Review: International Open Show 2012, from LeftLion

"Celebrating ten years of shows, the curators at this International Open Show have presented a vast range of work and suggest a melting-pot that brings both a mish-mash of media and morals. However the combined effect of these seventeen particular pieces highlight what Surface does best; making your brain cells sigh and shudder to attention.”

Read the entire review here: http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/title/international-open-show-at-surface/id/4899

How art gallery inspired me to get involved in my community

Gallery volunteer, Genelva Meikle, was interviewed by the Nottingham Evening Post about how the gallery inspired her to get involved in the community as part of its focus on volunteering.

I have gained a range of transferable skills and experience, which has given me the confidence to work towards setting up my own voluntary business. I have had the opportunity to work with an amazing team and have made some great friends.

Read the rest of the article on the Evening Post website.

Surface Gallery places artists at the centre

AIR Communications Officer Jack Hutchinson interviews volunteers at Surface Gallery to find out more about the organisation, prior to Surface Gallery hosting the first AIR INSIGHTS talk.  Read the article on the a_n website

Street Art Open

June 11th - June 29th 2013

Celebrating
 Street Art, Outsider Art, Illustration, Paste‐Up, Graphic Art and Printmaking.

The Street Art Open at Surface Gallery will celebrate and support Nottingham’s growing alternative art scene by showcasing some of today’s best local, national and international street art. The exhibition will embody a busy and varied range of disciplines specific to this thriving alternative and influential vein of visual art. 

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With and Without

April 25th - 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.>

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