3 pieces) is for for sale, plus limited edition prints, regular prints and cards are available. Venue: Coach House, Easton Walled Gardens Dates: Sunday 16th February - Sunday 15th March (On usual open days: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays) Hours: 11am - 4pm |
Fritillari melagris by Dianne Sutherland
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INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL BOTANICAL ARTISTS
Commercial Art Galleries - exhibiting botanical art
The only galleries listed below are reputable galleries with a history of exhibiting botanical art. New galleries may be shown - but this depends on who the artist(s) are.
Current and Future Exhibitions 2019
Jonathan Cooper - Park Walk Gallery in Chelsea has regular exhibitions of botanical art - including the exhibition to celebrate 25 years of the Shirley Sherwood Collection
Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery
Venue: 20 Park Walk, London SW10 0AQ
Hours: Monday - Friday 10am - 6.30pm; Saturday 11am-4pm
Gallery Artists: Beverley Allen; Rosie Sanders; Fiona Strickland; Jane Wormell
Venue: 20 Park Walk, London SW10 0AQ
Hours: Monday - Friday 10am - 6.30pm; Saturday 11am-4pm
Gallery Artists: Beverley Allen; Rosie Sanders; Fiona Strickland; Jane Wormell
Galleries which have had solo exhibitions by botanical artists in the past
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Abbott and Holder Gallery.
Venue: 30 Museum Street -opposite the British Museum- London, WC1A 1LH Hours: Hours: 9.30am - 6pm Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 7pm Thursday Lyndsay Ingram Venue: 20 Bourdon Street, London W1K 3PL Date: 26 September - 2nd November 2018 Hours: 10 am – 6 pm Monday – Friday Thomas Gibson Fine Art
Venue: 39 St James's Street London SW1A 1JD Hours: By appointment Gallery artists: Brigid Edwards Tristan Hoare Gallery Venue: 6 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 5HJ Hours: Tuesday – Friday: 11am – 6pm; Saturday: 11am – 6pm (during exhibitions) |
Botanica
curated by Flora Goodwin and Omar Mazhar at the Tristan Hoare Gallery
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PROFESSIONAL BOTANICAL ARTISTS - SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN THE UK
Exhibitions are in chronological order of CLOSING DATE
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
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Botanical Artist: Elizabeth Dowle
Exhibition: Pears and Apples: the Botanical Illustration of Elizabeth Dowle Venue: Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens Bark House Lane, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4AT Dates: 25th May - 3rd November 2019 Admission: Free (and free parking) The exhibition will showcase Elisabeth’s beautiful illustrations from the Pear & Apple collection. These life size plates were painted from fruits from the National Collection Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent, and were used to illustrate "The Book of Pears" by Joan Morgan (2015) and "The Book of Apples”/ "The New Book of Apples" ( 1993, 2002) by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards; published by Ebury Press. |
Red Beurré Hardy by Elizabeth Dowle
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UPDATES: How you can help
ANYBODY can help keep the information on the exhibition pages of this website up to date.
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If you send me images of an exhibition once it is hung, I will try and do a blog post sharing what it looks like with others. This is often a great way of generating interest and visitors.
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