Urkraft: Ernst Gamperl: Exhibitions

Sarah Myerscough Gallery is delighted to announce Urkraft, a major solo exhibition by renowned artist Ernst Gamperl that will inaugurate its new gallery space, a magnificent three storey-Victorian schoolhouse on 18 Balderton Street in Mayfair, London. Opening on 13 October 2025, this landmark presentation will be the first solo show in the UK dedicated to Gamperl, who has revolutionised woodturning by developing new methods that push the practice’s technical limits.

Three years in the making, Urkraft celebrates Gamperl’s unparalleled skill and deep material intelligence. Each sculpture is unique in tonality and silhouette, shaped through an intimate dialogue with the wood. Working as both artist and botanist, Gamperl treats the surface with natural elements sourced from his Bavarian homestead—using local clay and garden dust to create earthy, tactile finishes. His practice is a meditative exchange with nature, a choreography of form, time, and transformation.

The exhibition follows two major institutional shows in Germany: Ernst Gamperl – Project Tree of Life at the Bavarian National Museum, Munich (15 May – 5 October 2025), and Ernst Gamperl – Transformation und Bewegung (Retrospective) at Galerie Handwerk, Crafts Council Munich (27 June – 2 August 2025).