Current Exhibitions
12 July – 1 August 2021 – National Acrylic Painters Association Summer Show, John Rank Gallery, Oxmarket Centre for the Arts, Chichester
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- Vessels 3
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- Solace 3
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- Harbour Elements 6
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- Harbour Elements 7
Upcoming Exhibitions
11 – 25 September 2021 – St Ives September Festival Open Studios, Studio 3, White’s Old Workshops, St Ives
Past Exhibitions
2021
May 2021 – The Crypt Gallery, St Ives Society of Artists, St Ives, Cornwall – Shelley Thornton solo show, Light Through Dark – exploring Shelley’s painting journey through from immediately pre pandemic through the lockdowns and lockdown easings of 2020 and 2021
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March – May 2021 – Associates Spring Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
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- Through Dark
November 2020 – January 2021 – Associates Winter Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
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- Sanctuary 1
2020
July & August 2020 – Associates Summer Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
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- Vessels 1
2019
23 November 2019 – 18 January 2020 – Imagine Falmouth, bi-annual open, Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall
16 November 2019 – 2 January 2020 – Christmas Open, St Ives Society of Artists, St Ives, Cornwall
10 September to 8 November 2019 – Art in the Atrium, Heartlands, Redruth, Cornwall – Shelley Thornton solo show, Red River – showcasing Shelley’s most recent works alongside those from the last 15 years that abstract from the geography and geology of West Cornwall. Depicting elements from the natural landscape and those of mineral extraction and connecting them with the human condition, many feature Cornish words. Heartlands is the perfect space for this exhibition being a World Heritage site dedicated to mining in the area.
1 to 7 June 2019 – The Crypt Gallery, St Ives Society of Artists, St Ives, Cornwall – Shelley Thornton solo show, Double Edged – referring to the form of hard edged painting typifying Shelley’s artworks as well as reflecting the seeming dichotomy of city and sea her work represents.
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- Double Edged
May 2019 – Open Studios Cornwall 2019, Trinity Watch, St Ives, Cornwall
2018
Christmas Open, St Ives Society of Artists, St Ives, Cornwall
July 2018 – Salthouse Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall -Shelley Thornton solo show, of City, of Sea
May/June 2018 – Scarlet, Lelant, St Ives, Cornwall – Shelley Thornton solo show, of City, of Sea
Spring Open, St Ives Society of Artists, St Ives, Cornwall
2017
June 2017 – Salthouse Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall – joint exhibition of Shelley Thornton and Sarah Frost, Full Circle
March 2017 – Cafe Art, St Ives, Cornwall – Shelley Thornton solo show, Taking Flight
2016
April 2016 – St Ives Arts Club, St Ives, Cornwall – joint exhibition of Shelley Thornton and Gerald Hosking, oceans apART
2015
June/July 2015 – Maritime House Art Space, Falmouth – Shelley Thornton solo show, Abstractions & Refractions on the Beach
June 2015 – St Ives Arts Club, St Ives, Cornwall – joint exhibition of Shelley Thornton and Gerald Hosking, From Reality to Refraction on the Beach
2014
May 2014 – St Ives Arts Club, St Ives, Cornwall – Shelley Thornton solo show, 10 Years
