20 SEPTEMBER 2025 - 4 JANUARY 2026

Lakeside Arts is proud to present Quiver, a major solo exhibition by internationally renowned British artist Kate MccGwire, showing at the venue’s Djanogly Gallery this autumn. Known for her extraordinary sculptural works crafted from ethically sourced birds’ feathers, MccGwire’s unique practice explores powerful themes of duality, beauty, and the natural world.

The exhibition offers an ambitious survey of MccGwire’s work over the last 25 years, from gigantic installations to exquisitely detailed pieces. Visitors will experience the full scope of her sculptural mastery, including vast serpentine forms clad in crows’ feathers, pigeon feathers cascading from gallery walls, and precious works housed beneath antique glass domes. The latter being a nod to the mania for taxidermized animals in nineteenth-century museums and homes. A highlight of the show is Cavort (West), a striking mosaic of pheasant feathers created for the eighteenth-century interiors of Harewood House, Yorkshire, during the Covid-19 pandemic - seen at Lakeside Arts for the first time since its original installation…..

Neil Walker, curator at Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts.