Exhibitions

Russell Haines

Free entry

For his show with Prema, Gloucester-based aritst Russell Haines looks back at the past ten years and his development and growth as a painter. His self-portraits run in parallel to his recovery from a devastating brain stem stroke and form a large part of this exhibition.

Here we also gain a glimpse into his exasperation with the political picture in the UK and across the globe as well as his playful, piss-taking nature which employs street art as a mouthpiece for his frustrations, using familiar faces from the animation characters from the stable of Hanna Barbera!

Sarah Gwyer

Free entry

Through her dazzling and impressive body of work, textile artist Sarah Gwyer, brings embroidery to new, dizzy heights, surprise us with what is achievable using just a needle and thread!

Sarah enjoys the challenge of using a hugely time-consuming method to depict a quickly changing society and world around her.

Sarah’s influences are varied from personal experiences; pop artists like James Rosenquist to graphic design and television series. It all comes together to create work on the themes of consumerism, commercialism, and sociology, often using celebrities to do so.

Zoë Heath

Free entry

Zoë Heath is a contemporary, mixed media artist based in Stroud. Following her studies in drawing and applied arts, Zoë completed her Masters in multi-disciplinary print at the University of the West of England.

Incorporating scripts, mark-making and found objects paired with her passion for paper ephemera and has resulted a diverse and fascinating body of collage work. Using found papers, letters and books that are worn, torn, and stained, she reinvents and reinterprets these to form both abstract and figurative pieces often with a new narrative and sometimes with a hint of humour.