Each new year, Föenander Galleries takes the opportunity to heighten our artistic focus with an annual Summer Exhibition. On view from 28 January to 28 February 2026, the exhibition titled Fire Horse is a curated constellation of new works by gallery artists and invited guests, in a considered selection of bold new works that feel both responsive to the moment and grounded in strong individual practices.
Among the highlights are two names already drawing strong attention: Chauncey Flay and Nick Herd. Flay’s sculptural pieces, often crafted from stone, coral and concrete, explore memory, entropy and our relationship with material worlds. Through a meticulous process of breaking down and rebuilding found elements, his work retains traces of deep time while revealing austere, geometric forms that feel both ancient and contemporary.
Herd’s canvases, meanwhile, are visceral celebrations of oil paint itself. Known for his richly textured impasto, he transforms floral still lifes and figurative impulses into works that feel kinetic and alive. His process, a spirited play between energy and restraint, results in paintings where texture is subject and form, animation.
These works are displayed alongside pieces by Michael Dell, Gavin Chai, Matthew Carter, Vishmi Helaratne, Harry McAlpine, and Michael McHugh, and collectively create a dialogue across mediums and sensibilities, unified less by a single aesthetic than by a shared attentiveness to the present.The formal opening takes place on Wednesday, 11 February, from 5.30 pm, with all welcome to attend. This show is emblematic of what Föenander does best: engaging, conversational and quietly energised. Fire Horse offers a timely reason to recalibrate, pause and engage, and feel something unexpected.
