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Upcoming events & exhibitions, 2026

Installation, sound, light and meditation: 
'A Place to Breathe Slowly'

Claire Knill & Julian Deane / The Woodchester Piano Company
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March, 11:30am - 4:00pm

Free admission

For Sound Walk book here (10:00am - 11:00am)

For The Plough, landscape film and soundtrack book here (5:00pm - 6:00pm)

A Place to Breathe Slowly is a collaborative art installation bringing together suspended sculpture and immersive sound to create a calm environment within The Regency Town House. Together, the installation transforms the Town House into a temporary retreat - a calm interior world set apart from the pace of the city.

Photo of a mobile comprising suspended coloured Perspex in a variety of geometreic shapes. It is hanging in the drwaing room of the Town House.

Claire Knill’s large-scale kinetic mobile, The Willow Tree, moves gently with light and air, its shifting forms casting colour and shadow through the room evoking the feeling of effortless awareness experienced in natural settings.

Julian Deane’s slow-evolving soundscape unfolds over time, creating a soft field of sound that responds to the space, inspired by the Japanese concept of Kankyō Ongaku — “environmental music” - created not for performance, but to shape atmosphere and support a quieter pace of attention. The intention is simple: to create a space where people can breathe slowly.

Sit, lay down, wander, stay as long as you wish.

Alongside the installation, the weekend will include a morning sound environment, a large-scale projection performance of Deane’s film The Plough shown through the suspended sculpture, and a guided Regency Sound Walk exploring deep listening in the surrounding streets. For more info on the ticketed sessions please see below.

Saturday 28th, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Plough by Woodchester Piano Company
A special live presentation of Sussex landscape film and sound track by artist Julian Deane shown through Claire Knill’s suspended Willow Tree installation. Rather than a traditional screening or concert, The Plough is designed as a shared atmosphere — a quiet, immersive experience where film, sound and space unfold together.
£14 or donation Limited numbers.  
Advance booking recommended.

Sunday 29th, 10:00am - 11:00am
Regency Sound Walk
A guided sound walk exploring the relationship between place, history and sensation through deep listening with artist Julian Deane and historian Stacy Deane. Inspired by the deep listening practice of Pauline Oliveros, it’s less about walking somewhere and more about noticing what’s already there — the quiet details we usually ignore. Moving gently through the space together, you’ll be encouraged to shift your attention between external sounds and your own breathing and movement. The aim is simple: to slow down, open your awareness, and experience the environment - and yourself - with greater presence.
£13 or donation. Limited numbers.  
Advance booking recommended.

Sunday 29th 4:00pm - 5:00pm
A Circle With Breath and Compassion
With therapist and compassion practice facilitator Sam McCarthy, Ochre House. Held in sound and sculpture, we gather to notice, breathe and connect - exploring what it means to be human, together.
Free / Donation-based

Please arrive a few minutes early. The walk will take place at a relaxed pace and return to the Townhouse where you are welcome to come in and enjoy the exhibiton, ask any questions whilst Julian plays some gentle music on the parlour piano.

Ticket income helps support the exhibition.

www.claireknill.com

@claireknillart

@woodchesterpiano company

If you'd like to see one of Claire's mobiles going round and round and round in our drawing room, try this: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQYoMMgCWrY/?hl=en

 

Exhibition: Africa Inspired

Wednesday 1st - Sunday 12th April, 
times 11:00am - 5:00pm, (7:00pm Tuesdays), close at 4:00pm on the last day.
Free admission

Download flyer here

Paintings and sculptures by Guy Portelli and Megan di Girolamo; paintings by Tara Winona and Adrienne Parker.

Guy Portelli has created many large sculptural pieces for private collections and public monuments in the USA and UK.

Guy's book ‘Modern British Sculpture’ is the most comprehensive book on the subject. Elected as a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors, and founder of Escape Art Centre in Tonbridge, Guy is often invited to talk and demonstrate to arts groups, schools and professional societies.

Guy first came into public prominence with his appearance on Dragons Den in 2008. He will be working on a mosaic in the galley during the exhibition.

Large circular mosaic set withing a gold painted surround.
Mosaic by Guy Portelli

Megan di Girolamo studied art at High Wycombe College, Hornsey College and South Glamorgan Institute. Her unique sculptures are coiled in one piece, about a centimetre in thickness and contain no supports or armatures. The sculptures are ceramic; glazed and raku fired. Outdoor work is fired to stoneware temperatures and decorated with slips and glazes. Commissions can be cast in bronze or resin at the client's request.

Megan's work is often based on the unique relationship between mother and child, capturing the heat and weight of the child who will at any moment wriggle away, or the balance as the child moves in it̛̛s parent's arms with no fear of falling. There is also a darker side to Megan's work, capturing humanitarian crisis and world problems with disturbing images of homelessness, famine and war.

Photo of ceramic sculpture. It depicts the upper half of a woman set on a dark wooden plinth. A child clings to her back, its arms linked around her neck.
Ceramic sculpture: Swimming, by Megan di Girolamo

An artist and a writer, Tara Winona celebrates a love affair with nature. Tara seeks to capture the spirit of nature, to give her a voice; to tell the story of being alive and her own journey through life. Her paintings of wildlife become self-portraits, a vehicle to tell a story. Animal portraits emerge from swirls of paint, emotions and memories flow - until the boundaries between creature and artist become blurred.

Painting of an owl in flight with wings outstretched, viewed from head-on.
Painting: Fly Well My Dear Friend, by Tara Winona

Adie Parker, in her own words: "I love working with my hands, so glue, gesso, collage, dribbles, textures and big brushes contribute to that happy studio headspace. I particularly enjoy working with mixed media. Acrylic inks and pastel pencils allow the brushstrokes and illustration to flow. Paper collage patterns weave themselves in and out enhancing the texture and complexity of the subject."

Large painting of an elephant, depicted with bold splashes of bright colours.
Painting: Majestic Giant, by Adie Parker

 

Exhibition: TOWNHOUSE

Friday 17th April, 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday 18th April, 11:00am - 4:00pm
Free but must be pre-booked here

An exhibition of eight established artists, showing a mix of sculpture, paintings, collage, drawing and photography, and more.

The work spans contemporary and Pop Art, with enough variety to keep things interesting while still feeling coherent as a show.
Strong confident work throughout, with plenty of visual impact, and a wide range of price points.

Graphical artwork, depicting a shadowy figure on a red background manipulating the strings of a skeletal puppet figure

If you saw our previous TBOY exhibition last September, then you won't want to miss this one. The house will be filled with colour, graphics, textures and imagery, a modern challenge in an historic setting. Can't wait!

The artists showing are:

TBOY    @artbytboy
The Postman    @thepostman_art
Dan David    @dandavidsculptor
Vintage Shuffle    @vintage_shuffle
George Fox    @george-fox-illustration
Mark Woolley   @markwooley1
Jon Welsh    @_jonwelsh_
Neon Tony    @neon_tony

Don't forget to pre-book your timeslot here.

 

Kate Langdale presents… The Floral Eras Exhibition!

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th April, times TBA
Tickets are £21.67 (inc. fees) and available here

Curated by Kate Langdale & Betty Blooming

The Floral Eras Exhibition is a curated showcase featuring designs from over 15 floral designers and mixed media artists who work with flowers as their creative medium. Set across two floors, the exhibition explores The Floral Eras - celebrating the evolving role of flowers in art, design, and personal expression.

Photo of the drawing room, with a floral arrangement hanging from the ceiling and three windows in the background

From romantic traditions to bold contemporary forms, it traces how flowers have shaped visual culture over time, highlighting changing styles, materials, and meanings - from early influences such as Ikebana to contemporary floral art and installation.

Photo of mantlepiece, decorated with flowers, cherubs, candles and a mirror behind.

Through immersive works and expressive installations, the exhibition reveals floristry as a powerful artistic medium that extends far beyond decoration.Kate is bringing together a veritable bouquet of florists to exhibit their skills and artistry here at the Town House.

Photo of a flower arrangement contained within an ornate cream and gold frame

There will be flowers.

Flowers in the dining room, flowers in the parlour, flowers in the drawing room, flowers on the stairs, flowers on the landing. 

There will be many flowers. 

 

Exhibition - ‘No Hard Shoulder’

Thursday 30th April - Sunday 10th May, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Following brilliant reviews last year, ‘No Hard Shoulder’ returns to The Regency Town House for eleven consecutive days of Artists Open Houses Festival 2026.

Nine established Sussex artists will be showing their latest work from large scale pieces of wall art and sculpture to smaller pieces of ceramics and a ‘wall of small’ paintings.

No Hard Shoulder exhibition poster, featuring an image of abstract foliage in green and cream, with a list of artists and event information.

Keith Pettit - Sculpture
Lucy Bristow - Painting
June Frickleton - Painting
Sarah Mitchener - Painting
Nigel Hunter - Sculpture
Thea Thompson - Ceramics
Rebecca Angel - Mixed Media
Barbara Gittings - Ceramics
Julian Sutherland-Beatson - Painting

Events during the week will include:

- Thursday 7th May:  Alex Leith, editor of ROSA Magazine in conversation with multi-disciplinary artist Keith Pettit about his work and the legends of his Sussex home, paying testament to human relationship and place.
- Saturday 9th May: talk by Phil Grabsky, BAFTA winning founder of Exhibition on Screen, on the making of ‘Caravaggio’ his much fêted recent cinema release.

 

Anna Dumitriu: BioArt Transformations

Tuesday 5th - Sunday 10th May, 10:00am - 5:00pm
CLOSED Monday 11th
Tuesday 12th - Sunday 17th May, 10:00am - 5:00pm 
Free admission
Guided tour with Anna Dumitriu on 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th May at 12:00 noon and 3:00pm. 

Art and science combine in “BioArt Transformations”, a cutting-edge new exhibition by internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Anna Dumitriu.

Exhibition title text in white on black, against a background of abstract glittering blue shapes.
Cellular Reprogramming Necklace, by Anna Dumitriu, photo Audrey Rose Mizzi 

A pioneer of the BioArt movement, Dumitriu works with living bacteria, DNA, and technology to create intricate sculptures, installations and textile works that draw threads across time from the history of science and medicine to cutting-edge research in synthetic biology, genomics and AI. Her strange and affecting objects take the form of relics of Dumitriu’s sublime laboratory-based processes created in contemporary biotechnological research settings, interwoven with historic stories of contagion and alchemy.

Photo of embroidered textile representation of a microbiome, in multi-coloured materials and varied shapes.
Fragile Microbiome, by Anna Dumitriu

A visually stunning and deeply thought-provoking experience, this exhibition is a must-see for the curious, challenging our view on the future of medicine, technology, and humanity.

There will be a series of events throughout the exhibition. Book for these via the artist’s website https://annadumitriu.co.uk/news/

A full length 1665-style dress, stuffed and surrounded by bunches of lavender, displayed in a bare brick room and flanked by two slit windows.
Plague Dress, by Anna Dumitriu

Anna Dumitriu is an internationally renowned pioneering British contemporary artist who works with BioArt, sculpture, installation, and digital media to explore our relationship with nature and technology focussing on infectious diseases, synthetic biology, AI and robotics.

Past exhibitions include ZKM, Ars Electronica, BOZAR, The Picasso Museum, Kunstlerhaus Vienna, MIT Museum, HeK Basel, the Nobel Prize Museum, Science Gallery Bengaluru, MOCA Taipei, Art Laboratory Berlin, the History of Science Museum Oxford, the 6th Guangzhou Triennial and Eden Project.

A gold heart-shaped amulet on a silk ribbon. It is decorated with small black spots and is dripping gold
Zenexton, by Anna Dumitriu

She holds visiting research fellowship/artist-in-residence roles at the University of Hertfordshire, the University of Cranfield and the National Institute of Health Research Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, and an artist-in-residence roles with Modernising Medical Microbiology at the University of Oxford, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute. She was the 2018 President of the Science and the Arts Section of the British Science Association. Her work has featured in many significant publications including Frieze, Artforum International Magazine, Leonardo Journal, The Art Newspaper, Nature and The Lancet.

Dumitriu was part of the duo who created the Black Rock Beachcombers series of three public sculptures on Brighton beach along the boardwalk between the Volks Railway Workshop and the Reading Room cafe.

Artist social media links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annadumitriuart/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annadumitriu
X: https://x.com/annadumitriu
Website: https://annadumitriu.co.uk/

Press Release can be downloaded here.

 

Exhibition - Forget-me-not
A solo exhibition from Camilla Perkins

Tuesday 12th - Monday 25th May, 11:00am - 5:00pm
(Closed Wednesday 20th May for Workshop)
Free admission

Oil Pastel Drawing Workshop on Wednesday 20th May,
click here for workshop details and booking.

Camilla Perkins returns to The Regency Town House for the first time since her sell-out exhibition 'Echoes of Summer' in 2022, with a brand new body of work 'Forget-me-not'.

Photo of an artist at work. She is wearing a blue overall and headscarf and we look over her shoulder as she paints two figures seated in a colourful garden landscape.

Perkins’ paintings act as portals into carefully curated worlds that balance realism and imagination. Her stylised figures inhabit spaces infused with light, pattern, and lush detail, inviting viewers to pause and enter moments suspended between memory and fantasy.

Through her work, she explores the emotional resonance of everyday life, using colour and composition to evoke both specific recollections and universal feelings. Her artistic approach celebrates the poetry in ordinary experiences, turning domestic and outdoor scenes into visually and emotionally immersive landscapes.

Photo of an artist's studio. A colourful garden landscape is propped up, in the foregrond a jug full of brushes, to the right a table is covered in coloured paint lids, in the background there are sketches taped to the wall.

Camilla Perkins (b. 1990)

British painter and illustrator Camilla Perkins was born and raised in East Sussex. She is known for creating vibrant, dreamlike works that transform everyday scenes into emotionally charged visual narratives.

Drawing on memory, personal experience, and the subtleties of light and colour, Perkins crafts compositions that feel intimate yet universal, where garden spaces, sunlit retreats, and stylised figures evoke nostalgia, warmth, and quiet reflection. Her work demonstrates a profound sensitivity to atmosphere, using colour as a central tool to convey emotion and the fleeting qualities of lived experience.

Her work has been exhibited in galleries and art fairs across the UK and internationally, engaging audiences with its joyous, contemplative sensibility. Across her practice, she continues to explore how memory, imagination, and emotion intersect, producing work that is both playful and profoundly affecting, offering viewers intimate windows into the delicate textures of human experience.

Instagram: @camillaperkins_

Click here for workshop details and booking

 

Exhibition - Seeing Unseeing
A solo show of work by Charmaine Evans

Satuday 30th May, 11:00am - 5:00pm

Times and more information to follow.

 

Exhibition - TBOY

Friday 4th & Saturday 5th September

Times and more information to follow.

 

Exhibition - The Presence of Absence

Four very different artists explore space, memory, loss and connection
Thursday 24th September - Sunday 4th October, 11:00am - 6:00pm

Photo of a Regency drawing room. In the centre of the floor is a deconstructed armchair and in the background there are three large windows

An upholsterer, a contemporary surrealist, a painter and a photographer will come together for a two-week interactive exhibition.

“Your absence is a presence. Who knew an empty space could take up so much room.”
Jacqueline Simon Gunn

At the heart of this exhibition are 4 vintage chairs, a collaboration between Frances Bloomfield and Emily Beaumont. The chairs will explore the concepts of memory; healing; secrets and retreat.

The exhibition has been created to explore the impact of an individual presence, the spaces created where someone or something used to be.

A photo close up of a deconstructed armchair and an abstract painting in blue and black

Jo Hathaway’s work on memory and reflection bring colour and light and the internal, abstract experience of the theme; Nick Bowman’s photographs each tell their own story of time and motion, alongside additional work by Frances Bloomfield and Emily Beaumont.

The exhibition invites you to be part of the visual conversation between the artists about how to interpret individual experiences of the past, present and future through the space we leave behind and the memories it holds of us whether it involves happiness, sadness, joy, loss, beauty, grief or hope.

Visitors are encouraged to be actively involved by discovering secrets concealed around the space and by leaving their own memories and experiences written down and hidden inside a chair.

Exhibition events:

• Film Screening, Saturday 26th September, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
• Local Wine Tasting, TBC
• Book Of Writing Around The Theme
• Further Community Events, TBC

The artists:

Emily Beaumont, Upholsterer emilybooupholstery.co.uk
Frances Bloomfield, Contemporary Surrealist francesbloomfield.com Jo Hathaway, Painter johathaway.com
Nick Bowman, Photographer @iamnotabene
Find out more about the artists johathaway.com/about-the-artists

Download Press Release here

 

Exhibition - PhotoWorks

Friday 2nd - Sunday 1st November 

Times and more information to follow.

 

Exhibition - Cameron Contemporary
A solo show of work by Amy Dury

Wednesday 28th October - Sunday 1st November 

Times and more information to follow.

 

Exhibition - Caroliner Oleron

Wednesday 28th October - Sunday 1st November 

Times and more information to follow.

 

Exhibition - Kate Scott & Guests
A group show of work

Wednesday 4th - Sunday 8th November 

Times and more information to follow.

 

Exhibition - Geoff Lewis

Wednesday 4th - Sunday 8th November 

Times and more information to follow.

 

 

 

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