About the Artist:
Cannings (b.1996) graduated with a first in BA Fine Art from Loughborough University in 2020, where she also completed a year abroad at the Universidad de Zaragoza which was integral to her following career in Europe.
Cannings’ work is centered around space and place; she takes energy from her surroundings and represents not just the way things look, but the essence of them. She focuses on capturing the atmosphere of a moment rather than a literal description of it. Her paintings are rooted in direct observation and often made in situ, allowing environments to shape both the subject and the painterly language of the work. Influenced by time spent living in Berlin, Spain, and Wales, her practice brings together personal references, text, and landscape to form representational compositions that reflect contemporary life. Themes of nostalgia, solitude, and movement recur throughout the work, offering intimate snapshots of places encountered and inhabited.
Cannings’ work has featured in numerous exhibitions in the UK and Germany, including BAAM 11, Berlin (2026), Between Places with Studio Unbekannt at Hox Gallery, Berlin (2026), and Beyond the Bubble, Gallerie V, Cambridge, England (2022). She is the recipient of the Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize for Best Upcoming Artist (2020).
Alongside painting, Cannings works in film, creating video content for musicians, including rehearsal footage for drummer Derrick McKenzie and concert films for pianist Uri Gincel. Her background in film began at Loughborough, where she won the University’s Short Film Award.
Selected group Exhibitions
2026
BAAM #11, Monopol, Berlin, Germany
Between Places, Studio Unbekannt, Hox Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Death? Yes/No/Maybe, Culterim Space Rossman, Berlin, Germany
2025
Knospen und Beton, Erster Erster, Berlin, Germany
2024
BAAM #08, Arena Market, Berlin, Germany
HAAM #02, Kraftwerk Bille, Hamburg, Germany
What We See, Gallerie Erster Erster, Berlin, Germany
Group Eva Mamlok – Stories of Resistance, Fhxb (Kreuzberg
Museum), Berlin, Germany
BAAM #07, Monopol, Berlin, Germany
2023
BAAM #06, Notagallery, Berlin, Germany
BAAM #05, Paul-Linke-Ufer 44A Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Shadows, Chromart Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2022
BAAM #4, Moos Space, Berlin, Germany
BAAM #3, Monopol, Berlin, Germany
Beyond the Bubble, Gallerie V, Cambridge, England
2021
Blue Sky at Blue Sky, Bangor (Wales), UK
North Wales Art House Exhibition 2021 at Hendre Hall, Anglesey, UK
Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize, Virtual Exhibition (Covid-
19), London, UK
2020
Now That We Are Free? at An Indian Summer Festival, Virtual Exhibition
(Covid-19), Leicester, UK
Loughborough University Virtual Degree Show, Loughborough University,
Loughborough, UK
LINE, YOU’VE CROSSED IT, The Welcome Mat, Loughborough, UK
2019
Surface Spotlight, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Coordenadas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Teruel, Spain
2018
Desperate Optimism, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
DD/MM/YY, The Welcome Mat, Loughborough, UK
Art and Technology, The Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Dildo King, Atelier HoheSee, Berlin, Germany
2023 Eva Mamlok, Gallery Auslage, Berlin, Germany
Awards
2020 AIS (An Indian Summer) Open, Finalist
Awarded Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize for Best Upcoming Artist
Loughborough University Short Film Award, First place
Residencies
2022 Cel Del Nord, Orista, Spain