Isle of Wight artists to feature in major exhibition in Poland

Made in Britain consists of 82 works by painters from all over the UK, which form part of the Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting.

The collection includes works by the likes of Tracey Emin and David Hockney as well Susan Gunn, European Sovereign Painters Prize winner, and John Moores Prize winner, Nicholas Middleton.

It also includes pieces by Isle of Wight artists Freya Purdue and Marius Von Brasch.

The exhibition will run at the Polish National Museum, from March 14 to June 2.

It marks a return to the country for Freya, who visited Poland in 2002 to take part in an Exhibition at the Galeria Start Bwa in Lublin.

She said: "The journey from Warsaw to Lublin holds a special place in my memory. I was really struck by the beauty of this experience and the wonderful unspoilt countryside too. So I am really looking forward to revisiting Poland.

"The experience of exhibiting in Gdansk and the opportunity to meet Polish artists will be very exciting.

Marius said: "As a German of Baltic descent living and working in the UK, it’s great to be part of this meeting of art and cultures in historic Gdansk.”

The Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting was set up by Robert Priseman, an internationally acclaimed artist in his own right, who wanted to do something to promote the art of painting.

Robert said: "In 2014, I came to realise that many of this new wave of British painters had yet to be collected with the same geographical and chronological focus of their predecessors and foreign contemporaries. So, with the help of my wife, I began the process of bringing together a body of work by artists which followed the very simple criteria of being painting produced after the year 2000 within the British Isles."

So far, the couple have acquired more than 120 paintings from over 100 artists, which has now become the very first collection of art dedicated to 21st century British painting in the UK.