OUR STORIES: A Project
Trapezium Gallery were pleased to host 'OUR STORIES: A Project' as part of Brdford Refugee Week 2022.
The aim of Our Stories was to collaborate with refugees and asylum seekers in Bradford, UK, to develop a body of work that captures their experiences and tells their stories in order to influence social change, promote conversation and encourage the wider public to confront the lived experiences of those that have been forcibly displaced. Essentially, the project aims to humanise the experience of displacement and reframe the narratives that result in hostility towards these vulnerable populations.
Ben Snowden - The Shape of Erosion
Trapezium Gallery were pleased to present The Shape of Erosion a collection of paintings and sculpture by Ben Snowden, a contemporary artist, born in Keighley and based in Bradford. His work has been featured in many contemporary exhibitions and competitions.
Dawn Hemming - Spiralling Out
Trapezium Gallery were pleased to present Spiralling Out, a collection of knitted mandalas, by Dawn Hemming. Originally from Holmfirth and now based in Bradford, Dawn's work addresses issues of mental health in her work and uses creativity as a way to provide healing.
Mark Revill - To Hell and Back
Trapezium Gallery were pleased to present To Hell And Back, an exhibition by Mark Revill, a photographer born and raised in Bradford who spent 24 years serving in the British Armed Forces.
During his service he saw nine operational tours, in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Sierra Leone and most recently Iraq, carrying out combat and conflict photography for both his unit and the army. He covered many roles and his photography includes aspects of day to day life, photojournalism, aerial reconnaissance, covert and overt photography and psychological operations (‘hearts and minds’). Since discharge he documents military history from past conflicts.
Block Steady Studios - Invisibility is a Super Power
INVISIBILITY IS A SUPER POWER was an exhibition by three local artists from Block Steady Studios, Vic Cruz, Helena Flood and Ruth Fettis, three grandmothers who wanted to explore the subject of aging and invisibility.
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Ken Woods - Simplicity, Order, Complexity
Trapezium Gallery were pleased to present Simplicity, Order, Complexity, an exhibition by Ken Woods, one of the founding members of our organisation.
Rafal Karpinski and Jaroslaw Kowacki - New Horizons
Trapezium Gallery were pleased to present New Horizons, an exhibition by Rafal Karpinski and Jaroslaw Kowacki, two friends who share a passion for photography.
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F8
A group photography exhibition by 8 local photographers..
Themes in this exhibition ranged from urban cityscapes to natural landscapes; from preserved transportation to ballet dancers; from ordinary people and things to flights of imagination. Aged from ten to over sixty, our photographers brought all these themes to our attention with technical skill and artistic vision..
Walter and Zoniel - In a New Light
As part of the Bradford is LiT, a winter festival of light interventions across the Bradford district, Trapezium Gallery was pleased to host Walter & Zionel's 'In a New Light'. Utilising a colourful cascade of re-purposed car headlight lights, controlled by motion sensors. Passers by became participants of the artwork as their movement activated it.
Patricia Oxley - Work in Process
An exhibition by Patricia Oxley of paintings,drawing and digital prints.
Patricia’s method involves life drawings and paintings made with traditional media. Some of this traditionally produced work is then digitally enhanced or perhaps merged with other images and used to produce paintings which are in turn enhanced and merged to create something new. Hence the image is never stable, but always in a state of being processed, on the way to being made larger, more visible. The result is a vibrant mixture of what’s immediately visible to the human eye and what is not, sometimes recognisable, sometimes abstract, but always interesting.