Poppy Lennox’s multi-layered paintings and sculptures look to the structures within the cosmos and nature’s intricate systems and patterns to make visible the interconnectivity of life. Working in a variety of mediums such as wood, plaster, paint, earth, metal powders, wax, raw silk and thread, she explores the human desire to seek pattern as a way of understanding the vastness and complexities of existence and how we, being part of this system, perceive and place ourselves within its complex web.

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 existence. 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 what has always existed.

The Transcendentalist belief in the divinity of nature and the importance of our connection to it informs much of Poppy’s subject matter. The titles of her works reflect on the importance of the energetic, ritualistic and sometimes spiritualist dimensions to her practice and allude to a pursuit of ascension, self-liberation or perhaps, refuge. Recent works To Be in the Depths of Matter and No Matter, We Are But One look to make tangible life’s vibrations and to capture the delicate yet powerful networks that underpin life itself. 

Since transitioning from her previous career as a project manager to museums, curators and artists, Poppy’s work has been shown in several exhibitions, art fairs and auctions including London Art Fair (2025), Tarpey Gallery, Derby (2024), Crypt Gallery, Norwich Cathedral (2023), 99 Projects, London (2022), Home House, London (2022) and Christie’s (2022). She has sold to collectors in the UK, US, Singapore and Middle East and has work in the collection of renowned London wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd for whom she created a limited-edition artists’ label (2021). Poppy has worked with arts mental health charities Hospital Rooms (2022) and A Space Between (2022) and is currently volunteering with ActionSpace to support artists with disabilities. In January 2025 she was invited to be part of the exhibition Today for You, Tomorrow for Me, curated by Becca Pelly-Fry for the Platform section of London Art Fair 2025.

For more information and availability of work please contact Poppy via email.

Education

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

Exhibition History

2025 ‘International Women’s Day Auction’, Art on a Postcard

2025 ‘Today for You, Tomorrow for Me’, London Art Fair, curated by Becca Pelly-Fry

2024 OPEN05, Park Royal Gallery, group exhibition

2024 ‘The Art Studio Pop-Up’, London, group exhibition

2024 ‘You are the Circle’, Excelsior Studios, London Design Festival, group exhibition

2024 ‘Just Playing’, Gorst Road Studios, London Design Festival, group exhibition

2024 ‘OPEN24’, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, group exhibition

2024 ‘Dark Materials Tell Stories’, J/M Gallery, London, group exhibition

2024 'The Spirit of Boudica’, Norwich Cathedral, group exhibition

2023 ‘Re-Block’ pop-up as part of the ‘LONDON re made’ programme, group exhibition

2023 OPEN04, Excelsior Studios, London Design Festival, group exhibition

2023 ‘Synergism’, Gorst Road Studios, London Design Festival, group exhibition

2023 Art For Charity Collective Summer Exhibition

2023 ‘International Women’s Day Auction’, Art on a Postcard, curated by Lee Sharrock

2023 ‘International Women’s Day Auction’, Art For Charity Collective

2022 ‘Arms Around the Child, charity art auction, Christie’s Auction House

2022 ‘Poppy Lennox + Dawn Beckles: Life Still’, 99 Projects, London

2022 Home House, London, group exhibition

2022 ‘Expressions of Abstraction’, The Savoy, London, group exhibition

2022 ‘Rebirth’, 99 Projects, London, group exhibition curated by Lee Sharrock

2022 ‘Supernature’, Paxton + Glew Gallery, Brighton, group exhibition

2022 ‘SHE/HER/HERS’, Oakland Gallery, New Brighton, group exhibition

Art Fairs

2025 London Art Fair, London

2024 East Art Fair, London

2022 The Other Art Fair, London

2021 The Other Art Fair, London

Collaborations

2020 Limited edition artists’ label for Berry Bros & Rudd’s ‘Good Ordinary Claret’, London

Workshops and Development Programmes

2022 December Artist In Residence with in-person workshops, A Space Between, London

2022 Digital workshop, Hospital Rooms, London

2021 London Creative Network / Space Studios professional development programme

Publications and Media

7 Artists Exploring Humanity’s Interaction With Nature At London Art Fair”, Forbes, January 2025

Interview with London Art Fair Platform Curator Becca Pelly-Fry, FAD Magazine, January 2025

Interview with Culturalee, January 2024

The Upcoming: Poppy Lennox”, FAD Magazine, London, January 2022

Rebirth: A 99 Projects Exhibition curated by Lee Sharrock”, ArtPlugged, London, 2022

“Meet the artist: Poppy Lennox”, Berry Bros & Rudd interview, 2021