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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note the galleries are closed between 30 June – 11 July whilst we install our next exhibition.

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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note the galleries are closed between 30 June – 11 July whilst we install our next exhibition.

Kenji Umeda

Born 1948 – Died 2019

Umeda was born in Japan. While studying in Cambridge, in the early 1960s he helped Jim Ede with the cleaning of Kettle’s Yard. After working as a painter, he became interested in sculpture, following a visit to Carrara, the home of marble.