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photo courtesy of Pardeep Singh, Surrey Art Gallery

Cultured:50

Made for the occasion of Surrey Art Gallery’s 50th anniversary, the Cultured:50 project includes 50 petri dishes filled with objects co-created with other artists south of the Fraser.
— Curator, Rhys Edwards

Willa Downing

Creating these petri dish pieces brought back memories of working in the lab and looking at nascent shoots growing in agar-filled petri dishes. The fresh young leaves were so verdant, glistening and jewel-like.

Lesley Garratt

Cora Li-Leger

Claire Moore