Gallery White Box

Contemporary gallery and artist studio in Blackheath, London.

The gallery and art studio of painter, filmmaker and curator Aleksandra Niemczyk presents exhibitions of Blackheath, London and international artists. Situated opposite Hare and Billet Pond on the southwest corner of the heath, we invite you to drop by and enjoy our latest exhibition as an art lover or collector, or to pick out a unique gift.

Through groups and solo shows, artist residencies, pop up installations, open studio events, art workshops and more, Gallery White Box presents contemporary, vibrant, relevant and sometimes unconventional voices. We also offer an art advisory to build existing and new art collections for private and corporate residencies.

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5 Hare and Billet Rd, Blackheath, London, SE3 0RB (Google Maps)

Current exhibition

Paula Sanders & Sheila Vollmer: “Colour + Space” | 5-14 June 2026

“Colour + Space”

With Colour + Space, Paula Sanders shares a group of oil paintings made over the last 12 months, along with smaller works on paper dating from 2020.

With more time spent at home in her studio, Sanders became attuned to different aspects of the domestic environment. Sometimes, just sitting quietly, something will pop into focus and present itself as a potential subject, following a particular set of colours, shapes, or spaces.

Sanders responds to “what’s there” as a personal record of how we live, rather than setting out to formally arrange a group of objects. In this, she endeavours to hold on to something that has resonated in some way, whether personal, emotional, funny, or revealing - and enjoys the anticipation of recording it before that something changes.

For this exhibition, Sanders’ oil paintings will be accompanied by sculptures in steel, perspex, wax, and more by Canadian sculptor Sheila Vollmer.

Building her forms musically in space, Vollmer’s abstract studies of architectural structures and natural systems of growth can’t help but transmit a delicate sense of familiarity that perfectly complements Sanders’ nostalgia for the present.

Artist biographies

Paula Sanders

Paula Sanders is a painter and art tutor living and working in Blackheath. In the past couple of years, she has returned to a more regular painting practice following a long career as an art teacher.

Born in Bristol in 1962, and spending several years in Wales, Sanders gained her Fine Art degree in painting at Birmingham Polytechnic in 1984. After living in London for two years, she continued her studies with a postgraduate year at the Cyprus School of Art in Lemba, Paphos.

It was in Cyprus that Sanders began, with the encouragement of artist and tutor Tom Watt, to work directly from her surroundings using oil paint on board. She has retained this practice, enjoying the urgency to capture the essence of time and place.

Whilst her paintings during the 80s and 90s were typically made en plein air in various locations around the UK and further afield, interior spaces, observed or remembered, have also provided compelling subjects, with the painter Winifred Nicholson a long-time favourite.

Instagram: @paulaj.sanders

Sheila Vollmer

Canadian-born, London-based Sheila Vollmer completed her post-graduate studies in Sculpture at St. Martin’s School of Art, London, 1988, and BA Honors Art, University of Guelph, Canada, 1985. She was Sculpture Program Manager at Morley College London (2003-2025) and has been an APT Studio member since its inception in 1995.

Whether through architectural, poetic, or organic references, Vollmer expresses her experience of space and energy responding directly to the materials. Her sculptures vary in scope, from hand-sized items to installations and larger outdoor works.

Vollmer has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally.

Highlights include: ‘Sine Line’, Public Sculpture Commission, Milton Keynes 2020; Chelsea Flower Show 2018 - VTB Garden; Artist of the Day, Flowers Gallery Central, London; Sheila Vollmer, The Atrium Gallery, Cooper’s & Lybrand, London; Cass Sculpture Foundation; and Thinking Big: 21st Cent. British Sculpture, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.

Instagram: @sheilavollmer

Open Friday-Sunday, 10-5, or by appointment

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or Please contact curator:

Aleksandra Niemczyk (+44 7422 706825)

gallerywhiteboxinfo@gmail.com

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🗺️ Gallery White Box, 5 Hare and Billet Rd, Blackheath, London, SE3 0RB.