Fleur Patrick: Incident / Accident

Friday 18 Sept - Saturday 01 Nov 2026

Vibrant Matter presents Incident / Accident: a new series of ink drawings by Fleur Patrick.

The paintings and drawings explore vernacular structures; improvised sheds and shelters born of necessity rather than design, constructed with cheap, recycled and locally available materials. Each reconstituted structure emerges through a stringent negotiation with what is to hand; shaped as much by circumstance as by intention. The resulting architectures become records of encounters and accumulated experience, revealing not only what they are, but the compromised conditions of their emergence.  

Patrick lives and works in Newark. She graduated with a First-Class degree in Fine Art before completing an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art in 2003. She has received numerous awards, including the Zurich Contemporary Painting Prize, the Amlin Painting Award, and the Desmond Preston Drawing Award. She was a finalist for the Lexmark European Art Prize and, more recently, longlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize and shortlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize in 2023. Her work has been exhibited widely, including with Blue Shop Galleries, London; Irving Gallery, Oxford; and at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. The opening of, Between Somewhere and Nowhere, at Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, marks her first museum solo exhibition. Her work is held in several collections, including the Royal College of Art, De Montfort University, University of Nottingham and the MS Amlin Art Collection.