If There Were Ends to What is Infinite Artwork

Contemporary artist Poppy Lennox explores the human desire to seek pattern as a way of understanding the vastness and complexities of existence. Working in a variety of mediums such as wood, plaster, paint, earth, metal powders, wax and fibre, she looks to the structures within the cosmos and nature’s intricate systems and patterns to make visible the interconnectivity of life. She questions 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 the idea of life being vibration. Since transitioning from her previous career as a project manager to museums, curators and artists, Poppy’s work has been shown in several exhibitions, private members’ clubs and auctions including 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 artist’s with disabilities. In January 2025 she will 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.