Art in Suffolk
Suffolk is Constable country - the county whose water meadows, mills and skies John Constable turned into some of the most famous landscape paintings in the world, and where Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury. That deep landscape tradition sits alongside one of Britain's liveliest contemporary art scenes, anchored by the Aldeburgh festival town and the Suffolk coast's long pull on painters, printmakers and photographers.
Use this guide to find artists working across Suffolk - on the coast at Aldeburgh, Southwold and Woodbridge, in market towns like Framlingham, Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury, and in the county town of Ipswich - together with the galleries and museums showing their work and the exhibitions on now.
Artists in Suffolk
Alexander Costello
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Amanda Ansell
Sudbury, Suffolk
Caroline Wright
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Claire Mynott
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Emily Cannell
Ipswich, Suffolk
Hayley Field
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Jane Human
Eye, Suffolk
Jane Lewis
Boxford, Suffolk
Jane Morter
Boyton, Suffolk
Julian Perry
Dunwich, Suffolk
Karen Densham
Ipswich, Suffolk
Paul Benney
Walpole, Suffolk
Rebecca Riess
Suffolk
Simon Wilde
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Abbie Schug
Debenham, Suffolk
Alex Pearl
Ipswich, Suffolk
Andrew K Clarke
Washbrook, Suffolk
Anna Boon
Nayland, Suffolk
Annabel Dover
Suffolk
Corinne Peacock
WOODBRIDGE, Suffolk
David Baldry
Snape, Suffolk
Emma Buckmaster
Felsham, Suffolk
Ilona Johnson
Suffolk
Joanna Taylor
Felixstowe, Suffolk
John Crossley
Wangford, Suffolk
Julia Watson
Nayland, Suffolk
Ruth Lyne
Felixstowe, Suffolk
Ruth Philo
Sudbury, Suffolk
Susan Brinkhurst
Snape, Suffolk
Wendy J. Allen
Acton, Suffolk
Wyn Haythornthwaite
Boxford, Suffolk
Galleries & venues in Suffolk
303 Projects
Lowestoft
Asylum Studios
Rendlesham
Chalice Gallery
Sudbury
Christchurch Mansion
Ipswich
Gainsborough's House
Sudbury
Gallery East
Woodbridge
Mill Tye Gallery and Arts Centre
Sudbury
Moyse's Hall Museum
Bury St Edmunds
Snape Maltings (Britten Pears Arts)NPO
Snape
Spirit Studios Suffolk
Saxmundham
The Bank Arts Centre
Eye
The Watch House, Orford
Orford
What's on in Suffolk
- Helaine Blumenfeld: Tree of LifeGainsborough's House · 3 May 2025 – 11 Oct 2026
- Kate Giles: Remember Tomorrow25 Apr 2026 – 11 Oct 2026
- Land, Sky, Light: New Landscapes by David Dawson25 Apr 2026 – 11 Oct 2026
- Gainsborough, Turner & Constable: Inventing Landscape25 Apr 2026 – 11 Oct 2026
- Summer Printworks Exhibition 2026Mill Tye Gallery and Arts Centre · 6 Jun 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
- Festival ExhibitionSpirit Studios Suffolk, Hill House Farm · 13 Jun 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
- Andrew Gifford - 'City Lights, Part One' - a solo exhibition of new paintings Spirit Studios Suffolk, Hill House Farm · 13 Jun 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
- The Lightness of Being - an abstract quartetGallery East, 24 Church Street · 20 Jun 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
- EAST 26: The Bank's Summer Exhibition of East Anglian ArtistsThe Bank, 2 Castle Street · 1 Jul 2026 – 14 Aug 2026
- The Spirit of BoudicaChalice Gallery · 2 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2026
- A Day in May - Open CallSpirit Studios Suffolk · 4 Jul 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
- Love, Didi: Ada Bond and DaddyBearsBritten Pears Arts - The Red House, Aldeburgh · 9 Jul 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
- The Hay Wain: Walking Constable's Landscape11 Jul 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
- Hand Woven Landscapes: From Mill to LoomMill Tye Gallery and Arts Centre, 3 Cornard Mills · 11 Jul 2026 – 23 Aug 2026
- Andrew Gifford - City Lights, Part TwoSpirit Studios Suffolk · 15 Jul 2026 – 7 Aug 2026
- Kate Charles: Caught by The DawnSnape Maltings - Pond Gallery · 16 Jul 2026 – 5 Aug 2026
- The Suffolk Art Society Art ExhibitionThe Lady Chapel, Holy Trinity Church · 17 Jul 2026 – 2 Aug 2026
- Railway Bridge Commission 2026: Elleanna Chapman - Do Somethin'The Railway Bridge on Southend High Street, adjacent to Southend Central Station (between Elmer Square/Focal Point Gallery and the High Street). · 18 Jul 2026 – 17 Oct 2026
- Ryan Gander: Prosaic Times303 Projects, London Road South · 18 Jul 2026 – 24 Aug 2026
- Caroline Evans: The LandscapeQuay Gallery · 23 Jul 2026 – 29 Jul 2026
- Summer Contemporary 2026Snape Maltings · 25 Jul 2026 – 30 Aug 2026
- Summer at Snape30 Jul 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Tassie Russell: Fragile BoundariesThe Watch House, Orford · 1 Aug 2026 – 7 Aug 2026
- Be Aware of Invisibility: Private ViewUnit 4, Darsham Works, Main Road · 1 Aug 2026
- Be Aware of InvisibilityUnit 4, Darsham Works, Main Road · 2 Aug 2026 – 5 Sept 2026
- Ryan Gander: Prosaic Times - Finissage303 Projects, London Road South · 22 Aug 2026
- STUMPThe Hall, The Street · 28 Aug 2026 – 30 Aug 2026
- On the Edge - Ruth BunnewellGallery East · 11 Sept 2026 – 29 Oct 2026
- Constable to Contemporary24 Oct 2026 – 28 Feb 2027
- The GardenGallery East · 30 Oct 2026 – 19 Dec 2026
