We’re an award-winning, contemporary art gallery located in the heart of Brighton’s historic Cultural Quarter in the UK. With selected works by local, national, and international artists, our two showrooms feature a diverse selection of art, ceramics, and sculpture, professionally curated for you. The ‘must see’ destination for original art in Brighton.
WELCOME
Introducing
Astrig akseralian
Let’s Not Rush the Day, by Astrig Akseralian
We are thrilled to welcome British painter Astrig Akseralian to KMA with a beautiful launching collection for the Summer.
Rooted in narrative, Astrig’s paintings capture the fleeting, intimate domestic moments of connection between humans and the animals who share their life. Her paintings are alive with movement, cleverly composed to give the viewer a feeling of time passing by.
New Collection
MÉLANIE BOURGET
A selection of new works by Mélanie Bourget
This Summer we are thrilled to present an exquisite new collection of characters from the always exciting French sculptor, Mélanie Bourget.
Mélanie's work explores the deep inner worlds of her characters, specifically using the ancient firing process of Raku. This creates spontaneous cracks along the glazed surface of most of her sculptures, acting as windows to their souls. Each piece tells a different story which you could spend hours telling.
Featuring a diverse cast of men, women, tattoos, lipstick, hairstyles and more, we are certain you are going to fall in love with them.
NEXT EXHIBITION:
Porthleven 100
19TH SEPTEMBER - 2ND NOVEMBER 2026
FREE ENTRY
Porthleven 74 (Storm Eye) by Ashley Hanson
This Autumn we are celebrating Ashley Hanson’s milestone 100th painting in his long-running series exploring the Cornish coastal town, Porthleven.
A small town with only a few thousand residents, abstract painter Ashley Hanson depicts Porthleven from all angles, representing everything from the clock tower to the local pub. His thickly textured paintings make great use of gesture and movement to capture the thrum of energy that is apparent in the town, his bold use of colour amplifying the impact. Known for its sweeping sunsets where the sun cuts right down through the centre of the harbour, his paintings often immerse you in deep warm tones reflecting this sumptuous view.
KMA Gallery is pleased to host a rich selection of paintings from this vivacious and enigmatic series, curated by Kellie Miller.
Featured Artists
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![Kate Wickham - October Dawn - 2025 - Mixed media on board 34x29cm KMA Gallery]()
Kate Wickham
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![Helen Nottage - Male Head, Cream Lava with Copper - 2 - 2022 - Ceramic - 29 x 19 x 25 cm - KMA Gallery]()
Helen Nottage
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![Kellie Miller - Pure Joy- Oil and Gesso on Board - 60x60cm - KMA Gallery]()
Kellie Miller
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![Klaus W Rieck - Roloo - 2023 - Bronze - 39x39x12cm - KMA Gallery]()
Klaus Rieck
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![Carolyn Bew - Detoxifying the Noise - 2024 - Etching and Aquatint - 55x64cm - KMA Gallery]()
Carolyn Bew
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![Ashley Hanson - City of Glass 2 (Hotel Harmony) - 2012 - oil on canvas - 150x120cm - KMA Gallery]()
Ashley Hanson
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Mary Jones
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![Rachel Williams - Horse and Rider (Mustard)- Applique felted wool, hand stitched wool on wool canvas - 140x130cm - KMA Gallery]()
Rachel Williams
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![Anna Barlow - All Mine - 2017 - porcelain, parian, earthenware, glazes - 25x30x30cm - KMA Gallery]()
Anna Barlow
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![Annabel Munn - Don't be surprised by the stories I tell - 2025 - red earthenware, slip, 24k gold lustre, sound beads - 20x20cm - KMA Gallery.jpg]()
Annabel Munn
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![Jonathan Smith - The Rolling Sea - Oil on Canvas - 86.5 x 86.5cm - Kellie Miller Arts]()
Jonathan Smith
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![Steve Fricker - Burden of Silence - 2024 - oil on canvas - 54x54cm - KMA Gallery]()
Steve Fricker
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Featured Artworks
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About Us
The artist-owned gallery is located in the prestigious, historic heart of Brighton’s cultural quarter, a fitting situation for a space sympathetic to the art of storytelling.
THE GALLERY
2023
by David Hayward
Original Encaustic on Panel (framed)
David is primarily an abstract painter, but he uses his interest in the morphology of landscapes and the peculiarities of specific locations to inform his work. In his most recent body of work, this translates as a painterly contemplation on the marginality of shorelines and estuaries with their horizontal delineations of air, water and land and the transient nature of weather, erosion and the detritus of tidelines.
Size incl. frame 104 × 104 cm
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