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Exhibition Archive

2013

Spectrum

May 20th to May 31st 2013

Spectrum is the pinnacle of photographic work from final year NTU Photography students that explores the extensive creativity and various adaptations that surround the medium of photography.

With and Without

April 25th to May 9th 2013

Surface Gallery presents a show by Lisa Selby, the winner of the 2012 International Open Show.

The awareness of inevitable loss is central to Lisa Selby’s material and sculptural approach. With and Without seeks to grasp and eternalize what cannot be held firm: Selby re-articulates items from the domestic environment, relaying the familiarity and alienation experienced as one moves physically and psychologically from one home to another.>

‘Nineteen Fourteen’

April 3rd to April 16th 2013

Surface Gallery presents the 2013 Volunteer exhibition, ‘Nineteen Fourteen’, showcasing the work of those who volunteer at the gallery. Bringing together a diverse group of artists, the exhibition offers a wide range of contemporary art from drawing to video installation.

Pert & Simple

March 13th to March 23rd 2013

Surface Gallery is pleased to announce our third exhibition of the year. From the 13th to the 23rd March, artists Holly James and Anna Salmane will be showing their latest video, photography, drawing and textile pieces in the exhibition Pert&Simple.

Nottdance at Surface Gallery

March 7th to March 8th 2013

NTU FESTIVAL 2013 The Coming Community: The Community… that never comes

February 27th to March 2nd 2013

Surface Gallery presents The Community…that never comes, a durational performance piece generated by Effy Harle, with the collective effort of participants including – among other NTU Fine Art students – Beth Kettel and Chris Evitts.

NTU FESTIVAL 2013 The Coming Community: Revolve

February 20th to February 23rd 2013

The audience are invited to venture and explore the environment that Wain Marriott and Rebecca Scofield have created. With the audience interaction the exhibition is in a constant state of change and work is discovered and rediscovered from various points across the floor. Perception and interpretation is in a constant revolve.

NTU FESTIVAL 2013 The Coming Community: Process and Produce: Promotion

February 13th to February 16th 2013

Surface Gallery presents Process and Produce: Promotion. An exhibition and event collaboratively curated by Paige Ockendon and Hannah Florence Cresswell. An enquiry into commercial production and promotion takes place via a display of immersive video installation and performance.

NTU FESTIVAL 2013 The Coming Community

February 12th to March 2nd 2013

The Coming Community is Surface Gallery’s second series of exhibitions in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University succeeding last year’s Beyond Belief. Made up of three week-long exhibitions The Coming Community will see NTU Fine Art students using a critical or reflective approach to curate group exhibitions in response to the festival’s title, each interpreting and working around the concept of communion and shared dialogue in contemporary art practice.

International Postcard Show 2013

January 16th to February 2nd 2013

Surface Gallery is delighted to present our first exhibition of 2013, the International Postcard Show. This long-running annual exhibition is an integral and highly popular feature of the exhibitions calendar at Surface Gallery, and will feature hundreds of original artworks by established artists, students and newcomers from all over the world. The works will celebrate the sheer diversity of practice to be found in international contemporary art.

EM12: East Midlands Graduate Show

November 6th to November 20th 2012

Now Heading into it’s fourth year EM12 is Surface Gallery’s annual graduate exhibition, which brings together work from some of the finest young creatives within the East Midland area.

Line In Motion: The Big Draw Festival at Surface Gallery

October 20th to October 29th 2012

Temporary Surfaces

October 9th to October 20th 2012

Sarah Bowker-Jones and Sarah West met at Slade School of Art in 2006 when both were postgraduate students. Since then they have continued their independent practices whilst maintaining a dialogue about shared threads and concerns. These common connections form the basis of constructing this duo show, Temporary Surfaces.

World Event Young Artists (WEYA)

September 7th to September 16th 2012

World Event Young Artists (WEYA) is the first of its kind and will take place across the city of Nottingham, England in September 2012.
This global event will showcase a selection of the best international creative talent, across a spectrum of artforms, in one city, providing an opportunity for 1000 artists from 100 nations to join together and share their creativity on an international platform.

As are a venue for the visual art programme of the festival we have selected eight international artists working across all spectrums of visual art, from video installation, to painting, photography and performance, curating an exhibition specifically for the gallery.

Future Shots

August 30th to August 30th 2012

A ‘photo jam’ event organised by a group of young people participating in the Just Ask project employment campaign. The group will be presenting photographs of young motivated people to employers, giving motivational speeches, and serving drinks and canapés.

International Open Show 2012

August 8th to August 25th 2012

Opening Event: Tuesday 7th August

The International Open Show 2012 is Surface Gallery’s annual open submissions exhibition. Now heading into its 10th year, the Open Show presents the huge diversity of practice in contemporary art, and provides a platform for emerging and established artists working in a wide range of media.

Ting-Tong Chang - “Fallacies of Compositions”

July 4th to July 21st 2012

We are pleased to present the solo exhibition of our 2011 Open Show winner Ting-Tong Chang. “Fallacies of Compositions” opens with a special private view on Wednesday 4th July 2012 from 6-8pm.

P A L O M A R

June 14th to June 27th 2012

Private View: 13th June 6 – 8pm

‘Palomar’ takes it name from the 1983, Italo Calvino novel, Mr. Palomar. Through the eyes of the title character, the reader goes on a journey of mundane but highly individual and profound musings. Mr. Palomar tries to explain and define his own existence by trying to find order and reason in the complex and chaotic world around him, thus highlighting the mind’s need to break the natural world up into neat categories, so enabling us to understand how it is all put together.

This exhibition is based on ideas of observation and perception, and brings together the work of Kate Brigden, Dylan Shipton and Pippa Gatty.

Release @ Surface Gallery

May 20th to June 1st 2012

Private View: Monday 21st May 8 - 10pm
Release is Nottingham Trent University’s 16th annual Photography Degree Show Festival.

Photography Open 2012

May 2nd to May 12th 2012

Exhibition: 2nd - 12th May 2012
Private View: Tuesday 1st May, 6 - 8pm

Featuring recent photographic work by Grey Chen, Calum James Crowther, Nelson Guzmán Avellaneda, Emily Macinnes, Roshana Rubin-Mayhew, David Severn and Felicia Staub.

Testing Ground Closing Party

April 21st to April 22nd 2012

Testing Ground

April 4th to April 21st 2012

Shift Happens

March 16th to March 22nd 2012

Beyond the Suspension of Disbelief

March 7th to March 10th 2012

Slippery When Wet

February 28th to March 3rd 2012

Beyond Belief

February 28th to March 22nd 2012

The International Postcard Show 2012

January 25th to February 11th 2012

Orchard Exhibition

December 9th to December 22nd 2011

EM11 | Forged Attrition

November 1st to November 19th 2011

EIGHT

October 4th to October 15th 2011

‘Eight artists, eight styles, one shared space’

West Bridgford School Exhibition

September 23rd to September 30th 2011

Myth

September 6th to September 17th 2011

Site&Situ : Frank Kent

August 13th to August 20th 2011

Salon des Refusés

August 13th to August 27th 2011

Talk, Tea and a Tour

July 23rd to July 23rd 2011

Talk, Tea and a Tour
Saturday 23rd July 2011
3.00pm – 4.00pm: Open Show Curatorial Talk
4.00pm – 8.00pm: Artist-in-Residence Tour

Open Show 2011

July 12th to July 30th 2011

Evening Reception - 15th July 6 - 8pm
Heading into its 9th successful year Surface Gallery’s annual international open submissions exhibition aims to investigate diverse contemporary art practice, providing a platform for today’s emerging and established artists. Exploring threads between this year’s selected artworks, the Surface Gallery curators examine both the obvious dialogues between the pieces, whilst playing with the unexpected and challenging contrasts that occur.

Janet Morrow - “A Community of Non-Normative Beings”

June 14th to June 25th 2011

2010 Surface Open Show winner and Texas based artist Janet Morrow returns to Surface Gallery this June for her long awaited solo exhibition. A Community of Non-normative Beings is a body of work examining themes of deafness, disability and otherness and what it means to occupy a non-normative body in a culture where normality is narrowly defined.
Private View: Monday 13th June 6 - 8pm

XV at Surface Gallery

May 23rd to June 4th 2011

XV at Surface Gallery features the work of 6 photographers. Each photographer taking a completely unique and fascinating approach to their practice, producing a show that will not only grab the attention of the viewer but hold it as well.

Fluorescent Sheep

May 3rd to May 14th 2011

Surface Gallery annual volunteer exhibition.
Private View: 5th May 6-8pm

Surface Shorts

April 14th to April 27th 2011

Surface is proud to introduce Surface Shorts, an exhibition of contemporary video work featuring over 20 international film makers, artists and animators.

Kyle Hands - Series No. 2

March 26th to April 2nd 2011

Surface Gallery is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of work by Kyle Hands. Having previously exhibited as part of our e.m. 10 Continua show, Kyle returns with the latest instalment of his experimental painting. He creates work free from external influence or theme, developing a self-reflective art which draws attention to the process of creating, and to the uniqueness of the final form. Inherent in this practice is a sense of freedom, as without boundaries imposed by interpretive association, the potential for further experimentation is limitless.

Private View 25th March, 18:00~20:00

The Nature of Landscape – Visions & Distillations of Landscape & Place

March 8th to March 19th 2011

The Nature of Landscape project was conceived of back in 2008 by artist–curator Linda Ingham, on seeing the work of Wirksworth-based artist, David Ainley on show at De-Da in Derby. “I was looking for a project to provide for the N.E. Lincolnshire Arts Forum”, says Linda, from her studio at Abbey Walk Gallery in Grimsby. “ . . . and as soon as I saw David’s work, I realised how interesting it would be to create a project that challenges the idea of how we think about landscape.”

Artist Talk: Vanilla Galleries’ Paul Patrick Morrison

February 23rd to February 23rd 2011

Wednesday 23rd February 7pm
As part of 1%er’s ‘Banality and Big Questions’, Surface Gallery invites you to attend a talk by exhibiting artist Paul Patrick Morrison. A member of the Vanilla Galleries collective, Morrison uses mark-making and painted gestures to explore how colours, shapes and texture contribute to the overriding emotional response of the viewer. Morrison will be in the gallery on Wednesday evening to talk about aspects of his work, and the way in which the viewer interacts with certain pieces.

1%ers - Banality & Big Questions

February 18th to March 3rd 2011

Art supergroup, the 1%-ers - a gaggle of roaming artists, siphoned forth from other various collectives - present their debut exhibition, ‘Banality & Big Questions’ – helmed by curator Allan Binns.

Private View Thursday 17th February 7 - 9pm

4 CAN + 2 =

February 8th to February 12th 2011

A show of collaborating forces, 4 CAN + 2 brings together the individual practises of four artists of the ‘CAN’ Studio Group – founder Marek Tobolewski and artists Billie Ireland, Pauline Woolley and IngeTong - as well as those of two independent artists, Louis Closs and Martin Lewis.
Private View Tuesday 8th February 6.30 - 8.30pm
Open Tuesday 8th - Saturday 12th February

The International Postcard Show 2011

January 18th to January 29th 2011

Surface Gallery presents its first exhibition of 2011, The International Postcard Show, which opens its doors to the public on Tuesday 18th January. Held annually, the exhibition features hundreds of original artworks by a diverse selection of artists. Unrestricted by medium each piece is unique to the artistic sensibility of its creator, but at the same time connected to the group by its 6 x 4” postcard size limitation.

Postcard Evening Event: Thursday 20th January 6 - 8pm

LAB

November 22nd to December 18th 2010

LAB will take up residency at Surface Gallery Project Space, transforming the top floor into a temporary cultural laboratory

SIXES & SEVENS: PILE

November 19th to December 10th 2010

Nottingham’s newest artists collective, Sixes & Sevens, will be presenting a comprehensive sculpture exhibition co-curated by Simon Franklin and the artist Craig Fisher.

Terra-Incognita

October 22nd to November 12th 2010

Private view Sat 23rd 6-9pm
Emma Dexter and Kashif Nadim Chaudry
‘Terra Incognita’ which translates as ‘Unknown Ground’ explores transcending cultural barriers and subterranean themes as well as uncanny humour, desire, sensuality and identity. Elements of constructed realities and their potential to unravel are latent in the contributions of both artists.

e.m. 10 Continua

October 22nd to November 12th 2010

Private view Sat 23rd 6-9pm

Surface Gallery presents its 2nd annual East Midlands graduate show, ‘EM10: Continua’. The exhibition will showcase ambitious new works commissioned specifically for the exhibition comprising of sculpture, installation and painting, from six recent fine art graduates.

Project 29

September 17th to October 8th 2010

‘Surface’ is the inaugural launch of a new organisation and an exhibition to examine the effect of site-specific study transported into a gallery space. Project29 was formed to re-address all questions about why artists need to communicate ideas and how study is delivered and appropriated to an audience.

Private view Friday 17th September 7-9pm

Artists Talk: 6th October 7pm

I Am Solitary I Am An Army

August 31st to September 11th 2010

Beers.Lambert Contemporary Art and Surface Gallery present the exhibition I Am Solitary I Am An Army, featuring 20 emerging, international young artists from over 13 countries worldwide, including; Turkey, Israel, Malaysia, Greece, Australia, South Africa, Canada, the US, and the UK.

Private View: Thursday 2nd September 7-10pm

http://www.beerslambert.com

Open Show 2010

July 19th to August 9th 2010

Surface Gallery presents Open Show 2010 which this year will be held between 20th July
and 7th August 2010.

This exciting annual exhibition once again explores new creative avenues and encourages
unique and experimental work. Open Show provides up and coming artists with the
opportunity to enter and compete in an international open call out exhibition, and acts as a
platform for showcasing individual art pieces non basis of artists background and previous
achievements.

Carl Slater

June 15th to July 3rd 2010

Filing the Unfiled : Unfiling the Filed, is a solo show of recent works by Carl Slater in which the photographic and the sculptural are combined through archiving and documentation.

RAW

May 24th to June 4th 2010

Open Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm daily. Private View - Wednesday 26th May 7 - 8.30pm.

Third year NTU photography students present their final year degree show.

Arts and Crafts Fair and Workshops

May 15th to May 16th 2010

Come and join us at Surface Gallery in Nottingham for an exciting weekend of stalls, workshops and activities…

Surface Dwellers

May 5th to May 13th 2010

This month Surface Gallery presents its first in house exhibition of 2010: Surface Dwellers, an impromptu group exhibition showcasing the work of our many surface inhabitants.

War on Want

April 20th to April 24th 2010

The Document 2010 competition was launched by War on Want and Bond & Coyne in the summer of 2009 to scour the globe for the next generation of documentary photography undergraduate talent. Applicants were asked to look at the issue of Crisis and change – The human face of the Economic Meltdown, a timely and highly pertinent topic.

Speedboat Matchsticks

March 27th to April 15th 2010

Open Show 2009 winner Laura Taylor returns to exhibit a solo body of work which derives from experiment, play and the relationship between form and function

Mine The Mountain

March 6th to March 19th 2010

Mine the Mountain draws upon the artists’ personal experience at sites of historic trauma, such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Majdane; Ypres and Verdun, to engage in themes of the past, the present, family history, memory and the anonymous individual in history.

The perfection of the iMperfect

February 23rd to February 27th 2010

A collection of unusual and explorative Photographs that set out to examine and challenge the notion of the perfect image, aiming to reveal that beauty is found in imperfection.

Measure and Purpose

February 9th to February 13th 2010

Kate Brigden and Pippa Gatty

‘Measure and Purpose’ is an exhibition engaging with ideas of exploration, pseudo-scientific study and the drive to explore and to explain.

Last Orders at the Bar: The Demise of the Great British Pub

January 16th to January 30th 2010

Chris Etchells

“Last Orders at the Bar” documents the loss of the traditional British pub.

These photographs act not as an obituary for the British public house, but a petition against their decline and a testament to a different era.

Postcard Show 2009

December 5th to December 18th 2009

Private View 4th December 6 – 8pm
Surface Gallery will be hosting its popular annual Postcard Show Exhibition from the 5th - 18th December 2009. This year’s exhibition promises to present an eclectic selection of work produced by a vast and varied collection of artists, all brought together by the 6 x 4 postcard sized format.

Expect a wide variety of styles and mediums ranging from painting, photography, illustration, mixed media and sculpture.. This is a fantastic opportunity to purchase one-off art pieces at an affordable price of £20, for anyone looking to buy a unique and thoughtful Christmas gift.

Waiting Room

November 19th to November 25th 2009

This November, Surface Gallery presents the work of five young and talented, final year, fine art students of Loughborough University. The exhibition ‘Waiting Room’ brings together a set of creative artists who share the mutual aim of experimenting with interactive and participatory practices in art.

Part I

November 10th to November 14th 2009

New work from a newly formed studio group Sixes & Sevens, an umbrella organisation supporting a number of artists committed to hosting diverse art events and collaborations throughout Nottingham and the East Midlands. The show brings together a varied mix of practices and interests that exist within the group.
Private View: Monday 9th November 2009 6pm – 9pm

Ten Years of Surface

October 9th to October 29th 2009

10th October – 25th October
Birthday Celebration 9th October 2009, 6pm – 9pm

This October Surface Gallery will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary and to mark this special occasion the gallery will be hosting a special volunteer exhibition. ‘Ten Years of Surface’ aims to celebrate and explore the past ten years of the gallery as a volunteer-run arts organisation, whilst giving both past, and current, volunteers the opportunity to exhibit work in the gallery space for this unique show.

East Midlands Finest

August 21st to August 29th 2009

The exhibition consists of a diverse range of media; including painting, photography and sculpture to film and installation, featuring a selection of recent graduates from the following local universities: Loughborough, De Montfort, Derby and Nottingham Trent.

The Private View will be held on the 21st August 6-9pm, where you will be able to come along to view the work and meet participating artists.

Open Show 2009

July 23rd to August 7th 2009

Please Note: Thursday the 23rd will be the private view which be open from 6pm)
Surface Gallery will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this October, and this year’s Open Show marks an ambitiously curated and successful annual exhibition. This year’s show is hosted for the very first time in Surface Gallery’s new and exciting space on Southwell Road.

ANNEXINEMA: WRITING

July 3rd to July 3rd 2009

£3 Entry
We are happy to host our second Annexinema programme here at Surface Gallary, which takes a broad look at the intersection between film and writing. It includes films by experimental writer B.S. Johnson, fluxus artist Paul Sharits, and conceptual filmmaker David Lamelas.

The Cut

July 2nd to July 16th 2009

Please note the private view and artist’s talk begins 6pm Thursday 2nd.

A selection of projects made over the last year will be on display, including work from his latest series: Ruptures. The industrial landscape provides the stage on which Tom crafts, installs and excavates to create ephemeral objects and environments that exist solely for the camera. Each scene is constructed life size, presenting disconcerting scenarios that lie in the cusp between reality and fiction.

Baptism of Hailstones

June 18th to June 24th 2009

A collection of wall-paintings using story and myth as a visual and intellectual frame work to explore Western and Mediterranean heritage, embracing the ancient art, craft and history of his native Egypt.

Annexinema

June 3rd to June 3rd 2009

Seven visionary films exploring the formal properties of their medium. Everything will be shown in its original format, 16mm or
video, which is an exciting first for Annexinema.

PHOTORADAR

June 2nd to June 12th 2009

As part of the 13th annual Nottingham Trent Degree Show Festival, ‘PHOTORADAR’ the Surface Gallery showcases ‘5 DEGREES’, a showcase of the exceptional work from five of the BA Hons Photography graduates.

Photoradar website : http://www.photoradarfestival.co.uk/

Banalarama

May 5th to May 10th 2009

Banalarama is a festival of the mundane; a celebration of the passage through boredom into fascination; and is a collective exhibition showcasing the work of 8 Nottingham based artists.

Kate Walters

April 21st to May 1st 2009

Kate Walters - an awarded artist who was shortlisted for, and currently has work touring with, the Jerwood Drawing Prize - brings her evocative drawings to the Surface Gallery. A review of the exhibition can be found here http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/id/2520.

Particles Particles

February 7th to February 21st 2009

As part of the new exhibition programme for 2009, Surface Gallery sees the first curated exhibition; ‘Particles, Particles’ within its new venue. The show consists of a diverse range of media; from painting and sculpture to performance and installation, featuring an array of international artists, brought together from Italy, Norway, Japan and the UK.

Radiator: Festival and Symposium 2009

January 15th to January 24th 2009

As part of this year’s Radiator festival Surface Gallery will be hosting the exhibition ‘Exploits in the Wireless City’. Three artists will be presenting their works as an exploration upon how data networks, virtual mapping and other digital simulation effects our negotiation and perception of the ‘real’ physical world. For more information upon the rest of the festival see the Radiator Festival website.

Postcard Show 2008

December 6th to December 20th 2008

Anyone can make art. Anyone can buy art.

Arts and Craft Fair 2008

November 22nd to November 23rd 2008

Forms are available from our opportunities section for pitches.

Open Show 2008

August 11th to August 29th 2008

An international selection of works from artists working in a variety of media.

Private View

12th August 6-8pm

Transient

July 16th to July 25th 2008

Graduate photographic artists Victoria Siddle and Stephen Turner present two collaborative contemporary works. Exploring themes such as the in-between space, transience, performance, installation and presence.

De Profundis-Out of the depths Free Film Festival

June 17th to July 10th 2008

Free Film Festival
Please Download timetable for showing times.

EXIIT Photo Festival 2008, @ the Surface Gallery

June 3rd to June 13th 2008

This show consists of a diverse and intriguing selection of images featuring both contemporary and traditional works created by a group of four undergraduates attending the prestigious photography course provided by Nottingham Trent University.

Identifying Time and Place

May 20th to May 30th 2008

Identify: Put a name to, put into context, recognize, remember.

Time: The unlimited continued progress of existence and events in the past, present and future, regarded as a whole.

Place: A portion of space occupied by or set aside for someone or something.

Thursday 29th May - ‘Identifying Time and Place’ Meet the artists at the Surface from 2pm to 5pm for an informal talk about the work and the inspirations that went into their development.

This Is Not Our City

April 9th to April 15th 2008

‘This Is Not Our City’ is a group exhibition by Julie Kilminster, Jessica Little, Anna Newbon, Catherine Head, Nicola Ann Naylor, Matthew Everatt, Francis O Donnell Smith, Hayley Vann, Alex Thomson, Jane McFadden and Kerry Ann Taylor. Their work stems from photographic, video and painterly backgrounds, sitting well together as an interesting, diverse group exhibition.

A is 4 Art

March 26th to April 7th 2008

A is 4 Art is an exhibition of select artists from De Montfort University’s upcoming fine art talent at the beginning of their careers specialising in painting and drawing.

It Couldn’t Be Made Up - Snowball

March 17th to March 20th 2008

Surface Gallery’s annual showcase of work by Nottingham Trent University’s Fine Art department finishes with a show from the MA students, Snowball.

This year’s NTU shows brought us 5 exhibitions in 4 weeks. The students have been asked to propose exhibitions in response to the theme It Couldn’t Be Made Up.

It Couldn’t Be Made Up - I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter

March 11th to March 13th 2008

Surface Gallery’s annual showcase of work by Nottingham Trent University’s Fine Art department continues with I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.

This year’s NTU shows bring us 5 exhibitions in 4 weeks. The students have been asked to propose exhibitions in response to the theme It Couldn’t Be Made Up.

It Couldn’t Be Made Up - Collapse

March 6th to March 7th 2008

Surface Gallery’s annual showcase of work by Nottingham Trent University’s Fine Art department continues with Collapse.

This year’s NTU shows bring us 5 exhibitions in 4 weeks. The students have been asked to propose exhibitions in response to the theme It Couldn’t Be Made Up.

It Couldn’t Be Made Up - Apeiron

March 3rd to March 4th 2008

Surface Gallery’s annual showcase of work by Nottingham Trent University’s Fine Art department continues with Apeiron.

This year’s NTU shows bring us 5 exhibitions in 4 weeks. The students have been asked to propose exhibitions in response to the theme It Couldn’t Be Made Up.

It Couldn’t Be Made Up - At Play

February 25th to February 28th 2008

Surface Gallery’s annual showcase of work by Nottingham Trent University’s Fine Art department starts this year with At Play.

One of the gallery’s busiest and most interesting events; This year’s NTU shows bring us 5 exhibitions in 4 weeks. The students have been asked to propose exhibitions in response to the theme It Couldn’t Be Made Up.

i like the end again

January 31st to February 21st 2008

As part of our 2007 Open Show, Turbulence, we offered the prize of an exhibition at Surface Gallery for the two artists who submitted the two best pieces. i like the end again is an exhibition of new work by those two artists.

Must Try Harder - The Volunteers’ Show

January 10th to January 25th 2008

Each year the volunteers at Surface Gallery are given the chance to exhibit a selection of their work within the gallery.

The work on show is as diverse, eclectic and broad ranging as the backgrounds from which the volunteers come - ranging from Illustration and Graphic Design to Fine Art, Photography and Cultural Studies.The media chosen by the artists looks set include photography, performance, installation, video and more.

The title represents a maxim often uttered by those who work in this field - encapsulating both frustrations and positive intentions of those trying to make their own way within the arts; a knowing criticism bound with the positivity of progressive self-improvement.
Taken as a kind of new-years resolution for the team at the gallery it also contains the promise of bigger and better things to come in year ahead.

Postcard Show 2007

December 11th to December 21st 2007

SeeD

November 21st to November 29th 2007

SeeD presents a body of new work in a variety of media from a group of lecturing staff at South East Derbyshire College. Work exhibited includes textiles, photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and video.

Golly!

October 15th to November 9th 2007

Featuring work in paint, plaster, clay, Wright attempts to exorcise some of the painfully emotional scars left by his personal experiences of racism and bullying while for Berhane it is a celebration of her Ethiopian roots and culture.

Working Together

September 6th to September 28th 2007

7 resident artists from Florence Trust bring their annual FT07 Summer Exhibition to Surface Gallery.

Turbulence - Open Show 2007

August 1st to August 25th 2007

This is an opportunity to view a sample of current contemporary practice from new and emerging artists in one space within the Gallery.

What Shall We Do Now?

June 25th to July 20th 2007

Surface Gallery is proud to present its first professional development residency programme. What Shall We Do Now? comprises eight recent graduates, from Lincoln, Loughborough and Sheffield Hallam University. The gallery will first be used as a working studio space for the artists to create their works and then as an exhibition space in which to showcase their final pieces.