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SMORGASBORG, The Nose, a creative space with a bookshop and a cafe. BETTER TOGETHER. Artist Network Showcase. The Minories, 74 The High St., Colchester, Essex, UK. CO1 1UE ARTIST MEMBERS LAUNCH SHOW. The Minories, 74 The High St., Colchester, Essex, UK. CO1 1UE LIFTS & LADDERS, Level Best Art Gallery, Colchester, Essex. CO1 May 2025. Rebuilding moments from lost time. EVERYTHING IS ART, THE BOILER AUCTION. The Minories, Colchester, 27 March-21 April 2025 LOT 6 of 21 original artworks by 21 artists, silent auction. "Don, Doff, Sleep, Repeat", oil & acrylic paint, rubber glove & catheter bag on canvas, 2023 Alongside Ostler’s exhibition, you’ll find the works of Leonora Carrington (from Sat 26 Oct). Both artists’ shows reveal a fascinating connection, exploring how their artistic careers were shaped and sometimes impacted in different ways by caregiving responsibilities and the challenges of gender bias. ESSEX BIRDS, Jaywick Martello Tower, The Promenade, Belsize Avenue, Jaywick, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 2LF 4th WALES CONTEMPORARY ART COMPETITION STAY CONNECTED Virtual Exhibition SPAGHETTI INTAGLIO, 12 -15 December 2019 Richmond Art School, Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College, Parkshot, Richmond Upon Thames, TW9 2RE ART MAZE, 13 - 17 November 2019 LIMBO, 4 May – 2 June 2019 HOPE curated by Lelia Bibizadeh ARTCO INVITES RESIDENT NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL ART GIRAFFE DIPLOMACY 1 - 30 April 2016 Level Best Art Gallery, Colchester CO1 1LD HOW ARE YOU TODAY? 25 May - 29 June 2014 The Colne Gallery, Colchester General Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, Essex CO4 5JL SAND, SEA & SCULPTURE 31 August 2013 Walton-on-the-Naze Beach, Essex OFF THE RAILS. Wivenhoe Station Ticket Office, Wivenhoe, Essex. 17 March - April 2013. A grassroots community arts and literature initiative based at Wivenhoe station. MEMORIES. Celebrating National Story Telling Week,30 Jan - 28 Feb 2013, Slack Space, Victoria Place,
Eld Lane, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1L THE GREAT GLASS BEAD GAME. 13 – 30 June 2012. Part of Colchester Carnival and Sparks Will Fly, the official Essex Cultural Olympiad event. Slack Space, Victoria Place, Eld Lane, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1LR GOOD TIMING: SKATING ON MARS The Colne Gallery, Colchester General Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester,
Essex CO4 5JL 27 May - 1 July 2012 32 PACES. The Colne Gallery, 2-28 Feb 2009, Colchester Hospital, Level One, Turner Road, Colchester,
Essex, CO4 OPEN STUDIOS 2008. Colchester and Tendring SPIRIT 3 @ The Chapel. May 2008, Kirby Cross, Essex CO13 0LZ THE OPENING EXHIBITION. ArtCafe, April 2008, 3 Culver Street East, Colchester, CO1 1LD. SPIRIT 2 @ The Chapel. December 2007, Kirby Cross, Essex CO13 0LZ CHRISTMAS SHOW. Arna Farrington Gallery, December 2007, High Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex CO16 0EA LIFE CAFE. Open Studios 2007, Colchester, Essex ESSEX SCENE. September 2007, County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex KIRBY LIFE. 14-16 June 2007, St Michael's Church, Kirby le Soken, Essex CHISTMAS SHOW. Arna Farrington Gallery, December 2006, High Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex CO16 0EA SPIRIT 1@ The Chapel. Sept 2006, with Naomi Ann Dennis, Thorpe Road Kirby Cross Frinton-on-Sea, Essex CO13 OLZ OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE. April-Sept 2006 Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, NHS Trust, Main Hospital Street, Level 3 LIFE CAFE. Open Studios 2006 Colchester ESSEX SCENE. August 2006 County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex CAXTON BOOKS and Gallery 2005 Connaught Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex COLCHESTER Fine Art Open 2003 Hay Gallery, Colchester School of Art Colchester Institute, Sheepen Road Colchester, Essex ART & HEALTH. 2001 Connecting Cultures, Hay Gallery,Colchester Institute, Sheepen Road Colchester, Essex GET PHYSICAL 1993 New Loom House Backchurch Street London E1 THINGS BEING POSSIBLE 1992 Dean Clough, Halifax, Yorkshire, with Workshops on Demand ROSES ARE RED? 1990 Plovdiv Museum, Plovdiv, Bulgaria JANE OSTLER. City Polytechnic Gallery, London College of Furniture, 1989 with Daniel Maffe, 41 Commercial Road London E1 1LA, JANE OSTLER. Sandra Higgins Fine Arts, 1989 Bourdon Street, Mayfair, London W1 with Guy Batey 9th CLEVELAND UK INTERNATIONAL DRAWING BIENNALE. 1989 Cleveland County Museum, UK EVERYONE A WINNER. 1988 Hackney Museum, Mare Street, Hackney, London E8 photo: http://www.sacollectables.com with Workshops on Demand RIVERSIDE OPEN. 1988 Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London W6 THE PROBABILITY OF HOPE. 1987, Old Street Gallery, London EC1, with Anne Tuckwell. WHITECHAPEL OPEN. 1987 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, E1 CONSTITUTIONAL JOURNEYS. 1987 Cahill & Grebler London W6, with Workshops on Demand SIGNS OF LIFE. 1983, The Old Ambulance Station, Old Kent Road, London SE with Allan deSouza ATELIER 19. 1983, 27 Old Street, London E1 ARTESERA. 1981 Syracuse University NY, USA STOWELLS TROPHY 1980, The Diploma Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, London
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| SMORGASBORG, The Nose, a creative space with a bookshop and a cafe. 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Essex, CO14 8AL. 29 November until 20 December 2025. |
Art exhibition of small artworks by 25 artists. Small C of T, folding painting, `Two Cloud Confections, Multi Miranda Light Box. 40cm x 40cm x 2cm. | |
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| BETTER TOGETHER. Artist Network Showcase. The Minories, 74 The High St., Colchester, Essex, UK. CO1 1UE 6 until 23 November 2025. |
"Acting" & "Duty of Care", oil paint on canvases. |
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ARTIST MEMBERS LAUNCH SHOW. The Minories, 74 The High St., Colchester, Essex, UK. CO1 1UE |
Dr No or World Leaders, and Diplomats |
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LIFTS & LADDERS, Level Best Art Gallery, Colchester, Essex. CO1 May 2025. |
"Little Bandaged House",Oil on canvas, "Oblivion, Oil on canvas, Pink Lift & Karen",Oil on canvas, "Ladder", paper mache on wire. 2025 |
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THE BOILER AUCTION or EVERYTHING IS ART, The Minories, Colchester, Essex, CO! 1UE, UK. |
"Don, Doff, Sleep, Repeat", oil & acrylic paint, rubber glove & catheter bag on canvas, 2023. LOT 6 of 21 original artworks by 21 artists in the silent auction. |
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| FINDING THE HAND OF KINDNESS firstsite, Colchester, Essex, CO1. Saturday 12 October 2024 – Sunday 23 February 2025 | Light Well 1, various works. See the downloadable catalogue for more details HERE......
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Essex Birds, Jaywick Martello Tower, The Promenade, Belsize Avenue, Jaywick, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 2LF |
"Women Folk, Riding a Dolphin, Wooden Role Model, Le Pecheuse". Oil on canvases. |
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4th Wales Contemporary Art Competition |
"Mops, Mums & Mickey", Watercolour & collage on paper | |
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| STAY CONNECTED Virtual Exhibition curated by Lois Emma Harkin, Norwich. 15 November 2020 https://loisemmaharkin.wixsite.com/ |
"Jurgen Klopp", acrylic on paper | |
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SPAGHETTI INTAGLIO, Richmond Art School, Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College, Parkshot,
Richmond Upon Thames, TW9 2RE |
"Tethered", screen print | |
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| ART MAZE, Bargehouse,
Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London SE1 9PH 13 - 17 November 2019 |
"Nesting Instinct" or "Chicken", oil paint & mixed media on canvas
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| LIMBO, Socially Engaged Art Salon, BMECP
Centre, 10/a Fleet Street, Brighton BN1 4ZE 4 May – 2 June 2019 |
"In the audience tonight (left side) (or She saw the world and wanted it all, but had to settle for seeing it on televisual media)", oil paint on canvas | |
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| BREXITFEST: Satirical Political Art The Fish Factory, The Sail Loft (Ground Floor), Commercial Road, Penryn, Cornwall,TR10 8AG 29-31st March & 20-24 June 2019 |
"Clearing the Air," (detail) pencil on paper, chitosan on polyester, peace lily | |
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| HOPE, curated by Lelia Bibizadeh, Menier
Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU 26 February - 2 March 2019 |
"Look Out", (detail), Oil on canvas, 2018 | |
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| Moving to the Country,
Level Best Art Gallery, Colchester CO1 1LD August 2018 |
"Moving to the country", (detail) oil on canvas, 48" x 48", 2018 | |
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| ArtCo Invites, Level Best Art Gallery, Colchester CO1 1LD January 2018 |
"Clearing the Air", (detail) pencil on paper, chitosan on polyester, peace lily | |
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| RESIDENT 37 Queen Street, Colchester CO1 2PQ 30 June 2017, 6-8 pm |
"Seabasket", series of photographs documenting an event at the sea shore where oranges were released into the sea to mimic an orange tide. |
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Now That's What I call Art |
"Be Brave Walking on the Bottom" (detail) Water Colour, 18"x18", 2010 |
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Giraffe Diplomacy, Level Best Art Gallery, |
"Marie-Therese-Charlotte de Bourbon, Madame la Duchesse d'Angoulememe 1824" Illustrations for "Zarafa-a beautiful gift for a King" by Julia Chalkley |
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firstsite Open Exhibition 2015, firstsite, Lewis Gardens, Colchester, CO1 1JH |
"There will always be flowers for those who choose to see them." Homage to Matisse. Oil on canvas. 2015 | |
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| How are you today? The Colne Gallery, Colchester General Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5JL | "How are you today?" mixed media 2014 | |
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| Sand, Sea and Sculpture, Walton-on-the-Naze Beach, 31st August 2013.12-5.00pm | "Sea Basket", wire and oranges 2013 an event at the sea shore where oranges were released into the sea to mimic an orange tide. | |
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| Off the Rails, Wivenhoe Station Ticket Office, Wivenhoe, Essex 22 June - 31 August 2013. A grassroots community arts and literature initiative based at Wivenhoe station. /offtherailswivenhoe | "Good and Bad", detail of "World Leaders, Diplomats and Experts" | |
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| Off the Rails, Wivenhoe Station Ticket Office, Wivenhoe, Essex.17 March - April 2013. A grassroots community arts and literature initiative based at Wivenhoe station. | "Matisse in Nature", Oil on Canvas, 2012 | |
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| Slack Space, Victoria Place, Eld Lane, Colchester, Essex,
CO1 1L 30 Jan - 28 Feb 2013 'Memories' Celebrating National Story Telling Week |
"Maintaining Decorum Between the Land and Sea, (Hats Off)," Oil on Canvas, 2013 | |
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Slack Space, Victoria Place, Eld Lane, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1LR |
"Be Brave Walking on the Bottom" Water Colour, 18" x 18", 2010 |
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Slack Space, Victoria Place, Eld Lane, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1LR |
"Spooky Space Face", Mixed Media, 18"x54", 2012 | |
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| Good Timing : Skating on Mars. The
Colne Gallery, Colchester General Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5JL 27 May - 1 July 2012 |
"Skating on Mars", Oil on Canvas, 30' x 40" , 2012 | |
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| Hart Gallery, Colchester NHS Walk-in Centre, North Colchester Healthcare Centre, Colchester Primary Care Centre, Turner Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5JR 1 March - 30 May 2012 | "Time for a Nap", Oil on Canvas, 18" x 40" 2012 | |
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| Cats & Flowers, Level Best
ArtCafe,
d'Arcy House, 3 Culver Street East, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1LD 10 June - 8 July 2011 |
"Just for a Short While", Oil on Canvas, 4ft x 4ft, Jane Ostler, 2011 http://levelbestartcafe.blogspot.com/ |
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| Slack Space, Ground Floor, St James' House, Queen Street, Colchester, CO1 2PQ. "Potential", an open group show. January 2011 | "Miranda", giclee print, 2011 | |
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| Cripes, In Stitches, 2 Rawstorn Road, Colchester, CO3 3JE Essex. 20 November 2010- 30 May 2011. | "Miranda", digital print, 2010 | |
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2nd Annual Spring Culture and Arts Festival at the University of Essex. 26- 30th April 2010
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"Land and Sea", installation shot, oil paintings and trees. 2010 | |
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| Slack Space, Long Wyre Street, Colchester, Essex. Group Show: Local Scenes. 24 February-14 March 2010 | "Sheepfield at Steam Mill Road, Bradfield Heath" detail, watercolour. | |
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| Art Works Cafe, 113 High Street, Colchester,
Essex, CO1 1TB November 2009-2010 |
"Are We There Yet?", watercolour, one of three. | |
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THG Annual Open Exhibition |
"Maintaining Decorum Between the Land
and Sea", oil painting on canvas |
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| All Bright and Beautiful, Slack Space, Long Wyre Street, Colchester, Essex. Group Show: Jane Ostler, Catherine Litton, Sam Hipwell, Hazel Harvey, Flisan Beard, Stuart Russell. Espe Garcia, Linda Theophilus curated by Tracey Johnson. 29 Oct-8 Nov 2009 |
"Won't Drink, Can't Make Me" ,
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| THE SEA, Paintings, with ArtCo @ The Level Best ArtCafe, d'Arcy House, 3 Culver Street East, Colchester, Essex, CO1. September 2009 | "Sailing on the Other Side of the wWorld" detail, oil on canvas | |
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| The Crab Factory, Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland. Private Commission August 2009 |
"Sea of Jewels : Reef",
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| 23 PACES at The Colne Gallery, Colchester General Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester, Essex; 2 - 28 February 2009 |
"23 Paces", |
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Love Scenes, with Chris Wilkinson, October 2008, 491 Gallery, 491 Grove Green Road, Leytonstone, London |
"Blossom Dance", oil on board and collage |
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| Official Opening Show, April 2008, ArtCo @ The Dacon Trust, Level Best ArtCafe, d'Arcy House, 3 Culver Street East, Colchester, Essex, CO1 | "Dark Sky ", watercolour6 | |
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| Arna Farrington
Gallery, December 2007 High Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex CO16 0EA |
"Sun Sparkle", watercolour | |
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| Corsham Revisited: 8 artists who studied at Bath Academy of Art,15-28 July 2007, Fairfield House, 44 High Street, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 0HF | "Falling", pencil, watercolour and acrylic paint on paper and polyester |
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| 2nd
Art Party @ The
Chapel, May 2007 with Naomi Ann Dennis, Maz Wheelhouse, Thorpe Road, Kirby Cross Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, CO13 OLZ |
"Oranges off Yarmouth",
Watercolour, detail |
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Naze Tower
Gallery, April-May 2007, |
"Wind in the rushes",
Watercolour |
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| Arna Farrington
Gallery, December 2006 High Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex CO16 0EA |
"Steam mill Lane, 1 & 2", Watercolour
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| Spirit @ The Chapel,
Sept 2006 with Naomi Ann Dennis, Thorpe Road Kirby Cross Frinton-on-Sea, Essex CO13 OLZ |
"Storm" , Watercolour | |
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| Norfolk & Norwich
University Hospital, April 2006-Feb 2007 NHS Trust, Main Hospital Street, Level 3 |
"Early Signs of Spring", Watercolour | |
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| Life
Cafe Open Studios 2006 Colchester |
"Network Series " in situ, Watercolour | |
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| Essex Scene, August 2006 County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex |
"Steam
mMll Lane" detail,
Watercolour |
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| Corsham Contacts 2005 Harleston Gallery, 37-39 The Thoroughfare Harleston, Norfolk | "Bird" detail ,
watercolour |
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| Caxton Books and Gallery 2005 Connaught Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex | "Set Fair" detail, Watercolour | |
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| Colchester Fine Art Open 2003 Hay Gallery, Colchester School of Art Colchester Institute, Sheepen Road Colchester, Essex | "Dearly beloved DNA" detail, Oil on linen | |
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| Art & Health 2001 Connecting Cultures, Hay Gallery,Colchester Institute, Sheepen Road Colchester, Essex | "Analgesic for a Secular Cathedral", plaster of Paris, multiple parts. | |
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| Bromley by Bow Healthy Living Centre, 2001, St Leonard's Road, Bow, London E3 | "Wonderbird", collaborative atrium sculpture, brass, copper, CDs, beads, wire. | |
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| Get Physical
1993 New Loom House Backchurch Street London E1 |
"Teddy Targets", plaster of Paris & small child, multiple parts. | |
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| Things Being Possible 1992, Dean Clough, Halifax, Yorkshire, with Workshops on Demand | "York or Lancaster " detail, plaster of Paris Multiple parts. | |
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| Roses are Red? 1990 Plovdiv Museum, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, British Council Grant | "Angelic Host", plaster of Paris . Multiple parts. | |
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| Gesture
& Geometry, City of London Poly, 1990 with
Guy Batey 41 Commercial Road London E1 1LA, |
"Domestic geometry", oil, wood, plaster of Paris | |
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| Sandra
Higgins Fine Arts,1990 Bourdon Street, Mayfair, London W1 with Daniel Mafe |
"Almost Perfect", plaster of Paris | |
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| CRITIIC'S SPACE V, Selected by Mary Rose Beaumont. SPACE artists selected by an invited critis at the AIR Gallery, 6 & 8 Rosebery Aveune, London, EC1R 4TD, UK. | "Frostic Walk", watercolour on paper. | |
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| 9th Cleveland UK International Drawing Biennale 1989 Cleveland County Museum, UK | "Envy I", drawing media | |
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Everyone
a Winner 1988 Hackney Museum, Mare Street, Hackney, London E8 |
"Slipper", oil, wood | |
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| The Maginot Line, Gala Benefit, 1988 Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London W6 | "The Maginot LIne", pen, ink and photocopy | |
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| Riverside Open 1988 Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London W6 | "Bone people", watercolour, ink, acrylic medium | |
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| Whitechapel Open 1987 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, E1 | "Idle Promise", oil on canvas | |
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| Constitutional Journeys 1987 Cahill & Grebler London W6, with Workshops on Demand | "Stone Roses" detail, oil on canvas | |
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| The Probability of Hope, 1987, Old Street Gallery, London EC1, with Anne Tuckwell | "Caprice" paint and pencil on paper | |
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| Wolsey's Wine Bar, 52 Wells Street, London, W1 1987 | Ink drawings and small oil paintings | |
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| The Pines Psychiatric Day Cente, Peterborough General Hospital, Works of Art in Public Places Scheme, Eastern Arts. 1987, Printmaker in Residence. |
"Scottish Castle" detail, Acrylic paint on paper more pictures |
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| First Art Show, The Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Islington, London 1986 | "Respite", oil on canvas | |
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| Six Women,
Unit 7 Studios 2nd floor, Vanguard Court, 36-38 Peckham Road SE5 |
"The Amnesiac Detective", type, photographs, broken narrative, disorganised list work on paper. | |
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| The Subjective Alphabet, Atelier 19, 1983, 27 Old Street, London E1. | "'U' for Ueno", lithographic crayon on brown paper | |
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| Signs of Life, 1983, The Old Ambulance Station, Old Kent Road, London SE with Allan deSouza | "Narrative sequence", slide projections | |
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| Artesera 1981 Syracuse University NY, USA | "Catalogue of mystery/ambiguity", paper cut outs, type | |
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| Stowells Trophy 1980, The Diploma Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, London | "Lobster Quadrille", Oil and house paint on board | |