NEWS & EVENTS

Tension Graduate Prize 2024

Jun 27, 2024

Left to Right: Tranasha Hyman, Laura Madeley, Ken Turner, Matt Hale : Tension Graduate Prize 2024. Photo Courtesy of Belinda Lawley, www.belindalawley.com Tension Graduate Prize 2024 Matt Hale and I spent an enjoyable afternoon...

Paul Carey-Kent’s Gallery Of The Week

Sep 8, 2023

Still from William Cobbing: ‘screensaver’, 2022/23 – video, looped Article by Paul Carey-Kent First appeared in Fad Magazine 6 September 2023 Tension Fine Art has operated since 2019 in the somewhat unlikely locality of Penge in South-East London. There may not be...

Crossings : Divides Review

Aug 23, 2023

Crossings : Divides Jenny Timmer 6th – 15th July 2023 Essay by Carrie Grainger Sitting in a quirky exhibition space in South London, artist Jenny Timmer’s work unearths playful, primitive and ominous glimpses from her own experiences in remote parts of Africa...

John Bunker ebook Launch

Mar 15, 2023

We are proud to announce the publication of John Bunker's ebook. Published to co-inside with the current show by the same name running at Tension Fine Art, 'our dust is blowing along the road' is the first published monograph on artist John Bunker. Featuring essays by...

Tension Graduate Show 2022

Aug 5, 2022

Tension Graduate Prize 2022 The Tension Graduate Prize has been awarded since 2019 to emerging artists selected from a shortlist of M.A. students graduating at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. The selectors for 2022 were artist and director of...

Ken Turner & John Bunker in Conversation

Jul 10, 2022

Soliloquy Ken Turner 11th June - 16th July 2022 Artist and writer John Bunker in converstion with Ken Turner at Tension 9th July 2022 First impressions on entering the gallery are of a body of work teetering on the edge of chaos. I am instantly reminded of the...

Landscape Of The Future: Raf Klein Print launch

May 2, 2022

Landscape of the Future – ‘Don’t Look Away’, a new suite of prints Artist Raf Klein’s work explores the ways our own personal narratives shape the world we inhabit. Whether an idyllic, imagined arcadia of pure perfect nature, or the fantasy worlds of Coney Island and...

Staging Time: Review by Jamie Genovese published on Artlyst.com

Nov 29, 2021

Staging Time Suzanne Moxhay and Jenny Klein have taken the stage at Tension Fine Art gallery with a series of works that share a progenitor: the photograph. Different as they may be in vernacular and tone, the works from Moxhay and Klein are alike in that they take...

Shape Chroma: Review by Sue Hubbard published on Artlyst.com

Sep 14, 2021

Shape Chroma: Tension Fine Art London: Newton and Goethe famously disagreed on the genesis of colour. Most commentary assumes Goethe was wrong. But this is true only if you accept that colour can simply be described by physics and that psychological and conceptual...

Detritus – A Day Of Performance At Tension 23rd Oct 2021

Sep 2, 2021

Detritus Detritus: what has been worn away. Join us at Tension Fine Art for a day of cascading performances. A mixture of experimental, finished and unfinished works in durational, interactive, momentary, and material-based Live Art. The performances will begin and...

Three Central Saint Martins Graduate Exhibitions Coming To Tension

Jul 27, 2021

We are pleased to announce that Central Saint Martins have awarded three groups of graduates from MA Contemporay Photography; Practices and Philosophies funding for three group exhibitions to be held at Tension over the coming months. The first two will be held during...

Lures Re-Opening

Apr 21, 2021

We are pleased to announce that we will be re-opening following the extended closure due to lockdown restrictions. You are warmly invited to join us to celebrate the re-opening of Lures with an open day on the 6th May 2021 from 11am till 8pm. Entrance restrictions may...

Tension Update 2020-21

Dec 15, 2020

2020 Has been a tough year. 2020 has been a particularly tough and strange year for everyone, to say the least. Back in March after consulting with the artists John Atherton, James Low and Fernando M. Romero participants of the group show LURES which opened on the...

Natasha Turner

Oct 11, 2020

Natasha Turner With great sadness I announce the passing of my daughter Natasha Turner.  Natasha was 29 years old and fought a brave and difficult battle with Breast cancer over the past 16 months. Natasha was responsible for our administration and website management,...

Coronavirus closure @ Tension

Mar 18, 2020

18/03/2020: Due to the ongoing situation with coronavirus, the decision has been taken to close Tension Fine Art for the foreseeable future. Events planned may be rescheduled but please check back for further details. During this time viewing by appointment may be...

Events: Lures

Mar 1, 2020

This event is currently postponed due to the ongoing situation with coronavirus. Events planned may be rescheduled but please check here for an update. Public Programme - all events at Tension are free to attend Lures by John Atherton, James Low & Fernando...

Events: Three Humans?

Feb 3, 2020

Public Programme - all events at Tension are free to attend Three Humans? by Charles Binns, Marion Mandeng & Antony Wilder Join us for a talk with the show's artists When: Saturday 22nd February 2020, from 2pm Three Humans?...

Remembering Kate Love

Jan 28, 2020

It is with much sadness that we announce the passing of our friend, tutor and mentor Kate Love. Kate passed away over the weekend following a long illness. We are forever grateful and thankful for all of the support that Kate showed us. It is with much fondness that...

Tension Fine Art at Tate Modern

Jan 26, 2020

Sale: Central Saint Martins at the Tate Modern Last Saturday 18th January, Tension Fine Art's very own Ken Turner took part in Tate Exchange x Central Saint Martins at the Tate Modern. This year's theme was 'Sale' which explored the widening gap between rich and poor....

Events: Foursight

Jan 22, 2020

Public Programme - all events are free to attend Join us for the following events as part of Foursight with Mary Gordon-Smith, Walter Hayn, Angele Lautier and James O'Hara: Artists in conversation with Jorella Andrews Saturday 25th January 2020 2pm - 4pm...