Galleries October 2025

Press Release Bryan Ingham Jugs and Flowers 6 September – 1 November 2025 reputation for this work across a range of mediums. Focusing on his print works, allows a depth of understanding and appreciation for his talents and sensibilities… and a chance to actually look at his work up close. About the artist Bryan Ingham (1936 – 1997) was born in Lancashire in 1936, and studied at St. Martin’s School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London from 1957 to 1964. After two years of teaching, with the help of a Leverhulme Research Award, Ingham spent a year in Italy including six months at the British Academy in Rome (1966). Ingham spent the next twenty-five years in Cornwall, in Jollytown, overlooking Kynance Cove and the Lizard. In his later years Ingham travelled for long periods to Europe, he returned many times to Worpswede, Germany. His work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Ashmolean and the V&A. Simon Marsh brings access and understanding to works of art by Ingham, enhanced by his own printmaking skills. He is an artist and intaglio printer. He moved to Cornwall in 2014 where he has set up Jollytown Editions. About the venue Kestle Barton is an ancient Cornish farmstead situated above the Helford River. Following an award-winning conservation and conversion project the beautiful old farm buildings have new uses, one of the barns becoming an elegant gallery that opened in 2010. From early April to late October each year, the gallery, garden and wildflower meadow beyond, hosts a programme of three free exhibitions and a number of other events. Surrounding barns and the old farmhouse have been converted into stylish and comfortable holiday accommodation, all profits from which go towards funding the exhibition and event programme. Open 12 April – 1 November 2025: Tuesday – Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10:30am – 5pm. Image: Bryan Ingham, Bowl of Flowers , 1972, etching Kestle Barton Manaccan Helston Cornwall TR12 6HU 01326 231 811 info@kestlebarton.co.uk www.kestlebarton.co.uk