Lustrum Frestonian

Celebrating five years of Frestonian Gallery and featuring works by Adrian Berg, Tim Braden, Hannah Brown, Luke Elwes, Anna Freeman Bentley, Sam Herman, David Price, Sanne Maloe Slecht & Will Stein.

Exhibition runs 16 June through 6 August 2022. Further details here

Luke Elwes, Canopy 2022, mixed media on 2 sheets of paper 114x76cm

Luke Elwes was born in London and spent his early years in Iran, where the light and space of the desert were a formative influence. His work invariably derives from lengthy and deep connections with the various remarkable landscapes that he encounters in a semi-nomadic existence. His first show with Frestonian Gallery, in 2019, was a mediatative reflection on the River Ganges, whose course he followed over months of travelling from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. His 2021 show ‘Landermere’, meanwhile, presented vibrant and beautiful works derived from a single space – the eponymous Landermere Wharf in Essex, where Elwes keeps a studio as part of a decade-long engagement with the qualities of light and the submerged landscape. He has shown internationally since 1990.