Doorway Guardians

Matt's Gallery, London: PV Sunday 27 September, 2-5pm Continues 30 September- 22 November 2026 Flatland, Bexhill-on-Sea: PV Saturday 3 October, 3-7pm Continues 4 October 2026 - 17 January 2027 KARST, Plymouth: PV Thursday 15 October, 6-9pm Continues 16 October - 12 December 2026 Matt’s Gallery, KARST, and Flatland are pleased to announce the final chapter of Doorway Guardians, a year-long touring collaborative project by artist Annie Whiles. Doorway Guardians is a series of three large woodcarvings by Whiles. They combine the imagery and culture of British seaside destinations with the media and methods of sacred painted medieval carvings, while echoing the artist’s memories of molded-plastic charity collection boxes of the 1960s and ‘70s. They are designed to sit in the entranceways and thoroughfares of gallery buildings.