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Directed by artist, curator and critic Kellie Miller, KMA gallery offers a unique and original voice. This blog offers our followers the opportunity to delve deeper into our world to discover more about the artists we represent, upcoming exhibition themes and collections, and to join the wider discussion as we explore and reflect on current events shaping the creative world we love so much. 

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Just Call Her Wildflower
Kellie Miller Kellie Miller

Just Call Her Wildflower

Jane Skingley depicts the cycle of life in her paintings. Her muses are wildflowers, which she gathers on her walks for inspiration. She is interested in the overlooked, disregarded weeds and shines the spotlight on plants like Stitchwort, Celandine, Oxeye Daisy and Ragwort. In championing these flowers, Jane asks us to see their beauty by slowing down and appreciating the world around us.

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Awakening the Mind and the Body
Kellie Miller Kellie Miller

Awakening the Mind and the Body

One can sense the energetic shifts that awaken perceptions when viewing Jules Allan's paintings. They starkly remind us that art plays on the conscious and unconscious mind. Jules' dual practices as an artist and art psychotherapist, without doubt, inform one another.

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With Land, Skye and Sea
Kellie Miller Kellie Miller

With Land, Skye and Sea

Patricia Shone was born in Scotland and moved to South Devon as a child. She first encountered clay at school there. After studying ceramics in London, finances and a first love of cooking led her to work as a chef in the UK and Italy. She returned to the country of her birth, drawn to the Isle of Skye, where she has been dedicated to ceramics for nearly three decades

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We just want to have fun!
Kellie Miller Kellie Miller

We just want to have fun!

A French artist who naturally encapsulates fun in her works is Mélanie Bourget. Her sculptures are an exploration of human expression. With great skill, she creates figurative pieces in a contemporary yet offbeat style. Her art conjures feelings of fun and joy.

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Flight of the Langoustine at KMA
Kellie Miller Kellie Miller

Flight of the Langoustine at KMA

We are honoured to be the partner gallery for the Hove Plinth's Flight of the Langoustine created by sculptor Pierre Diamantopoulo MRSS. The ambitious community art project is the brainchild of the Hove Civic Society.

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Colours of The Seasons
Kellie Miller Kellie Miller

Colours of The Seasons

Internationally recognised ceramicist Maria ten Kortenaar started her creative path as a goldsmith, but once she encountered clay in 1995, she became devoted to porcelain.

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Flight of the BirdMen
Kim Jones Kim Jones

Flight of the BirdMen

My practice is an exploration—always. I don't feel any particular need to continue down one path for years and years. I feel the need always to be making new work, breaking new ground, making something interesting to me, that is exciting to me, that fulfils my need to create things with faith, that everything feeds into everything else.

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Conversations
Kellie Miller Kellie Miller

Conversations

Su Jameson's new collection 'Conversations' explores the connections and complexities of being human and the tools we use to communicate.

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