Lot 296 - Poppy Lennox - Echoes of the Land - Study

Liquid rust, crystallised salt, and pure silk thread on paper
2025
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Art on a Postcard

About
By looking to both the structures within the cosmos and nature’s intricate systems and patterns, contemporary British artist Poppy Lennox explores the human desire to seek pattern as a way of understanding the vastness and complexities of existence. Using materials such as wood, plaster, paint, earth, metal powders, wax, raw silk and thread, Poppy’s dynamic works capture the delicate yet powerful systems that underpin life itself.

The Transcendentalist belief in the divinity of nature and the importance of our connection to it informs much of Poppy’s subject matter. 'Energy Lines', Poppy’s most recent body of work reveals pattern that is reminiscent of both mycelium and cosmic networks. Tethered forms of thread go beyond the woven mark to connect the microcosm and macrocosm and reflect on the energetic and vibrational forces that surround every aspect of life. The process of layering and revealing plaster and paint with the incisive, repetitive, often geometric stitched marks of thread creates traces and memories—echoes of both our presence and that which has forever existed.

Education
1999-2003
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Newcastle University

1998-1999
BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies, Cheltenham & Gloucester College

Group Exhibitions
2025
Today for You, Tomorrow for Me, London Art Fair, curated by Becca Pelly-Fry
International Women’s Day Auction, Art on a Postcard
OPEN05, Park Royal Gallery
The Art Studio Pop-Up, London
You are the Circle, Excelsior Studios, London Design Festival
Just Playing, Gorst Road Studios, London Design Festival
OPEN24, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
Dark Materials Tell Stories, J/M Gallery, London
The Spirit of Boudica, Norwich Cathedral

2023
Re-Block, pop-up as part of the ‘LONDON re made’ programme
OPEN04, Excelsior Studios, London Design Festival
Synergism, Gorst Road Studios, London Design Festival
Art For Charity Collective Summer Exhibition
International Women’s Day Auction, Art on a Postcard, curated by Lee Sharrock
International Women’s Day Auction, Art For Charity Collective

2022
Arms Around the Child, charity art auction, Christie’s Auction House
Poppy Lennox + Dawn Beckles: Life Still’, 99 Projects, London
Home House, London
Expressions of Abstraction, The Savoy, London
Rebirth, 99 Projects, London, group exhibition curated by Lee Sharrock
Supernature, Paxton + Glew Gallery, Brighton
SHE/HER/HERS, Oakland Gallery, New Brighton

Gallery Representation
99 Projects, London, UK

Statement About AOAP Artwork
Echoes of the Land Study is part of Poppy’s ongoing 'Energy Lines' series, in which she explores the intricate systems and patterns of nature’s landscapes, our deep connection to the land, and the unseen energy that moves through and between us. In this latest exploration, she layers crystallised salt and liquid rust—textures evocative of eroded landscapes, salt plains, or even an otherworldly terrain—blending the raw and the ethereal. Silk threads, hand-stitched to represent energy lines, weave through the space, symbolising connection, purity, femininity, and the transcendental.