Projects

Jo Ball is an artist and gardener based in Bristol. Her work looks at the relationships between people, plants and the surrounding world. She is interested in emotional responses to matter and invisible connections between things. Her sculptural practice uses material gathered from her allotment, often incorporating organic substances that change throughout the installation. Her […]

I am a Maker and Installation artist based at BV Studios in Bristol. I exhibit regularly Nationally and Internationally. My work is a precipitation of time consuming processes. Expectations and outcomes are left unsettled , emphasising physicality and materiality, and allowing for a spontaneous, intuitive approach. I continuously search for new ways of inhabiting and […]

This exhibition is the second instalment of an exchange between a group of artists from Bristol (The Garage) and  Los Angeles (Durden and Ray) and continues the transatlantic exploration of a fluid, non-linear set of interactions through a process of cognition and abstraction. Though varied in their respective practices, each artist in “Transatlantic Accents” celebrates an […]

I used the space as a retreat. With three exhibitions coming up, in Stroud (Gloucestershire), Barry and Pontyprydd (South Wales), I wanted to place the work in a clean space, and see where I was at. I’ve been using new materials and working at a different scale, so it was particularly good to use the three spaces within the Launderette to look at things in isolation and also to put pieces together.

One of the pivotal aspects of my residency was the time dedicated to researching and reading on Gutai painting and the pioneering artists of Japan. This exploration provided me with a deeper understanding of the movement’s philosophy and techniques, enriching my own artistic practice and learning from their fearless drive to create new ways of thinking and making.

Sarah Rhys: Sarah is a multi- disciplinary artist living and working between West Wales and her studio in Spike Island Bristol. She completed post graduate studies at both at Bath Spa University and The University of the West of England. She is interested in material landscape, the rural and the more than human world. Reflections […]

‘care, space, movement’ Continuing the ‘hands on’ creative conversation we started in 2019 and with elements from our respective methodologies, we came together at the garage to play with movement. The interior of the garage became the playground for us to move – with, within, between, amongst, beyond, and apart, with curiosity, respect, playfulness, care, […]

The three-week joint residency was used to build on research and documentation taken by Jessie Blindell and Mary Flower during a series of short stays together on Flat Holm in the Bristol Channel. Both artists produced work independently of one another but used the residency to explore connections and overlaps in their practices based on […]

My time At The Garage was a short residency, which focused on the realisation and exploration of the visions encountered throughout my time using Astral Projection and Hermetic Guided Meditation to navigate my way through a period of deep grief. I go through periods of time when my studio time is compressed due to teaching […]

Knitting Nature I am an interdisciplinary artist-researcher working across architecture, textiles and ecology. Currently I am writing a PhD at the University of Portsmouth. This residency was an element of my wider research which has the working title: Knitting Cultivation Forms for the Soilless Farm. I am recipient of the UK Textile Society’s Professional Development […]