Unmanageable, is an exhibition of eleven recent paintings by painter and printmaker, Shara Hughes. This body of work proposes a novel exploration of interiority by using landscape as a model for working with and through consciousness. She began this series of paintings while offering support to close friends that were experiencing horrific tragedies and ordeals.
In this exhibition, SPIDER, Annegret Soltau will be restaging works from her early years in post-war Darmstadt, Germany. She presents works that examine themes of personal loss, identity, and transformation. The […]
Unbound: Visionary Women Collecting Textiles celebrates seven pioneering women who saw beyond the purely functional, to reveal the extraordinary artistic, social and cultural importance of textiles, and costume, which gives us a beautiful and intensely human insight into our history. This major collaborative project explores the innovative approaches of Edith Durham (1863 –1944), Louisa Pesel (1870 […]
Rethreading and Retracing is an exhibition by Bita Ghezelayagh, which gives us a glimpse into her practice that is influenced by her Iranian cultural heritage. She transforms old woven textiles and eastern carpets into new pictorial objects and works of art, by using traditional embroidery techniques along with found materials to transform disused textiles, giving them a […]
HONEY PIE, is an exhibition by Sarah Lucas featuring ten sculptures that extend her long-term Bunny series into dynamic new forms. The exhibition consists of five sculptures made from stuffed tights and found objects, alongside an equal number of works in bronze and concrete. These sculptures evoke female nudes reclining on chairs in states of abandon and vulnerability.
Ella Walker uses a myriad of media to create imagery inspired by medieval and early modern costume and iconography. The result is a series of resplendent large-format works, rich in narrative and colour.
Black Chat, Sew Rib, is a solo residency exhibition by Sarah Dwyer, who worked in the studio space above the gallery (January—March 2020). Sarah has a clear proposition in mind, the desire to expand her practice into the realm of sculpture. She sculpts and draws and then sculpts again in a constant dialogue between the volumes and […]
I See You, is an exhibition of paintings that brings together historical and contemporary works by female artists with a focus on depictions of male subjects. It ranges from portraits of family members to paintings of invented characters and those that challenge a traditional understanding of the ‘male gaze’. These works invite us to consider the characteristics […]
Vivienne Williams is a contemplative colourist whose work concentrates more on still life painting, with her palette constantly evolving and her style becoming ever more distinctive.
Love Story is a video installation by South African artist Candice Breitz that explores how the global refugee crisis has been told. The work presents the stories of six people who fled their countries.
Quarantaine is an ambitious new film by Georgina Starr. Its title refers to the French word for ‘forty’, and also alludes to the period of enforced isolation known in English as ‘quarantine’ (so-called because of its original forty-day timeframe). Over the course of multiple chapters, it follows the story of two new recruits to a […]
S1:E4 is a new episode in Martine Syms’ project SHE MAD (2015-ongoing), in which the artist incorporates elements of the sitcom format and past TV series to explore ‘the sign of blackness in the public imagination’. Presented in the form of a giant widescreen projection encompassing one wall of Tramway’s largest gallery, the work follows […]
Daphne Wright’s work manoeuvres things into well-wrought but delicate doubt. Shifting between tautness and mess, it sets imagery, materials and language in constant metaphorical motion. A quiet mutiny – persists is […]
A major retrospective of Linda McCartney’s photography is presented. From her iconic depictions of the music scene of the 1960s, to family life with Paul, Linda captured her whole world […]
In this exhibition, The Four Elements, Nagihan Seymour explores the classical elements (earth, water, air and fire) in her designs, believed to explain the nature and complexities of all matter. The exhibition includes paintings and ceramics incorporating natural pigments and precious metals.
Lisa Hammond is a pioneer of soda-glaze firing, which combines strong uncomplicated forms with highly tactile surfaces. Alongside her series of thrown functional ware, this influential London potter explores a range of individual wheel-thrown vessels – bowls, bottles and jars that are decorated with brush marks and poured slips and glazes, taking on intriguing depth […]
Christine McArthur's early work was primarily in oil and she became well known for her large-scale still life paintings on canvas. In the late 1980s she began to work in oil pastel and watercolour but more recently she has reverted to oil, as well as acrylic and collage.
The exhibition, Painting with Light, explores the painterly quality of Ming Smith’s photographic work. It contains works from the start of the 1970s to the present day, including a number of […]
The Making of Husbands is a major exhibition that brings together works by Christina Ramberg (1946–1995), her contemporaries and younger artists to explore the urgency with which her work speaks to […]
The exhibition Common Thread brings together a group of artists: Jodie Carey, Mark Corfield-Moore, Ayan Farah, David Murphy, Isobel Napier, Amy Revier, Sophie Rowley and Katharine Swailes, each persons work focuses on the history of textile technology and […]