Past Exhibitions

On this page, you will find an archive of information about past exhibitions we have hosted in our galleries.

2024

ECO 24

EXETER CONTEMPORARY OPEN 2024

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JANET SAINSBURY

A series of canvasses on wooden stilts in a gallery

GRANT FOSTER: HUMAN MADE

Natasha MacVoys exhibition which is casting pink shapes onto the gallery floor

NATASHA MACVOY: EYE WITNESS

2023

james paddock

JAMES PADDOCK: LIFE COULD BE DONE SO MUCH BETTER

ECO 23

EXETER CONTEMPORARY OPEN 23

man digging archive

TO THE BIRDS / MAN DIGGING

HB archive

HARRIET BOWMAN – MAYBE THEY HAD AN URGENT CALL

will cruickshank exhibition

Will Cruickshank: Three Moons

2022

anne ryan gallery

ANNE RYAN: FIGHTING ON THE DANCE FLOOR

Large purple and pink folded sculptures, two canvas paintings of cassette tapes and some ceramic sculptures hung on a gallery wall

EXETER CONTEMPORARY OPEN 2022

An installation containing a large sculpture made from video tapes, and a pasted collage of album covers

COVER VERSIONS

An installation of artworks and sculptures which are brightly coloured and patterned

PATTERNICITY

2021

An art installation of large scale paintings of people

ANNABELLE TIM HOGBEN: HOLD ME TIGHT, I SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE

A collage and drawing of a person where the face has been painted blue

ALEXIS SOUL-GRAY: STRAW GIRL

An installation shot of an exhibition which contains bright pink and yellow wallpaper, with mannequins dressed in colourful clothing

JOHN WALTER: JEZREEL'S TOWER

Poster for Naomi Frears Exhibition

NAOMI FREARS: MEN FALLING

Poster for the 'Correspondence' exhibition

CORRESPONDENCE 01

A painting by Huhtamaki Wab featuring a small white humanoid standing in a waist length pool of water in a forest. Surrounding the border of the painting are several different coloured faces with their mouthes open.

Huhtamaki Wab: Edible and non-edible persons of waba and pompakleen

A large selection of illustrations of views from people's windows. The images are laid out on a wall and form a perfect square.

Catherine Knight: Isolation Windows

2020

The view through the gallery doors into an exhibition of artworks by Cherelle Sappleton

Cherelle Sappleton:
AMONG OTHER THINGS

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MOLLY ROOKE: TESTS FOR A TUG OF WAR

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DAVE BEECH: NEW FACTS EMERGE

2019

Photograph of anthony Shapland's exhibition

Anthony Shapland:
A Sound Not Meant To Be Heard

Photograph of Exeter Contermporary Open exhibition

Exeter Contemporary open 2019

Photograph of Nicky Hirst exhibition at Exeter Phoenix

Nicky Hirst:
ALGORITHMS - GRAIL MOTHS, LARGISH TOm

Photograph of hospital rooms exhibition at exeter phoenix

Hospital Rooms

Photograph of Jacqui Hallum's berber carpet installation at Exeter Phoenix

JACQUI HALLUM:
BERber carpet

2018

Exhibition photograph from Jamie Fitzpatrick's gallery

JAMIE FiTZPATRICK:
BIG DICK

Photograph of Tania Kovats' gallery

TANIA KOVATS:
Troubled water

Photograph of another spring exhibition at exeter phoenix's gallery

ANOTHER SPRING

Photograph of Young In Hong's exhibition at Exeter Phoenix

YOUNG IN HONG:
THE MOON'S TRICK

Photograph of Simon Bayliss' exhibition in Exeter Phoenix's galleries

SIMON BAYLISS:
KANGAROO BEACH

2017

Photograph of Exeter Phoenix's gallery space featuring the Visible Girls exhibition.

VISIBLE GIRLS: REVISITED

A photograph of Exeter Contemporary Open 2017 that features a mix of surreal sculptures and large scale paintings and photographs.

EXETER CONTEMPORARY OPEN 2017

A photograph from Hannah Murgatroyd's exhibition.

HANNAH MURGATROYD: LANDSCAPE AS A PEOPLED WORLD

2 rows of paintings and etchings from Cedar Lewisohn's exhibition.

CEDAR LEWISOHN: NDUNGU, ISCA

Several paintings on display at Eleanor Moreton's exhibition.

ELEANOR MORETON: A COLD WIND FROM THE MOUNTAINS

A photograph of Emily Speed's exhibition featuring a gateway made of wooden building blocks and a screen showing a film.

EMILY SPEED: BODY BUILDERS

Additional Exhibitions

Photographs of older galleries can be found here >>

2016

Phil Frankland, Peter Lamb, Vincent Hawkins: A Deceptive Cadence
Exeter Contemporary Open 2016
Laura Reeves: Bouquets
Sean Lynch: The Weight Of The World
Charles Richardson: Displacement Behaviour
Claude Cahun: Beneath This Mask

2015

Katy Connor, Bryony Gillard, Mark Leahy, Clare Thornton: Surface/Contact
Exeter Contemporary Open 2015
Antonio Marguet: The Compelling Allure of Golden Yellow
Paul Carter: Hotel Workers
Mike Ricketts: So It Goes
PIGDOGANDMONKEYFESTOS

2014

Nick Davies: Intention/Invention/Convention
Ryan Curtis: Procession
Exeter Contemporary Open 2014
Rachel Busby & David Webb: Hinterland
Marie Von Heyl: Of Occasional Tables and Alternative Endings
S Mark Gubb: History Is Written By The Winners
Outrageous Fortune: Artists Remake The Tarot

2013

Kit Poulston: After The Enlightenment
Theo Simpson: Lesser Known Architecture
Exeter Contemporary Open 2013
Charlie Tweed: I Am Algorithm
Low Profile: Never Give Up
Adam Dix, Martin Fletcher Systems House, Peter Macdonald, Charlie Tweed: News From The Sun
Maria Conran: The Crowd Laughs With You Always

2012

Digital Art Commission 2012: Neoreplicants
Exeter Contemporary Open 2012
Oliver Flexman: Operations In The Contact Zone
Andro Semeiko: Le Grand Charmer
The Perfect Nude
David Blandy: Passage Of The Soul

2011

Steven Paige: The ties that bind me to my brothers are not wrapped around my wrists, but rather are fastened to my heart
Paul Magee: Planet Elsewhere
Exeter Contemporary Open 2011
Darren Harvey-Regan: Collection of Gaps
Marcel Dinahet: CANAL/SKY/RIVER
The Count of Monte Cristo: Island of True Stories
Edwina Ashton: Out With The Hammers
Politics in Print

2010

Owen Lloyd: Building Materials
Exeter Contemporary Open 2010
Nexus
Anne Gathmann & Fiona MacDonald: A Point In The Field
Sovay Berriman: Entertaining at The Dust Lounge
Mind Over Matter

2009

Katy Connor: Pure Flow
Exeter Contemporary Open 2009
Richard Finn: Commerce & Culture
Juliet Robson: Fieldworks
Lara Viana
Doug Jones: Non Sum Qualis Eram
Haddock & Chubb: Suspension

2008

Gus Cummins: Ictal