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Tension Graduate Prize 2024

Tension Graduate Prize 2024

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...

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Paul Carey-Kent’s Gallery Of The Week

Paul Carey-Kent’s Gallery Of The Week

Still from William Cobbing: ‘screensaver’, 2022/23 – video, looped Article by  Paul Carey-Kent First appeared in Fad Magazine 6 September 2023 Tension Fine Art has operated since 2019 in the somewhat unlikely locality of Penge in South-East London. There may not be...

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Crossings : Divides Review

Crossings : Divides Review

Crossings : Divides Jenny Timmer 6th – 15th July 2023 Essay by Carrie Grainger    Sitting in a quirky exhibition space in South London, artist Jenny Timmer’s work unearths playful, primitive and ominous glimpses from her own experiences in remote parts of Africa...

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John Bunker ebook Launch

John Bunker ebook Launch

We are proud to announce the publication of John Bunker's ebook. Published to co-inside with the current show by the same name running at Tension Fine Art, 'our dust is blowing along the road' is the first published monograph on artist John Bunker. Featuring essays by...

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Tension Graduate Show 2022

Tension Graduate Show 2022

Tension Graduate Prize 2022  The Tension Graduate Prize has been awarded since 2019 to emerging artists selected from a shortlist of M.A. students graduating at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. The selectors for 2022 were artist and director of...

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Ken Turner & John Bunker in Conversation

Ken Turner & John Bunker in Conversation

Soliloquy Ken Turner 11th June - 16th July 2022 Artist and writer John Bunker in converstion with Ken Turner  at Tension 9th July 2022   First impressions on entering the gallery are of a body of work teetering on the edge of chaos. I am instantly reminded of the...

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Landscape Of The Future: Raf Klein Print launch

Landscape Of The Future: Raf Klein Print launch

Landscape of the Future – ‘Don’t Look Away’, a new suite of prints Artist Raf Klein’s work explores the ways our own personal narratives shape the world we inhabit. Whether an idyllic, imagined arcadia of pure perfect nature, or the fantasy worlds of Coney Island and...

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Detritus – A Day Of Performance At Tension                                                                                                                   23rd Oct 2021

Detritus – A Day Of Performance At Tension 23rd Oct 2021

Detritus Detritus: what has been worn away. Join us at Tension Fine Art for a day of cascading performances. A mixture of experimental, finished and unfinished works in durational, interactive, momentary, and material-based Live Art. The performances will begin and...

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Lures Re-Opening

Lures Re-Opening

We are pleased to announce that we will be re-opening following the extended closure due to lockdown restrictions. You are warmly invited to join us to celebrate the re-opening of Lures with an open day on the 6th May 2021 from 11am till 8pm. Entrance restrictions may...

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Tension Update 2020-21

Tension Update 2020-21

2020 Has been a tough year. 2020 has been a particularly tough and strange year for everyone, to say the least. Back in March after consulting with the artists John Atherton, James Low and Fernando M. Romero participants of the group show LURES which opened on the...

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Natasha Turner

Natasha Turner

Natasha Turner With great sadness I announce the passing of my daughter Natasha Turner. 
Natasha was 29 years old and fought a brave and difficult battle with Breast cancer over the past 16 months. Natasha was responsible for our administration and website management,...

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Coronavirus closure @ Tension

Coronavirus closure @ Tension

18/03/2020: Due to the ongoing situation with coronavirus, the decision has been taken to close Tension Fine Art for the foreseeable future. Events planned may be rescheduled but please check back for further details. During this time viewing by appointment may be...

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Events: Lures

Events: Lures

This event is currently postponed due to the ongoing situation with coronavirus. Events planned may be rescheduled but please check here for an update.   Public Programme - all events at Tension are free to attend Lures by John Atherton, James Low & Fernando...

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Events: Three Humans?

Events: Three Humans?

Public Programme - all events at Tension are free to attend Three Humans? by Charles Binns, Marion Mandeng & Antony Wilder Join us for a talk with the show's artists When: Saturday 22nd February 2020, from 2pm Three Humans?...

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Remembering Kate Love

Remembering Kate Love

It is with much sadness that we announce the passing of our friend, tutor and mentor Kate Love. Kate passed away over the weekend following a long illness. We are forever grateful and thankful for all of the support that Kate showed us. It is with much fondness that...

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Tension Fine Art at Tate Modern

Tension Fine Art at Tate Modern

Sale: Central Saint Martins at the Tate Modern Last Saturday 18th January, Tension Fine Art's very own Ken Turner took part in Tate Exchange x Central Saint Martins at the Tate Modern. This year's theme was 'Sale' which explored the widening gap between rich and poor....

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Events: Foursight

Events: Foursight

Public Programme - all events are free to attend Join us for the following events as part of Foursight with Mary Gordon-Smith, Walter Hayn, Angele Lautier and James O'Hara:   Artists in conversation with Jorella Andrews  Saturday 25th January 2020 2pm - 4pm...

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Tension does not accept unsolicited submissions or proposals

We are an artist run gallery dedicated to showcasing the work and raising the profiles of emerging and mid career local, national and international artists. We show a mixture of contemporary & experimental art that questions what art is and what art could be.

135 Maple Road
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SE20 8LP

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