WINGFIELD BARNS EXHIBITONS
Artist Exhibitions, Group Collaborations, Private Viewings  

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March 30th to April 25th - PV 2nd April 6-8pm
Art Exhibition - Christine McKechnie
10-3pm (NOT 3.30pm)

I am a collage artist working with hand-painted paper, carefully cut and layered—often using hundreds of individual pieces—to create bold, graphic images. My work is primarily landscape-based, inspired by detailed drawings of the Suffolk countryside, my cottage and garden, and places I have visited in the UK and abroad.

Trained in Fine Art at Kingston School of Art, I have worked as an artist all my life. I have exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, where I received a Special Award for Work with Paper. My work is held in the Bridgeman Art Library and has been published internationally.
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Since 1990 I have lived and worked in Suffolk, where I continue to create collages, take commissions, exhibit regularly, and run collage workshops.

Collage Workshops at Wingfield Barns £40p/p
Saturday 4th April 10-3.30pm
Saturday 18th April 10-3.30pm 

​Book via Christine [email protected] 



​April 2nd to April 25th - PV 2nd April 6-8pm
​Art Exhibition - Andrea Newman

‘Andrea Newman: Landscape and Line,’ Andrea Newman has been living and painting in East Anglia since 1987. Originally working exclusively from life, tramping over muddy fields and shorelines in all sorts of weather to set up her easel and paint. This experience has given her a knowledge and a love of the East Anglian landscape in quite an intimate way. Her paintings are not generalised, but are specific and personal to a particular place and time of year. Often small and seemingly unremarkable corners of the landscape, in which she finds something beautiful. In the past few years, she has moved into the studio to paint which has enabled her to paint on a much larger scale.
 
She is also known for her lightning fast and dynamic drawings of the human form. These are always drawn from life. She is not making 'life studies' but drawings which speak of the energy, movement and personality of a human form. 
May 7th to May 30th - PV 8th May 6-8pm
Art Exhibition - Mary Webb 

Born in 1939, Mary Webb is a British abstract artist whose practice spans more than six decades. She studied at the University of Durham’s art department in Newcastle from 1958, then at the forefront of progressive art education under figures including Lawrence Gowing, Victor Pasmore and Richard Hamilton. Influences such as Richard Smith’s teaching on colour, the Tate’s New American Painting exhibition in 1959, and her research on Robert Delaunay were formative, leading to a lasting engagement with colour and abstraction.

By the late 1960s Webb had established the core principles of her work. She paints exclusively in a square format, using straight lines, right angles and occasional diagonals to “define space.” Her precisely applied oil paintings create flat, hard-edged fields of colour in which every part of the surface carries equal weight. Although rigorous, her process avoids mathematical systems, favouring intuitive balance and asymmetry.

Colour relationships are central to Webb’s work and are often explored through extended series. Landscape and travel provide key inspiration, with places such as Corsica, New York, Crete, Tuscany and Utah influencing both her palettes and structural forms.


June 4th to June 27th - PV 4th June 6-8pm
Art Exhibition Liam Hennessy

Liam Hennessy; 'pathways'. Liam Hennessy was born 1981 Education: 2012 BA (hons) Fine Art Colchester School of Art 2014 MA sculpture Colchester School of Art.

​I am instinctively drawn to abstraction in art because of the freedom it implies, and my work is influenced in particular by the formal experimentation of 20th century abstract painting and sculpture.

Each piece is created through a long process of layering, readjustment, and repainting until a formal coherence or balance is achieved; I am very interested in the way that the eye moves around an image and the visual rhythms that are created.  I like to think of each piece as a map or territory to be explored.

​Instagram: liamhennessy81 Email: [email protected] 07961014839
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June 8th to June 19th - PV 10th June 6.30-8.30pm
HERITAGE Pargetting, Fresco, Sgraffito & Stucco Exhibition
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Step into the world of traditional craftsmanship and decorative artistry with this unique heritage exhibition celebrating some of the UK’s most skilled makers.

Showcasing time-honoured techniques such as pargetting, fresco, sgraffito, and stucco, this exhibition brings together artists and craftspeople dedicated to preserving and evolving these rare and beautiful disciplines.

Through intricate textures, detailed designs, and centuries-old methods, the exhibition offers a fascinating insight into the artistry behind historic plasterwork and its place in contemporary practice.

Work by;
​Bill Sargent / Andrew Fawcett / Dawn Nowell /
Cara Campbell 

July 2nd to July 25th - PV 2nd July 6 - 8pm
Art Exhibition Eileen Coxon

Harvesting Memories - My work is about my experience of landscape. A childhood spent in rural Hampshire in an area famed for its natural beauty fostered a life-long love of the English countryside.

I am inspired by my walks in the agricultural landscape that surrounds my Suffolk home. Working almost entirely from memory of the experience, I paint semi-abstracted landscapes in oils.

I don’t seek to romanticise the landscape but rather to encompass both the reality of modern agriculture with its huge fields of monoculture and industrial style farm buildings as well as the beauty of the remaining hedges and field margins.

Back in the studio my process is very much a two-way conversation with the painting itself and a search to find that certain ‘something’ that I didn’t quite know I was looking for. 
July 30th to Aug 29th - PV 31st July 6 - 8pm
MINI PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2026
Mon-Fri 10-3pm FREE

The Mini Print International is a unique annual exhibition of original prints by artists from around the world. Selected in Barcelona by ADOGI, the show has been running since 1981 and features over 650 artists from more than 60 countries.
Bringing together both established and emerging artists, the exhibition offers a vibrant snapshot of contemporary printmaking, with a wide variety of styles, subjects, and techniques on display.

Wingfield Barns has a long-standing connection with the exhibition, first bringing it to the UK in 1992 following a meeting between Ian Chance and Pascual Fort, an associate of Salvador Dalí. Today, it remains one of the few UK venues to host this international showcase.

July 30th to Aug 13th - PV 31st July 6 - 8pm
NEW - MINI PRINT SCHOOLS 2026
​Mon-Fri 10-3pm FREE
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Alongside the exhibition, local schools will also be taking part by creating and exhibiting their own mini print projects, celebrating creativity within the community.

Watch the space for more information.....

We have 3 exhibition spaces available for hire -
Galleries 1 & 2 (either individually or combined) and The Great Barn



​All galleries are modern and spacious with hard maple floors and gallery tracklighting.

​Our Galleries 1 and 2 are 9 x 4.6m and 10.8 x 8.5 m respectively and can be used separately or combined.

The Great Barn is 14.6m x 5.8m and can accommodate up to 120 delegates, and is available for larger-scale event exhibitions.

We are always happy to discuss specific requirements so please contact us for information including details of hire fees.
For further information call 01379 384505 or email