Welcome to TondoCosmic. We present holistic art projects and events in lesser used premises and unusual sites to maximise the potential of the artists and bring them to new audiences. We focus on artists who have shown dedication to their practice that has resulted in developed works in both skill and concept. Please get in touch: email tondocosmic@gmail.com
We Present::
‘Out The Flood’
“There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat;
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.”
William Shakespeare, Julius Ceasar
Out of the Flood
The Union Club is delighted to present a new exhibition by Flora Parrott, Sarah Longworth-West, Jo Chate and Tamsin Morse , curated by Gilly Fox, Associate Curator, Hayward Gallery Touring, we are generously hosted by Roz Arratroon at The Union Club, Soho
Through paintings, collages, and works on paper, these four artists demonstrate how years of experimentation, successes and failures in the studio can lead to a mature and distinctive mastery of process, style, and technique.
The exhibition title is drawn from Shakespeare’s analogy of emerging from years of struggle, uncertainty, and experimentation with a stronger, more confident voice.
Opens 29th September 11-6 or by appointment
Image (detail): 'Boxers', acrylic & ink on watercolour, 38 x 28cm. Tamsin Morse
EXHIBITING ARTIST : Flora Parrott
Flora Parrott works in sculpture, print and textiles. I trained in Printmaking at both The Glasgow School of Art and The Royal College of Art. The work explores interior landscapes of the body, thinking through the unseen workings and sensations that occur under the skin. It often takes the form of tableau or 3-dimensional collage, using everyday objects and experiences to reimagine the mysteries of blurry ultrasound images, the insides of deep, dark pockets and the points at which inside meets outside. Currently an Associate Lecturer in MA Print at the Royal College of Art. Previously held lecturing roles include: University Creative Arts, Kingston School of Art, Norwich University of the Arts and Open School East. After completing a Techne funded PhD, and worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow on the ERC funded Horizon research project ‘Think Deep’ based in the Geography Department at Royal Holloway University. Selected exhibitions include: Hollow Earth, Hayward Touring (2022-2023), In the Castle of My Skin Sonia Boyce, Eastside Projects and MIMA (2019-2021), Darkness Retreat Legion Projects (online), I’m In The Bath On All Fours, with Lindiwe Matshikiza, Well Projects (2019), Posição Fixa Projecto Fidgalga, Brazil & Museum of GeoScience University of Sao Paulo (2015), Circuit Five Deductions, Tintype London (2011)
EXHIBITING ARTIST : Sarah Longford-West
Disrupted paintings breaking up found objects, re-arranging into new forms of flight and chaos, creating a new order from unrelated forms. Sarah will show a series of paintings and collages made from combining mediums and creating friction between multiple layers. Sarah Longworth-West. Lives and works in Leytonstone, London. Graduated with an MFA Painting from The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL in 2008; and a BA Fine Art from Newcastle University in 2006. Longworth-West holds a PGcert HE Art & Design from UAL (2010) and is a Senior Lecturer at Norwich University of the Arts (BA Fine Art (Hons)) where she has taught since 2013; and is the External Examiner at Camberwell, UAL on the BA Painting (Hons) course 2026-2030.
EXHIBITING ARTIST : Tamsin Morse
A painter whose narratives blend contemporary issues with art history and classical myths and symbolism, drawing parallels between the past and the present. She will be exhibiting smaller works on paper (38cm high) formed from ink and acrylic alongside a larger painting depicting suppression as a classical study and contemporary experience. The works will demonstrate the organic process of narrative and the evolvement of imagery through many gentle layers Tamsin Morse is one half of the collective, TondoCosmic and a graduate from The Slade and Chelsea College of Art and Design (MA). Recent exhibitions include ‘Tainted Love’; ‘A Theatre for Dreamers’ (two person show) at Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery, London; The Way We Live Now , Sun gallery Seol; Gate of Horns; Myths of Resistance, Symbols of Defiance, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate (curated by Hettie Judah). Her work is in several collections public and private, including The New Art Gallery Walsall, University of the Arts, The Open University, Timothy Taylor and the Zabludowicz collection
EXHIBITING ARTIST : Jo Chate
Half of TondoCosmic, Jo is a master of positive and negative space. Her paintings create illusions of reality exploring female identity. Playing with reflections, windows into and out of space, the paintings push and pull towards abstraction. Often using mannikins as the ‘pretend’, particularly in relation to the female ideal, she will be exhibiting both a large work and some intimate, smaller works on paper. Jo Chate is a graduate from The Royal College of Art in Painting. Jo will be exhibiting at Fair Play Art Fair near Regents Park during Frieze in October. Recent exhibitions include Jo Chate / Janet Sainsbury: New Paintings, New Art Projects, London; Encounters’, London Art Fair 2026 ; Zarastro Art at the Business Design Centre, London; Between Clarity and Collapse, solo online exhibition with Zarastro Art.
About Us
Welcome to TondoCosmic. We present holistic art projects and events in lesser used premises and unusual sites to maximise the potential of the artists and bring them to new audiences.Please get in touch: email tondocosmic@gmail.com