Six page Feature article.

“For Jasper Goodall, the forest is a mystical place, the intersection of the corporeal world and a dream space. It embodies the deep-seated human fear of the dark: darkness that removes certainty and haunts the imagination. It’s also a place where mercurial light is a will-o’-the-wisp, a faery sprite and a fantasy imagining. It’s the journey he calls Into the Wild Night, a portfolio that portrays the forest at its most mysterious, eerily esoteric and daunting.”

Article by Nick Smith

This milestone, gallery-wide exhibition includes artists of international renown; Jennifer Binnie, Rachel Howard, Gary Hume, Martin Maloney, Alessandro Raho, Anne Ryan, Andrew Sabin and presents an exciting snapshot of artistic excellence in Sussex in 2026. The theme reflects on journeys shaped by tides, time, and transformation, on the restless call of the sea and the stories it inspires. Hastings, a place long defined by its proximity to the coast, provides a fitting setting for such explorations.

Three visions of darkness as the days draw in. Adam Rutherford's guests for Radio 4's Monday discussion programme are a poet, a photographer of night-time and a National Gallery curator.

Night Vision is the latest book from the award-winning poet and writer Jean Sprackland exploring our complex relationship with the dark: what we fear and what we wish to banish. In the dark she finds a place of possibility and she asks what might we discover in the dark if we free our imagination.

The photographer Jasper Goodall has been taking photographs in the dark for many years, mainly in forests and woodlands. In 2025 in exhibitions on show at Nottingham, Brighton, Cornwall and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition he has displayed works which draw on classical myth, European folklore and animistic belief systems.

Christine Riding, Director of Collections and Research, talks about the images of scientific experiment and industrialisation in England on show in the National Gallery's exhibition showcasing the candlelight paintings of Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Wright of Derby: From the Shadows in the Sunley Room at the National Gallery runs until 10 May 2026 and there is an entrance fee.

Producer: Ruth Watts

Marks of the Isles asks viewers to look closely at this shared history and recognise its presence in the work on display. The exhibition demonstrates how creativity connects us across time and how the language of the past remains alive, not only as heritage but as a vital part of who we are today.

A group exhibition at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, exploring the nature of site-specific interventions, where found elements are recontextualised through simple acts of assembly and displacement. 

The exhibition brings together a collection of photographic works, each capturing a proposition that exists primarily as an artwork in its record. These actions engage directly with their surroundings - whether remote landscapes or urban environments - through processes that gently reframe the space and invite new perspectives.

Further details here.

Artists include: Julie Brook, Matt Calderwood, Jasper Goodall, Jeremy Hutchison, Antti Laitinen, Alastair and Fleur Mackie, David Nash, Katie Paterson, Mike Perry, Oscar Santillan, Tony Plant, David Rickard, Amy and Oliver Thomas-Irvine, Jack Whitefield

Curated by Alastair and Fleur Mackie as part of a summer programme of artist-curated shows.

Wohl Central Hall, selected by Farshid Moussavi RA and Caragh Thuring RA

A new contemporary art exhibition at Nottingham Castle that looks at the artist’s fascination with trees, forests, and woodland.

The exhibition showcases six newly commissioned works created exclusively for Nottingham Castle, alongside artworks on loan to the City for the first time, presented in the company of prints, drawings and photographs from Nottingham’s own Collection.

Some artists have reflected on deeply personal connections to Sherwood Forest or the Major Oak, while others take a broader perspective, exploring the essence of woodlands or their relationship with a greenwood canopy, venturing into themes of perambulation, folklore, grief, and climate change.

Rowan, Cedars and Spruce shown with The Tree Art Gallery at the British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea, London, UK.

One of five exhibitors in the Klompching Gallery Fresh 24 open call, Brooklyn New York.

'Burnt Offering' from my series Where once we stood on Scragged Oak Hill on display in the RA summer exhibition 2024. Selected by Ann Christopher the 2024 show coordinator.

‘For many people today, forests are places where they can seek relaxation and gain strength. Without the Romantic era, this special relationship with forests would hardly be conceivable. The exhibition invites you to explore connections between romantic and contemporary ideas about the forest - especially against the background of current ecological crises. Organized jointly by three museums - the German Romanticism Museum, the Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt and the Sinclair-Haus Museum - the exhibition offers an interdisciplinary journey of discovery through the forests of the past, present and future.’

Stiftung Kunst und Nature, Museum Sinlcair-Hause, Bad-Homburg, Frankfurt. 16th March — 11th August 2024

Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 165. Bristol 03.02.24

‘Run into the Wild Night’ selected for Obscura - Shadows and Whispers exhibition. Curated by Swanfall Art. St Pancras Crypt Gallery London

‘Woodwose’ chosen for Delphian Gallery open call exhibition. Unit 1 Gallery London.

A group show curated by the Photographic Exploration Project

April 2023 Bpart Berlin.

(from the catalogue) – In their photographic practice, artists often feel a special resonance with the places depicted in their images. They exert a certain attraction that can sometimes be used as a starting point for their creative process. But are those photographs really about the place itself, or about the relationship we have with it? Why are some places vibrating within us more than others? Is it because they carry a certain symbolism, or a feeling of belonging? Because they are related to a specific time in history and became a place of collective memory? Or because we have a kind of emotional relationship with them, in that they tell something about our roots, identity, family or personal story?

These questions have been explored in many different ways by artists who responded to PEP's open call. This exhibition will present their respective visions on the topic.

Interview with Know Ideas Podcast.

Listen here

Works from Into the Wild Night and Where once we stood on Scragged Oak Hill.
Photo Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol UK, 28.01.23 — 01.05.23

Interview. https://www.culturamas.es/2023/01/24/la-fina-membrana-que-separa-dos-mundos/

Presentation and talk for the London Fortean Society’s Haunted Landscape conference. Conway Hall Holborn, London. November 19th 2022

Group exhibition

MYO, 123 Victoria street London. 25th August 2022 - 24 February 2023.

A Space for Art are delighted to present ‘Future Planet’ – an exhibition that explores sustainability, biophilia and the positive human impact on the environment whilst also highlighting the challenges facing the natural world. These works serve to remind us what is at stake, what can be lost, and emphasizes the care and commitment required by us as individuals, corporations, governments and countries to protect our planet.

A group exhibition exploring folklore curated by Flora Fairbairn and Katie Heller.
Chiltern St Marylebone London. May 2022.

Artists included:

MAMMA ANDERSSON
PAUL ARCHARD
OLIVER BARNETT
SAMUEL BASSET
GRETA BELLAMACINA
PAUL BENNEY
ANNA BOGGON
BEA BONAFINI
JOHN CAPLE
RON & NICK CARTER
DINOS CHAPMAN
AISHA CHRISTISON
MIRANDA DONOVAN
BEN EDGE
ROSANNAGH SCARLET ESSON
MINNIE EVANS
TESSA FARMER
CHRISTINA FORRER
OLGA FRANTSKEVICH
TOM GALLANT
JASPER GOODALL
LEAH GORDON
PHILIP GOSS
DAVID HOCKNEY
ANN-MARIE JAMES
MARK KARASICK
TAE KIM
JUDIT KRISTENSEN
HENRY KROKATSIS
LIANE LANG
HANNAH LEES
WOLFE VON LENKIEWICZ
GEORGES LIAUTAUD
MÁRIO MACILAU
ROBERT MONTGOMERY
ELEANOR MORETON
RYAN MOSLEY
MARIELE NEUDECKER
ABE ODEDINA
ZAK OVÉ
REBECCA PARKIN
OLIVER PEARCE
PAIGE PERKINS
FREYA POCKLINGTON
ALAN RANKLE
PAULA REGO
BARRY REIGATE
LORNA ROBERTSON
ORLANDO SEALE
NOOKA SHEPHERD
KIKI SMITH
JANET SOBEL
ALEXIS SOUL-GRAY
SUZANNE TREISTER
JOHNSON WEREE
JUSTIN WILLIAMS

Exhibition at the white Box Nobu hotel London as a finalist in the Louis Roederer photography prize for sustainability.

The Louis Roederer Photography Prize for Sustainability supports contemporary photographers with an interest in shining a light on sustainability and environmental issues.

Exhibited at Photo London 2022 with MMX gallery, Somerset House. May 2022

‘Journey into Night’ feature editorial: Aesthetica Magazine issue 106. April/May 2022

Exhibition: Birch Community, London. Oct 2021 - March 2022

Panel Discussion: Twilight, Free Thinking, BBC radio 3. 26th October 2021.

Photographing at nightfall, capturing the sense of light in classical music, the charged body of a black Jaguar in the Amazon: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough's guests - poet Pascale Petit, photographer Jasper Goodall, literary expert Alexandra Harris and composer Sally Beamish - discuss the way twilight has been reflected in their own work and that of writers and painters of the past.

Editorial: Guardian Centre spread. July 8th 2021 and online feature here

Exhibition: Photo London 2021, MMX gallery room, Somerset House. September 2021

Editorial: Photo London Academy digital magazine issue 46. View here

Solo exhibition: MMX Gallery London. June/July 2021

Exhibition: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - Sonia Boyce curated room, London 2020