NEW FACES 2025
Tuesday 14th - Saturday 25th January, 11am to 5pm
Opening Night Party: Tues 14th, 6 to 8pm - all Sprout members welcome to come and meet the artists
Sprout’s New Faces Show runs from Tuesday 14th to Saturday 25th January with over 25 artists taking part. The show is open from 11am - 5pm daily except Monday. All participants are artists who have recently joined Sprout, with an emphasis on contemporary painting and printmaking.
Sarah Kipps
Stefan Szczelkun
Nick Hook
Graeme Hartley
Janice Cameron
Cordelia Chang
Karen Rowntree
Harriet Ohta
Jane Rayner
Morgane Pairain
Nathalie Webb
Bula Chakravarthy
David Carlise
Martin Ireland
Phillippa Rose
Zahra Karamie
Naphtali Berhane
Sophie Jones
Milena Rosa
Judith Fisher
Zoe Zilivitzky
Blossom Hay
Leah Crews
Joanne Sharpe
Tania Shishkin
Ruth Mottram
Hannah O’Driscoll
Fatima Emami
Realism with my Brush
Agnieszka Matras, solo exhibition
28 January to 8 Feb, open every day (except Mondays) 11am to 5pm
Private View Tuesday 28 January, 6 to 8pm
Agnieszka Matrasis an artist living and working in London for over twenty years. She consider herself as self-taught artist and works mainly with oils and acrylics. Using a limited pallet and traditional approache to oil paint she tries to convey the beauty of nature and magic of colour on canvas.
She pays attention to the light and it’s impact on subjects. Experimeting with colour she captures accurately the mood and atmosphere of the scenes in her art. She gets inspired by beauty of skies and landscapes as well as seascapes and still life and animals. She does not limit her self to any particular subject and will get a brush any time her eyes meet with a view she can’t resist to rewrite on canvas.
Agnieszka is a member of South London Women Artists acclaimed art group launched by the friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery and also a member of few local art communities in South London which promote art through workshops, art shows and exhibitions. She exhibits regularly within those group.
I like to paint natural beauty : green trees, skies, seascapes. Simple words which can describe what I do are "I paint what I see and what appeals to me”. Using a limited palette allows me to experiment with colour mixes and textures to achive reflection of what I observed. I thrive on anything that reveals colour harmony or obvious contrasts. Light and shadows are also the foundation of my creativity. Changing light and it’s impact on subject matter are the motive force and endless inspiration for my art. Using various reference materials I work in my studio developing my skills and exploring painting mediums of which I was always curious and passionate about. @agnes_matras_just_art
Both Sides Now
Lucia Babjakova & Magda Kowalska
11th to 22nd February
This exhibition by artist Lucia Babjakova and photographer Magda Kowalska probes the ways that photography and painters use their different mediums to portray what they see and create meaning from it. It looks at how each artist approaches the portrayal of the world before them using technology that is both ancient and modern.
Each artist has a different vision and stylistic approach to the portrayal of people, places and concepts, and the juxtaposition of the two illustrates the strengths of the methods and mediums and the potential synergy between the two.
The underlying assumption of photography is that it captures a moment of ‘reality’, what is actually in front of the camera, yet painting strives for the creation of a ‘reality’ too–the reality of the way the artist sees the world. Both forms can reach into the still moment portrayed on canvas and paper and find a substance beneath the surface that speaks of much more than the single captured moment.
Lucia is a vivid colourist who creates layers of meaning from seemingly simple imagery, touches universal themes through ambiguity and implicit narrative, and often hints at a darker duality beneath the surface of her vision.
Magda shows faces and places with a focus on the beauty inside the image; she strives for the truth of what shines from faces and places. Her portraits are uplifting and resonate with a zest and vitality that glows from people and nature.
Both artists have exhibited at Trinity Laban Conservatoire as part of the TL Sessions Exhibition in 2024.
Lucia Babjakova
Lucia is a Slovak-born artist who grew up in Brno, Czech Republic and relocated permanently to Shoreham-by-Sea in 2010. She studied Aesthetics at Masaryk University Brno and has previously exhibited around Europe in Barcelona, Prague, Brno, Florence and London including the Concrete and Glass Saatchi exhibition in 2008.
Lucia is a vivid colourist who creates layers of meaning from seemingly simple imagery, touches universal themes through ambiguity and implicit narrative, and often hints at a darkness beneath the surface. Her work is characterised by her deep respect for nature and a wide social/political consciousness.
She has been shortlisted by Artichoke Trust for a public art commission, selected for Sussex Contemporary 2024 and recently shown work at Bristol Circular Art Space, Pensychnant Gallery, Colonnade House in Worthing and Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London.
Magdalena Kowalska
Magdalena was born in Poland in 1975 and has been based in London since 1997. The main subject of her photography has always been people in various situations, and she gradually submerged herself deeper towards exploring portraits as a form of capturing one’s soul and inner beauty on the photographic paper. She is also passionate about capturing the beauty of London and the fleeting moments of the world around her that she finds interesting and beautiful. Any situation and any subject.
Secret Postcard
25th February to 8th March
CALL FOR POSTCARD ARTISTS!
PICK UP YOUR FREE POSTCARD IN SPROUT - paint, draw, collage, embroider, photograph or write... get creative for us and return by 7th February
There hope to have hundreds of postcards to choose from, and all of these mini masterpieces will be just £5 each, raising money to support our community art gallery, which is run by volunteers. It's 'SECRET' because you have to buy the postcard of your choice THEN find out who made it!
Our Members' Private View is on Tuesday 25th when sales of cards will begin (maximum purchase 3 per household). Sales to non members will start on Wednesday 26th at 11am - don’t miss out!
Postcards are kindly donated by Sprout Artists, supporters and children, including classes from Goldfinch and Penwortham Primary Schools
