Exhibitions

Open to the public on dates specified or by appointment.

Our next exhibition…

Ayres House Open Studios 2024

Visit our artists and explore the studios, gallery and garden during our Open Studios, and as part of Oxfordshire Artweeks this May. Studio disciplines range from ceramics, painting, drawing, textiles, sound, installation, conceptual and process lead art, photography, print, conservation and writing. So who knows what works you might witness being created on your visit.

Artists: Aniko Dioszegi, Laura Hodgson, Lisa Clark, Simon Horton, Amy Hughes, Laura Murphy Ceramics, Nichola Nixon, Jacqueline Pearce, Pickford Pots, Aneta Pochatko, Emma Souter, Gareth Rees, Elements and Raph and Rose.

Dates: 18th-20th and 23rd-27th May (Closed Tues/Weds)
Times: 10.30am-4.30pm (8pm Fri)

Late opening/social/drinks: Friday 24th 4.30-8pm

Venue: Ayres House Studios, Ayres Yard, Station Rd,Wallingford, OX10 0JZ.

Parking: Limited to the front of the building with further parking 2 min walk at St Georges Road Car Park

Past Exhibits

  • Winter Art Exhibition 2023

    1st -17th Dec / 10.30am-4.30pm

    Exhibitors: Pickfordpots. Laura Murphy Ceramics. Raph & Rose. Josie Clouting. Laura Hodgson. Koi Noir. Jackie Pearce. Aneta Pochatko. Laura Skelton. William Mackenzie. Aimee Alice Payton. Helen Cauvy Foster. Amy Hughes. Emma Souter. Lisa Clark. Philippa Macarthur. Nichola Nixon. Ania Ready. Hoopla Gems. Jacky Ashworth and more.

  • Josie Clouting /Moving Landscape

    Large scale charcoal drawings, experimental monotypes and vibrant oil paintings by Ayres House Studios ‘Artist in Residence’ Josie Clouting.

    Visit the gallery at Ayres House Studios to see Josie’s new artworks and works in progress inspired by the Hardangerfjord region in Norway; a dramatic landscape shaped by glaciers and waterfalls.

  • ASSOCIATIONS

    as•so•ci• a • tions

    ‘A connection between concepts, ideas, events, or mental states arising from experiences.’

    The first group exhibition by Ayres House Associate artists, working in different disciplines and sharing ideas and practical information, often not available to people working in isolation in their own studios.

    PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

    Aimée Alice Payton. Amy Hughes. Andrew Forkner. Helen Cauvy Foster. Josie Clouting. Philippa Macarthur. William Mackenzie. Yvette Phillips.

  • Open Studios May 2023

    Artists taking part in our Open Studios this year

    Aniko Dioszegi. Bob Pickford. Yolande Nye. Claire Howlett. Karen Goonewardene. Laura Murphy. Emma Souter. Jackie Pearce. More Than Images. Ian Potter. Marie Darkins.

    Studio disciplines range from ceramics, painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, video, sound, installation, photography, print, textiles, conservation and writing. So who knows what works you might witness being created on your visit.

  • Winter Art Exhibition

    An exhibition of selected works created by studio or local artists and makers. The Studios Seasonal Gallery will be open for Christmas Shopping, for art, hand crafted items, unique gifts, homeware and decorations.

    1st -11th Dec / 10.30am-4.30pm

    This event is part of Winter Oxfordshire Artweeks and Christmas in Wallingford

  • Oxfordshire Artweeks / Open Studios 2022

    During Artweeks visitors discovered the artists, their processes and works in progress, at our former Rectory and multi-disciplinary artists studios.

    Taking part in our Open studios were Karen Goonewardene, Aniko Dioszegi, Emma Souter, Bob Pickford, Jackie Pearce, Kate Pullan, Juliet Goodman, Yolande Nye, Claire Howlett, Rachel Ashman, Hannah McCague, Aimee Payton, Emily Cox, Cracktpot Jo, and Laura Murphy.

  • Christmas Shopping at The Gallery

    2nd -14th Dec

    The Studios Gallery was open for Christmas Shopping, for art, hand crafted items, unique gifts, homeware and decorations. All created by studio or local artists and makers.

    This event was part of Winter Oxfordshire Artweeks and ran alongside Christmas workshops and our Makers Market on Dec 5th.

  • Heart of Nature

    The exhibition grew from Septembers ‘Great Big Green Week’ and as part of the WWF ‘Just Imagine’ project -imagining different potential futures and creating art which puts nature at the heart of our decision making; exhibited coinciding with the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP-26).

    Jack Cowley (WWF Just Imagine Winner) and Ayres House Studio artists, Emma Souter and Karen Goonewardene, ran free workshops during September supported by the WWF, at the studios. From this process, Emma and Karen curated an exhibit which includes work by professional artists and the public.

    At the studios Gallery & Garden: There were selected works from studio artists Aniko Dioszegi, Rachel Ashman, Jo Ferguson and Laura Murphy. Joined by guest artists Jack Cowley, Jaine McCormack, Jules Bishop, Caroline Meynell, Claire Christie Sadler, Andrea Brewer, Karen Higgs and the hugely successful ‘Green Art Trail’; which was a collaboration between Watlington Artists and various local environmental groups, to raise awareness of local habitats and biodiversity.

    At St Peters Church: There was a clay community art installation ‘Please handle with care’, by Adumbration Arts . A body of clay figures, individually created by the community, installed alongside the photographs of glowing ‘Exo Earth’ planets, an exhibition by John Hailstone

  • Oxfordshire Artweeks / Open studios 2021

    During Artweeks visitors discovered the artists, their processes and works in progress, at our former Rectory and multi-disciplinary artists studios.

    Taking part in our Open studios were Karen Goonewardene, Magda Kozarzewska, Aniko Dioszegi, Emma Souter, Kate Pullan, Juliet Goodman, Yolande Nye, Kristina Paxton, Ge-Workshop, Tim Steward, Claire Howlett, Aimee Payton, Emily Cox, Cracktpot Jo, and Laura Murphy.

  • adapt

    adapt: to become adjusted to new conditions

    A reflective exhibition of works by studio and associate members in our Studio Gallery, considering how our work, processes or thinking has helped us adapt to change or has changed due to new unsteady futures. Sharing the strange and relatable things which give us strength as artists, makers and documenters.

    This exhibit was a ‘work in progress’ in itself and slowly evolved over the 10 day period from the 28th Nov to the 6th Dec. With more works, recordings and installations being added virtually, and physically at the studio gallery.