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Gallery Shorts | Simon Bayliss: Meditations in an Emergency
Part one of the 2018/19 South West Showcase, Meditations in an Emergency is a show of brand new work by contemporary artist Simon Bayliss – combining rave music and video with slipware ceramics, en plein air landscape painting, and romantic poetry. Watch our Gallery Shorts film with Simon as he discusses the work.
19.12.18 -
Gallery Shorts | Rose Wylie: History Painting
With past exhibitions at Tate Britain and Serpentine Galleries, we sat down with internationally renowned painter Rose Wylie to chat about her working process and her multi-site exhibition 'History Painting' as part of our Gallery Short series.
08.08.18 -
Gallery Shorts | Suki Dhanda: Race, Place & Diversity By The Seaside
Part of our Gallery Shorts series, we sat down with one of London's leading portrait photographers and Plymouth College of Art graduate Suki Dhanda to find out the inspiration behind her latest series of work 'Race, Place & Diversity By The Seaside'.
27.04.18 -
Gallery Shorts | Envisions: The Envisionaires
Part of our Gallery Shorts series, we sat down with the founders of Dutch design collective Envisions to hear about their creative process and the work in their exhibition 'The Envisionaires'.
01.03.18 -
Gallery Shorts | Matt Stokes: More Than A Pony Show
We sit down with artist Matt Stokes, following his show for major visual arts project We The People Are The Work, to discuss his immersive series of video works exploring punk’s legacy of protest and resistance, whilst charting the decline of live music venues in the city of Plymouth.
27.11.17 -
Gallery Shorts | Noam Toran: The Jungle
Part of our Gallery Shorts series, we interview international artist Noam Toran about his collaborative practice and the political messaging and influences present in ‘The Jungle’, an exhibition of new work.
27.06.17 -
Gallery Shorts | good things come…
Part of our Gallery Shorts series, we interview artist and curator Kevin Hunt about his personal practice and the exploration of time and scale in our recent ‘good things come…’ exhibition.
26.07.16 -
Gallery Shorts | Timorous Beasties: Bedsit
Alistair McAuley and Paul Simmons are the creative duo behind Glasgow-based textile design studio, Timorous Beasties – whose solo show exhibited in our Gallery as part of our Textile Design Season. We caught up with them in our regular Gallery Shorts series to find out about their niche designs, their working ethos, and the process and inspiration behind the work in the show.
29.03.16 -
Gallery Shorts | Emma Neuberg
Emma Neuberg is a London-based textile designer whose solo show exhibited in our Gallery as part of our Textile Design Season. We caught up with her in our regular Gallery Shorts series to find out about her multidisciplinary practice, the current state of textiles and fine art, and the process and inspiration behind the work in the show.
11.02.16 -
Gallery Shorts | Echo
In October, eight Design Crafts students curated 'Echo' – a show featuring work from 18 makers from the Crafts Council UK Collection, aiming to reveal the potential to embrace both machine and handmade processes. We sat down with students Fern Robinson, Fran Phillips and Sarah-Jane Rossi to find out about the experience.
01.12.15 -
Gallery Shorts | Ian McIntyre: Jerwood Makers Open
Ian McIntyre is a London-based designer whose 'A Ton of Clay' exhibited in our Gallery as part of Jerwood Makers Open 2015 – a unique commissioning opportunity recognising the most exciting new talents in contemporary applied arts. We caught up with him in our regular Gallery Shorts series to find out about working with Jerwood, the current state of craft, and the process and inspiration behind his piece.
06.10.15 -
Gallery Shorts | Marie Toseland: pushin sumthin’ nice (feat. Kinlaw)
Part two of the 2015 South West Showcase, pushin sumthin’ nice (feat. Kinlaw) is a new show by contemporary artist Marie Toseland – using Nouveau Roman literature, the plays of Luigi Pirandello, and Battle Rap as a point of departure. Watch our Gallery Shorts film with Marie where she discusses the work now.
18.09.15 -
Gallery Shorts | Live Make: Chris Taylor
Part of our Gallery Shorts series, we interview artist and pathway leader for our BA (Hons) Ceramics programme Chris Taylor about his personal practice, teaching in the Crafts department, and our recent 'Live Make' exhibition.
22.07.15 -
Gallery Shorts | Live Make: Emma Gribble
Emma Gribble is textile designer and lecturer on our BA (Hons) Printed Textile Design and Surface Pattern programme. As part of our Gallery Shorts mini-film series, we sit down with her to talk teaching, textiles, and being a bit of a control freak.
15.07.15 -
Gallery Shorts | Live Make: Paul Singleton
As part of our Gallery Shorts mini-film series, we sit down with Paul Singleton – textile designer and Principal Lecturer on our BA (Hons) Printed Textile Design and Surface Pattern programme – to talk about his practice, his passion, and teaching at the college.
08.07.15