{"id":2173002,"date":"2026-09-30T14:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2173002"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:21:06","slug":"ringo-starrs-granddaughter-launches-art-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2173002","title":{"rendered":"Ringo Starr&#8217;s granddaughter launches art exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/branded_news\/d3ad\/live\/349fb950-bc04-11f1-90b9-913e4354ed35.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 dYcznU\">\n<figure class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 ieGDnl\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 gvGaxq\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"Image-styles__ImageCardStyled-sc-8c99a12b-1 jJQpIc\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20260922-091849-a8520cb5b4-web-3.22.0-3\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"Image-styles__ImageStyled-sc-8c99a12b-0 fjCDYB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/d3ad\/live\/349fb950-bc04-11f1-90b9-913e4354ed35.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"BBC A woman with black hair in a bob and red lipstick. She is looking at the camera and standing in front of a painting which is in blues and greens, marked in differing directions.\" class=\"Image-styles__ImageStyled-sc-8c99a12b-0 cVsHni\"><span class=\"Image-styles__CreditStyled-sc-8c99a12b-2 dVFjVB\">BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 tlbDj\"><figcaption class=\"Caption-styles__CaptionStyled-sc-70433723-0 fLsOPx\">Tatia Starkey is described by a gallery owner as &#8220;very talented&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">The granddaughter of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is putting on an art exhibition in Surrey. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">Tatia Starkey told BBC Radio Surrey she wanted to communicate whatever was inside herself to &#8220;expel it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">&#8220;I&#8217;m just trying to share with people the feeling of love, the lack of love, different expressions that we have and the very high points in life,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">The collection, titled Invert, sees Starkey use her body to paint canvases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 kugUwP\">\n<figure class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 ieGDnl\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 tlbDj\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"Image-styles__ImageCardStyled-sc-8c99a12b-1 bOmCce\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20260922-091849-a8520cb5b4-web-3.22.0-3\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"Image-styles__ImageStyled-sc-8c99a12b-0 fjCDYB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/7af6\/live\/29667b30-bcc4-11f1-874a-09d072a27eab.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Three large paintings on a white wall. The nearest has a purple background and flower-type shapes in swirled red, white and purple paint on thin black stems. The others are in similar colours and more abstract patterns.\" class=\"Image-styles__ImageStyled-sc-8c99a12b-0 cVsHni\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 tlbDj\"><figcaption class=\"Caption-styles__CaptionStyled-sc-70433723-0 fLsOPx\">Starkey&#8217;s works are due to be displayed until 10 October<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">James Thompson, who owns the gallery, said Starkey&#8217;s artwork was &#8220;very different&#8221; from what he has exhibited before. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">He described her as &#8220;wonderful, creative [and] expressive&#8221;. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">As he gets approached by &#8220;multiple artists per week&#8221;, Thompson said it &#8220;definitely helped&#8221; that Starkey was Ringo Starr&#8217;s granddaughter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">He added: &#8220;I am looking for artists with a name or previous career&#8230; that is really exciting to a collector.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">Thompson said he had initially given a &#8220;straight up&#8221; no when the exhibition was suggested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">&#8220;I then had a closer look at Tatia&#8217;s work and actually really liked it,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">Starkey, who has also been a musician, said it would be &#8220;nice to achieve something alone without a band around me or a family&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">&#8220;This feels very much a solo venture,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I&#8217;d like people to look at the art and take something away from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">The collection is showing at the Kaizen Fine Art gallery in Bagshot until 10 October, with an event celebrating her artwork set to take place on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"Container-styles__ContainerStyled-sc-8b855a6c-0 cPmzSx\">\n<div class=\"Grid-styles__GridStyled-sc-70d90311-0 hRsXiV\">\n<div class=\"GridItem-styles__GridItemStyled-sc-6cc20e4a-0 bnCeGm\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\"><i id=\"follow-bbc-surrey-on\" class=\"TextFragment-styles__TextFragmentStyled-sc-99e7c69b-0 kAUhPg\">Follow BBC Surrey on <\/i><i id=\"facebook\" class=\"TextFragment-styles__TextFragmentStyled-sc-99e7c69b-0 kAUhPg\">Facebook<\/i><i id=\",\" class=\"TextFragment-styles__TextFragmentStyled-sc-99e7c69b-0 kAUhPg\">, <\/i><i id=\"x\" class=\"TextFragment-styles__TextFragmentStyled-sc-99e7c69b-0 kAUhPg\">X<\/i><i id=\",-and\" class=\"TextFragment-styles__TextFragmentStyled-sc-99e7c69b-0 kAUhPg\">, and <\/i><i id=\"instagram\" class=\"TextFragment-styles__TextFragmentStyled-sc-99e7c69b-0 kAUhPg\">Instagram<\/i><i id=\"and-listen-to-bbc-radio-surrey-on\" class=\"TextFragment-styles__TextFragmentStyled-sc-99e7c69b-0 kAUhPg\"> and listen to BBC Radio Surrey on <\/i><i id=\"sounds\" class=\"TextFragment-styles__TextFragmentStyled-sc-99e7c69b-0 kAUhPg\">Sounds<\/i><i id=\".-send-your-story-ideas-to\" class=\"TextFragment-styles__TextFragmentStyled-sc-99e7c69b-0 kAUhPg\">. 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