by Alison Aye | Jul 26, 2025 | News
Airing, Curated by Alison Aye I’ve been collaborating for two years with Ken Turner the founder of Tension an artist run gallery space in South London. When Ken asked me to curate a show (he was moving house and lacked time), I wanted to select artists who use thread,...
by Ken Turner | Jul 7, 2025 | News
Tension Graduate Prize 2025 This year, Central St Martins invited entries from all four MA Fine Art departments. From a shortlist of 45 artists, Tension Director Ken Turner and Art Monthly’s Matt Hale selected the winner: Amanda Moraes (MA Fine Art). Tension has...
by admin | Jun 23, 2025 | News, Reviews
London’s best contemporary art show is in Penge Plus: seductive Argentinian conceptualists, the disorienting comedy of Okiki Akinfe and why you should visit Darlington in September DIGBY WARDE-ALDAM If you’ve been reading the more excitable pages of the...
by Ken Turner | Mar 23, 2025 | News
Mark Wallinger showing at Tension 5 April – 31 May 2025 Tension is honoured to present Gravity is the Weakest Force in the Universe, a solo exhibition by Mark Wallinger. Wallinger is one of the UK’s leading contemporary artists. Having previously been nominated...
by Ken Turner | Jun 27, 2024 | News
Left to Right: Tranasha Hyman, Laura Madeley, Ken Turner, Matt Hale : Tension Graduate Prize 2024. Photo Courtesy of Belinda Lawley, www.belindalawley.com Tension Graduate Prize 2024 Matt Hale and I spent an enjoyable afternoon...
by Fiona Carruthers | Nov 25, 2023 | News
Frippery – Sharon Paulger, July 2023 at Tension On each side of the gallery, small prints, square and identical in size, are methodically arranged in a grid pattern. Each print appears both as a stand-alone as well as part of a single work wrapped around the...
