Exhibitions

Ibrahim El-Salahi: Behind the Mask | Milk of Dreams

Works from the 2022 Venice Biennale 11 October - 27 November 2024 Vigo Gallery is proud to present Ibrahim El-Salahi’s Behind the Mask, a group of 99 small works on the back of medicine packets, previously exhibited at Cecilia Alemani’s The Milk of Dreams at The 59th Venice Biennale. 'The mask, apart from being a protective shield, to me feels like a... Read more

Tadesse Mesfin: Where We Coalesce

20 September - 3 October 2024 Vigo Gallery, Mason's Yard Vigo Gallery and Addis Fine Art are pleased to present a solo exhibition of paintings by Tadesse Mesfin (b. 1953). Featuring works on canvas from the last four years, the presentation takes place across Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa and Vigo Gallery, London. This series of Tadesse’s work celebrates the... Read more

Johnny Abrahams: Sympatheia

21 June - 12 July 2024 Vigo Gallery is proud to announce our seventh solo exhibition and tenth anniversary of working with Johnny Abrahams (b. 1979, Tacoma, WA). Abrahams is constantly investigating the ever-present elements, albeit subtly rendered, of tension and drama in his paintings. ‘Throughout the course of my practice I noticed that the drama... Read more

Ibrahim El-Salahi: Haraz

7 June - 27 October 2024 Wellington Arch As a ten-year celebration of our inaugural exhibition with Ibrahim El-Salahi, Vigo Gallery presents Haraz. Comprised of works from both El-Salahi's celebrated Tree series, many of which featured in his 2013 Tate Modern retrospective, and more recent Pain Relief works on paper and canvas, the exhibition reflects El-Salahi’s fascination with... Read more

Henrik Godsk: Traveller's Journal

15 May - 11 June 2024 Vigo Gallery, Mason's Yard Vigo is proud to announce Traveller's Journal, our second solo show with Henrik Godsk, the first at Mason’s Yard following on from his exhibition last year at the Quadriga galleries at Wellington Arch in association with English Heritage. Godsk is of seventh-generation Traveller heritage, his practice reflecting his pride in... Read more

Henry Krokatsis: Prost*

26 April - 2 June 2024 Wellington Arch *prost: common, everyday, mundane, but within which lies the divine Vigo Gallery is delighted to present Prost*, a solo exhibition by British artist Henry Krokatsis. This year-long installation transforms the interior space of Wellington Arch, creating a functional yet subversive replacement for the existing floor. Although based on the Waterloo... Read more

Tony Heywood

The Atkinson, Southport 30 March - 6 July 2024 In a collaborative exhibition at The Atkinson, Tony Heywood's spontaneous, collage-like paintings re-imagine and represent the landscape and nature of the Sefton Coast. Please click here for further information. 'I see my paintings as a visual exploration of an animistic philosophy that assigns a living soul to all natural phenomena,... Read more

Ibrahim El-Salahi: No Shade but His Shade

8 March - 8 May 2024 Vigo Gallery, Mason's Yard No Shade but His Shade comprises paintings from 1957 - 1968, a seminal period in El-Salahi's practice. Paintings presented include iconic works such as Alphabet 1 , 1960 (Alphabet 2 is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York); and No Shade but His Shade ,... Read more

James Drinkwater: Somewhere Between The Sea and The Table

9 February - 21 April 2024 Wellington Arch Wellington Arch Private View: Thursday 8 February, 6-8pm 9 February – 21 April 2024 Somewhere Between The Sea and The Table is James Drinkwater’s first solo exhibition with Vigo Gallery. It will be presented in the Quadriga Galleries of Wellington Arch Museum in partnership with Apsley House and English Heritage... Read more

A Dream About a Horse: James Drinkwater, Jordy Kerwick, Jenny Watson

26 January - 23 February 2024 Vigo Gallery, Mason's Yard Vigo Gallery is delighted to present A Dream About a Horse, a group exhibition of new paintings by James Drinkwater, Jordy Kerwick, and Jenny Watson. A Dream About a Horse brings together three established Australian artists all of whom have delved into their subconscious to mine equine imagery in a... Read more

Samuel Bassett: The Birds

24 November 2023 - 4 February 2024 Wellington Arch Vigo Gallery is delighted to present The Birds, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Samuel Bassett (b. 1982, St Ives). Living in a small, rural community in Penwith, near Penzance in Cornwall, Bassett’s work is intensely personal. The paintings reflect and document his multi-layered, psychological, and physical experiences within... Read more