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Exhibitions
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Frieda van de Poll
Forthcoming
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05-05-2009 to Present 
Land and Sea Scapes In Alan Berry
On show in the main building of Coventry University (opposite the cathedral), are landscapes and seascapes, partly inspired by Frieda's homeland Holland, partly by other countries she travelled to and importantly by myths and legends.
Most of the paintings are inhabited by animals. These creatures invite you to step inside and experience a surrealist world; like yet unlike ours.
On first looks, the atmosphere is friendly. But underneath every cheerful picture the viewer can perceive disconcerting elements, rather like in a fairy tale, with themes such as vulnerability, aggression and fear.
WEBSITE» www.
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06-2009 to 00-07-2009
Ladies of Science, a Side Show
A Joint Exhibition of Van de Poll and Wilcox, funded by the new bursary Scheme of Artspace
This exhibition will transform a venue in Coventry into a weird and wonderful place that is grafted upon a Victorian laboratory, in which paintings, drawings, and objects are displayed. There will be creatures in various states of experimentation, to be discovered by the public in a mysterious, freakish and ghostly atmosphere. All this adds up to the voyeuristic and interactive character of the exhibition.
We will combine the installation of visual art with performance. Furthermore we will organise workshops for school children. In general our aim is to reach people that do not tend to be interested in art or visit art galleries, so they can meet art and artists in a different way.
We want to invigilate the exhibition ourselves, in the guise of and performing as illicit ‘Ladies of Science’. This gives the public a chance to meet the artists in a playful way and will point out the fact that women were not allowed to be scientists in Victorian times. Thus ‘the Side Show’, like a true side show, is meant to be an underground event in which everything can happen.
The venue we will be using is normally not open to the public. In keeping with the character of our exhibition, we prefer to use an old, cobwebby & spooky building as there are many standing unoccupied and unused in Coventry. One of our purposes is to inform the public about Coventry’s historic sites.
At the moment we are negiotating with the Council about the use of Whitefriars in Coventry, London Road/Gulson Road, founded in 1342. It is reputed to be haunted. The Herbert Gallery stores their collection of stuffed animals there, which we intend to include in our installation.
WEBSITE» www.ladiesofscience,blog.com
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02-04-2009 to 01-05-2009 
A Feast of Beasts
Fishbone is a new and promising gallery in Coventry, having a perfect place opposite the church in Longford.
WEBSITE» www.fishbone-gallery.co.uk
21-04-2008 to 26-04-2008
Chelsea Art Fair Fringe
Independent artists showcase visual vibes
Unique and original work is waiting to be discovered during the forthcoming prestigious Chelsea Art Fair. Only one floor up in the Old Town Hall, away from the hustle and bustle downstairs, nature unfolds in all her aspects in the independent exhibition Meeting Places. The show brings together paintings, objects and jewellery of three artists from different parts of the country.
David Godny, Frieda Van de Poll and Heidi Scott join forces in a joyful and motley exhibition that combines a passion for nature with an aesthetic sensibility; and, like nature itself, the way the artists express themselves is manifold. There are roses and blossoms; the parks and heath lands of London; and the animal world is portrayed through a bestiary of imaginary creatures.
‘Meeting Places’: Chelsea Library Art Gallery (first floor), Old Town Hall, King's Road, London
Dates: 21- 26 April
WEBSITE» www.rbkc.gov.uk/libraries/chelsea/default.asp
02-05-2007 to 12-05-2007
Meeting in Chelsea
We three artists met last year in the Brick Lane Festival - and this year mounted an exhibition in the upstairs gallery of Chelsea Library. The show held paintings, drawings, objects and jewellery, by me, Heidi Scott and David Godny.
24-02-2007 to 00-00-0000
Made in Coventry
Presentation of work from a wide range of creative talents of Coventry in the Ricoh Arena, 12 - 5pm.
My contribution: 'My cabbage patch' (object, mixed media) and 'Blue Kali' (painting)
WEBSITE» www.
08-09-2006 to 10-09-2006
London Brick Lane Festival
Group exhibition in Studio 95, Brick Lane, London
Contribution: Paintings, drawings and ceramics
WEBSITE» www.ickenoxartshop.co.uk
12-08-2006 to 12-12-2006
Ricoh Arena 75 cm exhibition
Artspace Group Exhibition in Coventry's Ricoh Arena, in the main entrance hall.
Contribution: Dog News, drawing/collage
21-01-2006 to 26-02-2006
Animal Spirits
Solo exhibition objects, paintings and drawings
The BBC has recorded an
interview on local tv, Coventry & Warks
Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery
Riversley Park, Nuneaton
Private view:
20 January 2006
6.30 - 8.30 pm
Opening times:
Tue - Sat
10.30am - 4.30pm
Sun 2pm - 4.30pm
Admission free
WEBSITE» www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk/leisure/museum/default.asp
23-05-2005 to 28-05-2005
Glass Gallery, Coventry
'Scenes from Holland. Big paintings for big buildings', solo paintings
03-04-2005 to 31-04-2005
Tin Angel, Coventry
'Sea mates in Coventry', solo paintings, lithographies, objects.
WEBSITE» www.thetinangel.co.uk/
30-11-2004 to 10-01-2004
The Gallery, Earlsdon
Group exhibition local artists, painting, drawing
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