I am pleased to share that two of my small A6 press paintings, A Lifetime of Instants 1 and A Lifetime of Instants 2 will be on display at Frontier Gallery in Sheffield from June 9 – 20, 2026 in their Send Me a Postcard! exhibition. I am thrilled to be taking part in another local show in my adopted home.
Afterlife has been chosen for an art exhibition taking place at BLOC Projects, Sheffield.
My artwork will appear in Part II THE SECOND HALF. 17 – 25 April. PV Wednesday 22nd April 6-8pm.
Entitled First Round Proper, the show features many artists from near and afar.
From the curators:
It’s concerned with the question of painting. What is this thing called painting in 2026… Painting is not; ‘doing the right thing’. Painting is not; designed to impress. Painting is not; his or hers. ‘Painting is; a breath on a mirror, a footprint, grease on a towel, blood on a stone, damp wallpaper, torn advertising, meaningless graffiti, melting snow, dead leaves, weathered paint, broken windows, neglected gardens, a cry, a smile, a scream, defacement on defacement.’ John Hoyland.
A BELL IS A CUP… UNTIL IT IS STRUCK, In February 2025 we staged the first incarnation of this curatorial project. That exhibition was truly international. Artists from across the UK and Europe. Exhilarating and exciting. A conversation about image making and contemporary studio practise that choose to identify itself as ‘painting’.
2025 has turned into a busy year! And I have been lax in reporting what’s going on here on the site. In October, I was asked to show my Chiyogami portraits and related art in Sheffield at a shop I love called Moonko. As soon as I returned from Brighton, we got to work with organizing and preparing for the show.
Debra, the owner, is a wonderful human being and also an artist herself. Her work covers the walls of the space and she recently concluded a show in Paris, France, in November 2025.
The works on display are my remaining (and available for purchase) Chiyogami portraits, the remaining origami crane strands from the Japan senbazuru, kintsugi repaired items, greeting cards and postcards, and stickers. A3 prints are available to order by QR code online (scan sheet in the shop).
The exhibition is from 12 December 2025 – mid-January 2026. The shop is open until 5 or 6pm most days, including Sundays and is located at 89 Division Street, Sheffield S1 4GE. There are many parking lots nearby and it is in the walkable part of the city center.
We held the opening events this past weekend on Friday 12th December and Saturday 13th December. Both were well attended by friends, coworkers, and local members of the community – new friends! Both events were lovely with great energy, nice music, good wine, and samosas provided by Sheeby’s Kitchen Sheffield, located right across the street!
If you are in the area, please do stop in and say hello! There are plenty of other artists with work in the shop to view, and it’s the perfect place to get a LOT of your holiday shopping done. Support local businesses and artists, shop local, make new connections in the community! And if you would like me to meet up with you to go to the shop and talk about the work, send me a message! I’m glad to talk about my art with people in the area!
The show in Brighton was a massive success. It was a wonderful first showing for the Folding Chair Coven. Requiring two years of planning, the group arrived in Brighton and spent the 27th and 28th October setting up, making adjustments, and catching up for the first time in-person since our time together in Florence in October 2023.
Exhibiting artists: Yoni Chepisheva, Gina Cincinnati, Lula Cornejo, Claudia Dieguez, Andrea Latorre Orfebre, and Velimna.
In attendance: Yoni Chepisheva, Gina Cincinnati, and Lula Cornejo.
Although the weather might have deterred some from attending, there was a steady stream of guests throughout the week. It was the perfect time and space to meet with locals in Brighton and have deep conversations about our art, motivations, and the coven itself. I invigilated the show each day, with Yoni and Lula attending and invigilating with me as often as they could. It was so nice to be so close to the sea. I found four hag stones on the beach one morning on my way to open the event!
From 30th October to 1 November (Thursday to Saturday) we were joined by the Savage Heart Theatre group, who put on an event entitled “Dark Bites”, a mobile performance that took participants room-to-room for a sold-out series of small, dark plays.
For myself personally, I was most pleased at the amount of people, total strangers, who felt comfortable speaking with me about my work and shared their own experiences of or thoughts on SA. The artworks were initially launched online here and on social media, to friends and followers who know me well enough. There was a context in releasing the works in this way that allowed an experience of trust and understanding, due to our close ties. Showing in Brighton, even with a trigger warning at the venue entrance and at the door of the gallery, allowed the work to be viewed by strangers with no idea of who I am or what I am like. Layers of understanding were not present. And yet, the people still came and told me their stories. I could not have been happier with the outcome. It solidified my plan to create a book of the series, and gave me practice speaking about the artworks and my experiences with people who didn’t have that aforementioned context.
We can’t thank the team at the Regency Townhouse enough for their hospitality, and the Savage Heart Theatre for partnering with us. And we look forward to the next big group event!
I’ve done it. I’ve gone and made a Patreon. It’s been a long time coming and I’ve been really lucky to have a lot of trusted art friends and supporters who helped me work out the different tiers along the way.
It’s incredibly exciting that this thing is live now and officially open for business.
For those of you who are wondering why I went and made a Patreon, it’s this/these many things:
I know there are a lot of people who want to support what I do but maybe don’t want to buy art or a print.
I am craving art community.
We are all craving community.
People always tell me they are bad at art or don’t understand art. And you know I operate on radical transparency when it comes to my art. I want to spread that and help everyone understand it.
It’s a good way for me to stay in closer contact with the people who support me most/hardest. The art ride or dies, so to speak.
We can all be in this art making thing together and have fun doing it!
There are so many reasons. And they are written in my first post on the Patreon page and listed in the different support tiers.
It’s not a cult. It might become another art coven. No guarantees. But lets all art together!
My 2024 artwork Afterlife has been longlisted for the Visual Art Open 2025!
I submitted it for consideration in October of 2024. From the VAO site: The VAO Art Prize offers unparalleled exposure and an opportunity for artists to sell their artwork to an audience of over a million art collectors and enthusiasts alike. A prize fund of over £10,000 includes cash prizes, exhibition opportunities and career development support in partnership with the Visual Artists Association.
There is a cash prize, and there is no voting in this event. The long listed artists have been notified and then the next stages are:
Finalists Announced: Late August 2025
Winners Announced: October 2025 Finalist Show
Finalist Show: 9th-12th October (Final Date TBC)
The final show will take place within or adjacent to the Other Art Fair in London. I am beyond thrilled to have been considered and have my fingers crossed and/und meine daumen gedrückt to get to the shortlisted/finalists stage! It would be lovely to get to the Other Art Fair in London in October.
The above three pieces from my Anti-Erotica series have been selected for inclusion in the Doncaster Art Fair: Art As A Response To Mental Healthonline exhibition. I’m so pleased that all three were chosen and that they might reach a wider audience.
The exhibition runs from June 12 – July 22, with voting now open – so please go to the site and vote for one of my artworks if you have some time! While you’re there, check out some of the other stellar artists I’m exhibiting with. It’s a nice collection of styles and talents and I’m happy to be included in it.
Gina-Marie 