Declarative Language Amici Studio Hastings 11 April - 09 May

Really pleased to have two paintings included in this show curated by a former CSM student of mine Alexis Soul Grey and Kelly Jessiman bringing together artists whose practices have been shaped by sustained caregiving with families of neurodivergent children. Accompanying essay by Lisha Rooney (see about section to read and download). Showing with Eddie Flowers, Nichola Hicks, Kelly Jessiman, Mindy Lee, Natasha Macvoy, Anj Smith, Alexis Soul Grey and Maliheh Zafarnezhad.

Story Painters, Picture Writers, Kendrew Barn Gallery, St John's College, Oxford 20th January - 2nd February

Stilte/Silence is being shown alongside paintings by Julian Bell, Nick Bush, Jane Griffiths, Gala Hills and Jamie McKendrick. This is the first show I have curated....Story Painters, Picture Writers, at St John’s College’s Kendrew Barn Gallery, borrows its title from Aubrey Beardsley’s 1894 polemic against the narrative conventions of 19^th century academic art – a tongue-in-cheek appropriation given the story-telling thread that ties the show together.

Last few days of The Stolen Orange

Curated by Sarah Shaw, Bod Street Gallery , Brighton . Over 80 artists showing work in response to Brian Patten's poem:

The Stolen Orange

When I left I stole an orange

I kept it in my pocket

It felt like a warm planet

Everywhere I went smelt of oranges

Whenever I got into an awkward situation

I'd take out the orange and smell it

And immediately on even dead branches I saw

The lovely and fierce orange blossom

That smells so much of joy

When I went out I stole an orange

It was a safeguard against imagining

There was nothing bright or special in the world