Kese Berry artwork in our cafe
Artist Kese Berry exhibiting work in our cafe throughout March and April, treat yourself to a work of art to take home.
FREE entry, Open daily 9.30am - 5pm.
About the Artist
Kese in her own words:
Kese is a British multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, and site-responsive practice. Kese was raised in the Cambridgeshire countryside, completed her undergrad the University of Oxford, where she studied Fine Art; now currently completing a master’s degree in the History of Art and Visual Culture at the University of Cambridge. Her work explores liminality, memory, and the emotional residue of landscape, with a particular interest in how environments carry psychological weight, acting as quiet witnesses to cycles of return, loss, and renewal.
For this exhibition at Welney, Kese presents a series of hazy, dreamlike paintings of swans, treating the bird not as symbol but as presence. The works emerge from sustained observation, walking, and sketching within the wetlands, allowing atmosphere, light, and movement to dictate form. Soft edges and muted palettes resist spectacle, inviting slower looking and bodily attunement.
Kese’s wider practice often interrogates belonging, heritage, and contemporary British identity, but here she turns deliberately toward stillness, community, and shared attention. The accompanying programme of walks, workshops, and gatherings reflects her commitment to art as an open, communal process rather than a fixed object.
