The Gallery
Housed in a restored 18th Century barn, the Gallery at Waterperry Gardens near Oxford offers affordable, contemporary art and craft. We specialise in British work, including many Oxfordshire-based artists, and exhibit a wide range of ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, paintings and textiles. Many of the artists have exhibited at Art in Action.
Opening Times
April – September 10:00am – 5.30pm
October – March 10:00am – 5.00pm
The Gallery is open every day and free to enter.
Email: gallery@waterperrygardens.co.uk
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Free to enter through our Waterperry Shop
Exhibitions
Green Works Spring Exhibition
Sat, 14th February – Sun, 26th April
Our Spring Exhibition collection is entitled ‘Green Works’, the colour of Spring celebrated and interpreted in many ways; from the joys of collective gardening in Sarah Kirkby’s graphic lino prints to the unknown and often healing potential of a forest path or mountainside in Morna Rhys’s glorious etchings. We also welcome Emily-Kriste Wilcox to the gallery with her abstract landscape slab-built ceramic vessels and accompanying paintings.
The Gallery and exhibition are FREE to enter, simply go through the main shop and turn left.
Upcoming Exhibitions in 2026
1st May – 28th June – Modern Makers Collective Showcase.
1st-10th May – Oxfordshire Art Weeks.
11th July – 6th September – A Brighter View: Colours in the Landscape. A painting exhibition.
19th September – 1st November – The Stitched Garden, A celebration of Waterperry through Textile Arts.
7th November – Christmas Eve – Christmas Exhibition.
See What’s On page for more information.
Demonstrations
Rachel Wright
In the lead-up to The Stitched Garden exhibition in September, Rachel Wright will be demonstrating her work-in-progress on the last Thursday of every month from 11:00am-4:00pm.
Jan 29th, Feb 26th, Mar 26th, Apr 30th, May 28th, Jun 25th, Jul 30th & Aug 27th.
Working on a domestic sewing machine, with carefully chosen pieces of cloth and endless colours of thread, Rachel will translate the gardens and plants here at Waterperry into her beautiful machine-embroidered textile art pieces.
The most distinctive aspect of her embroideries is the expressive skies, evoking perpetual movement and fluidity, the restless elements on their never-ending journey. She creates the essence of both place and time with attention to detail being given in both the foreground and scenic backdrop throughout the seasons.
Meet Rachel in the gallery and watch her whilst she paints in stitch and brings her work to life.
Featured Artist
Morna Rhys
Rhys is an artist who specialises in coloured copper plate etching. In a complex process, she begins with initial drawings and paintings for reference before bringing her work to life with a plethora of colours applied to a single etched plate, cleansed with a scrim and finished with polishing from acid-free tissue.
She often returns to the sight of her piece’s artistic conception to perform this process, further imbuing the essence of the environment in the work. From salt-washed Cornish coastlines to rugged Welsh mountains, Rhys’s inspiration springs from natural landscapes. Sunshine and moonlight are also key characters in her work.
Before moving to Oxford as an art teacher, Rhys trained in Fine Art at Wimbledon, St Martins and Sussex University.
