Upcoming Exhibitions

Norfolk VIII

Wednesday 28 October — Sunday 1 November 2026 

10.00am—5.00pm — The artists will be there to talk to. 

Eight distinctive contemporary artists have come together to present art in a setting steeped in history.

Spanning a rich diversity of disciplines including painting, drawing, sculpture and ceramics their voices present East Anglia's strong tradition of creativity to the public.

Unspoken — New Works by Sophie Eade & Marion Stuart

Exhibition Dates: 24 November — 5 December 2026

Private View: 5:30 - 8.00pm — 27 November 2026

The Crypt Gallery, Norwich, presents Unspoken, an exhibition by artists Sophie Eade and Marion Stuart, bringing together paintings, ceramics and works on paper. Exploring their shared interest in text, transcription and the quiet charge of language, both artists consider how words and their meanings shift when moved from page, conversation or thought to surface. Withheld, their works carry text which is often difficult to read, partially obscured or embedded within layers of slip, glaze, paint and mark making. Meaning sits in plain sight, but not always immediately accessible. The viewer is invited to look closely, to navigate the tension between what is written and what is meant.

The ceramics in Unspoken hold words pressed, carved or transcribed into stoneware and wild clays. Some phrases emerge clearly; others dissolve into surface. The paintings echo this approach, using text, gesture, repetition and erasure to test how language behaves with canvas and colour. Together, the works form a conversation about communication — its failures, its hesitations and its quiet insistence.

Eade and Stuart both work at StudioDo, a ceramics space in Norwich, where their studio practice is shaped by discussion, shared problem solving and a mutual interest in how materials carry thought. This exhibition reflects that ongoing dialogue: two distinct practices meeting at the point where text becomes form.

Unspoken invites audiences to consider how language is held, altered and sometimes lost — and how meaning can remain even when words slip out of reach.

Socials / Websites:

https://www.sophieeade.uk/

@sophieeadepots

https://www.marionstuart.co.uk

@marion.stuart