Guernsey Arts is inviting local artists to express their interest in exhibiting at the Greenhouse Gallery as part of its 2027-28 exhibition season.
The opportunity is open to solo artists living in Guernsey and working across a wide range of visual arts disciplines, including painting, sculpture, photography and contemporary media such as animation, projections and installations.
Selected artists will work with the Guernsey Arts team to develop and present their exhibitions, receiving curatorial guidance, promotional support and a production budget determined by the organisation’s curatorial team. Exhibitions are typically staged over a six-week period.
Guernsey Arts and the Greenhouse Gallery have supported local artists since 2009, providing funding and exhibition opportunities to help develop the island’s creative sector.
The organisation said its new expression of interest process is designed to encourage artists to think ambitiously about their work while helping Guernsey Arts engage with new artists and audiences.
Previous exhibitors have highlighted the impact the programme has had on their careers.
James Kitts, a local filmmaker and multi-disciplinary artist whose exhibition Shrouded Isles of Sarnia was shown at the Greenhouse Gallery in 2025, said: “I feel incredibly lucky and grateful that Guernsey Arts has embraced me and my artistic practice so fully and with so much enthusiasm.
“With their funding, assistance, shepherding and encouragement with my exhibition, they’ve held me aloft for other institutions and people to see. From this I’ve gained many opportunities to continue my artistic practice and further my reach on island and on the mainland.”
Local fine artist Etienne Marquis, whose exhibition The Bleeding Veil will be shown this summer, said support from Guernsey Arts had helped him continue developing his career after returning to the island.
“After studying abroad on the mainland where my connections and career started, I feared that moving back home would hinder my growth and ability to continue my career,” he said.
“However, upon returning to the island, I found that support and trust in the arts had shifted. Guernsey Arts have allowed me to believe in Guernsey’s future as a place where creativity and the arts can thrive.”
Main image: James Kitts, by Etienne Marquis, entitled The Boy of Kernow.
