Curation
June 2025.
Jed Buttress: Psychopomp
Combining classical sculpture methods with basement model-making techniques, Buttress utilised cold metal casting, marble pouring and mechanical armature, to conjure a show that depicted mortality and machined mythology.
January/February 2024.
BRASS TACKS 2: Counterweight
Using timeless crafts such as textiles, ceramics and stonework, the artists in this exhibition engaged with symbology and structure, etching their shared perspectives and personal mythologies into history with a North-East localised practice.
September/October 2023.
BRASS TACKS 1: In The Round
‘In The Round’ was a group exhibition exploring ideas of home, emptiness, and the spaces in-between. Collaboratively, the artists tell shared stories of strange spaces, neglected nostalgia and abandoned nautical nightclubs.
September - February 2024.
BRASS TACKS
A six-month programme of events, exhibitions and skills development opportunities for emerging and established local artists. Led by Jed Buttress, supported by the Creative Central: NCL programme, and funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority and Newcastle City Council.
October/November 2022.
Peter Hanmer: Seeking Armageddon
‘Seeking Armageddon’ brought together over 10 years of apocalyptic musings in sculpture, installation, and ink from award winning Northeast-based visual artist Peter Hanmer.
June/July 2022.
Liz Atkin: Drawings, collage and writing - a retrospective
An exhibition showcasing the eclectic practice of the late Liz Atkin (1951 - 2018). This exhibition collected drawings, collage and poetry, displayed alongside writings and personal artefacts belonging to the artist.
October/November 2021.
Jed Buttress: Boy Detective
A solo gallery exhibition that combined the roles of artist, detective and curator - a collection of five years of found objects, hand-crafted tools and supernatural evidence.
September 2022.
Anja Percival & Joanna Bourne: This Common Place
An exhibition of two talented printmakers, exploring the different atmospheres that light creates in our environments - translating the seemingly mundane into something unmistakably beautiful.
September 2021.
Jed Buttress: CLUES
A small-scale exhibition, showcasing a collection of found objects and artefacts pertaining to a multitude of local mysteries - installed within a glass window display.
October/November/December 2022.
Rory Spencer: Free Art
This exhibition was an experimental display of drawings by Glasgow-based artist Rory Spencer, that sought to encourage audience participation whilst challenging the muddy concept of art ownership.
March/April 2022.
Kelsey Lynn Mayo: Rethinking the Craftsperson…
This exhibition delved into an investigation of how craft, art and technology influence each other.
May/June 2022.
Royal Photographic Society: Documentary Photographer of the Year 2021: Touring Exhibition
A touring exhibition of the winning and commended entries from an international competition attracting exceptional visual storytellers from across the world.