Exhibitions

  • Postcards from the Edge

    Postcards from the Edge
    Postcards from the Edge, the first exhibition of 2020, is a celebration of the wonderful south west coast path which is much loved by locals and visitors alike and is walked by thousands every year. Ten artists and makers – who all have a connection with Cornwall - have each created collections of new work inspired by this thin strip of footpath that clings to the edge of the land.  
  • Winter at the Byre

    Jill Hudson Sudden sun - 76cm x 122cm x 2cm
    Winter at the Byre is a celebration of our year of exhibitions, when we welcome back some of our favourite makers and artists with exciting new work for Christmas and beyond. 
  • The Coast is Clear

    The Coast is Clear
    Our first exhibition for summer 2019 at the Byre Gallery is The Coast is Clear. Cornwall artist Siobhan Purdy returns with a stunning new collection of work inspired by her love for - and memories of - the Cornish seaside.
  • How the Land Lies

    How the Land Lies
    The second summer exhibition of 2019 welcomed back three of the Byre’s regular Cornwall artists: Kerry Harding, Jill Hudson and Nikki Mosley each of whom have created some stunning new landscapes for this exhibition. Also making a welcome return was glass artist Benjamin Lintell with a wonderful new collection of glass art.
  • Forthcoming

    Forthcoming
    Our 2021 exhibitions start in March - in the gallery, and online. More details soon... Spring 2021 In Full View, from 27th March Summer 2021 Two Places at Once, from June The Best of Both Worlds, from August Autum 2021 Lost for Words, from October
  • A Colourful Life

    David Muddyman - 50°21’10”N 4°10’12”W veering ENE (Edgcumbe, summer)Carolyn Tripp ceramic bottles (image Yeshen Venema)Christine Oliphant- Closing In
    A Colourful Life continues the spring 2019 theme of colour and vibrancy. I’m delighted to introduce three new painters each working with colour in different ways: David Muddyman, Christine Oliphant and Sara Owen; glass artist Benjamin Lintell's blown glass work is both colourful and exquisitely executed.
  • Full of the Joys

    Full of the JoysAlice Heaton - glass vesselJudy McKenzie - porcelain Nerikomi bowlSONY DSCKerry Harding
Photography by Simon Cook 01736 360041SONY DSC
     Full of the Joys introduced two artists whose work I discovered for the first time in Gallery Tresco on the Isles of Scilly in May 2018. I was equally captivated by the wonderful sense of calm in Sophie Harding’s delightful and distinctive paintings, as I was by the energy and colours of Sara Bor’s landscapes and it was wonderful to re-unite them at the Byre Gallery.
  • Hidden Depths

    Hidden Depths
    Hidden Depths, summer 2018's second exhibition sees glass artist Angie Packer's striking new work alongside paintings by Cornwall artist Kerry Harding and Cornwall silversmith Alex O'Connor.
  • All That Glitters

    All That Glitters Glass by Catriona MacKenziePewter salt and pepper set by Phil Atkin
    Our winter 2016 featured stunning work for Christmas - and beyond - from artists and makers making a welcome return to the Byre Galleryincluding, ceramicists Paul Cardew, Jill Holland, Remon Jephcott and Ellen Wood, glass artists James Lethbridge, Catriona MacKenzie, and Charlotte Sale; and jewellers Corrinne Eira Evans, Tracey Falvey and Lucy Spink.
  • Taste

    Ceramics by Jill Holland and Lucy BurleyCeramics by Rebecca Proctor with silver by Charlotte Duckworth
    Our spring 2018 exhibition sees beautiful paintings from Cornwall artist Jill Hudson, ceramics from Lucy Burley, Rebecca Proctor and Kate Welton alongside glass from Ruth Shelley and Catriona MacKenzie.