Art Archive
Current Graduate Scholar Claudia Alonso exhibits at Manchester Museum
Claudia Alonso exhibits in a group exhibition A Rubbish Night in the Museum.
Art Collection artworks in Royal Academy Takeover
Two artworks from the University of Salford Art Collection are currently on view at Salford Museum and Art Gallery.
Acquired: a century of collecting
Exploring the art collections of Salford Museum and Art Gallery and the University of Salford.
In focus: Chinese Contemporary Art
In the first of our In focus series we explore elements of our Chinese Contemporary Art Collection.
Ruth Barker & Hannah Leighton-Boyce, at Glasgow Women’s Library
Exhibition which launched a Castlefield Gallery in March 2018 now tours to Glasgow Women’s Library.
SIXTEEN
What’s it like to be sixteen years old now? Multimedia project SIXTEEN, explores the dreams, hopes and fears of sixteen year-olds across the UK.
FREEPORT: Terminal MCR
In a time when free movement, free trade and freedom of communications apparatus are subject to intense political machinations, FREEPORT: Terminal MCR is a space to explore art, technology and citizenship in the age of the internet.
Sixteen: talk and panel discussion
Photographers Craig Easton, Michelle Sank and Jillian Edelstein discuss their contributions to the multimedia project Sixteen.
Everything I Have Is Yours, Eileen Simpson and Ben White (Open Music Archive)
Everything I Have Is Yours is an ambitious film and sound work that looks back to the first decade of the UK pop charts (1952-62).
Shifting Perspectives
Selected works from Critical & Contextual Studies and the University of Salford Art Collection.
Preview: Everything I Have Is Yours
Join us on Wednesday 3 July 2019, 6 – 8pm for the launch of Everything I Have Is Yours, a new artists’ film by Eileen Simpson and Ben White (Open Music Archive).
Together We Move
Together We Move is an on-going programme of responsive events and exhibitions, which celebrates Everything I Have Is Yours by Eileen Simpson and Ben White (Open Music Archive).
Together We Move Performance
A one-off set at Manchester International Festival of music from the 1950s and 60s, ranging from Jazz and pop to Rock and Roll, and spoken word.
Open Mic – Open Archive
Live spoken word and musical performances, plus interactive poetry writing workshop.
Arts Academy: Making Music with your Phone
Workshop at Salford Museum and Art Gallery responding to current exhibition Everything I Have Is Yours.
Taking the Leap
An exhibition of work selected from the University of Salford Art Collection by celebrated independent curator Ying Kwok. Exhibiting at PHOTOFAIR Shanghai.
In Conversation: Paul Morley with Eileen Simpson and Ben White (Open Music Archive)
Join music journalist Paul Morley as he delves into the themes behind Everything I Have Is Yours, with the artists Eileen Simpson and Ben White (Open Music Archive), plus an audience Q&A.
He was a wild one
British music photography from the 1950s and 1960s, from the Open Eye Gallery archive in Liverpool and the University of Salford Art Collection.
Music Memorabilia and Print workshop
SOLD OUT
Introductory screening to Everything I have is Yours followed by print workshop.
Arts Academy: Introduction to filmmaking
Workshop at Salford Museum and Art Gallery responding to current exhibition Everything I Have Is Yours.
Peer to Peer
Peer to Peer is a group show of 14 photographers, nominated by 14 influential cultural leaders in China and the UK.
Cheng Ran: Diary of a Madman – Manchester Plan, New Bees
Newly commissioned work by Cheng Ran, representing a further Manchester chapter in his Diary of a Madman series.
Collaborative Endeavours
A one day symposium featuring guest speakers from across the arts, design and community sector.
Lightwaves 2019 Artists’ Talks
As part of Lightwaves 2019 filmmaker Anthony Barkworth-Knight and ATOMIC 3 discuss their work.
Jesse Glazzard: Open Source#1: Queer Letters
Current Graduate Scholar, Jesse Glazzard, exhibits at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool.
Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson: Song for Armageddon
Song for Armageddon to be screened at Glasgow Cathedral as part of their annual festival this year.
The Manchester Contemporary 2018: ALUMNI
Showcasing work by 3 artists, all of whom are former University of Salford Art Collection and School of Arts and Media Graduate Scholars.
Island Life
An exhibition by 2017/18 University of Salford Art Collection and School of Arts and Media Graduate Scholars.
PRINT UnLtd.: A New Spirit in Printmaking
An illustrated talk by Sean Rorke, Artistic Director of Hot Bed Press.
This is Shanghai – In Conversation with Jiang Jiehong, Curator
This is Shanghai curator Jiang Jiehong in conversation with Culture Liverpool’s Head of Creative Development, Robin Kemp.
This is Shanghai: additional opening hours
Breakfast and exhibition viewing, plus an evening opening of the exhibition.
Temporary Custodian Talks at Islington Mill Art Academy
Book your place now for this talk by local art collector Bob Miller.
Joe Beedles: Changing States
Live sound and visual performance at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art.
This is Shanghai
An exhibition that explores and celebrates the relationship between Liverpool and its twin city in China.
Aquatopia
An exhibition about water and water scarcity at Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA).
Film Focus: Shen Xin presents
Thursday: Award-winning artist Shen Xin presents two short films by Sarai Kirshner, and Anocha Suwichakornpong and Tulapop Saenjaroen.
PRINT UnLtd.: One Day Pop-up Print Academy
Meet the PRINT UnLtd artists and have a go at screenprinting, relief printing and lots more besides.
LightNight: PRESENCE: A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art
Friday: Evening opening of the exhibition as part of LightNight.
PRESENCE: A Window on Engaging with Chinese Contemporary Art and Culture
A day of workshops and discussions from innovators in the field.
Shen Xin: Sliced Units
An exhibition of three films at Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art by award winning artist Shen Xin.
Embody: Selected works from Critical & Contextual Studies and the University of Salford Art Collection.
Exploring themes of the body, gender, personal expression and equality.
Ruth Barker & Hannah Leighton-Boyce
Exhibition of newly commissioned work by Ruth Barker and Hannah Leighton-Boyce following their artists’ residencies in Salford/Manchester (Barker) and Glasgow (Leighton-Boyce).
2017/18 Graduate Scholar Jamal Jameel exhibits in Liverpool
University of Salford Photography graduate and current Graduate Scholar Jamal Jameel exhibits in Liverpool this month.
2015/16 Graduate Scholar performs at the Future Sessions Launch Party
Joe Beedles, Music and Graduate Scholar alumni, presents an audio-visual set at FutureEverything’s Future Sessions’ launch at the Whitworth Art Gallery.
PRESENCE: A Window into Chinese Contemporary Art
PRESENCE is the first time we have shown the New Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art in its entirety.
Noor Afshan Mirza & Brad Butler: The Scar
Our most recent co-commission for the Collection: The Scar, a fiction film installation weaving together conspiracy, gangster, noir, politics, crash theory, fantasy and reality.
Film Night: A Body of Tools
An evening of artists’ films exploring the concept of the physical body as a tool, an art object, or an extension of an apparatus.
Shezad Dawood: Leviathan Cycle, Episode 1: Ben
Dawood’s Leviathan explores the notions of marine welfare, migration and mental health and their possible interconnections. Ben is the first in a cycle of 10 films – to be released between now and 2020.
Polyrhythmia
Polyrhythmia is a group exhibition revolving around the continuous global transformation of the urban landscape.
Exhibition Launch: Polyrhythmia
Exhibition launching tonight: Polyrhythmia is a group exhibition revolving around the continuous global transformation of the urban landscape.
…into the labyrinth
This week only: Exhibition showcasing the work of 8 creative practitioners inspired by the 57th Venice Art Biennale.
Exhibition Launch: …into the labyrinth
Launch tomorrow: Exhibition showcasing the work of 8 creative practitioners inspired by the 57th Venice Art Biennale.
Introduced film screening: Cao Fei’s Haze and Fog
Thursday evening: A new type of ‘zombie’ movie set in modern China made by one of the most important Chinese artists working today.
Whether Seeing is Believing: A focus on the optical illusion in art
A talk exploring artworks from the University of Salford Art Collection concerned with optical illusions.
Symposium: Digital Matters
Exploring the relationship between the natural and the technological through artworks produced in Hong Kong, China and in the UK.
Digital Matters: The Earth Behind the Screen
A group exhibition exploring the relationship between the natural and the technological through artworks produced in Hong Kong and China.
Exhibition Launch: Digital Matters: The Earth Behind the Screen
Participating artists attempt to interrogate the material foundations of our contemporary digital universe and its related socio-political and environmental concerns.
The Manchester Contemporary 2017: ALUMNI
Exhibiting work by alumni from our Graduate Scholarship Scheme.
Artist Talk: Rachel Maclean
Join Rachel Maclean as she discusses her strange fantasy world in It’s What’s Inside that Counts; a world of data dependent inhabitants and man-size rodents.
The Art of Communication in the Age of Data
This Wednesday: a talk considering artistic explorations of modern technology.
Exhibition Launch: Synthesis
Exhibition showcasing some of new acquisitions by the University of Salford Art Collection.
Synthesis
Exhibition showcasing some of new acquisitions by the University of Salford Art Collection.
Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson: Song for Armageddon
An ambitious new video work by Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson showing at BALTIC, Gateshead.
Premiere: Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson, Song for Armageddon
An ambitious new video work by Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson to premiere at BALTIC Centre this month.
The Teacher, the Pupil, his Friend and the man that came to stay
Talk by Danny Morrell looking at some of the early artworks from the University of Salford Art Collection.
Samson Young: One of Two Stories, or Both (Field Bagatelles)
A newly commissioned radio series and gallery installation inspired by tales of Chinese migrants.
From Ocean to Horizon
Group exhibition featuring established and emerging creative talents from Hong Kong, presenting unique perspectives on living and working in present-day Hong Kong.
School of Art & Media and Art Collection Graduate Scholarship Exhibition
Exhibition featuring work by some of this year’s Graduate Scholars.
School of Art & Media and Art Collection Graduate Scholarship Exhibition Launch
Launch of this year’s Graduate Scholars’ exhibition.
Exhibition launch: What’s in Store?
An exhibition to celebrate the University’s 50th anniversary and reveal the University of Salford’s Art Collection.
Shezad Dawood: Leviathan
Exploring notions of marine welfare, migration and mental health and their possible interconnections.
WANDERLUST
Final week of this exhibition: guest curated by University of Salford alumna Amy Stevenson and featuring artworks from our Collection.
Coming Soon: Culture Shifts: Global
Exhibition at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, to be co-curated by our Art Curator Lindsay Taylor.
Exhibition launch: Memory
An exhibition to launch the year-long Dear Library project – an initiative conceived by University of Salford Chancellor and writer-in-residence Jackie Kay, to champion libraries and celebrate the breadth of services they offer.
A Window On… Suki Chan’s Lucida
University of Salford Senior Lecturer in Psychology Dr Adam Galpin in conversation with artist Suki Chan about her project Lucida.
Art in the Post-truth Era
Exhibition exploring ‘Post-truth’ by artists from the School of Arts & Media
Suki Chan: Lucida & Lucida II
Exploring the curious and complex relationship between the human eye, the brain and vision.
Exhibition Launch: Suki Chan: Lucida & Lucida II
Exploring the curious and complex relationship between the human eye, the brain and vision.
Rachel Maclean: Wot u :-) about?
Featuring new work It’s What’s Inside That Counts for which the Art Collection is a commissioning partner.
Liam Young: Where The City Can’t See
Performance-lecture
Where the City Can’t See is the first fiction film shot entirely through laser scanning technology.
Shen Xin: Originally Inclusive
Performance-lecture
An experimental live event by artist Shen Xin explorings the inclusiveness and exclusiveness of individual and collective understandings of ‘origin’.
Louise Giovanelli: Prima Donna
Co-commissioned exhibition by The International 3 and the University of Salford.
Haworth Life Drawing Series 2016
Life drawings by students from the School of Arts & Media on display in the Old Fire Station.