• (Re)Collect

     

    4th July - 26th September 2026

  • (Re)Collect brings together new work by Chowwai Cheung, Claire Willberg and Nathalie Kingdon, three printmakers who each begin by collecting: images, objects, memories and places. Across printmaking, collage and assemblage, the exhibition explores collecting as both method and metaphor.
     
    Chowwai Cheung's printmaking draws attention through striking pinks, blues, greens and bold black and white geometric imagery. Perspective pulls us into landscapes of mountain ranges, roads and rivers, to places we feel we have known before but cannot quite locate. Claire Willberg picks up what London throws away; discarded objects including cable ties, fragments of plastic and the small forgotten debris of the city. These are collected from the street and translated through print into something worth looking at again, freed from their original purpose and rendered in bold graphic form on paper. Nathalie Kingdon looks further back still, into the visual archive of 1970s celebrity female figures shaped by mass media, glamour and the era's particular idea of femininity. Reworked through vivid screen print, these collected images are transformed with saturated colour and bold shifts of proportion with a playful sense of form. 
     
    Together, the works suggest memory not as a fixed record but as a process. (Re)Collect invites us to consider how we are shaped by what we choose to hold onto, and what we cannot help but carry with us.
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    Exhibiting Artists

    Chowwai Cheung

    Claire Willberg

    Nathalie Kingdon

  • Chowwai Cheung

    Original Print
  • Chowwai Cheung is a contemporary printmaker whose work is inspired by the coastal landscapes of Devon, both remembered and imagined. Through abstraction, texture, and geometry, her work explores the shifting relationship between land, memory, and atmosphere, creating compositions that feel at once familiar and dreamlike.

     

    Cheung graduated with a First Class BA (Hons) in Printed Textiles from Manchester Metropolitan University, where she developed her distinctive material-led approach to colour, surface, and composition. Her work has been exhibited internationally and selected for major exhibitions including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, as well as exhibitions at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, the Royal West of England Academy, and the National Open Print Exhibition.

     

    Working across painting and collagraph printmaking, Cheung creates original artworks inspired by geological formations, coastal contours, and the changing structure of the landscape. Her compositions are built through layered geometric forms, balancing precise hard-edged shapes with soft translucent tones and richly textured surfaces. Her collagraph prints are handmade using individually drawn and cut plates, before being hand-finished in acrylic paint, allowing each work to develop into a unique piece.

     

    Chowwai Cheung’s contemporary prints are recognised for their quiet sense of balance, tactile depth, and evocative interpretation of landscape, making her work highly sought after by collectors of contemporary British art.

  • Claire Willberg

    Original Print
  • Claire Willberg is a London-based contemporary printmaker whose work transforms overlooked everyday objects into intricate and visually compelling compositions. Combining traditional printmaking techniques with drawing, photography, and stop-motion animation, her practice explores themes of collection, memory, materiality, and reinvention.

     

    Willberg studied Sculpture at the prestigious Royal College of Art before completing an MA in Printmaking at Camberwell College of Arts. Her multidisciplinary approach draws on both sculptural thinking and fine art printmaking, resulting in richly layered works that blur the boundaries between abstraction, archive, and object.

     

    Her recent work is inspired by small discarded plastic items collected from the streets of London. Using photography to document these found materials, Willberg reinterprets them through drawing, relief printing, etching, and animation, allowing familiar objects to evolve into entirely new forms and identities. Through colour, repetition, and intricate spatial arrangements, these everyday remnants become poetic visual structures detached from their original function. 

     

    Working with repurposed and recycled materials, Willberg constructs detailed cut-outs and stencils that form densely layered compositions reminiscent of shelves, archives, or storage systems. These imagined spaces suggest acts of preservation and documentation, inviting viewers to reconsider the value of forgotten and overlooked objects.

     

    Claire Willberg’s contemporary prints and animations are recognised for their precision, complexity, and playful visual language, offering collectors distinctive works that combine craftsmanship, conceptual depth, and a unique approach to contemporary printmaking.

  • Nathalie Kingdon

    Original Print
  • Nathalie Kingdon is a French-born contemporary printmaker based in London, working from Wimbledon Art Studios. Known for her vibrant silkscreen prints and experimental approach to image-making, Kingdon combines traditional screen-printing techniques with digitally manipulated imagery to create contemporary works rich in colour, atmosphere, and narrative.

     

    Drawing inspiration from collected photographs, memories, and visual references, particularly those connected to her native South of France, Kingdon transforms familiar imagery into layered and evocative compositions. Her contemporary screen prints explore the relationship between memory, place, and abstraction, often balancing bold graphic forms with subtle emotional resonance.

     

    Central to Kingdon’s practice is an instinctive and playful approach to printmaking. Through experimentation with colour, proportion, perspective, and texture, she creates compositions that feel both spontaneous and carefully constructed. The resulting works invite viewers to discover shifting narratives and emotional connections within each print.

     

    Her silkscreen artworks are celebrated for their luminous palettes, contemporary aesthetic, and distinctive balance between figuration and abstraction. Combining traditional craftsmanship with digital processes, Nathalie Kingdon’s prints appeal to collectors seeking original contemporary printmaking with warmth, sophistication, and a strong sense of place.

     

    Collectors are particularly drawn to Kingdon’s ability to reinterpret everyday imagery through colour and composition, creating contemporary artworks that are both visually striking and emotionally atmospheric.

  • For a full list of works please contact: gallery@velarde.co.uk