Fen Ditton Gallery interviews artists and makers across a range of disciplines, opening up the conversation of contemporary art and design and delves into their inspiration and processes. Hosted by gallery manager, Hannah Munby.
This conversation was recording with Agnes Treherne live at Fen Ditton Gallery on Wednesday 25th February 2026 as part of the Kindred Land exhibition. Gallery Manager / Curator Hannah discusses with Agnes the landscape as her continual inspiration, her creative upbringing and the influence of her mother and the family on her work. You can view the exhibition and discussed works online at…
Hello and welcome back to the Fen Ditton Gallery podcast, with gallery manager Hannah Munby This episode features a conversation with ceramicist Claire Curneen, who is currently exhibiting at the gallery as part of our exhibition ‘A Conversation with Trees’. The exhibition is open until Sunday 27th October. Find out more and view the show online at fendittongallery.com/a-conversation-with-trees…
Before completing the Drawing Year in 2021, Otis Blease studied Drawing and Printmaking at Bristol’s University of the West of England, where he was awarded the Dumfries House residency upon graduation. Having grown up in rural Cornwall, the move to London to study at The Royal Drawing School had a considerable impact on his work and the city’s constant state of motion added an energy and…
Olly Williamson was born in 1994 and grew up in a village just outside of Preston. He completed the Drawing ear at the Royal Drawing School in 2023, after graduating from Manchester School of Art with a first-class honours in Fine Art in 2016. Olly makes work about quiet situations in life, utilising intense observation and experimental structures of composition. His images reflect the underlying…
Originally from Cambridge, Felix Higham studied at Central St Martin’s before completing The Drawing Year in 2021. His artistic focus centres on the intricate study of people and the dynamics of life within the spaces we construct for our use. His observational drawings conducted in pubs and cafés provide material from which Felix constructs narrative works back in the studio. Through the…
This conversation was recorded with emerging artist Ellie Lonsdale who is currently exhibiting at Fen Ditton Gallery as part our Voices in Drawing exhibition. The exhibition showcases the work of six recent graduates and alumni from The Royal Drawing School and is open until Sunday 25th February 2024. You can find out more and view the exhibition online at fendittongallery.com Ellie Lonsdale…
Hello and welcome to the Fen Ditton Gallery podcast, with me Hannah Munby. This conversation was recorded with emerging artist Euan Evans on my recent visit to his studio in Stoke Newington, to collect the paintings and drawings that are currently on show at Fen Ditton Gallery as part our Voices in Drawing exhibition. The exhibition showcases the work of six recent graduates and alumni from The…
Agnes Treherne was born in Sussex in 1987. She studied Fine Art and History of Art at the University of Edinburgh, and went on to complete The Drawing Year at The Royal Drawing School, graduating in 2021. In was in the September following her graduation that Agnes first exhibited at Fen Ditton Gallery. Agnes’ work is concerned with how our thoughts and articulations are informed by the…
Hello and welcome to this episode of the Fen Ditton Gallery podcast, with me, Hannah Munby. My conversation today is with textile artist Ptolemy Mann, whose exquisite bold woven works will be shown in our upcoming exhibition ‘Going Yellow’. In this conversation, Ptolemy and I discuss her bohemian upbringing; how her extensive colour theory training allows her to break the rules, how she has owned…
Hello and welcome back to the Fen Ditton Gallery podcast In this episode, I speak to Cambridge artist David Emond, whose exhibition ‘Light, Colour, Pattern’ is currently on display at Fen Ditton Gallery. This is David’s first solo exhibition and includes works that spans the last 45 years of his artistic journey. You can view the exhibition online at fendittongallery.com/light-colour-pattern or in…