We have a programme of Projects planned for 2024/25, with space for Open Calls, PopUps (short events that fit with the theme of the current Project) and Scratch Nights. Keep a look-out on Instagram for invites to submit, and also for news of upcoming events taking place within the Projects. These will also be posted on the Events page. You are welcome to contact us if you have an idea for a PopUp or Scratch Night, and we'll keep it in mind for the right Project!
Artists are invited to reflect on their time in the space and share a selection of images at the end of their time in the space. Please see the Launderette Projects below, since its opening in Sept. 2023, and prior to that at The Garage (2019 - 2023).
‘My paintings are composite landscapes, built from elements either invented or observed separately in different places. There is a perfect word for this in German ‘Mischlandschafen’. This word, and the beautiful Avon Gorge makes me think of dark German forests and the romantic landscape paintings of Caspar David Friedrich’ I studied Fashion Design at Kingston University and Painting […]
My residency at the garage proved to be a fantastic opportunity which enabled me to further explore ideas and resolve unfinished work that had been knocking around my studio since lockdown began. The whole experience provided time and space to think through ideas and consider the installation of the work – something I often […]
The interesting thing about writing and tracking my thoughts on my making process is noticing the shifts and changes between intention and event. On revisiting my thoughts in anticipation of The Garage residency in my blog, on my website. I read there an energy and ambition that has played out in different ways now that […]
During the summer of 2020 Caraboo Projects initiated brb… an online mentoring programme which paired six emerging artists with six mid-career artists. brb… has teamed up with The Garage; a dedicated space that offers artists the freedom to explore, experiment and test out their work & ideas through individual residencies. For more information about brb… visit: carabooprojects.com/brb
This is the second residency at The Garage, Clifton, for Emma Gregory, Esmé Clutterbuck and Henny Burnett. They are building trust and making collaborative drawings, sculptures and installations. Their ongoing shared project is called The House Protects the Dreamer. The residency took place over four weeks from December 2020 to January 2021, between […]
Emily Snell lives and works in Bristol and is both a visual artist and art psychotherapist. She creates sculptural forms in silicone which reference the body and explore themes of femininity and touch. In her work, Emily seeks to let the materials speak for themselves and evoke emotion in the viewer. She is exploring ambiguity, […]
Henny Burnett‘s work reflects a fascination with both museums and the personal memorabilia we all gather, asking the audience to examine how we view such artefacts today. She works in a range of media that include casting, installation, collage, assemblage, photograms, light-boxes, projections and sound. Her work explores impermanence and memory; is rooted in the fabric […]
Karolina lives and works in Bristol, but was born in Nowy Sacz (Poland). She gained her MA from The Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2010 and in recent years, she was enrolled on the Turps Art School Correspondence Course. Karolina works across painting and installation and articulates poetic, inter-subjective dialogues. It results from […]
Victoria Coombes + Anton www.victoriacoombes.com
“My studio practice is primarily painting led but I also work with sculptural forms, interventions and installation. The works usually depict beings in ponderous poses and transcendental states, their personal possessions charged with human characteristics. Taking inspiration from the artwork and artifacts of ancient civilizations, together with signifiers of contemporary living, I try to describe a world that slips between the cracks; […]