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7XSEVEN

7xSeven: A summer series and seven day stretch of one night exhibitions in our Gallery Pod; showcasing works by regional painters, photographers and sculptors.

For this series we reached out to the local scene and selected artists based off discussions with organisations Navigator North, Pineapple Black, Pink Collar Gallery, Python Gallery and Heritage Gallery.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Spatial Narratives

Spatial Narratives, at The Auxiliary Project Space, Middlesbrough, is the first solo exhibition by artist Loucey Bain, and it coincides with The Auxiliary’s fourth anniversary as an organisation. Spatial Narratives was a result of Bain’s year-long embodied research into the visual narratives and social relations of The Auxiliary building, drawing on her roles as artist, studio holder and gallery assistant.

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Stroke/ Slow Burn

Stroke/Slow Burn presented by Tony Charles and Saturaion Point.

Comprised of two main elements; firstly, a selection of his ‘Unpaintings’. Work which he has become known for consisting of imposing metallic pieces that are both paintings and presentations of an industrial process. The second is Stroke, a sculptural steel installation which challenges the preconception of steel being strong and robust and is made from borrowed steel from a steel stockist, potentially leading to an unintended purchase of his art.

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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’.

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