Welcome to the 2016 Inside Cornwall Gallery Guide. A trip to Cornwall is never complete without a visit to an art gallery. Use our Inside Cornwall gallery guide to find the best art galleries in Cornwall. The guide is packed with useful information, images, location maps and more. See below for details of current exhibitions […]
Contemporary work by regional, national and international artists, with supporting events, activities and education.
Based in St Ives Sharon McSwiney creates a range of jewellery and metalwork often with a sense of fun.
This exciting joint venture between Christine Allen, Jenny Frey, John Greig, Doris Lindemann, Kathryn Loveluck and Sally MacCabe first opened in December 2012.
A bright, white and airy space displaying contemporary fine art by artists who live and work in Cornwall.
Vibrant student work is exhibited throughout the year.
The Old Workshop is a wonderful historic building situated next to the main car park at Charlestown near St Austell.
Situated just a stone’s throw away from the sea in the ancient charter town of Marazion, The Summerhouse Gallery is a thriving, beautiful space that exhibits a diverse collection of paintings, sculpture, jewellery and glass.
Seek out this little gem hidden away in the heart of Truro. Run by a collective of 16 artists with a wide range of original artwork. Styles vary from contemporary to traditional, plus fantastic jewellery, ceramics, fused glass, textiles and wood turning.
One of the world’s most prominent fused glass artists, Jo Downs’ hand-crafted work is inspired by the beautiful Cornish coast. This year she celebrates 20 years in business with a series of new product launches and special events.
Offering a wide and varied exhibition programme across its two sites, the galleries present contemporary work in all media by regional, national and international artists, with supporting events, activities and education.
The CCA has played an important role in the historic development of Crafts in Cornwall, and must be one of the most established Craft Associations in the country.
The CCA has played an important role in the historic development of Crafts in Cornwall, and must be one of the most established Craft Associations in the country.
Falmouth Art Gallery is award winning, family friendly and free. The gallery has an outstanding collection of over 2,000 artworks which includes 19th and 20th Century Master painting, British Impressionist paintings, contemporary prints, photography and a children’s illustration archive.
This light filled gallery was created from a converted boatshed over twenty years ago, where it occupies the enviable position on the shoreline of New Grimsby, the arrival point for most visitors to the island of Tresco.
The Jane Adams Gallery is housed in a 200 year old granite building close to the centre of St. Just. The gallery is a permanent showcase for Jane Adams’ Ceramics. Gallery ‘one- offs’ using driftwood and found objects are often on sale.
Kestle Barton is an award-winning conservation of an ancient Cornish farmstead. One barn has become a beautiful gallery, opening onto a south-facing garden designed by James Alexander-Sinclair. There is a small tea hut with light refreshments and free admission to the gallery and garden. Stylish holiday accommodation funds the project, rented through Forever Cornwall.
The Leach Pottery, founded in 1920 by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, is among the most respected and influential studio potteries in the world. Over the last hundred years scores of potters have come to the Leach Pottery to work and train, creating a uniquely international environment on the Cornish coast.
Lighthouse Gallery offers an inviting space in which to appreciate the work of Cornwall’s finest contemporary artists and new emerging talent. Showing original paintings, ceramics, sculpture, glass and nique hand-crafted jewellery.
Mid-Cornwall Galleries is open throughout the year and located on the A390 east of St Austell, just a stone’s throw away from The Eden Project, Charlestown and Fowey.
Beautiful, functional, handmade pottery by husband and wife team, John and Gemma Swan.
The award-winning Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Penzance, is the only Cornish public gallery specialising in the world famous Newlyn School artists (c.1880 – 1940).
One of the most iconic buildings in Cornwall, this unique circular gallery is also the westernmost art gallery on the British mainland.
Situated in picturesque St Mawes, this gallery has a reputation for celebrating diversity.
The Tyler Gallery, one of Cornwall’s leading contemporary art galleries, specializes in art by modern and contemporary artists and is currently celebrating its fifteenth year.
Facing the Atlantic, on the coast road to St Ives, this is the wildest and finest location yet in the gallery’s 40-year span.
