Poppy Lennox

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 dimen...

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

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

2025 ‘Today for You, Tomorrow for Me’, London Art Fair, curated by Becca Pelly-Fry
2025 ‘International Women’s Day Auction’, Art on a Postcard
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’, The Crypt Gallery, 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 Pop Up 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 99 Projects Gallery, “Poppy Lennox + Dawn Beckles: Life Still”, London, UK
2022 Ho...