Nature's Presence

30 March-30 September 2018, Birmingham Museums selected from the Arts Council Collection Nerys's 'Lilies - Orange, Pink and Green on Grey Ground' to include in its exhibition at Blakesley Hall, Birmingham.

Kilgallon Art Gallery

101 Years of British Art; 1916-2016

'101 Years of British Art; 1916-2016', at Gallagher and Turner Gallery, Newcastle, included late flower paintings.

In Bloom

'In Bloom', at Gallagher and Turner Gallery, Newcastle, brought together four artists whose work examines botanical subjects. It included a group of flower paintings by Nerys from 1998-2001. The works sold included those below.

Terrain: Land into Art

'Terrain: Land into Art', at Hestercombe Gallery, Taunton, included the painting ‘Three purple tulips with multi-leaf spray’ chosen from the Arts Council Collection.

Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff

A third exhibition of paintings curated by Martin Tinney depicted flowers and plant forms in colour, held at Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff. The works sold included those below.

Nerys Johnson - Another Language II

'Nerys Johnson - Another Language II', the second exhibition curated by Martin Tinney was held at Tegfryn Gallery, Menai Bridge (North Wales). The Gallery specializes in leading Welsh-born or Welsh-based artists. The works sold included those below.

Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate

An exhibition at the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, of best loved works from its collection, included three paintings by Nerys (below): ‘Fiery Lilies (& Dark Carnations)’ (1993); ‘Red/yellow tulip, deep purple ground’ (1998); and ‘Poppy on blue ground I (1999)’.

Nerys Johnson - Another Language

'Nerys Johnson - Another Language', an exhibition of paintings of flowers and plants, held at the Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff. The works sold included those below.

National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

To mark the 10th anniversary of Nerys’s death, the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, exhibited a group of her works and several sketchbooks from its permanent collection. These were displayed alongside works by Howard Hodgkin, including a large print, purchased for the collection with support from NJCA Fund (see details under NJCA Fund).

Nerys Johnson - Flower Imagery Over Time

‘Nerys Johnson - Flower Imagery Over Time’, a major exhibition mounted at the DLI Museum & Art Gallery, Durham, to mark the tenth anniversary of Nerys’s death. Covering a period of over 30 years, it showed both continuity and change in her approach to her subject matter, through particular flowers which recur in her work. Gladioli, lilies, sunflowers and tulips were depicted in various media: charcoal and ink, watercolours, etchings and oil, as well as the later paintings in gouache. Works sold at the exhibition included those below.

John McCracken – His Work and Influence

An exhibition at Hartlepool Art Gallery, 'John McCracken – His Work and Influence', included two of Nerys's paintings: ‘Royalist under Wraps’ (1994), and ‘Mother and Daughter’ (1992), see below. They were shown alongside works by Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Lucian, Freud, and others. John McCracken (1936-82), a friend and colleague of Nerys's, was an artist, a gifted poet, jazz musician and an Art lecturer.

From the Garden

'From the Garden', an exhibition in two parts with paintings and drawings in Nerys’s last decade: Part l was held at Broughton House Gallery, Cambridge, and Part ll in a private studio in London. Works sold included the five illustrated below.

The Secret Garden

'The Secret Garden', an exhibition inspired by Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1910 classic children's novel, held at the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, included three paintings by Nerys from the Gallery's collection.

Mixed Bunch

'Mixed Bunch' an exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery, included the picture ‘Maroon Tulip with Apricot Hyacinth and Blue Clematis’ (see below), which the Gallery had acquired. It was Nerys's last work, painted on 28 May 2001. Falmouth Art Gallery was the first to receive a grant from the Fund.

Newcastle Reinvented: Views Over the Ages

‘Newcastle Reinvented: Views Over the Ages’, an exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery, included 'Tyne Bridges at Night' (see below), a work donated by the Estate to Tyne & Wear Museums collection. It is one of a dozen paintings of the riverside at Newcastle, commissioned in 1996, as part of Visual Arts UK, partly sponsored by Air UK, which selected one of Nerys's paintings for its 1997 calendar.

Ruthin Craft Centre

The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, showed a selection of works from 1992 to 2001. It was a fitting location, as Nerys was born in Colwyn Bay and some members of her family still live in North Wales.

Harley Gallery, near Worksop

Harley Gallery, near Worksop. The location was partly chosen because Nerys spent her teenage years in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, so the exhibition allowed people who knew her locally, and as an exhibitor with the Mansfield Society of Artists, to see how her early talent had developed.

Moments of Being

Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, showed a selection of Nerys' work from the 1970s onwards, following a previous show there in 2004 (see below). The exhibition included landscape paintings; work painted during trips to Venice, and other paintings of flowers and plants. Its title, 'Moments of Being', was taken from the title of a touring exhibition which Nerys devised and selected for the South Bank/Arts Council tour, in 1988.

The Glory of the Garden: Flowers and Gardens in Art

'The Glory of the Garden: Flowers and Gardens in Art' at the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, included some of Nerys’s late paintings. The exhibition represented the nation in 'Europe in Bloom 2004'.

Nerys Johnson: the last year

'Nerys Johnson: the last year', DLI Museum & Art Gallery, Durham, showed works that Nerys painted towards the end of her life.