University of Salford Art Collection

2024/25 Graduate Scholar Announcement

The University of Salford Art Collection, in partnership with Castlefield Gallery and Wallace & Seymour, are proud to present our 2024 cohort for the Graduate Scholarship Programme!

Harold Riley works now on display at The Old Fire Station Bakery

To coincide with the celebration of Harold Riley's life through the Every Line Is Me exhibition at Salford Museum and Gallery, we have put up some more of his pieces in The Old Fire Station across the road.

A stylised image of procussionist Jennifer Walinetski, in the angular Conductor costume, in a dramatic pose, holding a drum stick in each hand. Behind her are the dramatic and angular foam walls of the Anecoic Chamber at the University of Salford.

New writing on Mishka Henner’s electrifying performance ‘The Conductor’

Two new pieces of writing in response to the debut of The Conductor, a brand new performance artwork developed by Mishka Henner as part of his Energy House 2.0 artist residency. Read reviews from Lizzie King and Jack Nicholls for Corridor8.

Elliott Flanagan’s A Piece of Something Bigger showing soon!

A Piece of Something Bigger officially begins showing on Thursday 23rd May 2024, coinciding with the University of Salford Degree Show!

A graphic representing the Hybrid Futures Symposiu. Text reads: Hybrid Futures Fri 10 May, Salford. Symposium Making, Showing and Collecting Art in a Time of Climate Crisis. Organic shapes from the Hybrid Futures branding shows green post-it notes written in response to the Hybrid Futures exhibition at Salford 2024.

Book now for the Hybrid Futures Symposium in Salford

Join us and our Hybrid Futures partners for the Hybrid Futures Symposium taking place on the 10th May 2024 at The Old Fire Station, Univeristy of Salford.

Craig Easton : Is Anybody Listening? Commissioning and Collecting Socially Engaged Photography

A summary of the Socially Engaged Photography Symposium held in February 2024 as part of the 'Craig Easton : Is Anybody Listening?' tour.

A still image from Emily Speed's video work Rooms Designed for a Woman, showing legs, sat on the floor, with bent knees and bare feet. The legs are clad in green tight fitted leggings with a geological print, which matches the backdrop filling the background of the images.

Spotlight on Sustainability with Emily Speed

Artist in Residence with Energy House 2.0, Emily Speed, discusses her work and sustainability.

A tin type style portrait of Mishka Henner, a white man with silver hair.

Mishka Henner | Energy House 2.0 Artist In Residence

The latest updates from Mishka Henner, artist in residence at the University of Salford's world-leading research facility Energy House 2.0.

Portrait of Emily Speed, shown from the waist up. She is a white woman with light hair, wearing an orange shirt and light wash denim jacket.

Emily Speed | Energy House 2.0 Artist In Residence

The latest updates from Emily Speed, artist in residence at the University of Salford's world-leading research facility Energy House 2.0.

Hybrid Futures Comes to Salford

The University of Salford Art Collection presents the latest installment of Hybrid Futures at Salford Museum & Art Gallery, launching 21st March 2024.