John Hoyland: Imaginary Beings | The Henry Moore Institute

Hales is excited to announce that John Hoyland: Imaginary Beings is currently on view in the Study Gallery at The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK, through 16 March 2025.

 

Born in Sheffield in 1934, John Hoyland achieved international recognition as an abstract painter, known for his powerful large-scale images, full of energy and feeling. In 1994, in the lead-up to his sixtieth birthday, he made his only mature group of sculptures. Working at the Royal College of Art in London, he produced around 25 ceramic works, which he described as "these mad little hybrids". A new display at the Henry Moore Institute, Imaginary Beings, will focus on this body of work, bringing together a selection of four sculptures that will be shown in conversation with four related paintings.

 

This display coincides with the presentation of the touring exhibition, These Mad Hybrids: John Hoyland and Contemporary Sculpture at Millennium Galleries, Sheffield Museums, from February - May 2025. Until this exhibition, Hoyland's ceramics had not been exhibited since 1994, the year they were made.