Next Exhibition:

June 2025
The Wonder of Trees
at Yew Tree Gallery
Cornwall

June 24-28
Society of Women Artists' 164th Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London

July
Zillah Bell Gallery
Summer Show

November 2025
'Earth & Flora'
Lesley Birch
at Pyramid Gallery

Previous Exhibitions

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Selected for INPRINT
Winner Best Abstract Print Award
12th October - 3rd November

"Whilst mainly devoting myself to painting, there are times when I return to my love of printmaking.  I'm delighted to have this abstract collagraph accepted into INPRINT, a show in the Old Parcel Office space in Scarborough.  This Garden series explores topiary, space and shapes in formal gardens.  This series of collagraphs is inspired by the film The Draughtsman's Contract."  Lesley Birch 2024

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Recent selected shows :
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, November 2023
Winter Exhibition, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, Nov-Jan 2024
Comfort & Joy, Pyramid Gallery, York Christmas 2023
Art for Youth North, Yorkshire Oct/Nov 2023
Summer Exhibition, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk 2023
Nature's Tapestry, Lesley Birch paintings at Studio Vault, Settle - August - October 2023
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead with Carina Haslam Gallery - My 2023
Florals in Jigsaw York - March 2023
Expressive Florals - York Hospital, York, UK September 2022 - January 2023
Affordable Art Fair, London with Carina Haslam Gallery - October 2022
Leeds Fine Artists, Station Gallery, Richmond - August 2022
Hampstead Art Fair with Carina Haslam Gallery - May 2022
York Open Studios - April 2022
Ukraine - Zillah Bell Gallery April 2022
Borders Art Fair, Kelso - March 2022
Winter Exhibition 2021 - Cambridge Contemporary Art
Nature's Playground 2021 Oct-Dec - Studio Vault, Settle, North Yorkshire
2021 Affordable Art Fair, London with Carina Haslam Gallery
2021 Society of Women Artists 160th Exhibition
Reflections 2020 Southwest Academy of Fine & Applied Arts
2021, 2020 Glyndebourne
2016, 2017, 2018 - ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2013 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

for full list of previous exhibitions including solo shows please scroll down ...

The Climb, 76 x 96 cms, in situ © Lesley Birch 2020

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Previous Exhibitions

Blue Inlet, one of two paintings in The Sian and Ken Owen Collection

2024
Summer Exhibition, Zillah Bell Gallery
2023
May Hampstead Art Fair with Carina Haslam Gallery
York Open Studios

2022
Sept/Jan - Expressive Florals in York Hospital
Singapore Art Fair, Carina Haslam Gallery
Hampstead Art Fair, Carina Haslam Gallery
Battersea, Carina Haslam Gallery
York Open Studios
Expressive Florals
Paintings in Hospital
York
November 2022 - January 2023

2021
Colour & Form - Tarpey Gallery - Castle Donnington
August 18th - October 10th
Contemporary Art Fair, Surrey - Sept 24-26
Zillah Bell Gallery - 3 artists - 3 views - September 18th - October 9th 2021

Gallery Top - The Small Painting Show - July - October 2021
Tarpey Gallery - Colour & Form August 2021
Glyndebourne 2021 - Forces of Nature - May to August 2021

2020
Borders Art Fair, Kelso, Scotland - March 13-15
Glyndebourne Forces of Nature - January - August 2020
'Reflections' Southwest Academy of Fine and Applied Arts 2020

2019
'Crossing Beaches' Kyffin Williams Gallery, The Sian and Ken Owen Collection
Winter Show, Zillah Bell Contemporary, Nov - Jan
Autumn Show, Silson Contemporary, Oct - Jan
No Borders, Kiplin Hall, Sept-Oct
Art&, York Racecourse, Stand 33, Oct 25-27
Madonna Project, York Explore Library - re-imagining the Virgin Mary as a cultural icon - July - August
Zillah Bell Contemporary Summer Show
The Small Paintings Exhibition, Gallery Top, Derbyshire - July/August
Leeds Fine Artists Expo, Dean Clough Gallery - 7th May - 1st June
Leeds Fine Artists at Huddersfield Art Gallery - May
York Open Studios, 2019
'Imbalance', Artichoke Gallery, Sussex - Jan - Mar
Borders Art Fair, March 15-17th, Kelso, Scotland

2018
Christmas Exhibition, Zillah Bell Gallery, Yorkshire
The Cambridge 3 November Project 30@130 - Nov 24th - Dec 15th
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries - selected by Bridget McCrum
Art& York
Summer Show - Number Four Gallery, St Abb's
Summer Show - Zillah Bell Contemporary
Summer Show - Cambridge Contemporary Art
'Beginnings' - The Cambridge 3 at The Locker, 54 King St, Cambridge, June
Sandsend: Pots & Paintings - with Emily Stubbs at Pyramid Gallery, York - May 17th - July 1st 2018
York Open Studios
Hepworth Print Fair - March -  Pica Studios Stand

2017
Teesdale Christmas Art Fair, The Witham, Barnard Castle - Nov - Jan
Winter Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, December
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London - Nov 19-26
The Artist Collection Winners' Exhibition - The Barn Gallery, Calverton, Nottingham - Oct 14 - Nov 19
Buy Art Fair, Manchester with Zillah Bell Gallery - Oct 2017
COAST - Pyramid Gallery, York - Oct - Nov 2017
Art& - York Racecourse, Knavesmire - with Pica Studios, Oct 2017
Originals 200 - Cupola Contemporary, Sheffield - October
With Forton Fine Art - Stockbridge, Hampshire Art Fair - October
Leeds Fine Artists at Pannett Park Gallery, Whitby - October
Across the Water, Artichoke Gallery, Sussex - July - Sept
Harrogate Open, Mercer Gallery
Menier Gallery, Southwark, London - July 25th-29th
Spring into Summer - Silson Contemporary - May/July
Lifelines - Sunnybank Mills, Leeds - May/July
The Sun Also Rises - Masham Gallery - March
COAST - with The Cambridge 3, The Crypt Gallery, St Ives - April 2-14.
Revealed - Abstract Printmakers Collective at Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire - January - April
Carina Haslam Fine Art - January - Scottish Artists

2016
Teesdale Christmas Art Fair, County Durham, December

Ing Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, November 2016
Stars on Canvas, London, November 2016
The Northern Connection, with Leeds Fine Artists at Moors National Park, Danby - Oct/Nov 2016
St Ives Rotary Club Charity Show, September 2016
Summer Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, Yorkshire (July/Aug)
Summer Days, The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff, Scotland (June - Sept)
The Artist Open Exhibition,  Patchings Centre, Nottingham, July 2016
(Award winner - The Artist Magazine Award and the Clairefontaine Award)
'The North' - Masham Gallery, Yorkshire - May - July 2016 - "Iridescent golden sands and flashes of bright colour pop off the picture plane in Birch’s rhythmic, remembered landscapes of her homeland."
Review by Sarah Mayhew Craddock 

Our Friends in the North, Eton College with Zillah Bell Gallery - Jan - March
Forest, Coast and Heath, Ytene Gallery, Brockenhurst, Hampshire - March - April

2015
Yorkshire Remastered, According to McGee, York, Dec/Jan
Christmas Show, Kunsthuis, Crayke, Yorkshire
Winter Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
Harrogate International Visual Expo, with Artfinder, November 2015
Edinburgh Art Fair with Pyramid Gallery, York, November 2015
'Elementals', According to McGee, York Summer 2015
Cambridge Art Fair with Carina Haslam Fine Art October 2015
Featured Printmaking, August 2015 - Art in the Mill
"Summer Show 2015" - Zillah Bell Gallery
"The North & Beyond" - Grassington Festival June 2015
"A Sense of Place" - Royal Marsden Hospital, Chelsea, London - February - May 2015
Summer Art Show, Carina Haslam Fine Art, Great Missenden
"Insight" Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax - May 2015
Ferens Open, Hull City Gallery - April 2015
"The Pursuit of Happiness", Masham Gallery - April 2015
Sleningford Tutors' Show, Zillah Bell Gallery February 2015

2014
Autumn Art Show, Carina Haslam Fine Art, Great Missenden
Cambridge Art Fair with Carina Haslam Art, Great Missenden
NOT the Royal Academy Exhibition, Llwelleyn Alexander Gallery
Winter Show, The Art Cafe Contemporary Gallery, Whitby
Winter Show, Kunsthuis, York
St Gemma's Hospice - Secret Art Show
Stars on Canvas 2014
Flourish Printmaker of the Year - Shortlisted Artists, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield, Yorkshire
Autumn Show, Carina Haslam Art, Great Missenden
Royal Marsden Hospital Exhibition, Chelsea, London
Summer Show, Zillah Bell Galleries, Thirsk
The Secret Art Show, MS Trust (2013, 2012, 2011)
From Life: Expressing the Human Form - Mermaid & Miller Gallery, York
Process - Cupola Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sheffield S6 1TD
Donderdag Collective Life Drawing Group Show, The White Room, York
Round Two, Aesthetica Art Prize 2015

2013
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Cork Street Open (2012)
Lighting the Way, Art in the Mill, Knaresborough
Zillah Bell Winter Exhibition, Yorkshire
Masham Festival, Masham, North Yorkshire
The Real Print Show, Bradford
York Artists' Christmas Exhibition, York Cemetery Chapel
Harrogate Arts Festival The Masham Arts Festival (2013, 2007)
The Great North Show (2013, 2009, 2010)
The Art of Printmaking, Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
Harrogate Open, The Mercer Gallery (2008 - highly commended)
Mixed Autumn Show, Art in the Mill, Knaresborough

2012
Cities, all Dimensions, Tokarska Gallery, London
Edge of the World, The Gallery, Masham, Yorkshire
RHS Harlow Carr Summer Exhibition (2010, 2008, 2007)
St Gemma's Hospice Charity Exhibition
Leeds Art for Youth Charity Exhibition
Yorkshire Patchings Art Competition (2008 - Derwent Award Winner)
Keighley Arts Factory Open

2011
Linear Progressions, Shine Business Centre, Leeds
Doncaster Open (2009, 2008, 2006)
Mood & Matter, Art in the Mill, Knaresborough

2010
South Yorkshire Open, Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
Food Glorious Food, The Station Gallery, Richmond
York Open Studios
"The Sea, The Sea" - two-woman show with Ailsa Read, Gallery 49, Bridlington

2009
Haworth Open, Accrington
Leeds Art Fair, The Light, Leeds (Winner of Group Satellite Award)
Touchstones and Turning Points, Leeds Fine Artists, The North Light Gallery
Saltaire Arts Trail (2007)
Howarth Open, Accrington
Landscape Expressions, Art in the Mill, Knaresborough

2008
LS1 Club, 3 Albion Place, Leeds
A1 Open Summer Art Exhibition, The Station Gallery, Richmond
East Coast Open, Scarborough Art Gallery (3 pieces selected)
Leeds Open, City Gallery (2006)
Miniprint, Artlink, Hull
Winter Art Fair, Gallery ii, University of Bradford
Ripple Six Art Fair, Marsden, Huddersfield
Multum in Parvo - Leeds Fine Art Society, North Light Gallery, Huddersfield
First Impressions, The Station Gallery, Richmond
The First Harrogate Printmakers Exhibition, Harrogate Library
Christmas Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk

2007
Leeds Fine Art Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
Winter Warmth, The Park Gallery, Falkirk
Summer Mixed Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk

2006
Saltaire Arts Festival, Saltaire, North Yorkshire
The Yorkshire Club, Albion Place, Leeds Fine Art Club Exhibition
Harrogate & Nidderdale Art Exhibition, Ripley (2005) 2004

2003
Cambridge Drawing Society, Guildhall, Cambridge
Cambridge Drawing Society, The Pelican Gallery, Cambridge
Cambridge Drawing Sociey, The Compass Gallery, Cambridge

 Previous Solo and two-person Shows
2024
Sept - Nov - The Four Seasons - Solo show at North York Moors Centre

April 26th - June 15th 2024
LESLEY BIRCH
Solo Exhibition
Colour & Gesture
Tinker Gallery, Ilkley, North Yorkshire
Leeds LS29 9DR

2021
MUTED WORLDS
A lockdown exhibition
Two-Woman Show
Birch & Stubbs
Pots & Paintings
JANUARY 2021-MARCH 2021
Painter Lesley Birch and Ceramicist Emily Stubbs
View Exhibition

2020
Solo show at Partisan, York - Feb - March

2019
'Remote" - From Islay to Ireland -  Interpretations of Wild Shores & Mysterious Forests" at Leeds Craft & Design Gallery - June - October

2018
'Sandsend: Pots & Paintings' - Emily Stubbs/Lesley Birch at Pyramid Gallery - May-July
'From Forest to Coast' - The Bruce Arms - Jan-March

2017
'ETHEREAL MOMENTS' - Scampston Hall, Malton, Yorkshire - 22/8/17 - 29/10/17
PRINT: Lesley Birch Monoprints at Kiosk Project Space, York - January - July 2017

2016
Traces & Memory  |  Lesley Birch
May 9 - June 10, 2016, Trevelyan College, Durham University, UK
A Sense of Colour| - April 2016 - Helmsley Arts Centre, York

2015
Sand & Water|Lesley Birch & Penny Phillips - November 2015
Atmosphere & Emotion: An Irish Journey
June 2015 - Kunsthuis, York

2014
March into Spring
March 2014 - The White Room,  Priestleys, York
REVIEW Yorkshire Art Journal

2013
From Printmaking to Painting: An Artistic Journey
Christmas - The Dutch House, York

2012
Time & Place, Café Gallery 68, Gillygate, York
November 2012

2011
Monoprints by Lesley Birch, Pyramid Gallery, York
Summer 2011

2009
A Sense of Place, South Square Gallery, Bradford
February 2009

2008
Land and Sky, Yorkshire Dales Headquarters
Summer 2008

Winter Sea, mixed media 2014

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