A Celebration of Contemporary Welsh Art at Palé Hall

Art at Palé Hall

Creativity has always found its place here. In the historic rooms, along the corridors, out across the Dee Valley landscape, art at Palé Hall is not something separate from the experience of the estate. It is part of it. The Visual Arts Programme reflects that belief, bringing together contemporary artists whose work belongs in spaces like these, where heritage, landscape and imagination exist in quiet conversation.

A Curated Group Exhibition

Curated by Jo-Anna Duncalf, the 2025 exhibition brought five distinguished contemporary artists into the rooms and halls of Palé Hall, each one offering a different way of seeing. Guests moved through the house at their own pace, encountering sculpture, printmaking and painting in spaces that gave every work room to breathe.

Welsh sculptor Steve Page presented bronze works of quiet elegance, capturing the movement and presence of animals through a minimalist and deeply observant eye. The printmaking of Ruth Thomas RCA took a different approach, transforming feathers, grasses and leaves gathered across North Wales into collagraph prints that carry the texture and tone of the landscape within them.

Painter Heather Eastes brought memory and imagination to the walls, her expressive panels depicting children alongside animals and the kind of places that stay with you. Gentle, reflective and rooted in the emotional landscape of rural Wales. Alla Chakir's contemplative paintings moved between the figurative and the abstract, inviting a slower kind of looking and a quieter kind of thought.

Completing the exhibition, Andy Dobbie presented both painting and welded sculpture centred on the human form, his fragmented and geometric interpretations offering a dynamic counterpoint to the historic setting around them.

A Platform for Welsh Art

Exhibitions like this sit at the heart of what the Visual Arts Programme is for. To support contemporary Welsh creative practice, to give artists a platform worthy of their work and to offer guests something that stays with them long after they have left the valley. Whether you are staying overnight, dining in the Henry Robertson Dining Room or simply exploring the estate, art at Palé Hall is always part of the experience.

For enquiries about upcoming exhibitions or to find out more about the Visual Arts Programme, please get in touch.