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UPCOMING EXHIBITION ⬇️ FAUNAL SUCCESSION Lucía Pizzani 12 Jun – 1 Aug Faunal Succession is the first institutional UK exhibition by Lucía Pizzani, a Venezuelan artist based in London. The show merges installation, sculpture, painting and sound, including work created with artists Cecilia Bonilla and Jaime Gili, and through community participation. Pizzani reimagines the British coast through a ‘deep time’ lens, where earth’s history is considered on an immense timescale spanning billions of years. She contrasts the gradual formation of Britain’s coastal geology with rapidly evolving contemporary questions of climate change, migration and social transformation. Faunal Succession is currently on view at Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea (until 30 May) and will travel on to Mostyn, Llandudno in spring 2027. 📅 Opening event: 11 Jun, 6–8pm 👀 On view until 1 Aug (Wed-Sat, 11am–5pm) 🚶🏽‍♀️Walk-through with Lucía Pizzani: 12 Jun, 1pm 💬 Curator’s Tours: 26 Jun & 24 Jul, 1pm 🎟️ Free entry 🔗 To find out more, visit the link in bio… 📸 1) Híbridos (detail) (2025), Lucía Pizzani. 2) Heart’s tongue fern being #1 (2025), Lucía Pizzani #Karst #Plymouth #Gallery #ContemporaryArt

👍 KARST RECOMMENDS 👍 There are some exciting exhibitions going on across Devon and Cornwall this month… ⭐ Maeve Brennan’s Siticulosa at @castcornwall (until 30 May) CAST are screening Maeve Brenna’s film Siticulosa, part of an ongoing body of work which focuses on the global trade in illicit antiquities. ⭐ Bruce Asbestos’ Bootleg Shreg 2 at @exeterphoenixgallery (until 20 Jun) A solo exhibition by Bruce Asbestos featuring paintings, inflatable sculpture and digital artworks that explore the evolving world of Shreg. ⭐Tom Kaniok’s Mud Makes the Revivalists at @harbour.house.art.wellbeing (until 20 Jun) Through drawing and painting, Mud Makes The Revivalists explores our relationship with nature through ecology, climate change, memory, and belonging. ⭐ Louise Fago-Ruskin’s Til All Is Correct at @mirror_plymouth (until 7 Sep) Til All Is Correct is rooted deeply in personal history. Louise Fago-Ruskin traces her own ancestral lineage, including the loss of her Great Uncle Moszek and fifteen relatives during the Shoah, to bring forward a body of work that reflects on belonging and exclusion. ⭐ Libita Sibungu’s Zed Love at @newlynexchange (from 23 May – 31 Oct) In this solo exhibition, Libita Sibungu works with early photographic techniques alongside drawing and sound to uncover the hidden layers, energies, and histories that connect people to place. 📷 Images: 1 & 2) Siticulosa (2025), Maeve Brenna. 3) Work by Bruce Asbestos. 4) Work by Tom Kaniok. 5) Work by Louise Fago-Ruskin. 6) Work by Libita Sibungu. #Gallery #ContemporaryArt #WhatsOnDevon #WhatsOnCornwall

Laura Horton and Naomi Turner from Totally Unhinged Productions are inviting participants to join them in making an effigy that will be part of a new upcoming production. Join them at KARST on 21 May from 10am - 12pm for a free workshop and to hear more about their work. Materials and light refreshments will be provided. Message [email protected] to register your interest as places are limited.

🛸 THIS MONTH AT KARST 🛸 KARST studio artists Anna Boland, Laura Hopes, Tom Pether, and Laura Robertson present a sculptural test space at KARST. INSIDE UFO is the result of two peer-led residencies conducted by the featured artists. They have coined the term Unidentified Familiar Objects, or UFOs, to describe the found materials at the heart of their practice. Their shared aesthetic favours material interest over polite redaction. The show will be opening on Thursday 14 May, 5.30 – 7.30pm. Join the artists on Saturday 16 May, 12pm – 1pm, for a discussion panel in KARST’s FENSTER project space. 🔗 To find out more, visit the link in bio… #Karst #ContemporaryArt #Plymouth #Studios

Matt’s Gallery, KARST, and Flatland are pleased to announce the next chapter of Doorway Guardians, a year-long touring collaborative project by artist Annie Whiles. The project continues with Flatland Projects, Bexhill joining an ongoing collaborative exchange of three large woodcarvings by Whiles. The sculptures are moving between partner venues across the year - occupying thresholds, entrances, and shared spaces, inviting touch, encounter, and exchange. Opening on 9 May at Flatland Projects the presentation coincides with the opening of Manifestations For An Eternal Spring, a new commission by Tawfik Naas, launching the same weekend (on view until 16 August 2026). At Matt’s Gallery, London, Whiles’ woodcarving will be on show alongside ZYX, a new sound installation by Anna Barham (3 -28 June 2026) and at KARST, Plymouth alongside Faunal Succession, the first institutional UK exhibition by Lucía Pizzani (12 June - 1 Aug 2026). Doorway Guardians was developed by Whiles with support from Arts Council England (Developing Your Creative Practice grant) and Goldsmiths, University of London. The exhibition is a partnership between Matt’s Gallery, London; KARST, Plymouth; and Flatland Bexhill with support from the Henry Moore Foundation and Arts Council England.

Did you visit Discord & Harmony and Doorway Guardians at KARST? We'd love to hear about your experience! 💬 We are always looking at how we can improve so we can best serve the needs of our communities and audiences. We’d be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to tell us about your time at KARST. 🔗To give your feedback, visit the link in our bio. 📸 Dom Moore #Karst #ContemporaryArt #Plymouth

💚Earth Day Artist Highlight LUCIA PIZZANI @luciapizzani 🗺️ CARTOGRAPHIES OF CARE: WOMEN | LAND | ART GROUP EXHIBITION *Opening View 2.30 - 5pm Sat 23 May 2026* Exhibition 24 May - 7 June @southcombebarn Widecombe in the Moor, TQ13 7TU Opening Times Thurs - Sun 10.30 - 3pm Curated by @cassinellimills In partnership with @karstgallery 💚 “On World Earth Day I am connecting to the snake as a symbol for transformation and healing. I want to bring attention to our relationship with the land with a multi-species perspective and our female energy, so that through care and empathy we can evolve and find balance” 🙏🏽 Pizzani’s multi-disciplinary practice involves the body and self and is always informed by materiality. Her current work focuses on ‘physical manifestations of ‘deep time’ becoming a framework for rethinking contemporary human and ecological crises, revealing borders and national identities as constructed and recent concepts’ (Focal Point). These themes are brought to the fore in Pizzani’s work in Cartographies of Care, highlighting the exhibition’s dialogues around climate change, migration, and social transformation. Pizzani’s ceramics, acting both as symbol of, and conduit for, the earth, she brings a particular spotlight to women’s centuries-long, quiet, daily, laborious, folkloric, political and caring relationships with earth. This summer Lucia’s work will be on show in Faunal Succession 12 JUN - 1 AUG 2026 a solo exhibition, KARST Plymouth. 📸 1,4, Pizzani is currently the 2026 @southcombebarn International Women’s Day Artist in Residence 2,3 Mapanare Roja (2025), Lucia Pizzani Red stoneware clay, installation @southcombebarn 5, Photo: Anna Lukala, installation of Lucia Pizzani: Faunal Succession @focalpointgallery (Southend) *On Now* touring to KARST (Plymouth) & @mostyngallery (Llanduno) in 2027 KARST is an independent, contemporary art space based in south west England with an international reputation for dynamic creative programming. Situated in Plymouth’s Stonehouse KARST comprises a public gallery & studio complex. KARST’s ambition is for everyone to have the opportunity to engage with, participate in and experience contemporary art.

📣 NEW TRUSTEES 📣 We are excited to announce that six new Trustees have joined our board, with expertise spanning capital development projects, community engagement, and contemporary art. Our new Trustees are Graham Devine, Dr Rosalind Hayes, Nicoletta Lambertucci, Patrycja Loranc, Henry Mulhall and Jenny Tipton. 🔗 To find out more about our new Trustees, visit the link in bio… #Karst #ContemporaryArt #Plymouth

📣 STUDIO ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 We are excited to announce our new studio holder, Sam Machell! Sam's multi-disciplinary practice combines drawing, text, performance and video to conjure absurd fictions. He is interested in knotty, complex ecologies and systems of power, and the emotional and bodily experiences of the frail consciousnesses caught within them. Drawing from the legacies of ‘hysterical realism’ and the ‘systems novel’, Sam's writing situates neurotic, recursive selves within contrived, doomed scenarios. He has had work published by Cloak, Back Patio Press, surfaces.cx and Expat Press. Sam says: “Last year I undertook a residency at KARST and found it explosive for my practice. I'm thrilled to be able to spend more time within this vibrant community, and to dedicate more time and space to magnifying my work and testing new ideas.” 📸 LIVE MIME/DUMB HIPPY (2025), Sam Machell #Karst #ContemporaryArt #Studio

This week is your last chance to meet Annie Whiles’ Attendant at KARST! ⏳ Doorway Guardians is a year-long collaborative project between KARST and Matt’s Gallery comprising a series of three large woodcarvings– Attendant, Minder and Sentinel. Throughout 2026, different Guardians will simultaneously occupy entrance spaces at Matt’s Gallery in London and KARST in Plymouth. They will be rotated and exchanged, setting up an evolving series of encounters for visitors at both venues. Check out these brilliant photos of Attendant taken by one of @sound_communities_cic ’s talented participants, Joey, during their visit to KARST last month. 📅 Attendant will be at KARST until 18 April. Doorway Guardians will be on show throughout 2026 at both KARST and Matt’s Gallery. 🕜 KARST is open Wed-Sat (11am-5pm) during exhibitions. Matt’s Gallery is open Wed- Sun (12–6pm). 🔗 To find out more, visit the link in bio… #WhatsOnPlymouth #ContemporaryArt

🎉 ARTIST RESIDENCY 🎉 We are pleased to share that the recipient of the CAMP x KARST residency is Sara Kerry! Sara is a visual artist with a practice rooted in painting and its history, alongside drawing, installation, dressmaking, embroidery and writing. Over the last eight years, they have focused on making art intuitively, bringing joy, working invisibly, realising systems and sustaining a daily practical relationship with their chosen materials. Sara says: “The CAMP and KARST Studio Residency is a supportive space for me to investigate these works, playing with methods of display, editing, adding, restoring, sharing, looking, thinking, creating, re-emerging and connecting. Exciting possibilities.” #Karst #Plymouth #Gallery #Residency

Just one week left to catch Discord & Harmony at KARST! 🚨 Also, don’t miss the final curator’s tour with @borthwickben on 17 April at 1pm. 🕝 Open Wed-Sat, 11am-5pm 🎟️ Free entry 🔗 To find out more, visit the link in our bio. 📸 Dom Moore #Plymouth #BerylCook #ContemporaryArt