19/03/2026

Truth or Folly Exhibition

Fractured Land Collective are back !

TRUTH OR FOLLY
Wycombe Museum, High Wycombe
17 March 2026 – 28 February 2027

Following the success of their 2024 award-winning exhibition, Fractured Land Collective proudly present their second major show, Truth or Folly, opening on 17th March 2026 at Wycombe Museum.

Truth or Folly is an art exhibition and events programme responding to the mysterious, half-known, and often overlooked stories embedded within the historic site of Wycombe Museum, Castle Hill House, and the surrounding area. Drawing on local social histories, folklore, and imagined narratives, the Collective uncovers hidden stories blending fact with fiction to create alternative timelines and speculative myths.

The exhibition features newly commissioned works by Fractured Land Collective artists Lian Chan, Ellie Laycock, Jane Peacock, Ellie Reid, and Caroline Thomson, spanning painting, sculpture, print, photography, and sonic art. The artists have taken inspiration from historic local sites ranging from Saxon burial grounds, The Hellfire Caves, ancient woodlands and the eccentric folly of Castle Hill House alongside myths of giants, ghosts, and fictitious UFO landings. Truth or Folly invites visitors to see familiar places anew, as sites alive with memory, mystery, and untold stories.

A curated programme of workshops, talks, and film screenings will run throughout the exhibition, with visitor-created work becoming part of the evolving display. The first event will be a flash fiction workshop with multi-award-winning author, Claire Fuller, on 29^th March from 1 to 3pm, with many other creative events to follow over the year – all details via the Museum website.

Museum Director Roz Currie says “The museum’s home is shrouded in mystery. We’re thrilled to be hosting Fractured Land Collective and to see how their art interprets the fascinating stories of Castle Hill House. The Truth or Folly exhibition and its fantastic programme of events is a wonderful addition for Wycombe Museum for 2026”.

Learn more and see the full programme of exhibition events here

Fractured Land Collective are delighted to announce that this project is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and Opportunity Bucks run by Buckinghamshire Council.

16/01/2025

Bucks Photography Open Competition 2025

Bucks Photography Open Competition 2025

Pop along to Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury to see an exhibition of Photography celebrating Buckinghamshire 8 January – 4 May 2025. A work from my series Thirty-Six Views is on show.

09/05/2024

‘The Entropic Understory’ @ Photofusion Salon 24 London

Photofusion Salon 2024

Exciting news my work ‘Entropic Understory’ has been selected for Salon 24 Photofusion London, which runs 9th May – 8th June 2024. It’s their first exhibition at the new premises: Photofusion Gallery Unit 2, 2 Beehive Place SW9 7QR. Photofusion Website

27/03/2024

This Fractured Land Exhibition

This Fractured Land Exhibition

For the last year I have been working with 4 talented artists and Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury to put on a very special exhibition:

This Fractured Land [Stories from the past and future]

Inspired by its history and imaginative power, fracturedlandcollective artists, Lian Chan, Ellie Laycock, Jane Peacock, Ellie Reid and Caroline Thomson, look at the land from a geological, historical, social and mythological point of view. With access to the Museum’s collections, the work that they have created specifically for this exhibition encompasses themes of storytelling, the ancient past, social conflict over land, the uncertain future of climate change and the emotional power of the land itself.

On display alongside our work which includes paintings, prints, photography, sculpture and film will be objects from the collections that inspired us, including paintings by the war artist John Nash, items of crime and punishment, long-buried gold coins and rocks and fossils from the deep past.

Sam Mason, CEO of Discover Bucks Museum, says:
‘We have been delighted to work with the artists on This Fractured Land exhibition and the wonderful work they’ve created has interpreted the museum collections in exciting new ways. With themes of history and storytelling and references to the woodlands of the Chilterns this promises to be an intriguing, vibrant and thought-provoking show.’

Exhibition runs 30 March – 7 July 2024

Discover Bucks Museum, Aylesbury HP20 2QP

This Fractured Land Events

Saturday 1st June, 10am – 12pm & Saturday 20 April, 10am – 12pm: Artist Lian Chan will lead a guided walk around Whiteleaf exploring the sites painted by John and Paul Nash and sharing how their paintings and story have influenced her work in the exhibition.

Saturday 11 May, 12pm – 1.30pm: The artists will give a panel talk followed by a guided tour of the exhibition which will be an opportunity to hear about their inspiration and themes in the exhibition.

The book which accompanies the exhibition is available here.

28/07/2023

Long Lost Studio launch

Some exciting news, I have launched Long lost studio selling curated collections of my art and homewares. The aim of the studio being to create contemplative, tactile art and objects for the home with a low impact conscious approach. The debut collection ‘new beginnings’ is available on etsy at longloststudio.etsy.com

28/07/2023

Open Art Exhibition 2023 Discover Bucks Museum

Open Art Exhibition @Discover Bucks Museum

‘Ephemeral Geographies II’ was selected for the Open Art Exhibition Summer 2023 at Discover Bucks Museum

17/02/2023

‘Stone Portraits’ Shortlisted for AIS Open

Pleased to be shortlisted for the AIS Open for the series ‘Stone Portraits’ from project ‘Monument to Deep Time’.

17/02/2023

Shortlisted for Small File Festival @ The Photographers Gallery London

Entropic Understory has been shortlisted for the Small File Festival at The Photographers Gallery London. Visit this link to see the on-line exhibition and learn more about the festival.

09/12/2022

‘Monument to Deep Time I’ @ Photofusion Salon 22 London

Great to have ‘Monument to Deep Time I’ on show at Salon 22 Photofusion London, which runs 9 Dec – 27th Jan 2023.

31/07/2022

Woodland Photo Walk July 2022 Whiteleaf, Bucks

Some images of the group getting creative on our photography walk through the Woodlands surrounding Whiteleaf Bucks yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed sharing the places I love photographing and helping the group experiment with composition.

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