A line drawn by hand is a fundamental act for Wendy Smith and underpins her work.  This exhibition, Forms of Life, offers a selection of new and previously unseen work stretching back to the late 90s that highlights the rich and seemingly endless possibilities that emerge as Wendy explores the mysteries inherent in drawn lines on a flat […]

An exhibition of works by Rose Finn-Kelcey (1945-2014), which focuses on key pieces from the 70’s to the 90’s, exploring a breadth of work central to Finn-Kelcey’s practice. She first came to prominence in the early 1970s as an artist central to the emerging communities of performance and Feminist art in the UK. The nature of Finn-Kelcey’s […]

Inscriptions IV, is a screening of 'Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre' at the Whitechapel Gallery, curated by Gareth Evans.  Dr. Sarah Hayden (Department of English, University of Southampton) will be in conversation with Ailbhe Ní Bhriain on Thursday 5 March 7–9pm.

A new solo exhibition of work by Linder Sterling, who is well known for her photomontage.  This exhibition explores the diverse range of Linder’s practice, and explores her as performance artist, zine-maker, musician, documentary-photographer, collaborator, muse, guru, medium and body-builder.

Abigail Reynolds travelled to the sites of fifteen former great libraries along the Silk Road to consider what a library means today. Her new work,Taken in a few seconds: by the reflection of light displays rare books and the oldest photograph from the Harris collection, alongside a moving image work giving voices to these objects and […]

Land of Dreams marks a pivot in Shirin Neshat’s gaze towards the “Western World” and opens the newest chapter in her practice. The exhibition comprises a portion of the 100+ photographic portraits and two video installations. For the first time, both mediums converge into one immersive experience to present a portrait of contemporary America under the […]

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 exhibition includes large-scale photo etchings, thread installations and archival works from the late 1970s and 80s.

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 an assemblage of objects, videos, and works on paper, which addresses the poignancy as well as the mundanity of everyday domestic life. The scenes are […]