Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th July 11am-4pm
Come and join us as we throw open our doors once again for our annual Open Studios, exhibition & events weekend.
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29 studios open
Artworks for sale
Gallery exhibition by members
Hunter Gatherer pop up cafe
& The Caravan Gallery celebrating 25 years!
Admission FREE
Thursday 5th June
Doors open 6.30 for a 7pm start
Our 20×20 artist talks return to Art Space on the 5th June with Karl Rudziak, Olya Andrushko and ASP member Abigail Burt.
The doors open at 6.30pm to allow you to get a drink and network with the other attendees. The talks will start at 7pm
Entrance is FREE and open to all.
Abigail Burt
Abigail Burt uses sculpture to engage her audience with environmental agendas. Public participatory projects are formed around material process and storytelling. In 2019 she founded Kinstinct Arts, an arts and ecology platform, from which she runs projects and events, such as Lost-Wax for Lost-Species. Abigail runs a portable foundry for artist-led projects, demonstrations and workshops. She is a Churchill Fellow, for her study of lost-wax casting in Nepal and India, and continues to develop sustainable practices. Abigail specialises in the contemporary art medal, and since her year as the British Art Medal Society New Medallist in 2012, has has undertaken commissions for The Goldsmiths’ Company, The British Museum, The United Guilds Service of St.Paul’s Cathedral and The Royal Mint among others. Abigail is currently researching the role of art in the urgency of a changing climate alongside the marine scientists of the Institute of Marine Science, as a PhD student at UoP.
Karl Rudziak
Karl is a figurative painter based in Portsmouth and Southsea, focusing on portraiture that addresses social issues such as palliative care, mental health, and homelessness. Through community engagement, he explores attitudes toward death and challenges stereotypes and class-based judgments. His work critiques elitism in arts and culture, especially within Portsmouth. Rudziak’s current project stems from his volunteering at the Society of St. James, using portraiture to shift public perceptions of rough sleeping and to support communication and therapy. He gained national recognition with his portrait of John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood, exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in 2009. His work is held in both private and public collections, including those of Portsmouth City, Portsmouth Football Club, and the Royal Navy. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy, the National Galleries of Scotland, and is featured in 500 Portraits: BP Portrait Award by Sandy Nairn.
Olya Andrushko
“On January 6, 2025, in Chasiv Yar, my closest friend, Volodymyr Rakov, was killed by the Russian army at his post. He will never read my message about this exhibition in our chat. This is the most painful loss of my adult life. I will always love him, cherish our friendship, and, above all, be grateful to the greatest warrior - for my safe life.”
Souls and Bodies: Photographs by a Fallen Ukrainian Hero is a powerful exhibition of frontline images by Volodymyr Rakov, a 30-year-old Ukrainian dancer-turned-soldier who was killed in battle. The exhibition runs from 2nd June to 15th June 2025 in the Gallery at Art Space Portsmouth, in partnership with Rakov’s friend, Olya Andrushko
A celebrated dancer in Kyiv before volunteering for the army in 2013, Rakov documented life amid war with striking compassion - capturing fellow soldiers and the animals he tried to protect. “This exhibition is not about death, it is about life,” Olya said. “He had the most beautiful and creative heart.”
‘He is not here anymore, but many others are still fighting for all of us. While you look at these photographs, remember: these are real people. Some of them are gone. Some will be killed in the future. This is the reality of Ukrainians today.”
Souls and Bodies: Photographs by a Fallen Ukrainian Hero
Open 4th - 8th & 11th - 15th June, 12-4pm
Other times by appointment
Souls and Bodies: Photographs by a Fallen Ukrainian Hero is a powerful exhibition of frontline images by Volodymyr Rakov, a 30-year-old Ukrainian dancer-turned-soldier who was killed in battle.
The exhibition runs from 2nd June to 15th June 2025 in the Gallery at Art Space Portsmouth, in partnership with Rakov’s friend, Olya Andrushko.
“On January 6, 2025, in Chasiv Yar, my closest friend, Volodymyr Rakov, was killed by the Russian army at his post. He will never read my message about this exhibition in our chat. This is the most painful loss of my adult life. I will always love him, cherish our friendship, and, above all, be grateful to the greatest warrior - for my safe life.”
A celebrated dancer in Kyiv before volunteering for the army in 2013, Rakov documented life amid war with striking compassion - capturing fellow soldiers and the animals he tried to protect.
“This exhibition is not about death, it is about life,” Olya says. “He had the most beautiful and creative heart. He is not here anymore, but many others are still fighting for all of us. While you look at these photographs, remember: these are real people. Some of them are gone. Some will be killed in the future. This is the reality of Ukrainians today.”
Olya Andrushko will be one of the people presenting at our 20x20 artist talks on 5th June.