Exhibitions - Berwick Visual Arts

Kirill Sokolov: A Russian Painter in Northumberland

2nd February - 5th May

Kirill Sokolov (1930 - 2004) was a celebrated Russian painter and one of the former Soviet Union’s most dedicated professional artists, studying at the prestigious Surikov Institute in Moscow between 1950 and 1957. In 1960 he met and later married a British research student, one of the first foreign marriages allowed in post-Stalinist Russia.

In 1974 Sokolov left Russia with his family and drove across Europe ending up in Berwick-upon-Tweed which for aperiod became his artistic refuge and

the family’s home. A prolific artist with an insatiable appetite for methods and materials, this exhibition explores Sokolov’s work from his time in the town and the influence of Northumberland on his work.

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Kirill Sokolov: Goswick Beach. Courtesy of the artists estate.

Zoe Childerley: Beyond the Pale

27th October - 20th January

Inspired by walking the length of the Anglo-Scottish border, Beyond the Pale is a mixed media exhibition exploring a narrative around territory, land and

belonging on this border and beyond. During the walk, Zoe met people who live on both sides of the line, learning about their relationship with place, past and present and their underestimated cultural identity as Borderers.

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Zoe Childerley: Castleton. Courtesy of the artist.

Spirited - Women Artists from The Ingram Collection of Modern Art

26th May - 14th October

With 2018 marking the centenary of the Representation of the People Act that gave the first British women the right to vote, the exhibition draws on works from The Ingram Collection, one of this country’s most significant and publicly accessible collections of Modern British Art, to celebrates a number of key British women artists from the past one hundred years. Spirited includes works by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Elisabeth Frink, Barbara Hepworth, Laura Knight, Winifred Nicholson and Bridget Riley.

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Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE. Untitled I (View of St Ives), 1943. - Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust