Cornwall Contemporary

Cornwall Contemporary exhibiting the very best in contemporary painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics over four floors in Penzance.
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Established 2006 by Sarah Brittain-Mansbridge MBE Cornwall Contemporary opened on 1st September 2006. It is a large, spacious art gallery set out over three floors in a listed building at the top of historic Chapel Street in Penzance. "At the top of Chapel Street is Cornwall Contemporary, a dazzling white space opened in 2006 by Sarah Brittain-Mansbridge, its collections are a glorious showcase fo

r Cornish artistic talent” The Independent

Exhibitions at Cornwall Contemporary change monthly and present the very best of art in Cornwall and from out of the county. Established and highly respected artists exhibit alongside some of the most exciting up–and–coming art school graduates and artists from around Britain and as far afield as Norway. Regular exhibiting artists include Neil Pinkett, Daphne McClure, Emma Dunbar, Antonio Lopez Reche, Alasdair Lindsay, Maggie Matthews, David Mankin, Kristin Vestgard, Melanie Goemans, Emma McClure, Fiona Millais, Philip Lyons, Paul Lewin and Janet Lynch amongst others.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped Cornwall Contemporary celebrate our 20th birthday yesterday! I think Penzance wa...
02/09/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who helped Cornwall Contemporary celebrate our 20th birthday yesterday! I think Penzance was cleaned out of flowers, I received so many! You were all so kind (special mention to Emma McClure who baked the most delicious cake!) thank you to all our wonderful artists and friends who popped by to help us celebrate, it was lovely remembering all the wonderful moments we’ve shared over the last 20 years.
Here is Sophie Carter’s beautiful painting Oceans Song - deeply meditative and peaceful and reminding me of the swim I had after work yesterday with special friends 💙

01/09/2026

Cornwall Contemporary is 20 years old today!

I am so grateful to all of the talented artists who have exhibited with me since that first day I tentatively opened the door on 1st September 2006, its been a privilege to work alongside you and I’m still thrilled that I get to show your wonderful work in my gallery. To the CC family - SJ, Tim, Emma and Jess (and Dom - husband/ framer/ expert picture wrapper) you are the best team I could wish for.

The biggest thanks to all our wonderful customers around the world, who have supported us all these years. Whether you’ve bought a treasured piece for your home, waved to us as you’ve walked past, liked and followed us on social media, been to our private views, artist talks, book launches or just popped in for a chat, your enthusiasm and your love for our artists, is so special to us all here at Cornwall Contemporary.

Over the last 20 years we have staged 221 exhibitions, welcomed thousands of visitors, made incredible memories, sent paintings to hundreds of homes and businesses around the world, gone from two floors of gallery space to four floors and every inch of the gallery has witnessed laughter, connection, conversation, creativity and inspiration.

Thank you.

I have bubbly and cake to share with you all day today and really look forward to celebrating with you all! 🌟🥂🎂

We have had such a busy start to our 20th anniversary exhibition and it’s been a joy to see so many people and to hear a...
30/08/2026

We have had such a busy start to our 20th anniversary exhibition and it’s been a joy to see so many people and to hear all your wonderful feedback about the gallery and our brilliant artists.
If you’re looking for something to do on Bank Holiday Monday - we are open! We’d love to see you 10 - 5 and don’t forget to join us all day on Tuesday 1st September for our official 20th birthday when we’ll have cake and bubbly for you all day 🎂🥂

Jane Askey’s delightfully moody view of St Ives ‘Prussian Blues and Brightly Lit Harbour’ one of a number of new landsca...
28/08/2026

Jane Askey’s delightfully moody view of St Ives ‘Prussian Blues and Brightly Lit Harbour’ one of a number of new landscapes by Jane in our new 20th Anniversary exhibition.
Don’t forget it’s our official 20th birthday on Tuesday 1st September and we will have cake and bubbly to share with you all day. We really look forward to celebrating with you all.

I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome ceramic artist Caitlin Wilson to Cornwall Contemporary. We’ve had a flurry of red dot...
26/08/2026

I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome ceramic artist Caitlin Wilson to Cornwall Contemporary. We’ve had a flurry of red dots for her charming, narrative tiles, plates and vessels since popping them in our 20th Anniversary exhibition online so a lot of these already have homes to go to - one vase is even heading off to 🇺🇸 soon. But do have a look at her work on our website and in the gallery - it is all delightful and at this rate they won’t be around for long.

About to be packed up and shipped off to New Jersey in the US is Emma McClure’s delightful ‘Cattle Field and Farm’ and I...
25/08/2026

About to be packed up and shipped off to New Jersey in the US is Emma McClure’s delightful ‘Cattle Field and Farm’ and I’m sure it will fill its new home with joy.
We have more of Emma’s charming paintings in our new exhibition which celebrates 20 years of Cornwall Contemporary, which you can see in the gallery and on our website until 19th September.

I’m thrilled to say that our exhibition which celebrates 20 years of Cornwall Contemporary is open and includes some rea...
22/08/2026

I’m thrilled to say that our exhibition which celebrates 20 years of Cornwall Contemporary is open and includes some really outstanding work by all of our artists. You can see it on our website and in the gallery until 19th September.
Don’t forget that it’s our official 20th birthday on Tuesday 1st September and we will have bubbly and cake to share with you all day. We are really looking forward to celebrating with you 🎂 🥂

I had a lot of fun hanging our new exhibition which celebrates 20 years of Cornwall Contemporary. It features all of our...
19/08/2026

I had a lot of fun hanging our new exhibition which celebrates 20 years of Cornwall Contemporary. It features all of our brilliantly talented artists over all four floors of the gallery and is open now.
Our official 20th birthday is on Tuesday 1st September and I will have bubbly and cake for you all day so come and celebrate with us, we’d love to see you!

The second artist that we are delighted to welcome to Cornwall Contemporary is Alice Mumford. Many of you will already b...
18/08/2026

The second artist that we are delighted to welcome to Cornwall Contemporary is Alice Mumford. Many of you will already be familiar with Alice’s extraordinarily beautiful, light-filled still life paintings and I’m thrilled that we have a number of her works in our new exhibition which celebrates 20 years of Cornwall Contemporary.

“I come from a long line of women painters where painting was as commonplace as eating or listening to the radio. An everyday thing. As a child my family lived and worked in many different countries. With every new place we went, my mother made a sense of belonging and beauty with the things she took with her. Particularly with the way the meal table was laid. Different coloured tablemats, plates and napkins always there to welcome us. Perhaps this is where my love of still life comes from.”

Address

1 Parade Street
Penzance
TR184BU

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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+441736874749

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