Focal Point Gallery

Focal Point Gallery Focal Point Gallery is South Essex’s gallery for contemporary visual art, promoting and commission

Here's a sneak peek of our galleries as we gear up to open Rosie Ridway's solo exhibition 'Phantom Power' on Saturday 20...
16/06/2026

Here's a sneak peek of our galleries as we gear up to open Rosie Ridway's solo exhibition 'Phantom Power' on Saturday 20 June, 3pm! 👀

To celebrate the exhibition opening we are hosting an all-day event featuring live music, artist-led workshops for all ages, artist moving image and food stalls. Free and open to all, the musical line-up includes Ridgway’s longtime co-conspirators and inspirations Dean Rodney Jr. & The Cowboys, Lady Neptune and Frank Chickens. Performances take place from 3pm on Elmer Square, outside Focal Point Gallery, followed by the exhibition preview from 6pm.

For more information head to the link in the comments 🔗

✨ Exploring kitsch sculpture and world-building with artist Amber Merry ✨Calling all creatives aged 13–16! Join Amber Me...
11/06/2026

✨ Exploring kitsch sculpture and world-building with artist Amber Merry ✨

Calling all creatives aged 13–16! Join Amber Merry for a playful and imaginative Blank Slate workshop on Thursday 25 June, 4:30pm to 6:30pm.

Through photography, collage, found materials and mixed-media sculpture, participants are invited to create their own unique visual worlds inspired by storytelling, whimsical objects and personal identity to develop characters, environments and narratives while experimenting with exciting creative techniques.

This hands-on workshop is all about curiosity, self-expression and creative risk-taking in a supportive environment.

📆Thursday 25 June
🕓4:30pm to 6:30pm
🎫Book your tickets now, link in comments!

📷 Amber Merry

To celebrate the opening of Rosie Ridgway’s exhibition 'Phantom Power' on Saturday 20 June, we are hosting an all-day ev...
05/06/2026

To celebrate the opening of Rosie Ridgway’s exhibition 'Phantom Power' on Saturday 20 June, we are hosting an all-day event featuring live music, artist-led workshops and ice cream, inviting audiences to explore and celebrate underground practices. Make sure not to miss it, RSVP via link in comments!

🎶Live music from 3pm feat.
Lady Neptune, the moniker of Glasgow based musician Moema Meade. Her diverse musical background allows her to effortlessly blend different genres, creating a truly original and refreshing sound.

Dean Rodney Jr. & The Cowboys, a genre-defying artist, known for his infectious disco-pop grooves, surreal lyrics, and visionary world-building. Dean Rodney Jr. & The Cowboys is a co-produced project between Rodney Jr. and Rosie Ridgway, alongside bandmates Jack Barracough, Amy Maskell, Charles Prest and Robyn Steward.

Frank Chickens a legendary Japanese punk pop performance group with a cult following in the UK. Founded in London in 1982 as a duo with Kazuko Hohki and Kazumi Taguchi, the group has now expanded to more than 20 members. They were John Peel‘s favourite, had an independent chart hit with 'We Are Ninja', had a Channel 4 TV series called Kazuko’s Karaoke Klub, won the Foster Comedy God Award in 2010, released five albums and toured worldwide.

Exhibition Preview from 6pm with drinks, chips, and tunes!

📷1) Lady Neptune, Jupiter Rising, 2021. Courtesy Jupiter Artland. Photo: Marilena Vlachopoulou
2) Dean Rodney Jr. & The Cowboys, 2023. Photo: Jack Barraclough
3) Frank Chickens

Closed for installation 🔧We are now closed as we install 'Phantom Power', a solo exhibition by Rosie Ridgway. Come and j...
03/06/2026

Closed for installation 🔧

We are now closed as we install 'Phantom Power', a solo exhibition by Rosie Ridgway. Come and join us for the opening celebrations on Saturday, 20 June, 3pm to 8pm. Everyone is welcome!

🎶Live music from 3pm feat.
Lady Neptune
Dean Rodney Jr. & The Cowboys
Frank Chickens

Exhibition Preview from 6pm with drinks, chips, and tunes!

A multidisciplinary artist and musician, Ridgway’s practice spans sound, performance, sculpture, and costume. Her work reinterprets cultural phenomena to construct alternative realities, often through collaborative and participatory approaches that generate humour and absurdity. At its core, her practice is driven by experimentation, a celebration of difference, and a commitment to accessibility.

🔗 Please RSVP via link in comments if you are planning to attend.

Please note that any orders from our shop may be delayed during this period. Email us at [email protected] if you require more information regarding your order.

🎥 Big Screen Spotlight: Pilar Elgueta, 'Bodies of Water: Prologue', 2023–24This film documents an action in which Pilar ...
29/05/2026

🎥 Big Screen Spotlight: Pilar Elgueta, 'Bodies of Water: Prologue', 2023–24

This film documents an action in which Pilar Elgueta casts her own arm in ice using water collected from a wetland. Constructing a mould capable of holding liquid, she freezes the water until it solidifies into a temporary replica. The resulting ice limb, at once sculptural object and fleeting form, is then returned to the site from which the water was extracted. An encounter: an arm that unmoulds an arm, an arm that mirrors an arm, a liquid corporeality activating itself, becoming landscape while undoing its recognisable form – shifting from a bounded identity into relational existence.


This film is part of a programmme that coincides with Lucía Pizzani’s exhibition 'Faunal Succession'. Works by Pilar Elgueta, Valentina Alvarado Matos and Rebeca Romero accompany a work by Pizzani. All four films look at the relationship between the human body and landscape, whether of this planet or otherworldly, presenting identity as something fluid that emerges through material, ecological, and spiritual connections.

Screened daily on rotation on the Big Screen Southend from Saturday 21 March to Friday 19 June 2025, 11am to 5pm. Find out more via link in comments 🔗

📷 1-3) Courtesy the artist

Last week to see 'Faunal Succession' by Lucia Pizzani!The exhibition closes on 30 May with workshops by Lucía Pizzani a...
27/05/2026

Last week to see 'Faunal Succession' by Lucia Pizzani!

The exhibition closes on 30 May with workshops by Lucía Pizzani and José García Oliva as part of our Creative Open Day. Come and pay us a visit and book your slot via link in comments!

The exhibition travels to KARST, Plymouth, where it opens on 11 June.

Faunal Succession reimagines the Essex coast through a ‘deep time’ lens, linking geological transformation with contemporary questions of climate change, migration, and social transformation.

This exhibition is generously supported by the Lucía Pizzani Exhibition Circle:
Victoria and David Law (lead supporter), Maria Sukkar (lead supporter), ERA FOUNDATION, Launch Pad, Aude Fourcade, Leslie Ramos and Thomas Forwood, Flavia Nespatti, Shelley Tichborne, Erica Wax, Sophia Paulina Wilhelmsen and those who wish to remain anonymous.

📷Anna Lukala

🎥 Big Screen Spotlight: Valentina Alvarado Matos, 'Levantamiento de una isla', 2017'Levantamiento de una isla' blends th...
21/05/2026

🎥 Big Screen Spotlight: Valentina Alvarado Matos, 'Levantamiento de una isla', 2017

'Levantamiento de una isla' blends the concept of a pliable element that can be shaped or broken to create a land tailored to the ideals and memories of a person in the diaspora. Through exercises involving redrawn maps, overlapping atlases, and the shaping of ceramics, the film intertwines the narratives and poetics of geography. New, tangible landscapes are deconstructed and reconfigured by hand, building a material landscape from clay.

This film is part of a programmme that coincides with Lucía Pizzani’s exhibition 'Faunal Succession'. Works by Pilar Elgueta, Valentina Alvarado Matos and Rebeca Romero accompany a work by Pizzani. All four films look at the relationship between the human body and landscape, whether of this planet or otherworldly, presenting identity as something fluid that emerges through material, ecological, and spiritual connections.

Screened daily on rotation on the Big Screen Southend from Saturday 21 March to Friday 19 June 2025, 11am to 5pm. Find out more via link in bio 🔗

📷 1-2) Courtesy the artist
3) Anna Lukala

📣EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENTRosie Ridgway: Phantom PowerCome and join us for the opening celebrations of Rosie Ridgway's sol...
20/05/2026

📣EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Rosie Ridgway: Phantom Power

Come and join us for the opening celebrations of Rosie Ridgway's solo exhibition 'Phantom Power' on Saturday, 20 June, 3pm to 8pm. Everyone is welcome! The exhibition runs until 12 September.

A multidisciplinary artist and musician, Ridgway’s practice spans sound, performance, sculpture, and costume. Her work reinterprets cultural phenomena to construct alternative realities, often through collaborative and participatory approaches that generate humour and absurdity. At its core, her practice is driven by experimentation, a celebration of difference, and a commitment to accessibility.

🎶Live music from 3pm feat.
Lady Neptune
Dean Rodney Jr. & The Cowboys
Frank Chickens

Exhibition Preview from 6pm with drinks, chips, and tunes!
🔗 Please RSVP via link in comments if you are planning to attend.

📷 Rosie Ridgway (stills)

Blank Slate: Screenplay Writing Join us for the next session of Blank Slate with Kat Rollinson to explore and experiment...
19/05/2026

Blank Slate: Screenplay Writing

Join us for the next session of Blank Slate with Kat Rollinson to explore and experiment with screenplay writing ✒️✨Please note this session is for 13 to 16 year olds.

Participants will explore storytelling concepts by writing or breaking down examples, either from a favourite film or programme, or a new, personal original story or idea! Kat will also share her experiences in the industry and tips for getting started with creating stories for screen.

📆Thursday 28 May
🕓4:30pm to 6:30pm
🎫Book your tickets now, link in comments!

📷Courtesy the artist

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