What’s on
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
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TOTEMS+TALISMANS
Private view: Friday 28th March 6.30 - 9.30 pm
Open Daily: Fri 28th March - Wed 2nd April, 12 pm - 6 pm
AN EXHIBITION EXPLORING PAIN + DESTRUCTION, BEAUTY + LOVE.
BY JONATHON CAMPBELL MILLS + SUFFIA KHANAN

The Sight of Music
Private View: Friday 11th April 6-10 pm,
Open Daily: Sat 12th April - Wed 16th April 11 am - 6 pm
The Sight of Music is an exhibition celebrating the connection between visual art and music.

Borderlands
Opening Night: Friday 18th, 18:00 - 21:00
Daily Opening: Sat 19th to Wed 23rd, 11:00 - 18:00
Borderlands investigates the human relationship to the land. Through sculpture, sound, moving image and photography we start to think about our connections to the landscapes and terrains around us.

Garden of Hope
Open Evening: Friday 25th April, 5.30 pm-7.30pm
Open Daily: 11 am - 7 pm daily
This exhibition by Bristol Refugee Artists Collective (BRAC) and University of the West of England (UWE) architecture students is inspired by the Memorial Garden, a small, secretive green space near St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol. It has a rich history but is often overlooked by passers-by.

EDGELANDS
Private View: Fri, 21st March, 6-9 PM (6-7 PM quiet hour)
Open: Sat 22nd – Tue 25th March,12PM - 6 PM
Sat, 22nd | 6-7 PM – Performance by Saffron Murray-Browne & Bibiana Krauskova
Sun, 23rd | 4-6 PM – The Art is Alive workshop by Bibiana Krauskova
EDGELANDS showcases the 2024/2025 Day School Cohort, exploring connection through art.

Journey Through Papercuts
Private View: Friday 14th March, 7 - 10 pm.
Open Daily: Sat 15th March - Wed 19th March, 12 - 6.30 pm.
Journey Through Papercuts is Raluca Bobis's first solo exhibition. It features intricate cut-paper works that explore nature, memory, and fantasy.

Women by Women.2
Private View: Friday 7th March 6-9 pm,
Open Daily: Sat 8th March - Wed 12th March 11 am - 6 pm
Women by Women.2 returns for its second year, showcasing work by 20+ female and non-binary artists exploring womanhood, identity, and community, with 20% of proceeds supporting Women for Women International's Palestine Crisis Response

Journey to the Ruins
Private View: Friday 28th February, 6 - 9 pm.
Open Daily: Sat 1st March - Wed 5th March, 10 am - 6 pm.
An exhibition by Bristol-based artist Dan Broadley of drawings, gouaches and oil paintings of figures in imagined ancient landscapes, ruined gardens, Chicago stations, old cranes and fairground rides.

Print, Press & Roll
Private View: Friday 14th February, 6 pm - 9 pm
Opening Daily: Sat 15th - Mon 24th February, 11am-6pm
Print, Press & Roll – a celebration of printmaking in Bristol.

Inner and Outer Landscapes
Saturday Social: 8th Feb, 1 - 4 pm
Open Daily: Fri 7th - Wed 12th Feb, 11 am - 4 pm
Life Drawing Celebration: Sun 9th Feb, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm (ticketed via United Models). Exhibition open 1 - 4 pm
In Inner and Outer Landscapes, Chris Shopland explores the human experience through his unique visual language.

Truth, like love and sleep, resents approaches that are too intense.
Private View: Friday 31st January, 5 pm to 9.30 pm
Open daily: Sat 1st February - Wed 5th February, 11.30 am to 6 pm
This exhibition features the work of several UK-based painters, each engaging with the challenge of representing what often defies representation.

Reclaiming The Wild Body
Open daily: Fri 24th - Weds 29th Jan, 10 am to 6 pm
Private View: Friday 24th January, 7.30 to 9.30 pm
Movement and Music Exploration Saturday 25th, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm. Tickets essential.
Reclaiming The Wild Body is an exhibition by Bristol artist Gwen Williams.

Monkey Business
Opening Party: Saturday 7th, 6 - 9 pm - (Tickets Here)
Open Daily: Sat 7th - Wed 12th, 11am - 7pm
‘Monkey Business' is the first solo exhibition by Bristol-based artist RTiiiKA.
The Unseen, The Felt, The Real
Private View: Friday 29th, 5pm - 9pm
Open Daily: November 30th - 4th December, 11 am - 5 pm
A series of visual, audio and sculptural works by Bristol-based artists Sarah Harper and Matt Mclean.

Connections Through Wood
Private View: Friday 22nd Nov 6-9 pm
Open Daily: Sat 23rd - Wed 27th 10 am -6 pm
Connections Through Wood is an exhibition of eight Bristol-based woodworkers, showing what is possible when an artistic eye meets traditional skills.

Porcelain Souls and Keepers of the Ocean
16th Oct - 17th Nov Open Thursday - Sunday: 11 am -5 pm
Private View: Saturday 19th October6 pm - 8 pm
The Bristol Photo Festival returns to Centrespace Gallery to present Inuuteq Storch's first solo exhibition in the UK.

Backhand # 3
Opening Night: 7 pm - 10 pm
Open Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th: 12pm - 9pm
30+ Artists which makes it our biggest event ever! A mix of illustration, sculptor, photography and more. All artists are tasked with creating a bespoke piece of work around a randomly selected word. Which is 'Clumsy'.

Centrespace Open Studios Weekend
Friday public preview 11th October: 6pm - 9pm.
Saturday 12th October: 11am - 5pm.
Sunday 13th October: 11am - 5pm.
Come and meet the varied and talented makers who work in this historic building in the heart of Bristol.

Elsewhere
Private View: 27th September, 6 pm - 9 pm
Open Daily: 28th Sept - 2nd Oct, 11 am - 5 pm
Elsewhere is a joint show between Bristol-based artists Loui Miles and Charlie Adams.
The Entity
Opening Night: 20th September, 5 - 9 pm
Open Daily: 21st - 25th September, 2 - 7 pm (Closing Night, 12-5 pm)
Exploring themes of distress and anxiety, these feelings manifest as their own dark entity.

Umber
Open Daily: 14 - 18 September, 10 am - 5 pm
Private View: Friday 13th September, 6 pm - 8 pm
Inspired by Autumn, we're celebrating the season's beauty through various crafts, sharing our love for nature with the City.

WHO ISKATE?
Open Daily: 6 - 8 September, 11 am - 4 pm & 9 - 11 September, 10 am - 6 pm
Private View: Saturday 7th September, 6 pm - 10 pm
Tickets Here
Kate, a newly-enthusiastic Bristolian, invites you to her debut exhibition, "WHO ISKATE?", showcasing diverse, accessible art and celebrating everyday creativity.

ALBINA/ALBION
Open Daily: 31st Aug - 4th Sept, 12 - 5 pm
Private View: Friday 30th Aug, 7 - 10 pm
Photography Workshop: Monday 2nd Sept, 7.30 pm - 9 pm
Linoprint Social: Wednesday 4th Sept, 6.30 - 9 pm
An exploration of power, patriarchy & contemporary British identity through the lens of our national origin myth.
Carve Club
Open Daily: 23rd - 28th August, 10 am - 6 pm
Opening Drinks: Friday 23rd 6 - 10 pm
An exhibition of works by printmakers Nicole Revy, Harriet Popham, Jo Pearson and Gemma Trickey.

Faces/Spaces #4
Open Daily: 16 - 21 August, 11 am- 6 pm
Private view: Friday 16 August, 6 pm
A joint exhibition of Rose’s ceramics and Kelvin’s collages, including a few collaborations.

(In)audible Presences
Opening Times: 9th – 14th Aug, 10 am – 4 pm
(In)audible Presences is an ongoing, long-term exploration of the documentation practices associated with wildlife sound recording.

Reflecting on Henry now
Open Daily: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th Aug, 11 am - 6 pm
Monday 5th August, 10 am - 1 pm
The show will include a collection of works that reflect and celebrate Henry and his impact on us, 10 years on.

Work Tap
Open Daily: 26 - 31 July 11.00 am - 8.00 pm
Opening Event: Saturday 27th July 5 pm - 10 pm
30 Min Reading/Talk, Daily: 2 pm, 7.30 pm
The show Work Tap takes its name from an anonymous ‘underground’ zine that swims in Berlin’s resurfaced swamp of prejudice, anxiety and political paranoia. The drawings exhibited are an attempt to turn barriers to creativity into a means for creativity. Alex Head is an interdisciplinary artist exploring the impact of culture on our interior worlds.

A Place In Change
Private view:- Friday 12th July, 6 - 9 PM
Open Daily: 13th-17th July, 10 am — 6 pm
The world is in constant flux, and this exhibition delves into the visual narratives born from these changes.

This is Jungle/D&B
Private View: Fri 5 July, 5 pm -10 pm
Open Daily: Sat 6th, 12pm - 6pm // Sun 7th, 12pm - 6pm // Mon 8th, 10 pm - 5pm // Tue 9th, 12pm - 5pm // Wed 10th, 12pm - 6pm

PARACOSM
Private view: Fri 28 June, 6-9 pm
Opening Times: Sat 29 June – Wed 3 July, 11 am-5 pm
Join this year’s Bath Spa Fine Art graduates as they showcase a selection of works following their degree show!

Look Mom I'm An Artist
Opening Night: Saturday the 22nd June, 6pm - 10pm
Open Daily: Sun 23rd - Weds 26th, 12 - 5pm
Edie and Sophia, Bristol based illerstrators are back with the 'Look Mom I'm An Artist' show.

Mirrors Fog Over When I Breathe
Private View | 6-8pm | Fri 7th June 2024
Exhibition | Sat 8th June | Wed 19th June 2024
Open | Wednesday-Sunday | 10 am-5 pm
CLOSE proudly presents Mirrors Fog Over when I Breathe, an exhibition featuring new works by Helen Barff, Katherine Perrins and Denise Webber.

Confluence
Private view: Friday 31st May 6 pm – late
Open Daily: Sat 1st June – Wed 5th June, 10 am – 8 pm
This exhibition showcases work from the 2024 graduates of Marine and Natural History Photography at Falmouth University.