02/09/2026
The featured artist for September at the Riverhead Gallery is IRENA LINGARD.
Irena says “I was brought up in USSR and was shaped by Perestroika, so in a way I am Soviet. I loved Saint Petersburg but I am now settled in Lincolnshire and have my life here.”
“After school I became an apprentice to a ceramicist and I learned the secrets of ceramic restoration. I then went on to study at the Academy of Art at St Petersburg Teacher Training University. It was the time of Perestroika and we had a very experimental course that allowed us to work and experiment as we wanted.”
“After moving to Britain, I studied and worked as a tutor at the Grimsby School of Art. I now live in Ludford on the Lincolnshire Wolds. I draw and paint because it is like washing my face in the mornings, a normal everyday act…but I dream about a ceramic studio again.”
The Riverhead Gallery is open on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 1pm (Box Office hours) plus during all theatre performances.