FLOWERS GALLERY
On 10 February 1970 Angela Flowers (1932-2023) opened her first gallery at Lisle Street, London above the Artists International Association (AIA), a cooperative of artists who offered the space to her rent-free in exchange for commission and where the gallery remained for some 18 months. In 1971 the gallery moved to Portland Mews, Soho, opening with a group exhibition that September and the gallery started participating at international contemporary art fairs, first exhibiting at Basel in 1971. In 1972 the gallery staged British Drawings 1952-1972, establishing a recurring commitment to significant survey and group exhibitions and in 1974 the gallery began its annual exhibition Small is Beautiful, which is ongoing. In 1978 the gallery moved Annely Juda in Tottenham Mews, where it remained for some ten years. Angela's son, Matthew Dominic Flowers (1956-), worked for the gallery and from 1983 he managed the gallery full time and became the managing director in 1989. In 1988 the gallery added an East End venue, Flowers East, on Richmond Road off Mare Street, Hackney and in 2000 the gallery opened on Cork Street, Mayfair, and in 2002 it moved from Hackney to Kingsland Road, Shoreditch. They also have galleries in the United States and in Hong Kong. Suffolk artist who exhibited with Flowers Gallery include Kate Giles and Daphne Reynolds.