Megan Menzies 'On Reflection' May 21

Huxley-Parlour Gallery has scheduled “On Reflection,” a solo exhibition of new work by London-based artist Megan Menzies, to open in London on May 21. The show will run from May 19 to June 2, 2026, at the gallery’s Project Space at 3-5 Swallow Street, according to the gallery’s exhibition page. A reception is set for May 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., matching details circulated in the gallery’s recent social post. ### What exactly is Huxley-Parlour showing? Huxley-Parlour said “On Reflection” will present a suite of eleven paintings made in the last year. The gallery described the exhibition as Menzies’ first solo presentation with Huxley-Parlour, placing it within the gallery’s Conduit project-space program for early-career artists. The exhibition page says the paintings draw on “everyday moments or things” absorbed by the artist, including trees, fields and rippled pools seen directly or through the window of an airplane or moving train. (huxleyparlour.com) The gallery said Menzies begins with drawing and then translates those compositions to canvas. ### Where does this fit in Huxley-Parlour’s program? (huxleyparlour.com) Huxley-Parlour’s Conduit archive lists “On Reflection” as running from May 19 to June 2 at the Swallow Street Project Space. The gallery says Conduit is a program of sixteen solo, two-week exhibitions designed to highlight selected international early-career artists, with each exhibition marking a first presentation of the artist’s work with the gallery. The gallery, which says it was founded in London in 2010, describes itself as representing more than 25 artists and estates across media. In the Conduit description, Huxley-Parlour says the program is intended to create dialogue between established figures and artists “at its vanguard today.” ### Who is Megan Menzies? Huxley-Parlour identifies Megan Menzies as a London-based artist born in Essex, United Kingdom, in 1995. (huxleyparlour.com) The gallery says she earned a BA in History of Art from the University of Bristol in 2016 and an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2022. The gallery’s artist page says Menzies was a Now Introducing Prizewinner at Studio West Gallery in 2022 and received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in 2021 and 2025. (huxleyparlour.com) It also lists a 2025 residency at Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy, and recent solo exhibitions including “Glimpse” at LKIF Gallery in Seoul in 2024 and “TINTO” at La Causa Gallery in Madrid in 2022. Menzies’ own CV lists the same education, awards and recent exhibition history. (huxleyparlour.com) ### What does the gallery say about the work in this show? Huxley-Parlour says Menzies’ practice explores “the poetry of the everyday” through scenes shaped by memory and involuntary emotion. On the exhibition page, the gallery says the new paintings filter moments and experiences through different perspectives and timeframes, producing images tied to introspection and to the act of seeing. (huxleyparlour.com) The artist page says Menzies uses charcoal drawing over a prolonged period before building narratives through visual association and paint. The gallery says translucent layers of oil and glazing create shimmering surfaces, while recurring pink and green tones function as both palette and metaphor. ### When can people see it? May 21 is the date Huxley-Parlour has set for the opening reception, with hours listed as 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (huxleyparlour.com) The exhibition itself is listed as running through June 2, 2026, at the Project Space, 3-5 Swallow Street, London, according to the gallery’s exhibition and Conduit pages. (huxleyparlour.com)