Past
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Ruup & Form
Live Performance - London - June 2024 Whisper Your Loud Roots was a live MRS ROE performance at Ruup & Form 's central London gallery where artist Kerry Lemon painted abortifacient tansy plants directly onto her body using a paste of white icing sugar and water. Lemon skilfully weaved together historical, cultural, and personal narratives, delving into... Read more -
David Linley
Solo exhibition - 'Wild Formation' - Spring 2019 London Solo exhibition and artist residency showing works from 'THE HYBRIDIST' A collection of fictionalised and constructed floral designs, underpinned by scientific collaboration to examine the potential of plant DNA as a creative sculptural material. These tactile collages document Kerry's ongoing research and collaboration with plant molecular scientists which first began... Read more -
BOW
Bronze sculpture, furniture, wall bronze, railings and frottage pavers South Gloucester (install Autumn 2024) A series of artworks inspired by local wildflowers including; a 4M high bronze clover sculpture, vitreous enamel railing and furniture using cyanotype wildflower prints created with the local community and a range of bronze frottage pavers... Read more -
Beacon
Granite, brass, resin, solar powered light 4000mm x 1000mm x 1000mm Berkshire Beacon is a solar powered light sculpture featuring cast plants collected as a snapshot of one summer day. It celebrates the diverse habitats across the borough and is tighly tactile and therefore interactive, designed for touch and especially... Read more -
Crown
St Bees stone, brass, steel 2200mm x 610mm x 1575mm Oxfordshire Crown highlights the rich heritage of the site - celebrating King Alfred’s apple orchards (with a nod to his crown) through a landmark sculpture located in the public square. This piece enables informal play; it is a den, a... Read more -
Birch
Jesmonite, brass 1800mm x 2700mm x 420mm Berkshire 5 x cast jesmonite birch leaf benches with 13x unque hand sculpted solid brass insects and painted brass leaf veins. These large benches encourage sociability, interaction and play and form a tactile insect trail across the development especially designed for those with... Read more -
Lepidoptera
Gobo engraved disks and light fittings Berkshire 15 x unique gobo lights projecting Kerry's detailed moth drawings in light onto the pavements below. Hand drawn from specimens collected from the area and held in the Dumbleton Collection at Reading Museum . Clients: BF Regeneration, Legal & General Property and Schroder... Read more -
London Fashion Week
Harvey Nichols - 2014 London, Edinburgh, Bristol Exhibition and live art Artist Residency To celebrate London Fashion Week Autumn 2014 (Photo Credit: Emma Brown) Read more -
SQUIRRELLED AWAY
Steel 2200mm x 610mm x 1575mm East Sussex Fun and playful fencing to transform an austere security fence artwork inspired by the local grey squirrels to reflect t he site theme of packing and unpacking. Squirrels are famed for their storage and create numerous places to keep their acorns, nuts... Read more -
ARTIST SKETCHBOOK
ACM Panels 1200mm x 100000mm x 3mm Wiltshire 100 x meters of artwork and residents pack informed by the artist's extensive sketchbook drawings, paintings, notes and prints researching the flora, fauna, geology, history and geography of this new canal side development in Wiltshire. Clients: Barratt Homes Team: Wallace Print, Josh... Read more -
Treasure
Granite, brass 600mm x 300mm (each paver) Berkshire 36 x unique botanical paving slabs in granite and brass designed to create a nature trail through the town centre. This area has 9x SSI sites - habitats of local, national or international importance and the diversity is a result of the... Read more -
Herbarium
Vitreous enamel, steel 2575mm x 7040mm x 6615mm Berkshire Vitreous enamel electric substation cladding, featuring hand drawn plants and cyanotype prints from collected town centre flora. Part of my NATURA series of nature inspired commissions for the £240 million town centre redevelopment 'The Lexicon' across 580,000 sq ft. Clients: BF... Read more -
PONDLIFE
Brass 18000mm x 6000mm x 3mm London Pondlife celebrates the UK's first residential glass bottom swimming pool located in the roof of the atrium. Kerry was inspired by native UK water plants and utilised the refracted light through the water of the pool across the metallic brass lillies. This creates... Read more -
Orchard Trail
Porcelain & Scoutmore 3x 1000mm x 1000mm pavers 5x Columns Oxfordshire An interactive art trail designed for rubbings located across the development to highlight the rich nature and heritage of the site - King Alfred's beautiful orchards, and a range of celebrated flora and fauna. This project was awarded Highly... Read more -
Nest
Artist Residency - Spring 2021 Tonna Wales Landmark Artist Residency to transform the very first Mother and Baby Mental Health Unit (MBU) in Wales. Clients: Swansea Bay University Health Board NHS MBU Team: Ministry of Furniture, Josh Mowll, Nigel Talbot, Lyndon Baines Funders: Daler Rowney, Middlecombe Nursery, Victoria Wade, Green Feathers and Local Nature Partnership. 'I am... Read more -
NEST
Artist Residency - Spring 2021 Tonna Wales Landmark Artist Residency to transform the very first Mother and Baby Mental Health Unit (MBU) in Wales. I am indebted to the advisory board of women with experience of postpartum psychosis and/ or depression. This work is forever dedicated to them. Clients: Swansea Bay University Health Board NHS MBU Team:... Read more -
UKRAÏNA
Art Car Boot Fair - Online Exhibition - 'Electric' May 2022 UKRAÏNA ELECTRIC ART CAR BOOT FAIR MAY 14-17 2022 A collection of 29x ghost prints created with an individual plant and spray paint. Every piece is unique and documents the unique silhouette of a real specimen collected from Kerry's garden but the process destroys the plant. These were created in... Read more -
UKRAÏNA - S E R I E S
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NOTAN - S E R I E S
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ESSEX UNIVERSITY
Artist Residency Spring 2022 Artist Residency with Dr Dave R Clark - Research Fellow and Environmental Microbial Ecologist in the Institute for Analytics and Data Science at Essex University exploring micro-organisms in ponds. Part of the extensive research for my EARLY SUN sculpture in the retention pond at Great Baddow. Read more -
Skylarks
Corten Steel (2x unique sculptures) Monumental Corten steel sculptures to celebrate the local Skylark with integrated bat habitats. The single bird sculpture reflects the skylarks during their solitary period Nov-Feb whilst they hold onto their territory and the piece with multiple birds reflects the family breeding season Mar-Oct Clients: Bracknell... Read more -
CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK
May 2022 LEADING WITH PURPOSE: A FORCE FOR GOOD IN THE DESIGN INDUSTRY Thursday 26th May 2022 18:30 - 19:30pm 80 Clerkenwell Rd, London EC1M 5RJ A panel event at Solus Ceramics as part of Clerkenwell Design Week 2022 with Stiff + Trevellion, Goldfinger Design, House Of Hackney, BCorporation UK and MCM... Read more -
Atelier OPEN 2022
JULY-SEPT 2022 I am delighted to be exhibiting 'Wild' and 'Spike' from my 'Hybridist' Series. The Hybridist is a series of tactile collages depicting fictionalised and constructed floral designs. They are underpinned by scientific collaboration which examine the potential of plant DNA as a creative sculptural material and reflect the artist's ongoing... Read more -
Pansy Peacocks
Community Outreach Project for the SKYLARKS sculptures Queer Nature - LGBTQ+ Youth Group - 11-19yrs - Summer 2022 This project investigated the ecology of Peacock Meadows (the site of my 2x monumental Skylark sculptures) through a queer lens. We explored the connections between queerness and nature by observing diverse case... Read more -
Ventnor Botanic Garden
Artist Residency - Summer 2022 A two week Artist Residency in the purpose built studio at Ventnor Botanic Gardens on the Isle of Wight. The start of the Mrs Roe project, creating a series of studies utilising traditional textile, weaving and knotting techniques in metal, hand bound into a series of books. The artist left... Read more -
Mrs Roe
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Hospital Projects
I am profoundly grateful for the NHS and seek out projects where I can use my skills to elevate hospital environments: AUTUMN - Stoke Mandeville Hospital - Wall based artwork - Buckinghamshire APOTHECARY'S GARDEN - Great Ormond Street Hospital - Glazing - London FLORA - Grange Hospital & BDP -... Read more -
Gather
Porcelain 12.98 meters Wiltshire A sandblasted porcelain and inlaid mural celebrating the local history, culture and landscape in the shape of the local canal. It is interactive and tactile, designed for rubbings and integrated as part of the structure of the new community centre building. Clients: Wiltshire Council Team: Scribble... Read more -
Cure3
Bonhams London - Spring 23 Exhibition of a new painting titled ‘I Promised You Forever’ created especially for the Cure³ Group Exhibition at Bonhams, London Jan 2023. The exhibition, features original artwork from over 50x contemporary artists (including Tracey Emin, Conrad Shawcross, Yinka Shonibare, Rana Begum, Ron Arad, Daisy Parris and Chantal Joffe etc)... Read more -
Quay Arts
Artists talk and screening - Isle of Wight - 20th August 2023 Artist Talk and Screening 'MRS ROE' Sharing the first 12 months from the MRS ROE project comprising performative film, photographic and made objects. Triggered by the redaction of Roe v. Wade and the power structures influencing femxle sexuality and reproduction MRS ROE explores our lost embodied practice and knowledge of... Read more -
Ventnor Botanic Gardens
Artist Residency Summer 2023 A two week Artist Residency in the purpose built studio at Ventnor Botanic Gardens on the Isle of Wight. Continuing work on the MRS ROE research project with a screening event at Quay Arts, and a collaboration with Western Medical Herbalist Claire Hudson MNIMH. The artist gifted a painting of... Read more -
Mrs Roe - STICKERS
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FABRICA GALLERY
Making Space Residency - Autumn 2023 Awarded Fabrica’s Making Space artist residency for 2023 to share the iterative MRS ROE project in response to the recent Roe v Wade overturn in the USA. An opportunity for the artist to test new ground in their practice, and utilising the former church gallery space to experiment with new... Read more -
London Art Fair 2024
RUUP & FORM - JAN 2024 A series of pieces from my botanical NOTAN collection exhibited with Ruup & Form at the London Art Fair. NOTAN is an ongoing series inspired by my work with molecular scientists during a fascinating Artist Residency at Royal Holloway University. These works explore the commonality of womxn & flora. Our... Read more -
The Arctic Hideaway
Artist in Residence - Mar 2024 Artist Residency at The Arctic Hideaway on Fleinvær island in the North of Norway. Continuing work on the MRS ROE research project and developing a series of textile costumes for future photographs and performances. Many thanks to Nordland County AAI24 for funding this incredible opportunity. Read more -
SWIFTLY
Permanent Artwork Trail Heyford Park - Oxfordshire A permanent new artwork trail inspired by the rich local history and ecology of the site. As part of the outreach I collaborated with Heyford Park School and the Heyford Sheds Group to create and install 80x bespoke bird boxes to support endangered... Read more -
Xenia Creative Retreat
Artist in Residence - Mar 2024 Artist Residency at The Xenia Creative Retreat in the Hampshire countryside. Continuing work on the MRS ROE research project by developing a series of textile costumes and metal accessories for future photographs and performances. Read more -
Films
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About Mrs Roe
JOIN MAILING LIST FOR INVITES Upcoming performances... Ruup & Form - SUMMER Live Performance - London - 7th September 2024 Ruup & Form - AUTUMN Live Performance - London - 16th November 2024 Ruup & Form - WINTER Live Performance - London - 1st February 2025 IF YOU PLANT... Read more -
About Mrs Roe
IF YOU PLANT YOUR SEED IN MY LAND THEN THE DECISION OF CULTIVATION IS MINE Mrs Roe is the alter-ego of Artist Kerry Lemon who creates a series of artworks as testimony. She seeks to explore her dislocation from the land via the global and localised power structures which influence... Read more -
Ruup & Form
Live Performance - London - September 2024 Communion was a live MRS ROE performance at Ruup & Form 's central London gallery. Artist Kerry Lemon guided her audience through a transformative ritual that reimagined traditions drawn from religion, ancient folklore and herbal medicine. She replaced the familiar sacred elements with a live copper plating of the abortifacient... Read more -
Rainforest Foundation
LANDS IN OUR HANDS - DEFEND, PROTECT, THRIVE As a certified B Corporation® each year I choose a charity to donate my time and skills and 2024 was the WONDERFUL Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK). Our work together culminated in a performance for an invited audience at Rich Mix in London... Read more -
101 Outdoor Arts
Artist Residency Autumn 2024 An Artist Residency at 101 Outdoor Arts to devise the Autumn 2024 Live Art performance 'CRYING OF THE NECK' for Ruup & Form Gallery London. Working with creative consultant Ella Turner to focus on sound and movement immersed in the rich history of traditional Wiltshire harvest rituals and the spirit... Read more -
Heyford Park Sounds
Teen Outreach Project for the SWIFTLY Public Art Trail 11-17yrs - Summer 2024 HEYFORD PARK SOUNDS was a FREE creative arts workshop funded by Dorchester Living and Cherwell Council for local teenagers aged 11-17yrs to create a soundscape using their mobile phones in Heyford Park near Bicester. A collaboration between... Read more -
Anita's Room
Artist Residency Winter 2024 Artist Residency at Anita's Room, Brighton Dome to devise the Spring 2025 Live Art MRS ROE performance 'LUNA' for Ruup & Form Gallery London. Exploring participatory craft, wordless audience prompts and the psychology of gifting. Many thanks to photographer/ filmmaker Alan Roe and the team at Brighton Dome. Read more -
Ruup & Form
Live Performance - London - November 2024 Crying of The Neck was a live MRS ROE performance at Ruup & Form 's central London gallery that reinterpreted Wiltshire harvest rituals through a feminist lens. Developed during a residency at 101 Outdoor Arts and echoing the spirit of Greenham Common’s womxn-led protests, this piece subverted ancient fertility practices.... Read more -
WILD NEIGHBOURS
Citizen Science Artist Residency - Moda Hove A year-long arts and science residency designed to help Moda residents connect with both nature and each other. A unique project to create empathy and community with ALL the other site residents—bacterial, animal, geological and botanical, exploring what Moda looks, sounds and feels... Read more -
Nyra
Kerry is a successful recipient of the ‘One King’s Impact Fund’ at King’s College London, Creative Director and co-lead with Dr Amanda Lenhardt and supported by partners in The Policy Institute, African Leadership Centre and the Global Shea Alliance. The project Nyra seeks to motivate higher-income individuals to mitigate the... Read more -
BLUEY
Outreach for Kerry Lemon's Milton Keynes City furniture commission. A cross generational project to explore the local trees working with the youth group and care home.Focused on developing leaf and bark identification skills as it has been found that learning the names of common plants restores and deepens out connection... Read more -
PATCHWORK
Community 'Shoddy Factory' a circular project in Dewsbury celebrating the communities personal textiles in the local heritage context of 'shoddy' recycled textiles. 158 participants from a wide range of groups including; Afghan Women BTB, Empathy Group, Hatch, Al-Furqaan School, Pentland School, Madni Academy, Manasamitra, Sharing Skills Group and The Branch... Read more -
Press + Print
250 postal cyanotype kits distributed across two communities just outside Bristol during Covid lockdown. Including full equipment, instructions, website and videos to guide participants through the project to contribute to PRESS + PRINT: 1 - PRESSED PLANTS learning to identify, safely collect and press plants on daily walks 2 -... Read more -
Old Oak
A collaboration with local artist Jules Bishop and Graphic Designer Raluca Grosu to create a series of handmade inks from the Old Oak on site at the Wantage Kingsgrove development. Utilising the leaves, bark and galls to create 3x handmade inks. These were bottled and packaged with a recipe and... Read more -
LIGHTKEEPERS
A handmade community lantern and flag procession to celebrate Kerry's newly installed artworks across Laverstock nr Salisbury. The decorative lanterns featured cut-out silhouettes, featuring the archaeological site finds and a further nod to the site heritage via the local farms. Client: Wiltshire County Council Photo Credit: Emma Brown Photography Project... Read more -
Make Space
A teen gxrl consultancy project in collaboration with 'Make Space for Girls' to design a new public space with and for girls in Wantage Oxfordshire. Working with 11-19 yrs not identifying as male (ie, female/ non-binary/ trans). Co-Lead - Make Space for Girls Participants - Sweatbox Youth Club + Abingdon... Read more -
Birding
A week long project in the local Primary school exploring EVERYTHING about the local garden birds, including workshops exploring; drawing from live birds of prey, playground bird flight exhibition, playground bird spotting, movement workshop, observing bird ringing, bird nest design and building and bird language and communication. In response, Kerry... Read more