https://jonathanweston.co.uk Jonathan Weston Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:35:23 +0000 https://jonathanweston.co.uk en https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Home Sun, 07 Jan 2018 10:05:28 +0000 Jonathan Weston https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Home Jonathan Weston | Curator and Project Manager&nbsp; &nbsp; ︎&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Project-Nav Sun, 07 Jan 2018 10:05:30 +0000 Jonathan Weston https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Project-Nav Index &nbsp; &nbsp; Next ︎ https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Hands-On-Pedagogy-Practice-Research Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:35:23 +0000 Jonathan Weston https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Hands-On-Pedagogy-Practice-Research Hands On: Pedagogy, Practice, ResearchMore Information Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Saturday 6th June - Friday 31st July 2026 Hands On: Pedagogy, Practice, Research celebrates University of Sunderland’s bold approach to world leading contemporary Fine Art education and cultivating the connections between pedagogy, art making and creative practice research. The exhibition showcases University of Sunderland Fine Art’s internationally recognised teaching, artistic and creative practice research, including academics, creative technicians and practice-based PhD and research community. Exhibited artists: Ralf Broeg, Victoria Doyle, Natalie Gale, Hannah Gawne, Lothar Goetz, Will Hughes, James Hutchinson, Craig Knowles, Dr Fiona Larkin, Graham Mitchinson, Paul Raymond, Speaking in Tongues, and Strange Quark Creative (James Stephen Wright and Polina Chizhova) – James Stephen Wright is a AHRC funded PhD student in Fine Art at University of Sunderland. Hands On: Pedagogy, Practice, Research is curated by Dr Suzy O’Hara, produced by the Fine Art academic, technical and PhD team and reconfigured for this exhibition with Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art. <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/036c04213a667acd14ab8736926b4d44ae60d4d244d033c297107ffe12049671/_DSC6033-copy.jpg" data-mid="249555283" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/036c04213a667acd14ab8736926b4d44ae60d4d244d033c297107ffe12049671/_DSC6033-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49f001e54c909c6b107b6414d2430589441b9f0079c1154a45deef4460ba5d6c/_DSC6091-copy.jpg" data-mid="249555285" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49f001e54c909c6b107b6414d2430589441b9f0079c1154a45deef4460ba5d6c/_DSC6091-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87f66d4c6e64b18b97ff45c3e709cc086d10a750050b8381740c5cba88689ff6/_DSC6617-copy.jpg" data-mid="249679348" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87f66d4c6e64b18b97ff45c3e709cc086d10a750050b8381740c5cba88689ff6/_DSC6617-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/470370406ec9f727269b18ca343a5b1a63854f8fe31474100bd0c9462d0fe127/_DSC6607-copy.jpg" data-mid="249679517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/470370406ec9f727269b18ca343a5b1a63854f8fe31474100bd0c9462d0fe127/_DSC6607-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/783dbd3ed4fcad5edb39b6ff268e435cf32a367ad82ce296727b46155d0a35d2/_DSC6592-copy.jpg" data-mid="249679346" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/783dbd3ed4fcad5edb39b6ff268e435cf32a367ad82ce296727b46155d0a35d2/_DSC6592-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9339e242b6b83deeefe198b501c48d6f4e12e4c6656809d7c97e6979b247cef2/_DSC6142-copy.jpg" data-mid="249555287" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9339e242b6b83deeefe198b501c48d6f4e12e4c6656809d7c97e6979b247cef2/_DSC6142-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9262c96047ff8075ea45ba096c88359002b844307834818a565ffab6db1a4c9/_DSC6120-copy.jpg" data-mid="249555286" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9262c96047ff8075ea45ba096c88359002b844307834818a565ffab6db1a4c9/_DSC6120-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47a69057da53f7815de4b7e5fa54761e415d58f68165861d8873a62902ce98d8/_DSC6150-copy.jpg" data-mid="249555288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/47a69057da53f7815de4b7e5fa54761e415d58f68165861d8873a62902ce98d8/_DSC6150-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c31ffd114e1ab4de732c1c601b0122162d69afaef290911c663d360d3808c241/_DSC6574-copy.jpg" data-mid="249679343" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c31ffd114e1ab4de732c1c601b0122162d69afaef290911c663d360d3808c241/_DSC6574-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08bae41ab989906b91a86a4b98e98b63902f855fd5f0e029ca77bd24dc5a6101/_DSC6168-copy.jpg" data-mid="249555289" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08bae41ab989906b91a86a4b98e98b63902f855fd5f0e029ca77bd24dc5a6101/_DSC6168-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a8e4d2ee0aeb52822215f76fb8ad38f666923e58ce7c9fd8ea044987291bd8a/_DSC6586-copy.jpg" data-mid="249679345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a8e4d2ee0aeb52822215f76fb8ad38f666923e58ce7c9fd8ea044987291bd8a/_DSC6586-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/802470d190ef6208bf1b1dd28ce945e79a702c44a65f6d00161e61a2d3164dec/_DSC6047-copy.jpg" data-mid="249555284" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/802470d190ef6208bf1b1dd28ce945e79a702c44a65f6d00161e61a2d3164dec/_DSC6047-copy.jpg" /> Photos: Colin Davison https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Anna-Marie-Gallares-I-Carry-It-With-Me Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:22:03 +0000 Jonathan Weston https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Anna-Marie-Gallares-I-Carry-It-With-Me Anna-Marie Gallares: I Carry It With Me&nbsp; More Information Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Saturday 6 June - Friday 31 July 2026 I Carry It With Me is the first UK institutional solo exhibition by Anna-Marie Gallares, a Filipina artist based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The exhibition features two bodies of work, the monumental painted tapestry A Year In My Life in the central space and four recent large-scale paintings displayed on the exterior walls. A Year In My Life was produced by Gallares for her BA Fine Art degree show in 2023. This marks the first time the tapestry has been exhibited publicly. Inspired by illustrative storytelling, Gallares’ 18ft tapestry is filled with striking and vivid patterns depicting 20 childhood memories from her first year in the UK.&nbsp;In celebration of her Filipino-British identity, Gallares’ tapestry also includes an array of Filipino tattoo designs, taking inspiration from 106-year-old Filipina tattoo artist Whang-od. Three paintings made this year as part of Gallares’ Artist Futures Fund residency at University of Sunderland continue the artist’s exploration of their dual identity, childhood nostalgia and the fallibility of memory. The paintings depict prominent locations from Gallares’ early childhood, re-experienced during a recent family trip back to the Philippines. Drawing the exhibition into the present day, a fourth painting captures the view from a bus stop in Cowgate, Newcastle, a place that has been woven into the artist’s everyday life over the past fifteen years. This exhibition has been produced in partnership with University of Sunderland Fine Art. <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d92303911827cab6785e8d1dc1f9a3336d4c814ff4e87bcf6609ccbca4056d61/_DSC5996-copy.jpg" data-mid="249258609" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d92303911827cab6785e8d1dc1f9a3336d4c814ff4e87bcf6609ccbca4056d61/_DSC5996-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a54fc3f678c00b4b3e49e891d55783f3b57b18e5b147678d93594bfbd326e32f/_DSC6009-copy.jpg" data-mid="249258610" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a54fc3f678c00b4b3e49e891d55783f3b57b18e5b147678d93594bfbd326e32f/_DSC6009-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94404cb0cb60571f899ac50662f3c983f3724d657f61866237c852dedbeacf26/_DSC6021-copy.jpg" data-mid="249258611" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94404cb0cb60571f899ac50662f3c983f3724d657f61866237c852dedbeacf26/_DSC6021-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/533d9f8a443ed7697f47d24694e57d1c99b299a69687b01e96cd995cd24864ed/_DSC5986-copy.jpg" data-mid="249258608" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/533d9f8a443ed7697f47d24694e57d1c99b299a69687b01e96cd995cd24864ed/_DSC5986-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dee7970703fab14b878040744217a71a738e587787993f4a32fc502c1d79ac43/_DSC5979-copy.jpg" data-mid="249258606" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dee7970703fab14b878040744217a71a738e587787993f4a32fc502c1d79ac43/_DSC5979-copy.jpg" /> Photos: Colin Davison https://jonathanweston.co.uk/NGCA-Collection-University-of-Sunderland-Executive-Boardroom Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:02:12 +0000 Jonathan Weston https://jonathanweston.co.uk/NGCA-Collection-University-of-Sunderland-Executive-Boardroom NGCA Collection University of Sunderland Executive Boardroom Edinburgh Building, University of Sunderland&nbsp; On display from 11th May 2026 Six artworks from Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art’s collection are on long term loan in the Executive Boardroom at University of Sunderland’s Edinburgh Building. The artworks have close ties to University of Sunderland’s Art and Design faculty with alumni students, residency programmes and key artist relationships illuminated.&nbsp;Artists: Jeffrey Dennis, Ian Macdonald, Jill McKnight, Janina Sabaliauskaitė and Jhanee Wilkins.&nbsp; <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/024b8c8a7c8dd66c6d5cd6a0c9384cf81025f8e11e2dc06577aa25ca3f18e9b2/_DSC5958.jpg" data-mid="249256538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/024b8c8a7c8dd66c6d5cd6a0c9384cf81025f8e11e2dc06577aa25ca3f18e9b2/_DSC5958.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12316ad31ba9a6431a9d7c0e964c0120a29fee98647cca258b96616bdcbbd9ce/_DSC5964.jpg" data-mid="249256539" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12316ad31ba9a6431a9d7c0e964c0120a29fee98647cca258b96616bdcbbd9ce/_DSC5964.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5192fd8d139c7d0dc743ab86a76d6cbfef1a4c067e3d5a02e91430319bd69c04/_DSC5970.jpg" data-mid="249256540" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5192fd8d139c7d0dc743ab86a76d6cbfef1a4c067e3d5a02e91430319bd69c04/_DSC5970.jpg" /> Photos: Colin Davison https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Dean-Raymond-Gooch-Bottoms Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:51:26 +0000 Jonathan Weston https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Dean-Raymond-Gooch-Bottoms Dean Raymond Gooch: Bottoms &nbsp; More Information Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Saturday 31 January - Tuesday 26 May 2026 Bottoms is the first UK solo exhibition by Sunderland born and based artist-photographer, printmaker and researcher Dean Raymond Gooch (b. 1998). Gooch graduated from University of Sunderland BA Fine Art in 2025, where he was nominated for the New Blood Art – Emerging Art Prize 2025, which recognises outstanding graduate artists from UK Fine Art programmes and awarded The Lizzie Rowe Award. Bottoms showcases a new series of large photographic works, screenprints and risograph prints exploring gay identity, communities and fetish through striking imagery drawing on legacies of pop art, advertising and fashion photography. The photographs and prints are both detailed and abstracted, taking personal cues to highlight and challenge binaries and stereotypical gay imagery such as BDSM, tight worn jeans, colour coded hankies and black work boots. The images are carefully composed using props and bold colour combinations in a theatrical and playful way speaking to pride, community and solidarity in the face of continued homophobia, discrimination and violence. Gooch plays on the age-old association of the bum in gay culture, be it through physical desire, sexual preference (tops and bottoms), or derogatory slang terms. Gooch celebrates the unbridled hedonistic joy of the bum and everything it represents. This exhibition has been produced in partnership with University of Sunderland Fine Art and the Northern Centre of Photography. <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8394fea8af1e9362317718fd219528f617d4b7e7d9ae9c01303c01e58909d405/_DSC6454-copy.jpeg" data-mid="244400009" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8394fea8af1e9362317718fd219528f617d4b7e7d9ae9c01303c01e58909d405/_DSC6454-copy.jpeg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f35e01ba44568e4f8e7d487b4e5a3f26caf1c497ea3b45f893fde846f2325b01/_DSC6456-copy.jpeg" data-mid="244400010" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f35e01ba44568e4f8e7d487b4e5a3f26caf1c497ea3b45f893fde846f2325b01/_DSC6456-copy.jpeg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed70f154d6a2a7cc2aca71ef2385d116bd551814c885d1d82f4773503d6c8f58/_DSC6387-copy.jpeg" data-mid="244400004" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed70f154d6a2a7cc2aca71ef2385d116bd551814c885d1d82f4773503d6c8f58/_DSC6387-copy.jpeg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a91d8718e416c829972a4044db93f08cd87dd18b6fbf7e94d1e5bd8c9901f222/_DSC6435-copy.jpeg" data-mid="244400007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a91d8718e416c829972a4044db93f08cd87dd18b6fbf7e94d1e5bd8c9901f222/_DSC6435-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf5281f04f0dc6f91d7ad12b3ecce9089f2d7bca66b575cbb819f1706b18efb6/_DSC6400-copy.jpeg" data-mid="244400005" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf5281f04f0dc6f91d7ad12b3ecce9089f2d7bca66b575cbb819f1706b18efb6/_DSC6400-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d3a43776b286d95696836c880ccd31286569295161179f309c4a9c7e3aa10c6/_DSC6385-copy.jpeg" data-mid="244400003" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d3a43776b286d95696836c880ccd31286569295161179f309c4a9c7e3aa10c6/_DSC6385-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46d6099ce90f778e6bad41ab7bf6f3380fef006effc8aa9beeaeab003fa20a62/_DSC6411-copy.jpeg" data-mid="244400006" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46d6099ce90f778e6bad41ab7bf6f3380fef006effc8aa9beeaeab003fa20a62/_DSC6411-copy.jpeg" /> Photos: Colin Davison https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Smoke-and-Mirrors-Landscapes-from-the-NGCA-Collection Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:48:47 +0000 Jonathan Weston https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Smoke-and-Mirrors-Landscapes-from-the-NGCA-Collection Smoke and Mirrors: Landscapes from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art CollectionMore Information Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Saturday 31st January - Tuesday 26th May 2026 Smoke and Mirrors draws on artworks from Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art’s collection in a group show exploring contemporary landscapes through photography, painting, sculpture, film, digitally generated artwork and drawing. The exhibition features artwork by 15 contemporary artists and photographers who challenge our understanding of landscape through digitally rendered and manipulated imagery, artificial immersive environments, and imaginative fictional worlds. For generations landscape photographers have sought to capture the beauty and authenticity of the natural world devoid of human interference. Landscape photography has also played an important role in preserving natural environments and raising awareness of environmental concerns. However, today, nearly every landform has been impacted by human interaction, and this continues to shift our understanding of landscape. Indeed, even landscape photography has played its role in turning sites of natural beauty into tourist destinations. The artworks on display in Smoke and Mirrors push the envelope even further creating, manipulating and reimaging landscapes exposing the artist as creator and questioning the authenticity of any pictorial landscape in the digital age. Within the exhibition lo-fi mobile phone images are turned into monumental, painterly northern landscapes, fictional cityscapes are populated with capitalist robots and mythical creatures. Crater Lake in Oregon, USA is turned into a monumental data portrait derived from the lake’s GPS coordinates, a desert landscape is reimagined as an environmentally altered crystallised terrain, and artificially constructed battlefields are used for armed training and leisure. Smoke and Mirrors is the companion exhibition to The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection which ran in our Main Gallery from 23 November 2024 – 2 March 2025. Exhibited artists: Craig Ames, Tim Brennan, Daniel Brown, Joe Clark, Cornford and Cross, Chris Cornish, Jeffrey Dennis, Dan Holdsworth, Nicola Maxwell, Katja Mayer and Peter Chadwick, Mark Pinder, Chad McCail, Kelly Richardson and a new commission by James Hutchinson. Since 2006 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art has acquired over 500 artworks by more than 50 artists or artist collectives with a focus on, but not limited to, lens-based media and the North East of England. Today the collection continues to grow and is widely loaned across the North East of England and United Kingdom. <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09e6203f2228cbbc7e03fdb3ba25d6decc313b64a57243801e90b4d71f00d8c8/_DSC6477-copy.jpg" data-mid="244398116" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09e6203f2228cbbc7e03fdb3ba25d6decc313b64a57243801e90b4d71f00d8c8/_DSC6477-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae8ea0df9f2990cd87bb4242ae32da907fe10c49fc4824a9cacd3b2e234f62cd/_DSC6479-copy.jpg" data-mid="244398979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae8ea0df9f2990cd87bb4242ae32da907fe10c49fc4824a9cacd3b2e234f62cd/_DSC6479-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/728f922abd5589e794d670ed61233a0f2d3720c9aefd9c2077ebbcabc2589834/_DSC6587-copy.jpg" data-mid="244398126" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/728f922abd5589e794d670ed61233a0f2d3720c9aefd9c2077ebbcabc2589834/_DSC6587-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d62af5ee65f92efda7cbf6ee93d5f5c2b2e68080f597ebfc8cd7f990c7651441/_DSC6582-copy.jpg" data-mid="244398125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d62af5ee65f92efda7cbf6ee93d5f5c2b2e68080f597ebfc8cd7f990c7651441/_DSC6582-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ec425cf12f9e602b5e21048e082caa5f3617fb6fec5bd260328ad19375bb3c1/_DSC6470-copy.jpg" data-mid="244398114" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ec425cf12f9e602b5e21048e082caa5f3617fb6fec5bd260328ad19375bb3c1/_DSC6470-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a973e5cd88c66ad3c6d813a1c1a4add0b4add0b205c7e524723c8ccb3ab7853a/_DSC6553-copy.jpg" data-mid="244398123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a973e5cd88c66ad3c6d813a1c1a4add0b4add0b205c7e524723c8ccb3ab7853a/_DSC6553-copy.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74085f8bf0347e0d274fd536f954e3a87c620f2e28e87b73fa8e3bc07845206e/_DSC6531-copy.jpg" data-mid="244398120" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74085f8bf0347e0d274fd536f954e3a87c620f2e28e87b73fa8e3bc07845206e/_DSC6531-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7187e3ec4a4db164a9107676fb3faf913e22bd51889c3be4f301a449e5b8aff9/_DSC6488-copy.jpg" data-mid="244398118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7187e3ec4a4db164a9107676fb3faf913e22bd51889c3be4f301a449e5b8aff9/_DSC6488-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7229da1d47910429890b8b88d75061e61b96019c47b4930f63ebf08ff28ffccd/_DSC6498-copy.jpg" data-mid="244398119" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7229da1d47910429890b8b88d75061e61b96019c47b4930f63ebf08ff28ffccd/_DSC6498-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab530d95be068696b55117b2547788ded9eeaf7737c6bcc13ffdd884262eb52c/_DSC6601-copy.jpg" data-mid="244398127" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab530d95be068696b55117b2547788ded9eeaf7737c6bcc13ffdd884262eb52c/_DSC6601-copy.jpg" /> Photos: Colin Davison https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Paint-the-Town-in-Sound-2-curated-with-Field-Music Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:59:33 +0000 Jonathan Weston https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Paint-the-Town-in-Sound-2-curated-with-Field-Music Paint the Town in Sound 2 curated with Field MusicMore Information Expo Sunderland Pavilion, Keel Square, Sunderland Thursday 13th November 2025 - Saturday 10th January 2026 Paint the Town in Sound 2, a new digital arts programme curated with Field Music on the Expo Sunderland Pavilion in Keel Square. Paint the Town in Sound 2 explores the timeless relationship between the visual arts and music. Taking Field Music’s own collaborations as a starting point, the artworks and photography on display delve into acts of self-portraiture through songwriting, album artwork, music videos and persona. Celebrating the vibrancy of the North East’s music scene Paint the Town in Sound 2 places emphasis on regional identity, class and politics. Featuring artwork by Anna Barratt, Bunker Group 35, Rich(ard) Dawson, Graham Dolphin, Graeme Hopper, Robert Hutchinson, John Kippin, Ian Macdonald, Ross Millard (The Futureheads), Field Music, Paul Alexander Knox, Narbi Price, Young Musicians Project and Kathryn Robertson, Pea Sea, Paul Smith (Maximo Park), Flora Whiteley. The Paint the Town in Sound 2 programme runs for 20minutes. <img width="7008" height="4672" width_o="7008" height_o="4672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8821cc6162e94407ae7ac8f8699f470a16ffbffe79f6c1917c2452853b26e043/DSC03260.jpg" data-mid="240610625" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8821cc6162e94407ae7ac8f8699f470a16ffbffe79f6c1917c2452853b26e043/DSC03260.jpg" /><img width="6579" height="4386" width_o="6579" height_o="4386" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea9f5b120c7bcf8d48ad92b9fa64a8ae535523a728c27a39bc08f22dadbac328/DSC03291.jpg" data-mid="240610629" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea9f5b120c7bcf8d48ad92b9fa64a8ae535523a728c27a39bc08f22dadbac328/DSC03291.jpg" /> <img width="7008" height="4672" width_o="7008" height_o="4672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0424f659d760330032c66484b33dc278aa6dd61983f52a20eb055d35ff08074/DSC03298.jpg" data-mid="240610630" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0424f659d760330032c66484b33dc278aa6dd61983f52a20eb055d35ff08074/DSC03298.jpg" /> <img width="7008" height="4672" width_o="7008" height_o="4672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dc1fac3f6d999b497f1a4af1820c560ce7ecdd4183489ffa6240ee5d0b89724/DSC03329.jpg" data-mid="240610636" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dc1fac3f6d999b497f1a4af1820c560ce7ecdd4183489ffa6240ee5d0b89724/DSC03329.jpg" /><img width="6769" height="4513" width_o="6769" height_o="4513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7541c5b85adc3c2e64153f376e5c86e3691b2362cd281440ec30f21aec71943c/DSC03340.jpg" data-mid="240610639" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7541c5b85adc3c2e64153f376e5c86e3691b2362cd281440ec30f21aec71943c/DSC03340.jpg" /><img width="7008" height="4672" width_o="7008" height_o="4672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84c31571f45d0b1bf2b4132e8aa468f0611f39c937899099c4735427289fb0e9/DSC03351.jpg" data-mid="240610640" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84c31571f45d0b1bf2b4132e8aa468f0611f39c937899099c4735427289fb0e9/DSC03351.jpg" /><img width="7008" height="4672" width_o="7008" height_o="4672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d057a9378d7c9d708db27aa638315598dd159f2d75e1ea12ee76b82b7ce858f2/DSC03371.jpg" data-mid="240610641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d057a9378d7c9d708db27aa638315598dd159f2d75e1ea12ee76b82b7ce858f2/DSC03371.jpg" /> <img width="7008" height="4672" width_o="7008" height_o="4672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b08673c5b996a22101abc003351032deb6b95864160f3f09de7279686474e4f/DSC03374.jpg" data-mid="240610644" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b08673c5b996a22101abc003351032deb6b95864160f3f09de7279686474e4f/DSC03374.jpg" /><img width="7008" height="4672" width_o="7008" height_o="4672" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5f7cac16f339c916bda7e757c767231605dfcc5d774abcc73f8a6ed39350cc7/DSC03312.jpg" data-mid="240610635" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5f7cac16f339c916bda7e757c767231605dfcc5d774abcc73f8a6ed39350cc7/DSC03312.jpg" /><img width="6728" height="4485" width_o="6728" height_o="4485" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1eb38201a07b5b82b1d4f3da389063395d9413d9e4e6b4486372c17e52494019/DSC03413.jpg" data-mid="240610649" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1eb38201a07b5b82b1d4f3da389063395d9413d9e4e6b4486372c17e52494019/DSC03413.jpg" /> Photos: Jon Murphy https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Northern-Gallery-for-Contemporary-Art-x-University-of-Sunderland-Fine Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:23:40 +0000 Jonathan Weston https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Northern-Gallery-for-Contemporary-Art-x-University-of-Sunderland-Fine Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art x University of Sunderland Fine Art = MonumentalMore Information Sunderland Creatives Gallery, National Glass Centre, Sunderland Saturday 25th October 2025 - Saturday 14th February 2026 Featuring artworks from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art collection selected by – 2nd and now 3rd Year –&nbsp; Fine Art students from University of Sunderland exhibited alongside their own artwork. Over the last six months artists studying Fine Art at University of Sunderland have explored the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art collection in relation to their own art practices and the thematic and stylistic trends which presented themselves within the collection. Each student selected an artwork from the collection which encapsulated the monumental. Together the seven artworks examine monumental structures, be it public sculptural monuments, giant vapor trails, melting Icelandic glaciers, crystallised desert landscapes, state systems, or the miner’s cage near Easington Colliery. Exhibited artists - Dan Holdsworth, John Kippin, Chad McCail, Vinca Petersen, Mark Pinder, Kelly Richardson and Daniel Silver. University of Sunderland Fine Art students - Rupa BK, Steviee Brookes, Lucy-May De Carteret, Kerry Chappell, Megan Hart, Bog Heartsease and Chloeanne Maddison. Since 2006 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art has acquired over 500 artworks by more than 50 artists or artist collectives with a focus on, but not limited to, lens-based media and the North East of England. Today the collection continues to grow and is widely loaned across the North East of England and United Kingdom. <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a64f300b533effdad8eabda51afdfe4ef0b7b177144ad34dc74efc58c9659134/IMG_3275.jpg" data-mid="239502362" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a64f300b533effdad8eabda51afdfe4ef0b7b177144ad34dc74efc58c9659134/IMG_3275.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70294829ad08b53eb453bffb259f07177ceb4f52ce59e5cc9003e865fbc55804/IMG_3279.jpg" data-mid="239502364" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/70294829ad08b53eb453bffb259f07177ceb4f52ce59e5cc9003e865fbc55804/IMG_3279.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4d6b029cdfcc0ef6eec45a407cd76b2f69f70d0e55f78742042180a91768207/IMG_3283.jpg" data-mid="239502365" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4d6b029cdfcc0ef6eec45a407cd76b2f69f70d0e55f78742042180a91768207/IMG_3283.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55c017e1aeb1746de8691f40f03e3948e0b80f0d6147c80899a47d2013c13082/IMG_3309.jpg" data-mid="239502368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55c017e1aeb1746de8691f40f03e3948e0b80f0d6147c80899a47d2013c13082/IMG_3309.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f369d457d70432553f71d91c9c52828450535d7807c0149f116a6296145c28b4/IMG_3291.jpg" data-mid="239502366" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f369d457d70432553f71d91c9c52828450535d7807c0149f116a6296145c28b4/IMG_3291.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8945dee9debe2cc603f1b190f30d9570b9888327c23d0d1e21a9238187416970/IMG_3311.jpg" data-mid="239502369" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8945dee9debe2cc603f1b190f30d9570b9888327c23d0d1e21a9238187416970/IMG_3311.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f6a6a480030a23a50f6a4a0df357a39b84a2bc99e35c9f8ea501b493b6275d9/IMG_3277.jpg" data-mid="239502363" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f6a6a480030a23a50f6a4a0df357a39b84a2bc99e35c9f8ea501b493b6275d9/IMG_3277.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7be7693811cf8979bc65ecb7512911ba528484be3b7d40704be9704d23bdd7a/IMG_3316.jpg" data-mid="239502370" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7be7693811cf8979bc65ecb7512911ba528484be3b7d40704be9704d23bdd7a/IMG_3316.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fb31eb071268103296c0c41fda58ee5d14d42c952bd0f396220e4a49b4453c9/IMG_3321.jpg" data-mid="239502371" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fb31eb071268103296c0c41fda58ee5d14d42c952bd0f396220e4a49b4453c9/IMG_3321.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edaf163a724af3af96aac973c9081e3f82cbee874af3deb4425f6c6a3256dc96/IMG_3296.jpg" data-mid="239502367" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/edaf163a724af3af96aac973c9081e3f82cbee874af3deb4425f6c6a3256dc96/IMG_3296.jpg" /> https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Jill-McKnight-Past-and-Future-Pact Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:29:56 +0000 Jonathan Weston https://jonathanweston.co.uk/Jill-McKnight-Past-and-Future-Pact Jill McKnight: Past and Future Pact &nbsp; More Information Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Saturday 26 July - Saturday 9 December 2025 Past and Future Pact is a new body of work by artist Jill McKnight comprising sculpture, works on paper and video inspired by Sunderland’s industrial heritage. The artworks were produced using art and design facilities at University of Sunderland while artist-in-residence for AA2A and DePOT (Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time) between 2023-24. The resulting body of work explores the identity of Sunderland 30 years on from mass closures across many heavy industries. At its peak, many local industries supported one another – the mines and shipyards were supplied by satellite industries, such as ropemaking, glassworks, paintworks and metalworks – relying on each other for survival. Women played an instrumental role in Sunderland’s industrial economy, with numerous factories employing a high level of women. Several of the artist’s family were employed at Plessey’s telecommunications plant, referenced by the motif of the telephone in her ceramic works. McKnight has brought together research from many different sources – the archives of Sunderland Antiquarian Society, the National Women Against Pit Closure 40th Anniversary Commemoration event held at Durham Students’ Union, displays within Sunderland’s museums, online groups, relatives, friends, residents and students – with their voices bringing Sunderland’s history to life engrained within the fabric of the works. Past and Future Pact tells a story often marginalised in the visual arts, a story of female working-class labour articulated through a body of work drawn from careful research and oral accounts. <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65d6760a26ad54fd364f0a89ed1eb6e418fecc900950edbbd09913f57ab00974/_DSC6219.jpg" data-mid="236457615" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65d6760a26ad54fd364f0a89ed1eb6e418fecc900950edbbd09913f57ab00974/_DSC6219.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f99ef5735d243680f70355d76910ae45520066f92a86abe2b8e0e6a9374f048c/_DSC6332.jpg" data-mid="236457628" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f99ef5735d243680f70355d76910ae45520066f92a86abe2b8e0e6a9374f048c/_DSC6332.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="6000" width_o="4000" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9154a84d873c9489144ea495ceb4942fb070c8050e371729e3d954011ad04aa1/_DSC6329.jpg" data-mid="236457627" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9154a84d873c9489144ea495ceb4942fb070c8050e371729e3d954011ad04aa1/_DSC6329.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76a981e3b2f258070d9aaae692456842e1dd89c080db50258e76f9166c4063c2/_DSC6324.jpg" data-mid="236457626" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76a981e3b2f258070d9aaae692456842e1dd89c080db50258e76f9166c4063c2/_DSC6324.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93550356308418e2bcb2909c041ba7d660c380d47ba92c3cfdb5041230518fce/_DSC6226.jpg" data-mid="236457617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93550356308418e2bcb2909c041ba7d660c380d47ba92c3cfdb5041230518fce/_DSC6226.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/beab8d3675472163b6bf93fb1907a083d5869857970350cd26c1301f10cee551/_DSC6230.jpg" data-mid="236457618" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/beab8d3675472163b6bf93fb1907a083d5869857970350cd26c1301f10cee551/_DSC6230.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1edc56ba40d17b45fc8ef7b1bb428891e9206a5e08efefcd1087b3d8e34a2aa0/_DSC6287.jpg" data-mid="236457623" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1edc56ba40d17b45fc8ef7b1bb428891e9206a5e08efefcd1087b3d8e34a2aa0/_DSC6287.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02f0cd90a0ad116f4cf28958915216797ea84a68112f63a965850b258031bd45/_DSC6258.jpg" data-mid="236457619" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02f0cd90a0ad116f4cf28958915216797ea84a68112f63a965850b258031bd45/_DSC6258.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe4f4e82f067cf896c666063656f0898821ecbe63c4350148c5151e76308523e/_DSC6265.jpg" data-mid="236457620" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe4f4e82f067cf896c666063656f0898821ecbe63c4350148c5151e76308523e/_DSC6265.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a2e1e5ea1764302f69b840967ab17de6724c7fcbeca956415feb552a2ca13d9/_DSC6283.jpg" data-mid="236457622" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a2e1e5ea1764302f69b840967ab17de6724c7fcbeca956415feb552a2ca13d9/_DSC6283.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b86606c34ee6bce00ae9b5157aab55ee35932808296ed6a081b11ef38245c893/_DSC6269.jpg" data-mid="236457621" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b86606c34ee6bce00ae9b5157aab55ee35932808296ed6a081b11ef38245c893/_DSC6269.jpg" /> Photos: Colin Davison