Galleries - May 2024

Press Release Nina Royle And so, the magpies multiply 23 March – 9 June 2024 Kestle Barton Manaccan Helston Cornwall TR12 6HU 01326 231 811 info@kestlebarton.co.uk www.kestlebarton.co.uk About the artist Nina Royle graduated with an MA in Fine Art from the Slade School of Art in 2016. She is an Associate lecturer, and Senior Painting Technician, at Falmouth University and has a studio at CAST in Helston. Recent solo exhibitions include: Down Your Tresses , Arusha, Edinburgh 2022; Tongues and Mirrors in Mercury , Kingsgate Project Space, London (2021). Recent group exhibitions and projects include: Commune (with Lucy Stein), Eden Project, Cornwall (2023); And One Day the Apple Fell (curated by Dan Howard-Birt) The Black Box UCA, Farnham; (2023) Hospital Rooms commission (with Libita Sibungu), Springfield Hospital, London (2022); Bathing Nervous Limbs , Arusha, Edinburgh, 2021. About the venue Kestle Barton is an ancient Cornish farmstead situated above the Helford River. Following an award- winning conservation and conversion project the beautiful old farm buildings have new uses, one of the barns becoming an elegant gallery that opened in 2010. From early April to late October each year, the gallery, garden and wildflower meadow beyond, hosts a programme of three free exhibitions and a number of other events. Surrounding barns and the old farmhouse have been converted into stylish and comfortable holiday accommodation, all profits from which go towards funding the exhibition and event programme. Open 23 March – 2 November 2024: Tuesday – Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10:30am – 5pm. Images: Top image: Nina Royle, And so the Magpies Multiply , 2023 Egg tempera and egg emulsion on a shaped wood panel with traditional gesso, 42 x 32 cms Photo by Nick Cooney Bottom image: Nina Royle, Untitled (bronze mirror), 2022 Chased and patinated sheet bronze, 26 x 17cms Photo by Annie Handscombe