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Exhibitions
Assembly, The Royal Society of Sculptors Exhibition, Sunderland
The Last Rain Forest Tree in Brazil, an 8 feet high mixed media sculpture is currently on show at The Abject Gallery as part of 'Assembly'.
'Assembly' is an International exhibition of the work of 36 members of The Royal Society of Sculptors from different countries open until July 25th at The 'Abject' and 'Moving' Galleries'. Sunderland, UK.
June 13th – July 25th, 2026
Exhibition open: Wednesday – Saturday, 12pm – 4pm
Private view: Friday 12 June, 6pm - 8pm
Free Entry
The Abject Gallery
27 Fawcett Street
Sunderland SR1 1RE
https://sculptors.org.uk/whats-on/2026/exhibition/assembly
Landscape Open 2025, The Salisbury Museum
Water Carrier will be shown in a group exhibition which reflects the multifaceted relationships artists have to place
October 18th, 2025 - January 25th, 2026
The Salisbury Museum
The King’s House
65 The Close
Salisbury SP1 2EN
https://salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/landscape-open-2025/
The ING Discerning Eye 2025, The Mall Galleries
Eel Catcher has been selected to be shown in the ING Discerning Eye exhibition.
November 14th - November 23rd, 2025
Opening Hours:
10am-5pm, Friday 14 - Saturday 22 November
10am-1pm, Sunday 23 November
The Mall Galleries
The Mall
London SW1
www.discerningeye.org/exhibition
www.mallgalleries.org.uk
Mattress in a cave, Torriano Meeting House
A new work, The Furniture Tree, will be exhibited for the first time in this group exhibition.
November 2nd - November 29, 2025
Opening event: 3:30pm-6:30pm, Sunday 2 November
Open by appointment: https://www.instagram.com/muddymudlarks
99 Torriano Avenue
London NW5 2RX
https://torriano.org/whats-on/art/mattress-of-a-cave-02-11-2025
Annual Open 2025, Southwark Park Galleries (Lake Gallery)
The Earth We Dig (left) and Dug Up (right) will be exhibited in the Annual Open.
November 8th - December 6th, 2025
Opening Hours:
11am - 4pm, Wednesday - Sunday
Lake Gallery
Southwark Park Galleries
1 Park Approach
Southwark Park
London SE16 2UA
https://southwarkparkgalleries.org/annual-open-2025/
Touchlines of Fortitude II
Family Bag is features in this group exhibition celebrating female strength and resilience.
September 25th - October 5th, 2025
Opening times:
10am-5pm, Wednesday~Sunday
The Beach Gallery
197 Waldegrave Road
Teddington TW11 8LX
June 20th - July 20th, 2025
'Water Carrier' will be shown in The Fair Art Fair
July 17th - 20th, 2025
2 sculptures, 'The Earth We Dig' (left) and 'Oak Apple Branch' (right), in Flux Exhibition.
July 18th July - August 2nd, 2025
4 sculptures in 'Gardens of Life' at POSK Gallery, London
8th February - 6th March 2025
'Day Dream-Halfway Between Here and Not'
253 Eversholt Street
London NW1 1BA
February 18th - 23rd 2025
'Winter Salon'
Candid Arts Trust,
3-5 Torrens Street
Islington
London EC1V 1NQ
February 14th - 20th 2025
'Dreams & Nightmares'
Boomer Gallery,
150 Tooley Street
London Bridge
London SE1 2TU
December 13th -18th 2024
'What 's Art?'
Boomer Gallery, London
November 8th -14th 2024
'Transcendence'
Boomer Gallery , London
Oct 10th -17th 2024
2 sculptures in 'Dreams and Nightmares', Boomer Gallery, London
'Seeding Stream', mixed media sculpture with 4 ceramic bird forms in trees, was on show at Monkton Nature Reserve as part of the Sculpture Trail Summer 2024 until the end of September.
Monkton Nature Reserve
Canterbury Road
Monkton
Nr. Ramsgate
Kent CT12 4LH
https://www.visitthanet.co.uk/attractions/monkton-sculpture-trail-124255/
Online Publication & Exhibitions
cista arts: Group Exhibition - Entangled Geographies: Displacement, Belonging, and the Spaces In Between
https://www.instagram.com/cistaarts/
Links
Royal Society of Sculptors: https://sculptors.org.uk
London Potters: www.londonpotters.com
Curriculum Vitae
RONN BEATTIE RBS.
PhD. London Univ of Arts
MA. Goldsmiths College, London University
email: ronn.beattie@talk21.com
instagram: @ronnbt
Beattie uses wood carving, mixed media recycled materials, and ceramics, to comment on the fragility of the environment and destruction of natural diversity within it. Her sculptures are surrealist, with a hint of irony and an accessibility to touch .
ACADEMIC STUDY QUALIFICATIONS
July 2001 Viva Voce & exhibition of sculpture awarded Doctorate status, University of Arts
Dec: ’94 Master of Arts, London Univ, Goldsmiths College ‘Theory of Modern Practice’
Dec: ’87 Bachelor of Arts Open University, History of Art B.A Hons
July ’86 Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education(Distinction) Garnett College
Exhibited work and lectured, in London, before being appointed University Associate Professor and Director of the first Edexcel Fine Art Foundation Course, in Bahrain.
EXHIBITIONS
October 15th-January 25th, 2026, ‘Landscape Open’, Salisbury Museum, Salisbury
September 12th-October 5th, ‘Touchlines of Fortitude’, Beach Gallery, Teddington, London
July 26th July-August 8th 2025, 'Gardens of Life', POSK Gallery, Hammersmith, London
June 20th-July 20th, 2025, The Fair Art Fair
July 17th-20th, 2025, Flux Exhibition, Marylebone, London
February 28-March 6th 2025 ‘Day Dream’ Eversholt Street, Camden, London
February 18-23 2025 'Candid Arts Winter Salon', Islington
February 14-20 2025 ‘Dreams and Nightmares 2' Boomer Gallery, London
November 8-14 & December 13-18 ‘24 Exhibited in the Boomer Gallery London
October 19th-27th 2024 South East Open House Kent
October 10th-17th 2024 2 sculptures in 'Dreams and Nightamres', The Boomer Gallery, London
July 17th-28th 2024 'On the Edge 2', The Ovada Warehouse, Oxford
May-Sept 2024 exhibited on sculpture trail at Moncton Nature Reserve, Kent
August 2023 South East Open Studios Kent
July-Sept 2023 exhibited in The Royl Society of Sculptors Summer Show; London
June/July 2023 11 works in KPA Open Whitstable
June 25/ July 24 ’22 3 works in KPA Open, Canterbury
Sept 2nd-30th ‘21 Solo Sculpture Exhibition ‘Planetary Matters’ Pharmacy Gallery, Margate
Sept 15-Oct 30 ‘21 4 Ceramic works exhibited in KPA Open, Maidstone Museum
Nov:Dec: 2020 Online exhibition with Kent Potters Association
May-June 2017 Cornwall Open Studios, portrait commission given
May-June 2016 Cornwall ‘Open Studios’ drawings & small sculptures sold
Oct-Nov 2015 Joint exhibition with Lynne Devey-Speake, Maritime Art Space, Falmouth
December 2013 Solo show ‘Forest & Coast’ New Street Gallery, Penzance
Sept/Nov 2012 Work selected for Falmouth Art Gallery, Arts Council, ‘British Surrealists’
December 2011 ‘Mariner Gallery’, St Ives, 3 ‘Vanitas’ sculptures in juried ‘Open
July/August ’11 ‘Red Earth Gallery’, Devon 8 sculptures by invitation in Summer Show
July 2011 ‘Open Studios, Penryn’
May/June ‘Open Studios Cornwall’ supported by Arts Council
April 2011 ‘Mariner Gallery’, St Ives large wood carving in juried Spring Open
July 2010 ‘Open Studios, Penryn’
June 2010 Large floor sculpture exhibited in ‘Mall Gallery’, London
April 2010 Mariner Gallery’, St Ives, 2 sculptures in juried Spring Open
December ’09 ‘Mariner Gallery’, St Ives, 1 wood-carving in juried ‘Open’
July ’09 Launched Open Studios, Penryn
Oct-Dec ’08 Exhibited with ‘New Greenham Arts’ Annual Open Berkshire
March ’08 2 sculptures in ‘XVA Gallery, ART DUBAI’ International Art Biennale
Nov-Dec ‘07 Solo Exhibition of sculpture at Taib Gallery, BAHRAIN
September ‘07 Wood Sculptures exhibited in Anglican Cathedral, BAHRAIN
Oct-Nov: ’03 ‘Harvest from Above’ Solo Show Norden Farm Arts Centre, Berkshire
September ‘02 ‘One Beside One’ one painter one sculptor ‘Heifer Gallery London
March 2001 ‘The Touched & the Untouched’ Sci Art Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition
April 2001 PhD Theory and Practice Sculpture Exhibition, ‘The Epicurian’s Material Delight’
Lethaby Gallery, Southampton Row, London
Before April 2000 exhibited Farnham Gallery, Richmond on Thames Gallery and The Free
Painters Sculptors, at the Mall Gallery, London
Published Academic work ’A Passage in Women’s Sculpture’ (Lambert Academic), and material magazine articles.
Listed in David Buckman’s ‘Dictionary of Artists in Britain, Post 1945
Book
A Passage in Women’s Sculpture - Diversity, Hapticity & Domesticity in One Contemporary Lineage of Women’s Sculpture.
Published by Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011
Enlarged Phd Thesis. Available from here:
https://www.amazon.com/Passage-Womens-Sculpture-Domesticity-Contemporary/dp/3843373132