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Ice Cream Artworks
25th July - 21st Aug 2022
Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton
Continuing Yvonne J Foster's first solo show. Premiering previously unseen artworks in the ‘Ice Cream Artworks’ series.
Supported by Pride Cultural Development Fund, Pride Brighton & Hove, Culture Connex, Arts Council England and Urban Flo Creative.
3am Project
Feb 2022
Online Exhibition
"In the Spring of 2021, The Lost Letters Project put out a call for words and artworks responding to the ideas of sleepless nights and nocturnal offerings."
'The Pianola Roll' was one of just fifteen works discussed by the panel and was awarded as a highly commended work.
"Very high quality work. Addresses the brief from an interesting angle. Dreamy."
"Love the careful detail in this, so thoughtful, calm and meditative."
Layers of Creativity
Sept 2021 - Jan 2022
Online Exhibition
Outside In Collection curated by Jo Baring.
"Layers of Creativity features work by 14 artists from Outside In’s collection and showcases its ‘real breadth of materials’ from textiles and unusual materials, to abstraction and traditional figuration."
Including image selected from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside'.
Nexus 2020
12th Oct - 13th Nov 2020
Plus X, Brighton and Online Exhibition
neXus 2020 arts exchange. Organised and curated by Urbanflo Creative. Online galleries at Photofringe and Vrystaatkunstefees.
Showing new work by Yvonne J Foster; a film delving into the imagery of trauma. Using an MRI scan as a backdrop her new Brain Landscapes work.
Thirteen Exhibition
4th - 26th May 2019
Barker & Stonehouse, Old Shoreham Road, Brighton
"Creative Future's latest exhibition, part of Artists Open Houses 2019 in Brighton & Hove. Featuring an eclectic mix of artwork from thirteen regional artists, displaying work that can be bought as limited edition prints."
Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks'.
Community Base
2018 - 2019
Community Base, Brighton
A group exhibition organised by Creative Future.
"A set of nine framed Miniature Artworks on display at Community Base in Brighton by Yvonne J Foster.
Each separate miniature artwork measures 18mm x 13mm. Each framed piece comprises of a set of either four miniatures."
Eleven Exhibition
9th - 26th May 2018
Brighton Dome, Brighton
"Marking the launch of Creative Future’s curated retail website the 'Eleven' exhibition at The Brighton Dome is part of this year’s Brighton Festival. The exhibition showcases artists featured in the charity’s new digital venture and displays work that can be bought as limited edition prints."
Debuting Yvonne J Foster's new 'Ice Cream Artworks' series.
Traumascapes & Landscapes of the Interior
16th May to 28th September 2018
Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham
"City Arts have teamed up with the Institute of Mental Health for a new art exhibition looking people’s experience of trauma. The exhibition is called Traumascapes & Landscapes of the Interior. Works on display include: Allan Oliver’s Electric Dreams, which captures the loss of identity that comes after electro-shock therapy; and Yvonne J Foster’s The Filing System of Trauma which explores how memories are stored in our minds."
Drawing Insight
2nd - 26th March 2017
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Drawing Insight - A collaborative project with Outside In and Chichester University.
"Yvonne and Deborah worked over a three-month period supported by artist and project facilitator Rachel Redfern. Throughout the project they have used art as a means of communication and dialogue. Gaining shared and unexpected insights into themselves and their practices, the resulting artwork is a celebration of the differences that revealed themselves."
Debuting new work created by Yvonne J Foster specifically for this project.
Tight Modern Tour
Nov 2016 - April 2017
Jubilee Library, Brighton; St. Helens Central Library; Haydock Library, St Helens; Eccleston Library, St Helens; Redbridge Library, Ilford; Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth.
"Tight Modern - the world’s smallest pop-up gallery. An 8ft x 5ft miniature replica of the iconic Tate Modern, showcasing the UK’s best under-represented artists. Touring to galleries and libraries across the UK."
Organised by Creative Future
Including an image selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks'.
Art @ Community Base
2016 - 2017
Community Base, Brighton
Group exhibition organised by Creative Future.
Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks'.
Prescriptions
21st April to 14th August 2016
The Drawing Room, The Beaney, Canterbury
Prescriptions: Artists’ Books on Wellbeing and Medicine exhibition. A collaborative exhibition, including Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside'.
Creative Debuts
May - June 2015
Black and White Building, Hoxton, London.
As part of Whitechapel Gallery First Thursdays.
Creative Debuts featured artist for both May and June.
"Some people can't even type on an iPad. Well, how's your iPad art? Because our artist Yvonne can do this on an iPad. Jaw dropping."
"I was last night at the exhibition in London, I bought the print 'Bette Davis' love your art. I look to see more work from you."
Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks'.
Tight Modern Tour
May 2014 - January 2015
Brighton Fringe Festival; ORTUS Learning & Events Centre, London; Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne; St Helen’s Cultural Hub
"Tight Modern, produced by Creative Future, is a miniature replica of London’s iconic Tate Modern Gallery, showcasing 60 artists. Around 42,000 people saw the Tight Modern Tour."
Video: Tight Modern
The first exhibition including an image selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks'.
Outside In, South East
July - Sept 2013
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings
"Bringing together the work and talent of a wide variety of Outside In artists from the South East region who have had little or no contact with the mainstream art world either because of mental health issues, disability, health or social circumstance."
Press: Art on the Edge
Including work from Yvonne J Foster's first publication 'Inside'.
Eclectica Artists
April - June 2013
Group exhibition with Eclectica Artists, supported by Creative Future.
An exhibition and launch of Yvonne J Foster's first publication 'Inside'.
Including digitally manipulated self portraits printed on vinyl 51cm x 86cm.
Ice Cream Artworks
6th - 17th July 2022
Plus X, Lewes Road, Brighton
"This is Yvonne J Foster's first solo show and premiers previously unseen artworks. The ‘Ice Cream Artworks’ series are hand-drawn digital images inspired by early-20th century illustrations."
Supported by Pride Cultural Development Fund, Pride Brighton & Hove, Cultural Connex, Arts Council England and Urban Flo Creative.
Kindred Spirits
20th Nov 2021 - 6th Feb 2022
The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire
"Kindred Spirits - An exhibition showing Outsider Art made by UK artists, offering a fascinating insight into the genre’s impact on the story of modern British Art."
Curated by a group of Outside In artists.
Including two images from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside'.
Home
20th May - 6th Jun 2021
Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
Finding Dad - a part of The Museum Of Ordinary People's immersive exhibition 'Home'
"There’s something missing. I went to look for it and it wasn’t there. All I found was a gap (and all the bad memories). Where is the pile of missing memories? Where is he? Where is Dad when I was young?"
New immersive and interactive work created especially by Yvonne J Foster for this exhibition.
Grimy Heights
Sept 2020
Website Launch
The Alchemist became a character in Otillie Hainsworth's Graphic Novels Real Life Stories group in 2020.
"Grimy Heights began under lockdown on Zoom. It was inspired by the idea of Warren and Gary Pleece’s graphic novel ‘Montague Terrace’ about a dilapidated ‘30s building haunted by the stories of its occupants."
Previewing new graphic work from Yvonne J Foster.
Talented Art Fair
1st - 3rd March 2019
The Truman Brewery, London
"We look forward to welcoming you to our 3rd edition of the Talented Art Fair, there will be over 2000 original artworks & limited edition prints plus 100 Talented Artists. Talented 2019 brings a plethora of the most talented and sought after contemporary artists who are currently making serious waves in the art world today."
Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks'.
Shop Ethical
7th November 2018 - 9th January 2019
Community Base, Brighton and Online
Organised by Creative Future.
"This Christmas, we’re on a mission to challenge views of local art by selling ethical prints that depict 'the real' Brighton and Hove. Created by some the UK’s most engaging artists and sold from our Online Gallery Shop, the works encapsulate the stories of real artists who actually live in or have connections to the area. We’re championing limited-run prints of abstract paintings, vibrant photorealism and digital pop art exploring a range of themes."
Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks'.
Mind the Gap
1st - 13th October 2018
Michaelhouse Centre, Cambridge
"In recognition of World Mental Health Day on the 10th October, CBM UK and BasicNeeds invited 15 artists with lived experience or an interest in mental health to display their work in a two-week long exhibition to raise awareness and reduce stigma around mental health in the world’s poorest communities."
Featuring five digitally manipulated self portraits printed on vinyl 51cm x 86cm enlarged images from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside'.
Autumn Exhibition
16th - 24th September 2017
5 artists, 3 exhibitions, 1 venue
Featuring artworks by Sussex artists Rachel Cohen, Yvonne J Foster, Deborah Petch, Rachel Redfern and Jim Sanders.
"Drawing Insight - The aim of the Arts Council-funded Insight Partnership is to bring together artists from different creative backgrounds in order to experience each other’s ways of working, learn from each other and explore the connection between arts and health."
Showing unseen work created during the project by Yvonne J Foster: 'Art as Storytelling'
Fragments
13th - 18th December 2016
The Regency Town House, Hove
Fragments - an exhibition of Brighton Artists: Katie Bailey, Tom Barwell, Topher and Yvonne J Foster. Supported by Creative Future.
"Your work is wonderful. The pharmacy exhibition is world class. Your little pictures mighty. Well done. Best in show."
Previewing new 'Pharmaceutical Boxes' work from Yvonne J Foster's Miniature Artworks and Miniature Boxes.
Inextricable
10th - 21st October 2016
Churchill Square, Brighton
A special pop-up exhibition created for Brighton's Photo Fringe Festival.
"With a backdrop of the city's major shopping complex, the theme explores 'loanwords' in the English language that you can find on the high street - everyday words which are firmly entrenched in British Culture, but have actually been adopted from another language."
Organised and curated by Urbanflo Creative
Showing new photographic work by Yvonne J Foster. Debuting her series 'Look Down'.
A Journey
23rd May - 23rd Sept 2016
Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham
A Journey: Loneliness, Hope & Resilience
A City Arts' collaborative exhibition, including images from Yvonne J Foster's publication 'Inside'.
Sussex Craft and Design Fair
July 2015
Enterprise Centre, Eastbourne
"In association with Pop UP Brighton, the largest craft & design fair in Eastbourne this summer, with more than 20 of the region's most innovative and creative craft-makers & designers."
Including images selected from Yvonne J Foster's 'Ice Cream Artworks'.
Postcards from the Edges
Sept - Nov 2013
Bankside Gallery, Southbank, London; Baltic Mill Gallery, Gateshead; Grant Bradley Gallery, Bedminster, Bristol; Camp and Furnace, Liverpool.
"Postcards from the Edges - Through artwork, poetry, photography, stories, collages or messages, United Response asked people with disabilities to express what is important to them and put it on a postcard. To hear about the full range of life experiences, good and bad."
Press: The Social Issue, The Guardian and The Guardian in pictures
Including work from Yvonne J Foster's first publication 'Inside'.
Doodlefest
May 2014
ONCA Gallery, Brighton
"Happy Planet's Doodlefest an event within Brighton Fringe Festival exploring the theme of happiness via the art of doodling. Broadly examining the intrinsic link between our emotional wellbeing, the natural environment and human behaviour. With themes such as giving, gratitude, togetherness, creativity, play and friendship."
Yvonne J Foster's Brighton Panorama Doodle-sketch was sold in the charity auction, raising money for the charity Mind.
Impact Art Fair
July 2013
Block 336, Brixton, London
"Showcasing work by highly talented artists whose opportunities are limited by mental health issues, disability, chronic ill health or social circumstance."
Organised by Creative Future
"A thoroughly humbling, moving experience, one of the best of my life" - Steve Murison
First public art fair showing Yvonne J Foster's series 'Inside'.
Be Nice I'm Scared
December 2012
Yolo's, Hove
Yvonne J Foster's first exhibition in over 12 years. As part of a group exhibition with Eclectica Artists supported by Creative Future.
BBC Radio Sussex, Danny Pike
Interview about living with depression.
Debuting selected works from Yvonne J Foster's new series 'Inside'.
