— Past projects:
Two Plus Two Makes Four
Curated by Liz Brady (Broken Grey Wires), this exhibition created a space for audiences to catch their breath and explore the mental health crisis through an ambitious and challenging project.
Through our personal understanding of mental ill health, Broken Grey Wires creates spaces for people to experience madness in a radical and ambitious, yet safe environment.
Untold Stories: From Littles Voices with Wild Ideas
Exhibition - Untold Stories From Little Voices With Wild Ideas showcasing some of the most incredible stories and art in the form of Clay, Drawing, Sound and Song created during the campfire project workshops at East Durham Creates Art Café
Stunning, Fierce & Yellow Vol 2
With an exhibition title borrowed from Alaska Thunderfucks infamous and hilarious advert on Rupauls Drag Race Allstars season 2 for Fashion tape. This show takes these words 'Stunning, Fierce & Yellow' as its starting point, building an exhibition layered with materials, culture (low/high) and in some cases just through the artists use of the colour yellow.
Do Cyborgs Dream of Electric Queers?
A Celebration of Queer Culture in the world Science Fiction
Using the research of contemporary theorists and philosophers in order to explore the history of Queer Culture and consider what the future may be, the narrative and direction we are heading. this solo show consisted of animations, digital creations, and sculpture alongside a publication developed by the artist.
Dead Reckoning
Hope Amid the Cynicism - Dead Reckoning is the process of calculating your direction by using a previously determined position. It is thought that Dutch sailors threw dead bodies overboard to calculate their future route.
Conversations in Painting
Legacy: 50 Years of Painting in the Tees Valley.
Conversations in Painting was a project led by Sarah Clooney and Philip Gatenby showcasing a selective review of non-representational approaches to fine art practice. With Public events and workshops that were scheduled throughout the duration of the show that brought together guest practitioner, curators, writers, students and members of the public as co-participants in seminars and panel discussions.
Field Study
A Study of Place, ‘Field Study’ was a group show bringing together 6 artists based in Britain and Ireland. Each artists explores and sets out to uncover how place and people evolve over time. This exhibition cannot be discounted as a site specific investigation; set in The Auxiliary gallery and warehouse which sits in the border between central Middlesbrough and the area where the town was ‘born’.