Welcome to Eastbourne Artists! Whether you are an artist or patron this is your one stop site to find out all about the visual arts scene in Eastbourne. Use the headings above to find out about practicing artists, galleries, groups, and the annual Open Houses event, with featured exhibitions in and around Eastbourne on our home page below. All artists living or working in Eastbourne are entitled to a free basic listing and you can follow us on facebook and Instagram.

Towner Gallery

Towner is an award-winning contemporary art gallery and museum for South East England, right here in Eastbourne. Please see their website for further events and details.

We stared at the Moon from the centre of the Sun: Haroon Mirza Curates the Arts Council Collection

​An Arts Council Collection National Partner Exhibition
Mirza considers electricity his main medium, with which he creates atmospheric environments by intuitively linking light, sound, music, videos and elements of architecture. For We stared at the Moon from the centre of the Sun, the artist draws together modern and contemporary painting, sculpture, installation, and film and video works to explore how are our fantasies about the future and our understanding of the past determines our experience of ‘the now’. Rather than providing an answer, Mirza’s chosen works are intended to trigger reflection and individual interpretation.

20 JAN - 8 APR 2018    FREE ENTRY

Andy Holden & Peter Holden: Natural Selection

Natural Selection marks the culmination of a five-year collaboration between artist Andy Holden and his father, the well-known ornithologist Peter Holden. Their collaborative work takes us on an ornithological journey: from the building of nests to the collecting of eggs.

3 FEB - 22 APR 2018     FREE ENTRY

Inhabit


​This conceptual installation of paintings, sculptures and prints from the Towner Collection invites the visitor to inhabit the gallery spaces as they move through three defined settings. These immersive environments, created through the juxtaposition of the art works, inspire the imagination and encourage the viewer to find hidden connections by altering their perspective.
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17 FEB - 13 MAY 2018     FREE ENTRY
FEATURED ARTIST
Julian Sutherland-Beatson
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Founder of Eastbourne Artists and organiser of the Open Houses and Studios, Julian's work is popular with almost everyone and is consistently executed to a very high standard. 
Devonshire Collective
Gökotta: an exhibition exploring personal responses to birdsong
Gokotta ​ is a Swedish word meaning to get up early in the morning to hear the birds sing.
Six artists have produced work in a variety of mediums, clay, textile, print, drawing and sculpture. The starting point was birdsong, but this soon led to each artist then taking on their personal investigations of the bird world in general.The work is detailed, sensitive, it is playful and joyous, it tries to capture the essence of birdness. It is an emotive response reflecting the delight of spotting a wren in your garden, or hearing the chattering of sparrows in a hedge.
Alongside the exhibition, there is a programme of hands-on art workshops. Free family activity pack available throughout the show.

MARCH 6 - 21,  11am -5pm
Elsewhere:
De La Warr Pavillion
Ground Floor gallery: TAMAR GUIMARÃES & KASPER AKHØJ
I BLEW ON MR GREENHILL'S MAIN JOINTS WITH A VERY ‘HOT’ BREATH
Opening 24 February, Until Sunday 3 June
First Floor Gallery: CAROLINE ACHAINTRE; FANTÔMAS
Until Sunday 29 April 
Jerwood Gallery
Birley Centre
Elda Abramson
Elda is a professional artist with over 30 years experience in painting, weaving and teaching. Elda holds a BA in English and an MA in Art from East Carolina University and has work in the Arts Council collection. 
Martyrs Gallery
CLIFF CRAWFORD: WAVEWORN – 15 Years in the Intertidal Zone
Bexhill artist Cliff Crawford documents weathering and erosion on the Sussex coast through the medium of film and stills photography, catalogued by location and date to build up a complete and beautiful archive of change over the decades. 
Saturday 3 March – Friday 23 March, 12 noon–5pm (Thu–Sun)