ANDREW EKINS

Big thanks to @louisemhalpern for including my work in the upcoming "Soft Knocks" at Gallery 19a in Brighton. 29th May - 90th June. I'll be showing 3 works : "Heap" is featured on the poster seen here. Also exhibiting: @stevepettengell @eleanorturnbullartist @jemmadaystudio #mixedmediaart #emergingartist #artinbrighton #artoninstagram #contemporarypainting #onetowatch #mustseeexhibition #landart

"Foreign Body" oil on paint skins, book, found bracket recently exhibited in "Making Ground" @thamessidestudiosse18 Thank you to the #oppenheimjohndownestrust for awarding me a research grant last year - seed money to explore ways of bringing works like this up from the floor to sit on a wall. #mixedmediapainting #workoftheeye #workofthehand #artistsresearchprojects #contemporarypainting #rockscape

"Cupcake" oil on paint skins, clothing, cup, tin. This example of a new stream of work looking at the culture of excessive consumption & waste we are living through. Now back in the studio and available to buy after being featured in the popular "Making Ground" exhibition at Thames Side Gallery in London. @thamessidestudiosse18 #contemporarypainting #newart #mixedmediaart #artforsale #artisttowatch #groundbreakingart #artandecology #smallisbeautiful #artandrecycling

"Molehill" oil on paint skins, clothing, panel, tin lids. form the landlump series of paintings on show now at "Making Ground" at Thames Side Gallery - open now until 12 April 2026. 1.Graham Crowley's "Forest Hill" in the background. 2.@kabirhussain 2 small bronze field stones in te background. #artiststowatch #artandarchaeology #artandgeology #artandecology #mustseeexhibition #landscapeartists #top10exhibitions #mixedmediaart #contemporarypainting “Making Ground” ThamesSide Gallery (28 March - 12 April 2026, Thursday - Sunday 12-5pm) Simon Callery - @simon.callery Graham Crowley - Andrew Ekins - @andrewekins Dan Hays - @danhayspurple Kabir Hussain -@kabir_hussain_artist - Harriet Mena Hill - @harrietmena_hill Laura White - @laurawhite2 Joanna Whittle - @jowhittleart “Making Ground” - Curated by Andrew Ekins - brings together eight artists whose practice finds common ground in an exploration of the relationship between a topographical terrain and a crumpled landscape of the human condition. Their work investigates the friction between habitat and habitation, the intricate relationship between human intervention and mother nature. This exhibition proposes a collective enquiry into the sediment of human presence, the time-worn evidence and tell-tale traces of the human stain. Each artist delves into the shifting strata of memory and experience, mining a seam of personal reflections on the character and consequences of the human signature incised into the ground beneath our feet. These artists share a concern for how we shape and reshape the land we occupy, create and inhabit. Located at the borderland of landscape, bodyscape, info-scape, the work on show aims to examine the duality of urban grit and the rural grandeur of the natural environment Each revels in the imaginative possibilities of material fact, the constituent stuff and substance of making, creating personal geologies that map the heavy footsteps of anthropocentric influence. TRANSPORT LINKS: TFL/TRAIN Elizabeth line to WoolwichOR DLR to Woolwich Arsenal THEN Buses 161 / 177 / 180 - to Warspite Road, cross the road at the roundabout - short signposted walk to Thames Side

"Pale Male" Oil on paint skins, clothing. 35 x 35 x 4 cms a new work featured in the exhibition "Making Ground" at Thames Side Gallery - open now until 12 April 2026. #artiststowatch #artandarchaeology #artandgeology #artandecology #mustseeexhibition #landscapeartists #top10exhibitions #mixedmediaart #contemporarypainting “Making Ground” ThamesSide Gallery (28 March - 12 April 2026, Thursday - Sunday 12-5pm) Simon Callery - @simon.callery Graham Crowley - Andrew Ekins - @andrewekins Dan Hays - @danhayspurple Kabir Hussain -@kabir_hussain_artist - Harriet Mena Hill - @harrietmena_hill Laura White - @laurawhite2 Joanna Whittle - @jowhittleart “Making Ground” - Curated by Andrew Ekins - brings together eight artists whose practice finds common ground in an exploration of the relationship between a topographical terrain and a crumpled landscape of the human condition. Their work investigates the friction between habitat and habitation, the intricate relationship between human intervention and mother nature. This exhibition proposes a collective enquiry into the sediment of human presence, the time-worn evidence and tell-tale traces of the human stain. Each artist delves into the shifting strata of memory and experience, mining a seam of personal reflections on the character and consequences of the human signature incised into the ground beneath our feet. These artists share a concern for how we shape and reshape the land we occupy, create and inhabit. Located at the borderland of landscape, bodyscape, info-scape, the work on show aims to examine the duality of urban grit and the rural grandeur of the natural environment Each revels in the imaginative possibilities of material fact, the constituent stuff and substance of making, creating personal geologies that map the heavy footsteps of anthropocentric influence. TRANSPORT LINKS: TFL/TRAIN Elizabeth line to WoolwichOR DLR to Woolwich Arsenal THEN Buses 161 / 177 / 180 - to Warspite Road, cross the road at the roundabout - short signposted walk to Thames Side

Studio Sounds from artist Andrew Ekins “I prefer music in the studio, instrumental mainly, but it often becomes a background sound as the working thoughts take over. I’ve tried audio books, but they don’t work for me. Too much like having someone else in the studio. The studio walls are thin, I should use headphones, but they create an aural cocoon that feels a bit artificial. I think I like to hear the incidental sounds, sounds that I make as I work. Current music in the studio = Bach Cello Suites & / or “Dimples” Howling Wolf. Current pod cast = Rare Earth (BBC)”. @andrewekins #rareearth #studiosounds #andrewekins

“Making Ground” ThamesSide Gallery (28 March - 12 April 2026, Thursday - Sunday 12-5pm) Simon Callery - @simon.callery Graham Crowley - Andrew Ekins - @andrewekins Dan Hays - @danhayspurple Kabir Hussain -@kabir_hussain_artist Harriet Mena Hill - @harrietmena_hill Laura White - @laurawhite2 Joanna Whittle - @jowhittleart “Making Ground” - Curated by Andrew Ekins - brings together nine artists whose practice finds common ground in an exploration of the relationship between a topographical terrain and a crumpled landscape of the human condition. Their work investigates the friction between habitat and habitation, the intricate relationship between human intervention and mother nature. This exhibition proposes a collective enquiry into the sediment of human presence, the time-worn evidence and tell-tale traces of the human stain. Each artist delves into the shifting strata of memory and experience, mining a seam of personal reflections on the character and consequences of the human signature incised into the ground beneath our feet. These artists share a concern for how we shape and reshape the land we occupy, create and inhabit. Located at the borderland of landscape, bodyscape, info-scape, the work on show aims to examine the duality of urban grit and the rural grandeur of the natural environment Each revels in the imaginative possibilities of material fact, the constituent stuff and substance of making, creating personal geologies that map the heavy footsteps of anthropocentric influence. TRANSPORT LINKS: TFL/TRAIN Elizabeth line to WoolwichOR DLR to Woolwich Arsenal THEN Buses 161 / 177 / 180 - to Warspite Road, cross the road at the roundabout - short signposted walk to Thames Side #artiststowatch #artandarchaeology #artandgeology #artandecology #mustseeexhibition #landsapeartists #top10exhibitions #mixedmediaart

‘Making Ground’, curated by Andrew Ekins, brings together artists whose practice finds common ground in an exploration of the relationship between a topographical terrain and a crumpled landscape of the human condition.   Each artist delves into the shifting strata of memory and experience, mining a seam of personal reflections on the character and consequences of the human signature incised into the ground beneath our feet. This exhibition is a part of Ekins’ continuing personal creative research project.  As an enquiry into the sediment of human presence, it sets out to investigate the friction between habitat and habitation, the intricate relationship between human intervention and mother nature, drawing a line between the time-worn evidence and tell-tale traces of the human stain.   Preview: Friday 27th March, 6-9pm, all welcome. Exhibition dates: 28th March - 12th April 2026. Open Thursday-Sunday, 12-5pm   Simon Callery @simon.callery #GrahamCrowley Andrew Ekins @andrewekins Dan Hays @danhayspurple Kabir Hussain @kabir_hussain_artist Harriet Mena Hill @harrietmena_hill Laura White @laurawhite2 Joanna Whittle @jowhittleart

Delighted to share that "Slippery Slope" has been selected for "Odyssey" the first Sussex Contemporary Open at the Hastings Contemporary. #contemporarypainting #mixedmediaart #emergingartist #landscapepainting #repurposedmaterials #ecologicalart #openartexhibition #artforsale #originalartwork #groupexhibition

M E M E N T O A M O R I S Alt. Valentine’s featuring 123 Artists Until 15 March 2026 1 G2 2 Claire Breitsprecher Memory Box Oil pastel on paper  20 x 20cm 2026 £280 3 Andrew Ekins Midas Oil on fabric, cigar box 20 x 16 x 5cm 2000 £600 4 Lucia Tambini Us Oil and enamel on canvas board 20 x 25 cm 2025 £350   Visit Thursday - Saturday, 11am - 4pm, and Sunday, 10am - 2pm. The link to the full works list can be found in our bio. DM/email with all enquiries.

“Midas” 20th century Oil & enamel on fabric, cigar box. a small painting, drip fed, deep fried, down town, on show now #lido_stores_margate & available to buy - DM myself or directly @lido_stores_margate for details & £££ #smallpainting #lushart #golden #musthave #contemporarypainting #foolsgold #stoneroses #artisttowatch #artforsale #fillthevoid #abstract

FOR SALE - 2 works coming out of storage & in need of good homes. @artistsupportpledge Both works come from a series of “Time & Motion Studies” - rhythmic abstract small works foregrounding ritual process & the preciousness of making time making in the studio. So many artists have to snatch moments from “daily life” in order to find time to work. Available now. DM me for info & details. #artistsupportpledge #8daysaweek #artforsale #smallpainting #collectableart ##abstractpainting #artiststudio #bargainhunter #artforall