Brighton-born textile artist Jehane Boden Spiers has been exhibiting in Brighton’s Open Houses since 1996. Needing a new challenge, in 2001 Jehane opened her own canary yellow Victorian terraced house for the first time, as part of the Kemp Town Artists group. It quickly became a must-see on the Open Houses trail, with a very friendly atmosphere and highly professional display. 2005 will be the fourth time ‘The Yellow House’ has been part of the Brighton Festival Open Houses. This year’s exhibition promises to be another varied and vibrant exhibition, presenting the work of fifteen artists, including Jehane’s own textiles, the work of painters Mark Johnston and Maria Tribe, and London ceramicists Jane Muir and Delyth Jones.
Jehane lives with her partner Alexander Bruckner and baby Lukas, born 8th December 2004. Alex is often seen playing guitar in the garden, although this May he’ll be on ‘Dad-duty’ as well, so you might have to put in a special request for some guitar playing!
We try and exhibit the work of different artists every year, to ensure our visitors have a new experience every time they visit the house, and it also makes it more fun for us. We show a variety of artwork from painting, jewellery, ceramics, glass, and textiles to photography and furniture. Our personal favourites are painting, textiles and ceramics, and although we would love to be able to exhibit large garden sculptures (e.g. the beautiful large-metal alliums of Ruth Moilliet) and large-scale furniture, unfortunately our space restricts us somewhat.

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