Past Exhibition
Devon Open Studios 2021
A widely anticipated annual event, Devon Open Studios defied the pandemic in 2020, admirably adapting its model and through good fortune slotting itself between the national lockdowns to welcome dedicated patrons from across the UK for whom the event is somewhat of a pilgrimage. With this remarkable achievement in mind, it is perhaps unsurprising that with a more favourable national outlook to celebrate, Devon Open Studios is set to come back strong this year. The event features annually in September and is the highlight of the South West arts calendar, organised by Devon Artist Network (DAN), which promotes, celebrates and champions the arts in Devon. For 16 days, the networks members throw open their doors to visitors or otherwise occupy venues and spaces across the region, offering an intimate look at their work and practice, delivering demonstrations, and running workshops for visitors to partake in. For collectors, it is truly an unmissable event. Buoyed by artists eager to return to showing work to public audiences, a record number of venues across Devon can be found on the event map. This year for Devon Open Studios, Torbay will host 18 unique venues across its three towns with work ranging from traditional plein air practice to contemporary printmaking, and taking in sculpture, illustration, and design in between. The 15 working studio spaces are joined by three exhibition showcases. A retrospective of Devon Masters Arthur Homeshaw R.W.A. and Richard Slater R.I. will be hosted at Artizan Gallery alongside their Sculpture Studio, a celebration of 3D work welcoming accomplished sculptors working in various mediums and producing at the height of their respective fields. And the esteemed 21 Group of Artists is invited back to Torbay where the group was established in 1967, hosted at the Artizan Collective Gallery as the group participates in Devon Open Studios for the first time. The programme is in part supported by the Torbay Bursary Awards, which sponsored by Artizan Gallery have supported 10 artists from the bay to take part in this year’s event. The bursaries were awarded to a diverse range of artists with working studios in Torbay to support engagement with the annual event following the past 18 months of hardship that has particularly affected those working in the creative industries.
📅 11 – 26 September 2021
Launch
📍 Devon Wide
⚫ Exhibition Finished
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Participating Artists
Rhian Wyn Harrison
Rhian is an artist and illustrator who works from her home studio in Paignton on the South Devon coast. In a previous life she was a graphic designer and typographer. She realised that she had neglected her childhood love of drawing, painting, and colour, so began to experiment, finding her artist voice and her own quirky style. Creating lively and colourful mixed media illustrations, Rhian repurposes old books and maps as both the backgrounds and the inspiration for her work, with a nod towards her design career. Her challenge is always to find an unexpected interpretation between word and image. Drawn by hand, then coloured with ink, gouache paint and pastel, Rhian uses traditional techniques and usually adds a sprinkle of wit or humour with hand stamped lettering. Rhian has built an extensive local following, successfully exhibiting at many Devon galleries, including Delamore Arts, SWAc Open and Torre Abbey. Her distinctive style lends itself to many subjects and themes, but recent involvement as an Accredited UNESCO artist for The English Riviera Geopark, has focussed on local sea life and birds. She recently completed a Masters in Illustration at Falmouth University and is writing and illustrating a children's book about a puffin.
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Back Stronger Than Ever
A widely anticipated annual event, Devon Open Studios defied the pandemic in 2020, admirably adapting its model and through good fortune slotting itself between the national lockdowns to welcome dedicated patrons from across the UK for whom the event is somewhat of a pilgrimage. With this remarkable achievement in mind, it is perhaps unsurprising that with a more favourable national outlook to celebrate, Devon Open Studios is set to come back strong this year.
The event features annually in September and is the highlight of the South West arts calendar, organised by Devon Artist Network (DAN), which promotes, celebrates and champions the arts in Devon. For 16 days, the networks members throw open their doors to visitors or otherwise occupy venues and spaces across the region, offering an intimate look at their work and practice, delivering demonstrations, and running workshops for visitors to partake in. For collectors, it is truly an unmissable event.
Buoyed by artists eager to return to showing work to public audiences, a record number of venues across Devon can be found on the event map.
This year for Devon Open Studios, Torbay will host 18 unique venues across its three towns with work ranging from traditional plein air practice to contemporary printmaking, and taking in sculpture, illustration, and design in between. The 15 working studio spaces are joined by three exhibition showcases. A retrospective of Devon Masters Arthur Homeshaw R.W.A. and Richard Slater R.I. will be hosted at Artizan Gallery alongside their Sculpture Studio, a celebration of 3D work welcoming accomplished sculptors working in various mediums and producing at the height of their respective fields. And the esteemed 21 Group of Artists is invited back to Torbay where the group was established in 1967, hosted at the Artizan Collective Gallery as the group participates in Devon Open Studios for the first time.
The programme is in part supported by the Torbay Bursary Awards, which sponsored by Artizan Gallery have supported 10 artists from the bay to take part in this year’s event. The bursaries were awarded to a diverse range of artists with working studios in Torbay to support engagement with the annual event following the past 18 months of hardship that has particularly affected those working in the creative industries.
