Past
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Hazel Brill
Pincer 23 Sep - 4 Nov 2023 Workplace Foundation | 12 Blandford Square, Newcastle, NE1 4HZ Opening reception: Friday 22 September, 5 - 8pm Opening hours: Tues - Weds, 12 - 6pm and by appointment Workplace Foundation is delighted to announce a new exhibition in Newcastle by Hazel Brill, which runs from 23 September - 4 November... Read more -
Tako Taal
24 Jun - 5 Aug 2023 Workplace Foundation | 12 Blandford Square, Newcastle, NE1 4HZ Opening reception: Friday 23 June, 5 - 8pm Exhibition opening hours: Tue - Sat, 12 - 6pm Workplace Foundation is delighted to announce an upcoming exhibition with Glasgow based artist Tako Taal. Tako Taal is an artist and programmer. She works... Read more -
Companion
29 Oct 2022 - 14 Jan 2023 Workplace Foundation is pleased to present Companion, the first in an ongoing series of exhibitions inviting curators to look at Workplace Foundation’s continued relationships with artists. Companion explores ways of capturing how artists describe their work and the connections made when works sit in companionship with one another. The exhibition... Read more -
Emii Alrai
Reverse Defence 30 Jul - 8 Oct 2022 Preview Friday 29th July, 5-9pm Workplace Foundation is pleased to present Reverse Defence by Yorkshire based artist Emii Alrai. The exhibition will be an immersive sculptural installation including drawings and ceramics that weaves together diasporic narratives referencing ancient mythology, heritage and post-colonial museum collecting and displays. Reverse Defence plays with... Read more -
Karanjit Panesar
Parts of Wholes 30 Apr - 9 Jul 2022 Workplace Foundation is pleased to announce Parts of Wholes, a solo exhibition by Karanjit Panesar. Karanjit Panesar is a Leeds based artist working with film, sculpture, drawing and CG animation. His work explores ideas of authenticity and agency under capitalism through looping narratives and mixed realities. Read more -
Tess Denman-Cleaver
Return 5 Feb - 9 Apr 2022 Workplace Foundation is pleased to announce our next solo exhibition Return by North-East based artist Tess Denman-Cleaver . The exhibition will bring together a series of texts and photographs that Denman-Cleaver has been developing since 2016. Read more -
Nina Chua
Permanent Marker 26 Nov 2021 - 15 Jan 2022 Workplace Foundation is delighted to announce Permanent Marker, a solo exhibition by Manchester based artist Nina Chua. Chua makes drawings predominately using marker pen on paper. Varied in style and form, they propose different ways of thinking about and through drawing, whilst maintaining an emphasis on aesthetic qualities. Permanent Marker... Read more -
Dark Matter
18 Sep - 6 Nov 2021 Preview 17th September 2021, 4-8pm 12 Blandford Square Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4HZ To celebrate the launch of Workplace Foundation’s new space in Newcastle, we are delighted to present Dark Matter an exhibition of recent works by our Community of Artists. The title is a reference to Dark Matter... Read more -
Parham Ghalamdar
The Conduit, London 20 Jul - 16 Oct 2020 Workplace Foundation is delighted to present the first solo exhibition in London of Iranian artist Parham Ghalamdar. Painted in intense acidic colour, surreal forms and structures inhabit desolate and empty landscapes. Uncanny and strange these objects adhere to rigorous placement, assimilating elements drawn from a diverse range of Western and Middle-Eastern Art History such as Caravaggio, Goya, Bouguereau, Soviet Socialist realism, graffiti, pop culture and traditional Persian miniatures.
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Parham Ghalamdar
WORKPLACE FOUNDATION GATESHEAD 18 Jan - 13 Mar 2020 Parham Ghalamdar’s works switch between the aesthetics of realism and the cartoon. Through this absurdist strategy Ghalamdar obfuscates narrative enabling the painting to stand alone, resistant to a didactic reading. The considered, rational structuring of his paintings stand as a counterpoint to the oppressive weight of dogmatic ideology that Parham experienced in his homeland. Read more -
EVERYTHING MUST GO
(Part 2) 16 Nov - 21 Dec 2019 Everything Must Go (part 2) marks the launch of Workplace Foundation’s ‘Community of Artists’. An acknowledgement that a new form of representation is called for that looks beyond a traditional art market ‘commercial gallery’ model towards the value that artists and their relationships bring to a place. Read more -
Simeon Barclay
Bus2move 21 Sep - 9 Nov 2019 In his first institutional solo exhibition in the North East of England, Simeon Barclay presents a new body of work informed by research into dance. From the visual spectacle of contemporary dance theatre to the communal experience of the night club dance floor, the exhibition Bus2move combines costume, film and video, photography, lighting and sound. Barclay's interest in dance and its many facets centres on the construction of masculinity, with particular focus on the way popular perceptions and stereotypes become defined, contested and encoded upon the male body. Read more -
Article
The Conduit 25 Jun - 18 Sep 2019 Article, our third exhibition at The Conduit, marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and opens during Fly the Flag for Human Rights Week (24–30 June). Read more -
Claire Dorsett
22 Jun - 27 Jul 2019 Claire Dorsett's work takes inspiration from notes and casual, seemingly insignificant things. 'Small things become big and big things small, both in terms of their size and feeling. I paint and draw, and I like to keep the works open, with an emphasis on drawing. Ideas come from day to... Read more -
Matt Antoniak
11 May - 15 Jun 2019 Scribbles, doodles and throwaway marks made by customers testing out pens and pencils at an art materials store in Newcastle upon Tyne have been secretly hoarded behind the counter by Matt Antoniak whilst an employee over the last few years. Rescued from the recycling bin these miniature works have been consistently archived and documented by the artist and given new status through his diligent and precise recreations in paint on canvas. Read more -
Touching from a Distance
at The Conduit 29 Mar - 20 Jun 2019 'Touching from a Distance’ is the second exhibition curated by Workplace Foundation, a charity based in the North of England supporting emerging and under-represented artists based outside of London. Taking its title from a line by Ian Curtis in Joy Division’s song ‘Transmission’, the exhibition brings together works by Nina... Read more -
Paul Moss
1975 - 2019 5 Mar - 27 Apr 2019 Paul Moss was an artist & curator, and co - founder of Workplace and Workplace Foundation. He died on 14th February 2019 due to complications arising from Wiskott - Aldrich syndrome. Paul's funeral took place on 28th February in Saltwell Crematorium, Gateshead, and afterwards people were invited to return to... Read more -
Louise Giovanelli
25 Jan - 2 Mar 2019 Workplace Foundation is delighted to present the first solo exhibition of Manchester based artist Louise Giovanelli in the Northeast of England. Read more -
Emily Hesse
The Taste of this History: a Church in My Mouth 3 Nov - 22 Dec 2018 Emily Hesse’s interdisciplinary, often collaborative practice includes the use of performance, drawing, writing, sculpture, ceramics and installation to question and aggravate social and political power dynamics. Read more -
DRONE ENSEMBLE
Lyres if Lemniscate 29 Sep - 27 Oct 2018 We are delighted to announce an exhibition of new commissioned work by Drone Ensemble at Workplace Foundation, Gateshead as part of TUSK Festival 2018. The exhibition was selected through an open call to individual artists or collectives from the North East of England working across media who are specifically interested in the intersection between contemporary visual art and experimental music Read more -
Women Artists of the North East Library
22 Jun - 9 Sep 2018 Workplace Foundation is delighted to present Women Artists of the North East Library, an evolving exhibition documenting and exploring how North East women artists past and present are influencing the art world. Read more -
3-PHASE: WE CAN'T FLOAT HERE
Larry Achiampong, Mark Essen, Nicola Singh 27 Apr - 9 Jun 2018 Workplace is delighted to present 3-Phase: We Can’t Float Here, a group exhibition of new and existing work by Larry Achiampong, Mark Essen and Nicola Singh. This is the second of three exhibition moments showcasing work by the artists over an 18 month period, as part of the unique development initiative 3-Phase. We Can’t Float Here was preceded by a group exhibition at Jerwood Space (November – December 2017) and will culminate in a solo show for each artist at Eastside Projects in the Autumn of 2018. The initiative offers a supported opportunity and critical platform for the artists to engage with three national organisations over an extended period during which time they will experiment and realise ambitious, compelling ideas. Read more -
Jeamin Cha
Twelve 3 - 31 Mar 2018 Workplace is delighted to present Twelve, a three-channel video installation by Jeamin Cha curated by AV Festival 2018: Meanwhile, what about Socialism? Read more -
Susie Green: Interior Report
WORKPLACE FOUNDATION GATESHEAD 13 Jan - 24 Feb 2018 Workplace is delighted to present Interior Report, a solo exhibition of new and existing work by Susie Green. Green works with a range of media including painting, sculpture and performance to explore the body as a site for pleasure and politics. Read more -
Touche, Éclat
WORKPLACE FOUNDATION GATESHEAD 21 Oct - 16 Dec 2017 Touche, Éclat is a group exhibition that brings together 4 artists whose artworks flirt ideas of touch and value across media. Read more -
TUSK and WORKPLACE present CLUB PONDEROSA
WORKPLACE FOUNDATION GATESHEAD 30 Sep - 15 Oct 2017 TUSK and WORKPLACE present CLUB PONDEROSA two weeks of art and performance at Workplace Gateshead as part of TUSK Festival 2017. Club Ponderosa is a temporary hybrid space originally designed by artist/filmmaker Matt Stokes to operate as part meeting house, nightclub, theatre, village hall and social club. Sited within the... Read more -
Auf Wiedersehen
Robert McNally 17 Jun - 29 Jul 2017 Workplace Foundation is delighted to present Auf Wiedersehen, a solo exhibition of new and existing work by Robert McNally. It is McNally's first exhibition in his hometown of Gateshead and first UK solo exhibition outside of London. McNally creates complex drawings from memory, mediating thought and emotions into a world... Read more -
The Collective
WORKPLACE GATESHEAD 6 May - 3 Jun 2017 THE COLLECTIVE Preview: Friday 5th May 6pm – 8pm Exhibition continues: 6th May – 3rd June WORKPLACE GATESHEAD The Old Post Office 19-21 West Street Gateshead, NE8 1AD Open Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 5pm and by appointment http://www.the-collective.info/ http://www.workplacegallery.co.uk/ Workplace Gateshead is delighted to present the first public exhibition... Read more -
Mick Peter: 110%
WORKPLACE GATESHEAD 28 Jan - 25 Mar 2017 Mick Peter’s work transforms imagery usually associated with illustration and design into knotty and playful installations, objects and drawings. Using tricks of scale and dimensionality he brings apposite ideas and images together to generate something that is structurally self-regarding whilst also recognisably figurative and amusingly satirical. For Workplace Gateshead, Peter has made a new body of work that refers to the slipperiness of symbols and the curious world of infographics. Read more -
M I L K: Like the green fig tree
MILK x WORKPLACE GATESHEAD 3 - 12 Jan 2017 LIKE THE GREEN FIG TREE Matt Antoniak Hazel Brill James Hindle Harry Hurlock Joanne Masding Joe Shaw 3 January – 12 January 2017 Soft opening: 3 January 11am - 5pm Closing party: 12 January 6pm - 9pm M I L K x WORKPLACE The Old Post Office 19-21 West Street... Read more -
M I L K: Worried Mother
MILK x WORKPLACE GATESHEAD 10 - 21 Dec 2016 WORRIED MOTHER Paola Ciarska Juliet Fleming Liv Fontaine Jake Kent Andrew Maughan Alfie Strong Worried Mother is the second of 3 exhibitions curated by M I L K, an artists collective based in Newcastle as part of their takeover of WORKPLACE GATESHEAD. Worried Mother responds to society’s concerns and reservation... Read more -
M I L K
WORKPLACE GATESHEAD 19 Nov 2016 - 12 Jan 2017 M I L K x WORKPLACE WORKPLACE is delighted to announce a new collaboration with M I L K artists collective. M I L K will takeover Workplace Gateshead for a 2 Month period as organisation in residence during which they will programme 3 group exhibitions and a series of... Read more -
M I L K: This Is It, Isn’t It?
MILK x WORKPLACE 19 Nov - 3 Dec 2016 THIS IS IT, ISN’T IT? Philip Coyne Grace Denton Joe Fletcher Orr Luca George Max Lee Luke Mullen Mathew Parkin The White Pube M I L K x WORKPLACE 19 November 2016 – 3 December 2016 WORKPLACE GATESHEAD Read more -
On The Side
WORKPLACE GATESHEAD 17 Sep - 29 Oct 2016 on the side
Agnes Calf, Noel Clueit, Philip Frankland, Susie Green
17 September - 29 October 2016
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Online
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Tayo Adekunle
10 Jun - 11 Jul 2021 Online Workplace Foundation is pleased to present the first online solo show of Edinburgh based photographer Tayo Adekunle.
Adekunle uses self-portraiture to expose issues of race, gender and sexuality whilst investigating racial and colonial history. Through re-working historical stereotypes she highlights the fetishisation, sexualisation and western gaze on black female bodies. This exploration runs throughout her series Reclamation of the Exposition and Venus Noire as well as her most recent work Yemoja to create a rich presentation of the colonial perception of the black female body.
Sarah Baartman - a Khoikhoi woman from South Africa named 'Hottentot Venus' who was brought to Europe in 1810 and exhibited in Britain and France - was the catalyst for Adekunle’s exploration into the past and present treatment of the black female body. Through referencing ‘master’ painters in her compositions, Adekunle brings to light whichfemale bodies were depicted and confronts the viewer with this fact.
Adekunle references her Nigerian heritage and draws on personal connections to the fabrics used for sets in each image. The use of contemporary western clothing as well as more traditional Nigerian textiles demonstrates that these perceptions and issues are still very much rooted in the present.
This exhibition is presented online inside a detailed virtual rendering of our first gallery space: Workplace Gallery, 34 Ellison Street, Gateshead, which opened in 2005 within the British Brutalist masterpiece Trinity Court designed by Rodney Gordon for Owen Luder Partnerships, and which was demolished in 2009. The exhibition will be accompanied by an In Conversation and Artist Tour, more information to follow. Read more -
Noel Clueit
Lockedgroove 11 Mar - 11 Apr 2021 Online Workplace Foundation is pleased to present Lockedgroove, a solo exhibition by Manchester based artist Noel Clueit.
Bringing together a new body of work, Lockedgroove continues Clueit’s exploration into the conflicts of value and meaning around the production of art. Employing a multidisciplinary practice the artist investigates the shifting relationships between art and non-art objects and the instances in which they collide.
An avid collector of records for many years, Clueit began to amass LP’s for the sleeve design rather than the musical content. Drawn to an element of a design that evokes an echo of abstraction, Clueit undertakes an elegant and meticulous process of slicing, inverting and re-positioning to create new compositions, arrangements and possibilities.
The majority of the records are from the 1970s, the height of production and consumption of the album format. The cover designs of this era often appropriated forms from high art produced in the preceding years, most evidently the abstract expressionist works of the New York School. The relegation of these forms to the cover of a Reader’s Digest easy listening boxset, exemplify this lowbrow mass market appropriation. Through a rigorous methodology, Clueit’s works seek to return these borrowed forms to the canon of art.
This exhibition is presented online inside a detailed virtual rendering of our first gallery space: Workplace Gallery, 34 Ellison Street, Gateshead, which opened in 2005 within the British Brutalist masterpiece Trinity Court designed by Rodney Gordon for Owen Luder Partnerships, and which was demolished in 2009. Read more
