Romany Mark Bruce features in The Great British Art Tour

The Guardian newspaper has been bringing art to us during lockdown with the Great British Art Tour. Featured artists include Turner and Hepworth and work by Romany Mark Bruce, an Encounters Artist, was featured recently.  His Brighton’s Aids memorial is described as “A great accomplishment by Bruce, and a permanent legacy of James Ledward, who sadly […]

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Virtual Residence in Encounters IG Site

The IG Residence has an objective to strengthen and consolidate existing connections between Encounters’ artists. Many of you have had an opportunity to share joyful, interesting and unusual experiences during our exhibitions, thereby creating new artistic relationships. The IG residence will provide opportunities to enrich existing relationships The resident artist will choose one or two […]

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This year’s show – ready for you to enjoy

Normally the house is very busy during the days that we are open for the Artists Open House. Not this year. The pandemic restrictions mean that only five visitors can come and we have a booking system so that each has 40 minutes to enjoy the work. Photographer David Barreiro joined us today and her […]

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The Winter Show 2020 features…

Our show explores feelings, perceptions, fears and hopes of Encounters’ artists as words like Pandemic, Lockdown and Quarantine were repeated incessantly, becoming the Zeitgeist of our times. The show features Richard Bagguley’s Tiempo de la Peste, Marion Brandis’ Time of Corona, Linda Lieberman’s Covid Moment, Carlos Sanchez and Mariana Teixeira’s Lockdown jewellery, Romany Bruce’s Nature […]

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Book for our Winter Show

For Covid reasons we have a booking system this year to ensure that only six people will be in our Open House at the same time and no one will be waiting outside in the cold! Book here (its free) for a 40 minute visit time: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/encounters-spring-lockdown-exhibition-christmas-arti-shop-tickets-132800498867 Click Here to Book

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The Nature of Being by Romany Mark Bruce

Born in Ireland 1960, Romany came to England in 1978 to study law. After living in Dallas, Texas, he settled in London, moving to Brighton in 1989. Romany developed an interest in photography, in particular photographing modern buildings, and quite by chance, he was given the opportunity to try his hand at sculpting. He had […]

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‘The Japans’ and ‘From the Font’ by Romany Bruce

For this special exhibition in Encounters Art Space in 2019 the curator, Miladys Parejo, wrote:   Earlier paintings ‘From The Font’ are shown with ‘The Japans’ series as they have a shared intrinsic narrative that combines as a single body of work. During the autumn of 2018 Romany travelled in Japan and he found that […]

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Subscribe to Encounters Virtual Newsletters

Dear artists, collaborators and friends, As you are aware the current global challenge forced to postpone or cancelled all activities requiring social interaction. In reaction to this situation Encounters Art Space invites you to be part of our Online Venture. We have designed a Virtual Program with the aim to entertain you, be connected with […]

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