Peter Hicks from Danby has selected the painters' work which is influenced by major developments in 20th Century painting.
Worlds Apart opens at the Lund Gallery, a contemporary gallery in Easingwold tomorrow and Sunday and runs until 25 May.
Selected artists include North Yorkshire-based artists Debbie Loane, Ian McCully from Castleton, Whitby's Christine Pybus, Steve Tomlinson from Stokesley and Barry Lee based at Beck Hole, Pam Poskitt from Ruswarp and John Clark and Dorothy Dent who live further afield.
Peter Hicks is well placed to curate a show of this nature – as he is well known throughout the UK for his abstracted and visionary paintings of the British landscape especially of the North Yorkshire Moors.
Previous exhibitions include The Myles Meehan Gallery Darlington, the Brian Sinfield Gallery and Messum's Cork Street.
This year also sees the release of a publication and film of Peter working in the Esk Valley.
He said: "The painters on show reveal just a few of the diverse ways we react to what we see.
"There are language differences between the painters on show.
"Values vary from painter to painter, almost they seem to inhabit different worlds – this I think is what makes the painting of environments so compelling.
"The artists I have selected are all people I have exhibited or worked with in the past and they have been chosen because, despite them all being inspired by the landscape, the way they each view this is very different.
"This could prove a challenge when hanging the show."
Many of the artists selected, including Hicks, are inspired by the northern landscape surrounding us – from the North Yorkshire Dales and Moors to the Lake District and Northumbrian coast.
Debbie Loane from the Lund Gallery added: "The Lund Gallery is delighted to present this exhibition, which has been selected by Peter Hicks who is known throughout the UK for paintings of the British landscape and in particular of the North York Moors, the place where he has lived and worked all his life.
"In addition to exhibiting, Peter has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in teaching, having held the post of Head of Art at Queen Elizabeth College Darlington and been visiting lecturer at Durham and Hull Universities.
"He still continues to inspire and encourage both aspiring and established artists today. We are grateful to Peter for his help in curating this exhibition."
Worlds Apart previews at Lund Gallery tomorrow and continues until the 25 May.
Gallery opening hours during exhibitions are Thursday to Saturday 11am to 5pm and Sundays and Bank Holidays midday to 4pm.