Shortlisted for The Contemporary British Painting Prize
Exhibition and Prize Announcement
BayArt, 54B/C, Bute Street, Cardiff CF10 5AF
14 September - 19 October 2024
Wednesday and Saturday, 12 - 5pm (or by appointment)
Free Admission
Prize winner announcement & opening event
Saturday 14 September 2024
2.00pm - 5.00pm
Guest Speaker at Royal Geographic Society
Climate change and the three Poles: using art to communicate crisis and opportunity
climate change & art conversation with artists & filmmakers inspired by the Poles: Polly Townsend, Alice Boyd and Michelle Sanders, moderated by Isabel Hilton
24th June 2024
Solo Exhibition
Polly Townsend, Antarctic Paintings
John Martin Gallery
24th April - 17th May 2024
Radio Interview
Listen here for my Interview with Ed Vaizey on Times Radio about my
forthcoming exhibition at the John Martin Gallery. 05/04/24
Derwent Art Prize
I'm delighted that my drawing Ice, Antarctica, won 2nd Prize at the Derwent Art Prize. It's showing now at Oxo Gallery, Tower Wharf, London
4-14th April 2024
Exhibition
Residency
Artist in Residence Antarctica
Jan-Feb 2023
I am thrilled to announce I have been selected by Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute (www.spri.cam.ac.uk/) to be their Artist in Residence in Antarctica. I'll be travelling with the Royal Navy on board HMS Protector in January 2023. More info here
Group Exhibition
Group Exhibition
A Wider Landscape - curated by Polly Townsend
The Alpine Club 13 September - 10 November 2022
Concerned with the continuing disparity of male/female artists within collections I curated 'A Wider Landscape'; a group show featuring works from the Alpine Club collection and seven contemporary artists. ‘A Wider Landscape’ looks at mountains through a female gaze, reinterpreting the Alpine Club’s renowned collection in an inclusive and modern light. The exhibition displays a wide array of mediums and styles, showing how women engage with mountain landscapes, how personal safety for women in remote landscapes affects their work, and responses to accelerating ecological & climatic change. Further Information
Group Exhibition
Crossing Boundaries - curated by Polly Townsend
APT Gallery 19 - 30 October 2022
This exhibition presents a diverse group of contemporary female landscape painters, each innovating within the genre. The grouping of female painters directly addresses the significant gender disparity in this area of painting for centuries and up to the modern day. Further Information
