Exhibitions & events

Lees Gallery, Lobby of Lees Lecture Theatre, Talbot Campus: 20 September - 17 December 2021

Hello, are you ready to play? Be my guest and I will show you a piece of a colourful world through my paintings. They may raise questions in you and you can probably find answers too. You may just fancy the colours or the compositions; or what if you let your inner child get lost here for a bit? However if you are touched by my art, I will feel they have achieved their destiny by giving you something special.

Kata graduated in Hungary as a scenery and costume designer in 2011, and as textile designer and tailor in 2013, before moving to the UK at the beginning of 2019. Feeling that she is in the right place has inspired and motivated her to produce 'Lost & Found'; capturing a colourful world in a surrealistic way. 

Kata mainly uses acrylic on canvas, prefering to recycle rather than buy new, she upcycles old/ broken frames and creates new artwork on the canvases. She enjoys how her artwork inspires different feelings and meanings from the audience. This is her first exhibition.

Atrium Gallery, Poole House, Talbot Campus: 12 August - 17 December 2021

An intriguing art project of 14 images to highlight and change opinions towards historical and current tendencies toward victim blaming, especially in cases of sexual and gender based violence.

The exhibition features a timeline of mug shot images from 1900 to the present day depicting a variety of portraits. Each 'mug shot' image has been carefully styled and made to represent a different decade. It uses actors, costume, make-up and heritage photographic methods, including wet plate collodian, to take the viewer on a remarkably authentic journey through history. Each image contains a 'crime' such as 'wore red' or 'swiped right', which viewers are invited to question. 

This project, by photographer Jayne Jackson, has been developed alongside and supported by the charity STARS (Sexual Trauma and Recovery Project) and Bournemouth University's Dr Peter Arabaci Hills and Jamie Fletcher. 

A preview of the project has appeared on BBC South Today and generated national media interest such as BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio Solent, but this is the first time the full exhibition will be available for public viewing. 

The project can also be followed on Twitter: @consent_aware and Instagram: @jaynejacksonphotography.

You can contact Jayne via email: jaynejacksonphotography@gmail.com or visit her website: www.jaynejacksonphotography.co.uk/asking-for-it.