Exhibitions

Forthcoming

Past

A painting by Marta Ravasi of a bowl of peaches

Cold Enough For Snow

Marta Ravasi, Remi Ajani, Kristy M Chan, Nada Elkalaawy, Boo Saville, Jesse Akele

50 Mortimer Street, London

17 July - 29 August 2025

A detail of a painting by Zoe Spowage of a naked woman holding two blue forms under her arms

Zoe Spowage

Focus

Online & Viewing room, London

9 July - 14 August 2025

Workplace is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Brooklyn based artist Cathleen Clarke.

Cathleen Clarke

A New Path

50 Mortimer Street, London

12 June - 11 July 2025

A detail of a painting by Joseph Jones of a white cat

Joseph Jones

Focus

Online & Viewing room, London

28 May - 27 June 2025

A painting by Ki Yoong of two near identical images of of the same female face, one colour less saturated.

Ki Yoong

As We Are

50 Mortimer Street, London

9 May - 8 June 2025

A painting by Eve Ackroyd of naked couple facing each other in a white bed

Eve Ackroyd

Upon A Tide

50 Mortimer Street, London

8 May - 7 June 2025

A detail of a painting by Amy Winstanley

Amy Winstanley

Focus

Online & Viewing room, London

16 April - 16 May 2025

A thick impasto gestural painting by James Cabaniuk

James Cabaniuk

I Don't Know What's Come Over Me

50 Mortimer Street, London

28 March - 2 May 2025

A painting by Ki Yoong of a woman's face enclosed in a stainless steel box

Ki Yoong

Focus

Online & Viewing room, London

6 March - 4 April 2025

A painting by Celia Hempton of a figure's torso painted in thick brushstrokes of blue, pink, purple, and white

Double Persephone

Phoebe Unwin, Lucy Stein, Celia Hempton, Laura Lancaster

12 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne

6 March - 4 April 2025

A detail of a sculpture by Alice Channer of pleated satin silk with cast silver ammonites sat on top

Cold Feed

Alice Channer, Damien Meade, Andrew Bryant, Callum Innes, Robin Megannity, Hayley Tompkins, Jack Otway, Hannah Perry

50 Mortimer Street, London

21 February - 22 March 2025

detail of painting by Dylan Williams

Dylan Williams

In the long silence

12 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne

13 February - 3 March 2025

A painting by Xingxin Hu of a closeup of glossly beige nails

Ordinary Things

Sooim Jeong, Joseph Jones, Maria Meyer, Eve Ackroyd, Xingxin Hu, Tomas Harker, Sarah Poots

50 Mortimer Street, London

17 January - 15 February 2025

A detail of a blue abstract gestural painting by b chehayeb

b chehayeb

tomboy heaven

50 Mortimer Street, London

15 November 2024 - 11 January 2025

detail of fig.781 by Paul Barlow

Paul Barlow

Thin air

12 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne

21 November - 12 December 2024

A painting by Pei Wang of a child in white with a short blonde bob sitting on a white horse

Wang Pei

The Enneagram Mask

50 Mortimer Street, London

3 October - 9 November 2024

A sculpture by Jacob Dahlgren of various types of food cans connected end to end to create an endless loop

Jacob Dahlgren

When Anxieties Become Form

50 Mortimer Street, London

29 August - 27 September 2024

a cropped image of a painting by Pei Wang that depicts a stomach with naval and a scar

Wang Pei

Focus

Online & Viewing room, London

23 June - 30 August 2024

A detail of a painting by Jennifer Carvalho of two hands grasping onto long tangled lengths of hair against the backdrop of a rocky landscape with two small structures

and still I may

Robin Megannity, James Cabaniuk, Jennifer Carvalho, Teresa Murta, Alistair Woods, Norberto Spina, Wang Pei, Tianyue Zhong

50 Mortimer Street, London

11 July - 23 August 2024

a cropped painting by Laura Lancaster of 4 children sitting in the grass in the woods

Laura Lancaster

In Dreams

50 Mortimer Street, London

30 May - 5 July 2024

An installation image of James Collins solo exhibition in a white walled gallery space including 6 thick impasto paintings in dark wooden frames

James Collins

Ground

50 Mortimer Street, London

12 April - 24 May 2024

An installation view of Hazel Brill's exhibition featuring 5 glowing resin coloured sculptures on steel plinths

Hazel Brill

Amber

50 Mortimer Street, London

11 April - 24 May 2024

Detail of an abstract Max Boyla painting on silk with large white spots against a red and pink ground

Max Boyla

Crying like a fire in the sun

50 Mortimer Street, London

1 March - 6 April 2024

crop of b chehayeb's painting 'jncos at the quinceanera' a large red abstract painting

and in and out of weeks

Rafael Pérez Evans, James Cabaniuk, b chehayeb

50 Mortimer Street, London

19 January - 24 February 2024

detail crop of Rachel Lancaster's painting 'Lost In Another's Dream' a painting of a duvet shot at night in blue tones

Rachel Lancaster

In The Wake

12 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne

24 November 2023 - 3 February 2024

a purple hued painting of an eye overlaying a face by Julia Maiuri

Julia Maiuri

Yesterday & The End

50 Mortimer Street, London

17 November 2023 - 6 January 2024

close up image of a model at a Celine fashion show, the model has dreadlocks and is wearing dark glasses

Simeon Barclay

At Home, Everywhere and Nowhere

50 Mortimer Street, London

5 October - 11 November 2023

An installation by Hazel Brill including a backlit water tank filled with a dark liquid surrounded by laser cut steel and mouth-blown glass objects

Hazel Brill

Pincer

12 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne

22 September - 4 November 2023

a painting in dark green of a snake in the grass by Sarah Schlesinger

Sarah Schlesinger

A Savage Garden

12 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne

22 September - 4 November 2023

a detail of a painting of two cars after a head on collision by Meredith Sellers

The Future Leaks Out

Victor Lim Seaward, Meredith Sellers

50 Mortimer Street, London

7 September - 29 September 2023

a crop of a painting 'Monsoon Vase' by Sooim Jeong which depicts a bright blue floral vase with hands above and below it

Sooim Jeong

Summer Remains

50 Mortimer Street, London

7 September - 29 September 2023

a close up crop of Cathleen Clarke Strands of Sleep , 2023 Oil and acrylic on canvas 61 x 76.2 cm 24 x 30 in. A sleeping figure is surrounded by other figures sleeping.

The Blue Hour

Laura Lancaster, Olivia Jia, Rachel Lancaster, Sarah Schlesinger, Julia Maiuri, Cathleen Clarke, Aglaé Bassens, Prae Pupityastaporn, Jill Tate, Hazel Brill

50 Mortimer Street, London

13 July - 1 September 2023

Kuba Ryniewicz' photograph of a boy laying in the grass in the sun, we can see the top of his head and his hand.

Still Moving

Phyllis Christopher, Kuba Ryniewicz, Jade Sweeting

12 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne

23 June - 4 August 2023

a close-up crop of a painting by James Prapaithong of the sun through the trees

James Prapaithong

Light Years

50 Mortimer Street, London

8 June - 7 July 2023

A cropped image of a painting by Sooim Jeong: Synchronised, 2019 Oil on canvas 100 x 80 cm

Decoy

Simeon Barclay, Eric Bainbridge, Rachel Lancaster, Sooim Jeong, Cristian Avram, Miko Veldkamp

12 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne

21 April - 9 June 2023

Robin Megannity's painting 'on oath', 2023 Oil on linen 67 x 51 cm 26 3/8 x 20 1/8 in: a glitched painting of a Dutch still life painting

Robin Megannity

Call of the Void

50 Mortimer Street, London

27 April - 3 June 2023

Installation shot of Eric Bainbridge's exhibition PLUCKPLUCK

Eric Bainbridge

PLUCKPLUCK

50 Mortimer Street, London

17 March - 21 April 2023

A crop of Rachel Lancaster's painting 'Pull The Strings', 2022 Oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm 23 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. A large pink bow in the hair of a female figure. We see two masks facing us.

Cadence

Laura Lancaster, Rachel Lancaster

50 Mortimer Street, London

20 January - 11 March 2023

A crop of Rosa Johan Uddoh's collage of art historical images of Balthazar

Rosa-Johan Uddoh

Star Power

50 Mortimer Street, London

24 November 2022 - 14 January 2023

A photograph by Marwan Bassiouni from his 'New British VIews' series taken from the inside of a British Mosque, looking through the window we can see a red bus passing by a Lidl store.

Marwan Bassiouni

New British Views

50 Mortimer Street, London

10 October - 19 November 2022

A detail of Cristian Avram's oil painting Witching hour, 2022. The painting depicts a moonlit gazebo with a table and a washing line and mirrors, framed by warm brown wooden door frames left open

Cristian Avram

Lapse

50 Mortimer Street, London

31 August - 7 October 2022

A photograph looking down at Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia, taken on a sunny afternoon, whilst the streets were quiet.

Kaleidoscope

Laura Lancaster, Simeon Barclay, Olivia Jia, Rachel Lancaster, Jacob Dahlgren, Joel Kyack, James Prapaithong, Matt Stokes, Marcus Coates, Hazel Brill, Miko Veldkamp, Abigail Hampsey, Amy Bravo, Annika Ström, Aubrey Levinthal, Damien Meade, Irieé Zamblé, Jill McKnight, Katinka Lampe, Lisa Anne Auerbach

50 Mortimer Street, London

8 June - 5 August 2022

Detail shot of a painting by Olivia Jia: Untitled (book fragments, two way mirror, portal), 2022 Oil on panel.

Olivia Jia

Ex Libris

40 Margaret Street, London

11 May - 16 June 2022

A close up of a Nicola Ellis sculpture made out of metal weld on top of found steel

Reflections

Part 3: Sculpture by Women Artists

Nicola Ellis, Patricia Ayres, Hsi-Nong Huang, Olivia Bax, Zhang Ruyi

Reliance Wharf, London

19 March - 7 May 2022

A cropped detail image of a painting by Katinka Lampe: 4050214, 2021 Oil on Canvas 40 x 50 cm - a girl wearing fabric around her neck looks at the floor, she is painted in a green hue.

Katinka Lampe

Anima Mundi

40 Margaret Street, London

10 March - 28 April 2022

A detail crop of a painting by Miko Veldkamp of bare legs over water in a tiled pool.

Miko Veldkamp

Ghost Stories

Reliance Wharf, London

22 January - 6 March 2022

Two gothic vaulted ceilings side by side and connected by digital renderings. A film still from 'A Gothic Choir Part 1 - The Total Work' (2020) by Elizabeth Price

Reflections

Part 2: Female Voices in Moving Image

Agnieszka Szczotka, Nia Fekri, Rosa-Johan Uddoh, Elizabeth Price, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński

40 Margaret Street, London

1 December 2021 - 18 February 2022

A detail image of Louise Giovanelli's painting 'Orbiter'. A close up of a female figure wearing a gold sequinned dress spins around creating a blurred effect.

Reflections

Part 1: Female Figures by Women Artists

Ellie Pratt, Shannon Bono, Louise Giovanelli, Danielle Mckinney, Katinka Lampe

Reliance Wharf, London

20 November - 19 December 2021

A detail of 'Afternoon Daydreams', a painting by James Prapaithong. Sunlight glistens off the top of a corrugated roof.

James Prapaithong

A Year Ago Today

Reliance Wharf, London

17 September - 7 November 2021

a detail image of 'Chips on My Shoulders' a brightly coloured collage by Simeon Barclay. Comic strips, pop culture imagery and bar codes are overlaid to create a colourful montage.

Simeon Barclay

England's Lost Camelot

40 Margaret Street, London

9 September - 28 October 2021

Dominique Fung's painting 'Tea Time, Me Time'. A tea pot against a blue and black background, with drops of liquid coming from the spout into an east asian tea cup.

This Is Water

Laura Lancaster, Joel Kyack, James Prapaithong, Aglaé Bassens, Melissa Brown, Becky Kolsrud, Dominique Fung, Mevlana Lipp, Michael Stamm, Ryan Orme, Will Peck

Reliance Wharf, London

2 July - 11 September 2021

A crop of a painting by Laura Lancaster - a close crop painterly image of a sleeping woman in red hues.

Laura Lancaster

Closer and Further Away

40 Margaret Street, London

3 June - 29 July 2021

A painting by Olivia Jia of an open photograph album upon which is a black and white photograph of a man leaning forwards to take a light from a feminine hand holding a match.

Interludes

Olivia Jia, Miko Veldkamp, Louise Giovanelli, Johnny Izatt-Lowry, Ciarán Murphy, Olivia Sterling, Isabel Nolan

Reliance Wharf, London

14 May - 19 June 2021

An image from Matt Stokes' film 'This Liberty' - a female priest looks at us from within a cathedral setting. She has her hands clasped.

Matt Stokes

This Liberty

40 Margaret Street, London

14 April - 27 May 2021

A detail of 'Dyer' by Louise Giovanelli. A painting of a thick curtain in muted greens.

Louise Giovanelli

in mediās rēs

40 Margaret Street, London

30 October 2020 - 15 January 2021

a bright pink abstract painting by Mike Pratt

Mike Pratt

Mike Pratt

The Old Post Office, Gateshead

18 January - 13 March 2020

A detail of An Ex III, 2019, Oil on canvas, 170 x 120 cm by Louise Giovanelli. An abstract painting of dark blacks and blue acanthus leaves with white glitches over a central X axis

Louise Giovanelli

Louise Giovanelli

The Old Post Office, Gateshead

25 January - 2 March 2019

A painting by Laura Lancaster of two figures in a darkened room, one appears to be holding a flame or torch

Laura Lancaster

Shadows and Mirrors

61 Conduit Street, London

25 April - 29 June 2018

plaster casts of hands contorted into animal silhouettes on a plinth

Marcus Coates

The Last of Its Kind

61 Conduit Street, London

8 February - 6 April 2018

A red skull on the floor underneath a painting by Joel Kyack

Joel Kyack

Hold On Tightly / Let Go Lightly

61 Conduit Street, London

24 November 2017 - 20 January 2018

A detail crop from Jannis Varelas painting. Bright primary colours create a childlike narrative.

Later Is Now

Hugo Canoilas, Musa paradisiaca, Kris Lemsalu, Sónia Almeida, Eduardo Batarda, Jannis Varelas

61 Conduit Street, London

2 October - 18 November 2017

A cropped image of Joseph Beuys' signature on a bag of flour

Joseph Beuys

Wirtschaftswert

61 Conduit Street, London

18 May - 7 July 2017

A close up detail of 'Posy' by Jo Coupe. Cut out botanical prints of flowers, moths and plants are collaged together and pinned a small distance from the wall

Jo Coupe

All That Fall

61 Conduit Street, London

18 May - 7 July 2017

a black and white photograph by Mel Brimfield of a woman propped up and suspended against the wall by an ironing board

The Collective

Tom Dale, Paul McCarthy, Peter Pommerer, Elizabeth Wright, Frances Richardson, Bobby Dowler, Hilary Lloyd, Edwin Li, Peter Doig, Olafur Olafsson, Alex Katz, Mark Wallinger, Mel Brimfield, Ceal Floyer, Scott King, Bedwyr Williams, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Paul Noble, Jane Simpson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Libia Castro, Erica Eyres, Jemima Brown, Piotr Uklanski, Gareth Jones, Giorgio Sadotti, Michael Dean, Matthew Higgs, Tacita Dean, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Chris Ofili, James Pyman, Fiona Banner, Jochen Klein

The Old Post Office, Gateshead

5 May - 2 June 2017

an antique black and white photograph of white men stripped topless engaging in physical activity, in the centre a man holds an axe aloft to split logs

Matt Stokes

Dead Sea Deaf Sea

61 Conduit Street, London

17 February - 31 March 2017

a drawing by Eric Bainbridge on lined paper of a floorboard nail with a face and holes in its body. There are brown stains on the paper

Eric Bainbridge

Potholes

61 Conduit Street, London

24 November 2016 - 3 February 2017

A brightly coloured collaged painting of film stills from the thriller Gloria (1980 directed by John Cassavetes) of actor Gena Rowlands gazing into the middle distance in-front of a mirror, by Hugo Canoilas

Hugo Canoilas

Unfaithful to daydreams

61 Conduit Street, London

28 September - 5 November 2016

Installation image of Marcus Coates at Workplace | London

Marcus Coates

You Might As Well Ask A Crow

61 Conduit Street, London

8 June - 28 July 2016

a close cropped image of a loosely painted black and white female face by Laura Lancaster

Laura Lancaster

Shapeshifter

61 Conduit Street, London

6 April - 26 May 2016

3 leaves are stacked and balance impossibly on a telephone wire in a sculpture by Richard Rigg

Richard Rigg

Reoccurring Rose Garden

61 Conduit Street, London

28 November 2015 - 30 January 2016

3 model hands which have smiley faces drawn on them by Joel Kyack as a remnant of a performance

DOT DOT DOT DASH

Rachel Lancaster, Mike Pratt, Paul Merrick, Jennifer Douglas, Joel Kyack

The Old Post Office, Gateshead

21 November 2015 - 30 January 2016

installation shot of Eric Bainbridge and Joel Kyack at Workplace London

Eric Bainbridge | Joel Kyack

Eric Bainbridge, Joel Kyack

61 Conduit Street, London

9 October - 21 November 2015

A crop of a painting by Jennifer Douglas made with carbon copy paper on grey floor paint. An insignia from the post office Sorting Office reads 'S-O'

Jennifer Douglas

SO

61 Conduit Street, London

22 May - 10 July 2015

Installation shots of Jacob Dahlgren's exhibition 'Third Uncle' at Workplace London

Jacob Dahlgren

Third Uncle

61 Conduit Street, London

27 February - 24 April 2015

A detail of a sculpture by Mike Pratt of a mannequin torso wearing a leather biker jacked and with a motor inside.

Mike Pratt

The Meeting of Two Eyebrows

61 Conduit Street, London

21 November 2014 - 31 January 2015

An image of Cath Campbell's film 'for quartets' - 5 figures wearing black walk across an icy landscape - the words "so we know they me know all the names" are written across the bottom as a subtitle.

Cath Campbell

Everything we do corrects the space

The Old Post Office, Gateshead

1 November - 20 December 2014

Installation shots of 'Satellite Satellite' a group exhibition at Workplace London

Satellite Satellite

Laura Lancaster, Cath Campbell, Eric Bainbridge, Rachel Lancaster, Jacob Dahlgren, Matt Stokes, Jo Coupe, Richard Rigg, Darren Banks, Tanya Axford, Catherine Bertola, Jennifer Douglas, Paul Merrick, Cecilia Stenbom, Wolfgang Weileder, Mike Pratt, Sophie Lisa Beresford, Hugo Canoilas

61 Conduit Street, London

10 October - 15 November 2014

Installation images of Eric Bainbridge's exhibition Late 90s Constructions at Workplace London

Eric Bainbridge

Late 90's Constructions

61 Conduit Street, London

7 August - 19 September 2014

Installation shots of Laura Lancaster's exhibition at Workplace London

Laura Lancaster

Laura Lancaster

61 Conduit Street, London

27 March - 13 June 2014

images of Joe Clarke's work in his exhibition 'Every song the same' at Workplace in London

Joe Clark

Every song the same

61 Conduit Street, London

22 February - 22 March 2014

an image of a work by Hugo Canoilas

Hugo Canoilas

Fierce: Riding the wave fiercely with no fear.

61 Conduit Street, London

18 December 2013 - 8 February 2014

Installation shot of Sleeper at Workplace in London

Sleeper

Laura Lancaster, Eric Bainbridge, Jacob Dahlgren, Marcus Coates, Mike Pratt

61 Conduit Street, London

13 October - 23 November 2013

An image of Curtain, 2011 - a photograph by Rachel Lancaster of a large felt theatre curtain

Double, Double

Rachel Lancaster, Dean Hughes, Noel Clueit, Eftihis Patsourakis, Marcus Coates, Jacob Dahlgren, Rachel Foullon, Jo Coupe, Eric Bainbridge

The Old Post Office, Gateshead

30 September - 5 November 2011

Finland Trees by Joe Clark - an image of a forest covered in snow at night, a light and a building are in the distance

Moved

Cath Campbell, Richard Rigg, Catherine Bertola, Joe Clark, Paul Merrick, Wolfgang Weileder

34 Ellison Street, Gateshead

27 July - 30 August 2007

An artwork by Jennifer Douglas

Jennifer Douglas

The Wood Between The Worlds

34 Ellison Street, Gateshead

1 June - 6 July 2007

A still from Marcus Coates film 'Radio Shaman' a bespectacled man in a suit holds a stuffed hare and wears a stag's head in front of a stained glass cathedral window.

False Witness

Laura Lancaster, Eric Bainbridge, Marcus Coates, Francis Gomila, Cecilia Stenbom, Ant Macari, Alonso Gil

34 Ellison Street, Gateshead

6 April - 11 May 2007

4 femanine legs wearing socks with text descriptions underneath

1, 2, 3, 4

Mick Peter, Maurice Doherty, David Sherry, Owen Piper

34 Ellison Street, Gateshead

4 November - 2 December 2006

Exhibition documentation of Hugo Canoilas' exhibition 'Propaganda' at Workplace in Gateshead

Hugo Canoilas

Propaganda

34 Ellison Street, Gateshead

22 September - 20 October 2006

PDF for Workplace | Hales Gallery swap

Summerize

Curated by Hales Gallery

Ulrik Møller, Jane Wilbraham, David Godbold, Ian Dawson, Adam Dant, Roger Kelly, Bob and Roberta Smith, Hans Op de Beek

34 Ellison Street, Gateshead

26 July - 25 August 2006

A black and white image of a drawing of an alien object floats above a landscape of sheets hanging to dry

Darren Banks

Sci-Fi Looking Thing

34 Ellison Street, Gateshead

3 February - 4 March 2006

Everything Must Go is written in capital letters in white chalk paint on a darkened shop window.

Everything Must Go: Part 1

Matt Stokes, Jo Coupe, Karen Cunningham, Leo Fitzmaurice, Richard Rigg, Adam Thompson

34 Ellison Street, Gateshead

22 September - 21 October 2005

Two figures sit back to back on a beach in a cropped image of a painting by Laura Lancaster

Laura Lancaster

New Figurative Paintings

34 Ellison Street, Gateshead

8 August - 9 September 2005