Jock Mooney
14 November – 14 December 2019
When Jock Mooney turned 15 in May 1997, the Spice Girls were at the height of their fame, New Labour had just come into power, and people were learning what a sun-dried tomato was…
Roland Hicks, Stephen Palmer
14 November – 14 December 2019
Through their depictions of cut-up, disfigured, deconstructed and reassembled forms, Roland Hicks and Stephen Palmer attempt to make sense of an increasingly fractured world…
Charlie Franklin
14 November – 14 December 2019
‘Over Ground Uneven’, consists of new work by Charlie Franklin. The exhibition addresses the artist’s research and experiences of the landscape and how structures within it can become anchors to determine our sense of place…
Matthew Smith
3 October – 2 November 2019
For his third solo exhibition at Vane Matthew Smith has made a series of rock-like fibreglass sculptures in varying monochrome shades. The sculptures are made from non-recyclable plastic taken from the artist’s household waste…
Simon Le Ruez
3 October – 2 November 2019
For his fourth solo exhibition at Vane Simon Le Ruez presents a body of work which continues to explore his interests in territory, transparency, fragility and transition…
Alfons Bytautas, Theresa Easton, …grafik 2.1, Johnnyx, Erika Servin, George William Stewart, Jade Sweeting, Lee Turner
31 August – 21 September 2019
‘Make Print Great Again’ brings together eight artists based in the North East of England…
Nick Christie
31 August – 21 September 2019
Nick Christie uses a wide range of printmaking techniques, coupled with an expressive mark making style, in order to create a visual dialogue between inner curiosity and the physical act of making…
Kirsty Harris
31 August – 28 September 2019
Harris’s paintings depicting nuclear bomb tests are vast and confrontational, depicting moments of manufactured violence that radically disrupt the landscape…
Joe McAllister
8-17 August 2019
Joe McAllister’s work investigates the landscape around South Tyneside in the north east of England…
Oliver Doe
18 July – 24 August 2019
The UK and the rest of Europe have made great leaps forward in LGBTQ+ rights legislation this century…
Johannah Latchem
18-27 July 2019
Johannah Latchem’s work addresses themes of law, punishment and power. They intervene in the material culture of the courthouse to establish new rituals…
4-13 July 2019
As part of the programme for the Chilli Studios Heads & Tales mental health heritage project, this exhibition will showcase work celebrating the diverse and individual experiences of mental health conditions and the benefits of artistic expression…
1-29 June 2019
‘Dear Christine’ aims to reclaim and reframe Christine Keeler (1942-2017), a woman castigated for her role in a notorious political scandal in the Nineteen-sixties…
16-25 May 2019
‘Worth It’ focuses on a collective textile work created by a diverse group of women in a series of workshops exploring and expressing their experiences of being a woman on Tyneside today…
Karen Ruffles, Sean Walter
10-11 May 2019
‘Tales in Sombre Tones’ is a collaborative project between British artist Karen Ruffles and American author Sean Walter…
2-11 May 2019
‘More Than Homeless’ is a project created by Depaul, a charity working in some of the UK’s most disadvantaged communities, looking to prevent homelessness and provide support to vulnerable young people…
Feliks Culpa
7 March – 6 April 2019
‘The Ongoing Moment’ brings together works by Feliks Culpa that explore the relationship between the ephemeral moment and the passing of time…
Stuart Mel Wilson
7 March – 6 April 2019
The exhibition title, ‘Aporia’, refers to the state of being at an impasse in an inquiry, caught in seemingly irresolvable internal contradictions and paradoxical positions…
7-15 February 2019
Twenty artists studying on the BxNU Master of Fine Art programme at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, are showcasing their individual practices in a two-week group exhibition…