North 55 Gallery

Having worked as teacher and having gone through a divorce, Inga decided that she couldn’t carry on with her job and look after her two girls at the same time, so consequently decided to set up North 55 Falmouth with her new partner Jack. Her entire family has an artistic background, with her brother having been exhibited in the Tate Modern and mother also an artist, so setting up a gallery was a natural choice.

Inga, an abstract artist herself, and partner Jack create the works that are on sale in the gallery (described as “almost three dimensional in nature”), which are inspired by both memories and the Cornish landscape. North 55 is primarily aimed at the younger market compared to many other galleries that are higher end and tend to target older or wealthier demographics. Furthermore Inga has made it a primary focus of North 55 to maintain a local connection within many of the pieces exhibited and sold from the gallery.

In addition to artwork alternative household items, like chopping boards and benches, as well as jewellery are available alongside a household range made from locally sourced soaps, waxes, candles and cushions. The latter range is primarily in the store to provide sales during the quiet winter months. By contrast summer sees heavy sales, with tourists being a major buyer of the artworks, including those from Europe, where North 55 has exported to before.