The Mead Gallery at Warwick Arts Centre has long been regarded as one of the best exhibition spaces in the UK.

Open since 1986, it garnered a reputation for exhibiting contemporary art, where artists including Hurvin Anderson, Phyllida Barlow and Gerard Byrne were able to display their creations.

Indeed, the University of Warwick's art collection itself has been extensive and ambitious since its original founding in 1965.

Containing major works from creators including Richard Deacon and Terry Frost, the extensive reach of the university's art collection is clear for all to see. Indeed, these include paintings, prints, sculptures and photographs, which are also contained in different spaces across the university campuses.

The Mead Gallery was closed in 2018 as part of major refurbishment works with the Warwick Arts Centre's 20:20 project.

It reopened this January with Rana Begum's Dappled Light exhibition, which is taking place until 13 March 2022.

According to the arts centre website, Begum is seeking to explore different perceptions of light and colour through paintings, sculptures and a range of installations.

The designs used are in specific response to the architecture of the arts centre, using a variety of materials to show how light differs when it hits the gallery space.

The videos of a fast forwarded woodland, which shows how light changes in adaptation towards it, I found particularly interesting and especially intriguing.

Begum herself is a renowned artist, being elected as a royal academician only last year.

Her work has featured in exhibitions and art collections around the world.

Coincidentally, two decades ago, one of the first organisations to collect her work was University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire, which bought her some prints from the outpatients department.

Dappled Light looks at different tones, colours and lights. Begum's work deliberately is in the lens of minimalism, with bodily experiences about time and space.

It is intriguing and leads to plenty of contemplation and chance for discussion.

The different exhibits in Begum's exhibition are deliberately left without writing, to allow as much personal interpretation as possible. It ensures the viewing experience is utterly unique.

The exhibition is free to enter and open between 11am and 8pm, Tuesday to Sunday.

More information can be found here.

A gallery of images is available at the top of the page.