"Recalling the shimmering late works of J.M.W. Turner, Penman Sweet manipulates oil paint with the subtlety of watercolour..." Annemarie Lopez 2012 Arts writer for Australian Art Review, The Sydney Magazine (SMH) and The Week UK
" ...these are, quite simply, profound paintings." Nicholas Usherwood, 2010 Author, Critic and Features Editor, Galleries Magazine U.K
"The handling of oil paint is evocative, startling and refreshing, challenging the distinctions between the painter's and the photographer's art, as well as between abstract and figurative image-making. Her forms suggest other forms, her structures other scales and ways of seeing; her scenes hint at other, yet vaster landscapes, of the world and of the mind." Dr Sue Roe, 2007 Critic and author of 'The Private Lives of the Impressionists' and 'Gwen John: A Life'
"By using fine layers of oil paint the living qualities of paint take on their own characteristics independent of the subject, so that the subject is not the subject of these paintings. Instead, Anne Penman Sweet's creations fulfil our need for 'moments of stillness'" Dr Angela Summerfield, 2008 Art Historian, Author and Art Critic for The Spectator
Education
Central Saint Martins - University of the Arts London, Postgraduate Cert. Advanced Studies
Claremont School of Art Perth, Australia, Certificate Fine Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Spirits of the Sea: Crossing Horizons, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Geochroma (Sweet+Shore*), Nolan on Lovel Gallery, Katoomba, Australia
2018 Travelling Souls: The Marine Art of Anne Penman Sweet and Tilemachos Kyriazatis, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Precious Cargo (two-person), Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Mott St, New York
Hexagonal (Sweet+Shore*), Colville Gallery, Hobart
2016 Anne Penman Sweet+Tilemachos Kyriazatis, (two-person) Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
2014 Anne Penman Sweet, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
Through Uncertain Lands, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2013 Deep Seas, Steel Stars, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
2012 Ocean Avatars, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
2011 Anne Penman Sweet: New Paintings, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
2010 The Industrial Sublime: Beauty in the Beast, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
2008 Superstructures, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
Episodes, Northcote Gallery, London
2007 Surface and Structure, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield U.K
Across the Divide, Four Square Fine Arts, Lewes U.K
2005 Pivotal Time, Alan Kluckow Gallery, Berkshire U.K
New Work, Pumphouse Gallery, Harrogate U.K
2004 Embracing Heaven and Earth, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield U.K
* Sweet+Shore is my collaborative work with Dr Jesse Shore www.sweetandshore.com
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Gallery Artists, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2020 The Open Art Fair with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Art Paris 2020 with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2019 Hong Kong AAF with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Hong Kong
Art New York with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, New York
Art Wynwood with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Miami
2018 CONTEXT Art Miami with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Miami
LAPADA Art Fair, Berkeley Square, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Bay of Fires Art Prize 2018 finalist (Sweet+Shore*), Tasmania
Waverley Art Prize 2018 finalist (Sweet+Shore*), Sydney
CONTEXT New York, Pier 94, with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, New York
Art Market, San Francisco with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, San Francisco
ART PARIS Grand Palais with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Paris
West End, Melbourne with Colville Gallery (Sweet+Shore*), Melbourne
2017 CONTEXT Art Miami with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Miami
Summer Sojourn, (Sweet+Shore*) Art Atrium, Sydney
Lloyd Rees Art Prize exhibition finalist (Sweet+Shore*), Colville Gallery, Hobart
Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award finalist (Sweet+Shore*), Brisbane
Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize exhibition finalist (Sweet+Shore*), Sydney
2016 Ships 2016, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
2015 The Art of Working Ships, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
2014 Art 3K, Art Atrium, Sydney
Finalist, Paddington Art Prize 2014, Sydney
2013 ART + SCIENCE, collaboration with Dr Jesse Shore, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
LAPADA, Berkeley Square with Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
Mighty Small, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Gliding Giants, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
Finalist, Salon Des Refuses S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2012 London Art Fair 2012, Business Design Centre London
Art Antiques London, Kensington Gardens, London
2011 London Art Fair 2011, Business Design Centre London
2010 Art London, Chelsea with Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
London Art Fair 2010, Business Design Centre London
2009 Art London, Chelsea with Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
Tankers, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
London Art Fair 2009, Business Design Centre London
2008 Art London, Chelsea with Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
Summer Show, Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London
FORM Olympia London with Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London
London Art Fair 2008, Business Design Centre London
2007 Two Views Stephanie Hoppen Gallery London with Alan Kluckow Fine Art, London
London Art Fair 2007, Business Design Centre, London
2006 Group Show Emineo Fine Art at Poussin Gallery, London
Dreamland, Chambers Gallery, London
Summer Show Byard Art, Cambridge U.K
Shortlisted Celeste Art Prize 2006, U.K
Picture This, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower with Cobalt Fine Arts/War Child, London
2005 Group Show Northcote Gallery, London
Artist Commission for 2006 Chelsea Flower Show London
London Art Fair 2005, Business Design Centre London
2004 Summer Show 2004, Hutson Gallery, Mayfair, London
'Scapes',Mark Jason Fine Art, London
London Art Fair 2004, Mark Jason Fine Art, Business Design Centre London
London Art Fair 2004, Byard Art, Business Design Centre London
2003 Paperwork, Vertigo Gallery, Shoreditch, London
Art London, Chelsea, with Northcote Gallery, London
Invited to exhibit at the Florence Biennale, Florence
2002 Gallery Artists, Northcote Gallery, London
Group Show, Collins and Hastie Gallery, London
* Sweet+Shore is my collaborative work with Dr Jesse Shore www.sweetandshore.com
Awards
2018 Finalist, Bay of Fires Art Prize 2018 (Sweet+Shore*), Tasmania
Finalist Waverley Art Prize 2018 (Sweet+Shore*), Sydney
Finalist Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award (Sweet+Shore*), Brisbane
2017 Finalist Lloyd Rees Art Prize exhibition (Sweet+Shore*), Colville Gallery, Hobart
Finalist Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award (Sweet+Shore*), Brisbane
Finalist Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize exhibition (Sweet+Shore*), Sydney
2014 Finalist, Paddington Art Prize 2014, Sydney
2013 Finalist, Salon Des Refuses S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2006 Shortlisted Celeste Art Prize 2006, U.K
Collections
Private and Corporate Collections in U.K, Australia, Europe, U.S.A, Middle East
Press
Editorial, Create!Magazine, December 2019
"Fresh Paint' Artists & Illustrators Magazine, U.K, February 2019
On Watch, TradeWinds London, November 2018
Bay of Fires Art Prize 2018 finalists catalogue ( Sweet+Shore), Bay of Fires, Tasmania 2018
Klassik Magazine International, Artist Interview, March 2018
Lloyd Rees Art Prize finalist catalogue (Sweet+Shore), Colville Gallery Hobart 2017
Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize finalist catalogue (Sweet+Shore), Sydney 2017
On Watch, TradeWinds London, September 2016
The Art of Working Ships, catalogue Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London September 2015
Editorial, Paul Berrill TradeWinds, London, August 2015
Editorial, The Kensington & Chelsea Magazine, London, January 2015
Editorial, Paul Berrill TradeWinds London, August 2014
Ocean Avatars, catalogue essay by Annemarie Lopez, London 2012
The Guide Country and Townhouse Magazine U.K October 2011
Inbox Belle Magazine Australia Feb/Mar 2011
Review Galleries magazine, U.K December 2010
The Industrial Sublime, catalogue essay by Nicholas Usherwood, London 2010
Superstructures, catalogue essay by Dr Angela Summerfield, London 2008
Episodes, catalogue essay by Dr. Sue Roe U.K 2008
Contemporary Art in Sheffield, review by Paul Evans, U.K May 2007
Surface and Structure, catalogue essay by Dr. Sue Roe U.K 2007
Review Metrolife Metro, London July 2006
Review Listings Sheffield Telegraph, U.K April 2004
Review The Guide The Guardian, U.K August 2003
Helen Smithson, Islington Express, London July 2003
Previews Art Review U.K November 2002
Fresh Art catalogue, Fresh Art Fair, Business Design Centre London 2001, 2002, 2003