S O U V E N I R

Amy Dury

13 - 30 November 2024

The Lido Stores is pleased to present a solo exhibition titled Souvenir by Brighton based artist Amy Dury. The show, running from 13th of November to the 30th of November, explores themes of gender, family and British society in Dury’s trademark colour-soaked paintings.

Drawing inspiration from vintage photography and home movies, Dury brings a unique blend of nostalgia and modernity to the canvas. The exhibition features a vivid palette, and mix of expressive representation alongside detailed passages which dominate the compositions. “The show is intertwined with my memories of holidays at Margate as a child,” Dury says. “Looking at vintage photographs, movies, and using AI helps me make sense of these ideas which include donkeys, mothers and nostalgia.”

Reflecting on recent past is an act of remembering and nostalgic mis-remembering, with photographs and film becoming the vehicles used to construct stories about ourselves. Figures are often rewritten or falling from clear view, using digital processes to reconstruct the scenes and suggest colour themes. Our history instructs, seduces and tethers us, and Dury uses paint to examine these emotive memories which reflect current themes and tensions in contemporary life. Storytelling and saturated canvas awaits- a truly British sea side experience through a sun soaked cinematic lens.

Amy Dury studied BA Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art (1993–97) and an MA Fine Art at University of Brighton(2000–02). She works in oil and acrylic paint, alongside drawing and mixed media. Recent notable events include appearing on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year ’21, and participating in the 2021 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize.  In March 2021 she conducted a livestream portrait painting session for the Tate Instagram. Recent exhibitions include the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (2023), and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2024). This is her first solo exhibition in Margate.

 Please email The Lido Stores at thelidostores@gmail.com for a copy of the exhibition catalogue.

G A L L E R Y 1

The Lido Stores

Open Wednesday to Saturday

Described by one visitor as a curation ‘steeped in tradition but with an anarchic edge’, Gallery 1 features painting, prints, works on paper and sculpture by a carefully selected group of emerging and established artists. Selected and curated by gallery owner Kristen Healy, the work displayed changes frequently and reflects her passion for contemporary painting.

Expect a wide selection of contemporary art by over 40 resident artists, including R&F Mo, Alice Carr, Charles Williams, Lee Johnson, Lisa Ivory, and Jason Mulligan, to name a few.

We feel strongly that art has the capacity to enrich and reward, and, with this in mind, we are passionate about democratising contemporary art. We welcome questions, laughter and conversation around the work- no false solemnity or elitism here.

Exhibition Programme

Autumn 2024

  • S O U V E N I R

    Amy Dury

    13 - 30 November

    Drawing inspiration from vintage photography and home movies, Dury  brings a unique blend of nostalgia and modernity to the canvas. The exhibition features a vivid palette, and mix of expressive representation alongside detailed passages  dominate the compositions.“ The show is intertwined with my memories of holidays at Margate as a child.. Looking at vintage photographs, movies, and using AI helps me make sense of these ideas which include donkeys, mothers and nostalgia.”

    Souvenir  considers new angles on where we have come from and where we are going through the lens of gender, family and British society.

  • W I N T E R S H O W

    GROUP EXH

    4 December - 25 January

    One of the highlights of the year, expect recent work by some of our favourite artists.

    Featuring painting, drawing, print, and sculpture executed in the last year by a selection of over 25 artists including Lee Johnson, Emily Stevens, Susie Hamilton, Charles Williams, to name a few.

    Join us in celebrating the work of some of the extraordinary artists we work with.