5 May-24 June 2018, Kilgallon Art Gallery. Over 30 works, including charcoals, gouaches and etchings, will be exhibited; all are available for sale. Works on display include those pictured below.
The Gallery is situated in Northumberland, at South Barn, Whitfield, Hexham NE47 8JP, 01434 344923; 07496 754601, Opening hours: 11am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday; weekdays by arrangement (www.denniskilgallon.co.uk).
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. The work will be shown alongside the artists John Blakemore, Ruth Claxton, Brian Duffy, Paula Rego, Joseph Herman and others.
September - November, 2017: '101 Years of British Art; 1916-2016', at Gallagher and Turner Gallery, Newcastle, included late flower paintings.
July - September, 2017: '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.
March-July 2016: 'Terrain: Land into Art', at Hestercombe Gallery, Taunton, included the painting ‘Three purple tulips with multi-leaf spray’ chosen from the Arts Council Collection.
July-August 2014: 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.
April-May 2012: '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.
January-June 2012: An exhibition at the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, of best loved works from its collection, included three paintings by Nerys, two of which appear below: ‘Red/yellow tulip, deep purple ground’ (1998); and ‘Poppy on blue ground I (1999)’.
June 2011: '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.
June-September 2011: 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).
March-May 2011: ‘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.
January-April 2011: 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.
May 2010: '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.
April - June 2010: '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, among them 'Fiery Lilies (and Dark Carnations)', 1993, depicted below:
April - June 2010: '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.
September 2009-September 2010: ‘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.
October - December 2006: 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.
March - April 2006: 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.
June -July 2005: 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.
June - September 2004: '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'.
September - October 2003: 'Nerys Johnson: the last year', DLI Museum & Art Gallery, Durham, showed works that Nerys painted towards the end of her life.
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. The work will be shown alongside the artists John Blakemore, Ruth Claxton, Brian Duffy, Paula Rego, Joseph Herman and others.
5 May-24 June 2018, Kilgallon Art Gallery. Over 30 works, including charcoals, gouaches and etchings, will be exhibited; all are available for sale. Works on display include those pictured below.
The Gallery is situated in Northumberland, at South Barn, Whitfield, Hexham NE47 8JP, 01434 344923; 07496 754601, Opening hours: 11am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday; weekdays by arrangement (www.denniskilgallon.co.uk).
September - November, 2017: '101 Years of British Art; 1916-2016', at Gallagher and Turner Gallery, Newcastle, included late flower paintings.
July - September, 2017: '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.
March-July 2016: 'Terrain: Land into Art', at Hestercombe Gallery, Taunton, included the painting ‘Three purple tulips with multi-leaf spray’ chosen from the Arts Council Collection.
July-August 2014: 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.
April-May 2012: '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.
January-June 2012: An exhibition at the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, of best loved works from its collection, included three paintings by Nerys, two of which appear below: ‘Red/yellow tulip, deep purple ground’ (1998); and ‘Poppy on blue ground I (1999)’.
June 2011: '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.
June-September 2011: 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).
March-May 2011: ‘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.
January-April 2011: 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.
May 2010: '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.
April - June 2010: '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, among them 'Fiery Lilies (and Dark Carnations)', 1993, depicted below:
April - June 2010: '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.
September 2009-September 2010: ‘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.
October - December 2006: 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.
March - April 2006: 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.
June -July 2005: 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.
June - September 2004: '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'.
September - October 2003: 'Nerys Johnson: the last year', DLI Museum & Art Gallery, Durham, showed works that Nerys painted towards the end of her life.