I will be giving a talk about my experiences during my residency at the Grafikwerkstatt Dresden along with fellow artist Michala Gyetvai, with Matthias Bausch and Falk Topfer, the current Dresden residents in Coventry on Friday 21st October 2-3pm at the LTB Showrooms, first floor, Litten Tree, 1 Warwick Row, Coventry CV1 1EX. The talk is free and all are welcome, just turn up.

I’m thrilled that my lithograph ‘Kitchen Mirror’ as been selected for the Leamington Spa Open, showcasing the best artwork in the West Midlands Region chosen by this year’s judges, Stacey Barnfield, Victoria Smith and Otto Saumarez Smith. On show at Leamington Spa’s Art Gallery and Museum, Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Royal Leamington Spa CV32 4AA. Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-4pm www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumprooms

You can still see another of my prints at the RBSA Birmingham as part of their Prize Exhibition until 15th October.

My pen and ink drawing ‘Folding 1’ is on show in the West Midlands Open until 25th September. The exhibition celebrates the quality and diversity of the visual arts across the West Midlands region. You can also see the selected works online on the New Art Gallery Walsall’s website https://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk

You can see more of my drawings in the ‘Net Curtain’ section on my gallery page.

I am delighted to be exhibiting four of my black and white lithographs at Banks Mill Studios in Derby , DE1 3LB 1st- 30th June as part of this year’s Derby Print Open. The exhibition features 208 original prints by 60 UK Printmakers and can also be seen online at derbyprintopen.org There is also a lovely catalogue which you can buy featuring all the work on show.

I also have work on show in the West Midlands Open at the New Art Gallery Walsall until 25th September.

I am delighted to announce that my pen and ink drawing ‘Folding 1’ has been selected for the West Midlands Open at the New Art Gallery Walsall, this Summer. This opportunity to celebrate the quality and diversity of the visual arts across the region will take place from 20 May – 25 September 2022 (Preview Thursday 19 May, 6 – 8pm).

Works were accepted from West Midlands-based artists and selected by Skinder Hundal MBE, Director of Arts at the British Council, West Midlands-based artists Maryam Wahid and Nilupa Yasmin, as well as a panel of Gallery staff led by Director Stephen Snoddy.

I’m looking forward to seeing my work with my friends and contemporaries in the region.

I am thrilled to announce that I am heading to Dresden, Germany to take up a month long residency at the Graffikwerkstatt in Dresden. I was selected for the residency in 2020 by the Coventry Dresden Arts Exchange. It has been postponed twice due to Covid 19 but I am happy to say that at last I am able to have a month of lovely printmaking.

I’m very lucky to have two different prints in these two prestigious Print shows exhibition with my fellow contemporary printmakers, one in Birmingham and one in Wrexham in Wales. Both shows finish on Saturday 26th February so there is plenty of time to visit Ty Pawb and the RBSA gallery and feast your eyes on the lovely prints! For more information and opening times check the websites www.typawb.wales and www.rbsa.org.uk

I’m thrilled to be showing prints with artists from Coventry and Dresden taking part in this festival of friendship. The opening is Friday 12th November at midday in conjunction with the official festival opening. The opening event continues until 3pm.

“Small Works” is the Coventry-Dresden Arts Exchange’s 8th collaborative exhibition with Dresden artists and Coventry artists.

The Coventry/Dresden Arts Exchange was founded by artist John Yeadon (Coventry) and Jean Kirsten (Dresden) in 2012. It is an artist-led, personal initiative, that seeks to develop creative dialogue between the cities of Coventry and Dresden and encourages cross-fertilization of praxis, by enabling and organizing collaborative exchanges, exhibitions and forums for visual artists in Coventry and Dresden. The programme has become a city-wide organisation and includes exhibitions and residencies, providing opportunities for artists to participate in the cultural life of both cities.

As artists we acknowledge the very different cultural histories of these cities since the late 1930s, when Dresden slipped from our view and our two cities were separated culturally and politically by various forces.

With the exhibitions, residents’ showcases, open studios and by hosting talks and workshops, the Exchange’s projects have engaged a wide range of audience interest. The exhibitions have served in the past as an introduction to art for those people who would not normally go to an art gallery or art exhibition but have attended these exhibitions though an interest in international friendship, understanding, peace and reconciliation, an interest in Germany or the Coventry-Dresden relationship. This is true in both cities.

The Exchange’s AIR Programme (Artists In Residence) is an Arts Council funded project with support from Class Room, Artspace Partnerships, Dresden City Council, Grafikwerkstatt and Coventry University, Arts and Humanities.

The Dresden artists: Matthias Bausch, Kerstin Franke-Gneuss, Karen Koschnick, Volker Lenkheit, Monika Marten, Christian Manns, Alexandra Muller, Lucas Oertel, Andre Uhlig.

The Coventry artists: Sharon Baker, Jack Foster, Michala Gyetvai, Will Hughes, Ashley Spindler, John Yeadon.