Zoë Barker

Zoë Barker

Gill Clarke

Gill Clarke

Vincent Dupont-Blackshaw

Vincent Dupont-Blackshaw

Jan Frith

Jan Frith

Fran Farrar

Fran Farrar

Barbara Gowan

Barbara Gowan

Violet Mareck

Violet Mareck

Karen Mead

Karen Mead

Fiona Schindler

Fiona Schindler

Richard May

Richard May

The Ryde Art Collective is a group of professional, contemporary artists, based on the Isle of Wight UK. They work in a range of traditional and technology media. Each artist makes concept driven work informed by personal experience and context.

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The Ryde Art Collective presents: Re-collections
The Ryde Art Collective presents: Re-collections

The Ryde Art Collective launches a new exhibition, Re-collections, at Department, Ryde — the first contemporary art group invited to exhibit at this new arts centre. 

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VIA VITAE: Quarr Abbey - An Artistic Response
VIA VITAE: Quarr Abbey - An Artistic Response

This unique and site-specific exhibition sensitively explores the history and meaning of well-known Benedictine Island landmark Quarr Abbey, bringing new artistic insight into a special and increasingly rare way of life – the Via Vitae of Quarr Abbey.

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 COLLECTIVE’S HIGHLIGHTS

ARTISTS’ NEWS

Now & Upcoming

Gillian Clarke - Isle of Wight Open Studios - 🗓️ 15 – 25 May 2026, 📍 Newport, Isle of Wight
Barbara Gowan - Isle of Wight Open Studios - 🗓️ 15 – 25 May 2026, 📍 Ryde, Isle of Wight
Richard May - Isle of Wight Open Studios - 🗓️ 15 – 25 May 2026, 📍 Ryde, Isle of Wight
Fran Farrar - This Green and Pleasant Land, Printmakers Council Exhibition - 🗓️ 27 May – 13 June 2026, 📍 The North Wall Arts Center, Oxford

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Not long to go… Over 50 established IOW based artists (including many of @therydeartcollectivetrac ) selling affordable original work - Under the Bed Sale IOW returns for another year at the main West Gallery at Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport