Returning to Yorkshire Sculpture Park after 10 years, Angela Harding is back with a new exhibition, A Chronicle of Birds and Beasts. 

The exhibition marks a significant milestone in Harding’s career and celebrates her status as one of the UK’s most recognisable and respected artists working in print today.

Featuring a wide range of new linocuts screen prints, oil paintings, alongside painted wooden birds, the exhibition will include a multi-panel artwork created specially for the show, printed by Selby-based master printmaker Dan Bugg marking more than 10-years of collaborative printmaking.

Living in Rutland, the smallest county in the UK, Harding draws daily inspiration from the natural world around her - from sheep-filled fields to a garden alive with birdsong. Deeply aware of the environmental challenges facing the planet, she has collaborated with conservationists, writers and authors to create new works that respond to the urgent issues of our time.

Many new works are based on her recent trip to Fair Isle, where she spent nine weeks working as artist in residence. These include a collection of small paintings, book illustrations and works created for The Wilding Project with Isabella Tree, and Blossomise with Simon Armitage. Harding and Armitage reunite for this exhibition, with the UK Poet Laureate providing words to accompany illustrations Harding has created for two large scale works which focus on hare protection.

The Visitor Centre will also be transformed by a display of hand-painted and stencilled wooden birds reflecting the Yorkshire Dales and moorland areas, suspended overhead, while the concourse windows will feature vinyls and hand-embellished scenes created by Harding, accompanying a short poem written by Armitage that reflects their shared love of birds.

All works will be for sale, with proceeds supporting YSP's charitable aims. Own Art is available on most purchases at YSP Shop.