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